As part of the symposium, there is an annual competition to determine the most effective coating. Each year, SPIE announces new specifications. Samples submitted by companies are then centrally examined for their laser damage threshold. Only the participants learn how their own products performed in the overall comparison. The SPIE Laser Damage Competition is a great way to see if your own technical approaches can compete in the market.
Barbara Herdt, product engineer for laser optics at LASER COMPONENTS, stated: “SPIE had a special idea for their anniversary. The specifi cations are the same as 50 years ago. With the knowledge and technical possibilities of today, it should be easy task to achieve outstanding results for specifi cations from the early days of laser technology. Let’s see, what the results are.”
The laser damage threshold indicates how well an optical coating withstands the energy of the laser beam. The challenges to the laser damage threshold are increasing, with ever more powerful lasers and the demands of companies and research institutes.
Find LASER COMPONENTS at Photonex Europe, 10th to 11th October, 2018, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Booth D15.