Passive thin-film optical shutters for protecting image detectors from being blinded

Чесноков В.В., Чесноков Д.В., Шлишевский В.Б. Пленочные пассивные оптические затворы для защиты приемников изображения от ослепления // Оптический журнал. 2011. Т. 78. № 6. С. 39–46.

Chesnokov V.V., Chesnokov D.V., Shlishevskiy V.B. Passive thin-film optical shutters for protecting image detectors from being blinded [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2011. V. 78. № 6. P. 39–46.

V. V. Chesnokov, D. V. Chesnokov, and V. B. Shlishevskiĭ, "Passive thin-film optical shutters for protecting image detectors from being blinded," Journal of Optical Technology. 78(6), 377-382 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.78.000377

This paper discusses the results of an investigation of the possibility of protecting optical observation facilities from damage by pulsed laser irradiation by using passive optical shutters with a response time no greater than 1 ns. The shutter’s active element is a thin metallic mirror film located at the intermediate focal plane of the system and locally evaporated at the instant of irradiation.