High power gratings
While specific substrate materials and optional AR coatings may differ, all Ibsen gratings are based on fused silica, with excellent transmission characteristics in all wavelength regions - from below 200 nm to above 2000 nm.
All the below grating products are therefore ideal for high power applications, and we furthermore manufacture custom gratings for many different niche applications:
- Phase masks
- Telecom gratings
- Pulse Compression Gratings
- Spectrometer gratings
- Custom gratings - contact us!
"High power applications" is a broad term; power damage threshold cannot easily be stated in just one or two numbers. Furthermore, to date we do not have information of any power level that has in fact caused damage to our gratings. The table below therefore provides compiled experimental data provided by customers/partners.
Sample illuminations - below damage threshold
| Wavelength | Operation | Pulse energy | Pulse length | Beam diameter | Peak power | Rep rate | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1064 +/- 20 nm | Pulsed | 1.5 μJ | 5 ps | 1-2 mm | 17 MW/cm2 | 100 MHz | |
| 1064 nm | Pulsed/CW | 1 μJ | 100 fs | 10-20 mm | 5,6 MW/cm2 | 40 GHz | |
| 1064 nm | Pulsed, input | 150 nJ | 10 ps | 0.75-1 mm | 2,5 MW/cm2 | 80 MHz | NKT Research |
| 1064 nm | Pulsed, output | 87 nJ | 500 fs | 0.75-1 mm | 30 MW/cm2 | 80 MHz | NKT Research |
| 1064 nm | CW | N/A | N/A | 1.6 mm | 80 kW/cm2 | N/A | |
| 975 nm | CW | N/A | N/A | ~0.2 mm | 250 kW/cm2 | N/A | |
| 808 nm | CW | N/A | N/A | ~1.4 mm | 65 kW/cm2 | N/A | |
| 800 nm | Pulsed | 2.1 mJ | 70 fs | 5 mm | 150 GW/cm2 | 1 kHz | Temple University, CAPR |
| 800 nm | Pulsed | 2.0 mJ | 100 fs | 6x8 mm | 40 GW/cm2 | 1 kHz | Sincrotrone Trieste |
| 264 nm | Pulsed | 300 μJ | 220 fs | 3 mm (before 1D focusing) | 19 GW/cm2 | 27 Hz | University College Cork |
| 248 nm | Pulsed | 55 mJ/cm2 | 500 fs | N/A | 100 GW/cm2 | 10 Hz | FORTH-IESL |
| 248 nm | Pulsed | 105 mJ/cm2 | 5 ps | N/A | 20 GW/cm2 | 10 Hz | FORTH-IESL |
Temple University, provider of one of the results above, has graciously allowed us to make their full test report available here:
We will be adding to this table as we receive further results from our customers - please send us any such data you have - we are especially interested in hearing of any acheived power levels that actually have led to grating damage! We are equally happy to reference you or not as you prefer.
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