Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Quantel performed the second part of a double blind laser damage competition as a special event for the XLV Annual Boulder Laser Damage Symposium.
The competition was to determine the current laser damage resistance of Brewster angle thin film plate polarizing beam splitters. Thirty one polarizers from 17 companies across the globe were laser damage tested by Quantel in Bozeman, MT. The results were presented by Christopher Stolz at the symposium on Sept 23rd, and can be obtained directly from SPIE.
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