{"title":"Enhancement of total internal reflection in Nd:YAG crystals by multilayer nanostructured coatings","authors":"Lukas Ramalis , Simas Melnikas , Deividas Buinovskis , Tomas Tolenis","doi":"10.1016/j.optlastec.2025.112807","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Total internal reflectance depends on the ratio of refractive indexes on each side of the interface. Enhancement of its angular range is challenging in YAG laser systems due to the low index of gain material. Therefore, we propose the nanoengineered multilayer stack of silica material formed by glancing angle deposition technique. Each layer of silica has lower refractive index material compared with YAG and it allows to reach total internal reflectance at the angles down to 46 degrees. Such coating design is also over-coated with dense multilayer which allows to connect it to the cooling system and gain favorable spectral performance at different angles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19511,"journal":{"name":"Optics and Laser Technology","volume":"187 ","pages":"Article 112807"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Optics and Laser Technology","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030399225003986","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"OPTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
Enhancement of total internal reflection in Nd:YAG crystals by multilayer nanostructured coatings
Total internal reflectance depends on the ratio of refractive indexes on each side of the interface. Enhancement of its angular range is challenging in YAG laser systems due to the low index of gain material. Therefore, we propose the nanoengineered multilayer stack of silica material formed by glancing angle deposition technique. Each layer of silica has lower refractive index material compared with YAG and it allows to reach total internal reflectance at the angles down to 46 degrees. Such coating design is also over-coated with dense multilayer which allows to connect it to the cooling system and gain favorable spectral performance at different angles.
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