Abstract:
A system for monitoring and controlling optical energy. A system is disclosed having: an optical system with a surface for receiving an optical beam; a coating applied to the surface, wherein the coating includes an optical nanoporous dielectric thin film having an array of tilted nanoscale rods configured to reflect a scatter beam at a determined angle and pass a remaining portion of the optical beam to the surface; a satellite detector arranged to detect an intensity of the scatter beam; and a control system that receives and processes scatter beam data from the satellite detector to determine an intensity of the optical beam impacting the surface of the optical system.