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A Guide to (Not Over) Specifying Losses in Laser Optics

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A Guide to (Not Over) Specifying Losses in Laser Optics

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The value of properly specifying losses in laser optics is self-evident. Less evident is the point at which tighter specifications can become too much of a good thing. Overspecifying losses will not further improve your system’s performance or reliability, but it could cost you additional money and/or time. Optical losses within laser systems are associated with scatter, absorption, transmission, and reflectivity of individual components and are all wavelength dependent. These all can contribute to total system loss and affect the survivability and longevity of the employed optical components, commonly expressed in terms of laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) values.

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