Corner cubes are one of the most important optical tools used in new optical devices and optical LIDAR. This paper compares two different designs of the hollow and solid tetrahedral corner cubes and determines the relation between the Retroreflection index and the surface quality N and the surface flatness ∆N and its effect on the focal length of the hollow and solid corner cube.
This paper presents the measurement of the laser Threshold damage of an optical surface at different roughness coefficients. The study procedure is achieved through the manufacturing of two types of parallel-sided borosilicate plate (Glass Bk7, and SF13). The Laser used is ND: YAG pulsed laser and the longitudinal mode TEM00 laser pulses with pulse width τ =30ns and wave length λ=1.064μm, the laser beam is focused using F=30 mm lens. The concentrated laser beam is guided by a converging lens towards the optical surface of the parallel surface plate. Finally, we obtained a graph of roughness coefficient is drawn in relation the optical Threshold Damage of the optical surface, Before and after processing the optical surface. We were able to raise the threshold by about 15% after conducting thermal treatment of the optical surface
This research illustrates the design of a parallel plate reflector operating in the visible and near infrared fields, with a reflection and/or transmission coefficients equal to 50%, and robust to the polarization of the used light and its extinction ratio (PER), in each of the two directions of polarization (perpendicular S and parallel P). Also there is no need for accurate adjustment of the plate so that the angle of incidence is exactly equal to 45°. The research has its various applications in optical measurements laboratories, laser technology laboratories, optical communication laboratories, and photography. One of the most important applications of this plate is ophthalmology devices, which can be used as glasses for people with impaired vision, light measurements in laser laboratories and optical measurements. Purpose of the Research: The need for the use of one semi-reflector plate for all the visible and near infrared fields, instead of using one for each wavelength or light field, which will reduce the number of needed optical pieces used in the optical measurement and laser technology laboratories, because of its wide applications.
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