Guide for the new clients

Are you new at Laser Damage Field? Don’t worry, we prepared a guide for you. Here you will find everything you need to know about laser damage: how it works, why it is important, how you can benefit from it, and much more!

Try to identify Your needs

What are your daily laser damage challenges?

I manufacture laser optics

I need to:
- develop high-LIDT laser optics
- ensure repeatability and quality of each batch
- figure out "what went wrong" if optics get returned as "damaged"
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I sell or distribute laser optics

I need to:
- minimize risk that sold optics will disapoint my customer
- get support when figuring out who provides best optics
- find out if LIDT of your optic can be used as a unique selling point
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I buy & integrate laser optics

I need to:
- avoid bad quality optics in my lasers systems
- get support when finding trusted optics vendor
- perform customized test to check functional optics performance
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Identify your needs

Are you looking for laser damage threshold test of your optic?

Need to measure the LIDT:

To get LIDT numbers for optics catalog at various irradiation conditions
To know typical optics performance
To position your optics performance in the global context

You may need:

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Are you looking for certification your optics performance?

Need to comply with optics drawing specifications:

To validate optics performance
To check for worst case scenario
To make sure there is no bad optics within production batch
To prevent laser damage in your laser

You may need:

Do you want to improve laser damage performance of your optics products?

Need to optimize your manufacturing technology

To identify limiting factors of laser damage
To get some guidance in optimization
To save some time and R&D costs

You may need:

Want to understand why optics has failed?

Need to understand what went wrong?

What is causing laser damage in you case?
What are strategies to avoid it?

You may need:

Are you looking for more information about laser-induced damage threshold?

Need to learn about laser damage phenomena and how to avoid it:

To understand laser damage specification
To chose right test in your context

You may need:

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Available tests

Check out all available laser-induced damage threhods test and additional testing services such as low-loss absorption measurements.

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Available test bundles

Check out recomended test bundles: a unique opportunity to order test packages, which address various practical needs

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Available testing conditions

Check out all available laser damage testing conditions (wavelengths, pulse regimes, environments, and more).

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Laser Damage infobase

Check out a simple explanations related to the main topics of laser damage terminology.

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Orders FAQ

Fast way to find out about test samples prepration, handling, and shipping.

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Downloads and docs

Here you can download all information about laser damage testing available at Lidaris.

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