A Method of Attenuating High-Power Laser Radiation with 1.06 μm Wavelength Using a Diffraction Grating

Abstract

A method of attenuating high-power laser radiation using a small metal diffraction grating as an attenuator for power measurement was analyzed. The thermal operating modes of the attenuator were investigated, and various systems of cooling were considered. Errors of the coefficient of attenuation that are associated with the polarization and spectral composition of the radiation, and by the radiation absorption, mechanical deformation, and temperature mode of the diffraction grating are estimated. It is shown that a small metal diffraction grating can be used as a calibrated attenuator of powerful laser radiation with wavelength 1.06 μm. The relative error of the attenuator was 0.64%.