Patent ID: 6466604
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G02F,H01S

Abstract:
A method for producing an optical component with a predetermined reflection factor for a laser beam, for generating short laser pulses in a laser cavity, comprising the steps of:designating a coating ensemble to be applied to a surface of the optical component, the coating ensemble comprised of first and second layers and at least a third layer that contains a saturable absorptive material for the laser beam; determining individually and mathematically layer thicknesses and positions of the first and second layers, as well as the at least one third layer containing the saturable absorptive material, such that the predetermined reflection factor, with the coating ensemble positioned on the surface of the optical component, is obtained and such that in the at least one third layer a predetermined normalized beam intensity value for the incident laser beam is obtained, with each beam intensity value being chosen such that a desired saturable absorptive effect for generation of the short laser pulses in the laser cavity is produced; and applying the coating ensemble having the determined layer thicknesses and positions on the surface of the optical component.