Damage resistant optics for a megajoule solid state laser

Jack H. Campbell; Frank Rainer; Mark R. Kozlowski; C. Robert Wolfe; Ian M. Thomas; Fred P. Milanovich

doi:10.1117/12.57232

1 June 1991 Damage resistant optics for a megajoule solid state laser

Jack H. Campbell, Frank Rainer, Mark R. Kozlowski, C. Robert Wolfe, Ian M. Thomas, Fred P. Milanovich

Proceedings Volume 1441, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1990; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.57232
Event: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1990, 1990, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

Research on Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) has progressed rapidly in the past several years. As a consequence LLNL is developing plans to upgrade the current 120 kJ solid state (Nd3-phosphate glass) Nova laser to a 1 . 5 to 2 megajoule system with the goal of achieving fusion ignition. The design of the planned Nova Upgrade is briefly discussed. Because of recent improvements in the damage resistance of optical materials it is now technically and economically feasible to build a megajoule-class solid state laser. Specifically the damage threshold of Nd3- doped phosphate laser glass muliilayer dielectric coatings and non-linear optical crystals (e. g. KDP) have been dramatically improved. These materials now meet the fluence requirements for a 1. 5-2 MJ Nd3-glass laser operating at 1054 and 351 nm and at a pulse length of 3 ns. The recent improvements in damage thresholds are reviewed threshold data at both 1064 and 355 nm and the measured pulse length scaling are presented. 1.

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Jack H. Campbell, Frank Rainer, Mark R. Kozlowski, C. Robert Wolfe, Ian M. Thomas, and Fred P. Milanovich "Damage resistant optics for a megajoule solid state laser", Proc. SPIE 1441, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1990, (1 June 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.57232

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