Mobile LIDT

Abstract

Laser Induced Damage Threshold (LIDT) is an important property of laser system components. It is obtained as a statistical value from controlled experiments and defines the maximum optical intensity, which does not cause damage to certain components. Correlation between maximum optical intensity, beam pulse length and focal spot size provides a unique characterization of a specimen. Some specimen requires conditions or environment unreachable in stationary setup, therefore a lighten, portable, version of testing setup may be used with proper source and surroundings. The advantage of the mobile LIDT station is access to different laser systems with variety of beam properties (repetition rate, pulse length, etc). In following paper were investigated accuracy of measurements done by the mobile LIDT station and copared to stationary, ISO compliant LIDT station measurements as reference.