Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 9, 0905001(2022)

Dynamic Drift of Laser in 4×2 Assembled Slab Amplifier with 400 mm Aperture

Zhenguo Wang, lin Chen, Qiao Xue, Wenlong Wu*, Jianguo Liu, Yong Liu, and Lin Wang
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  • Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China
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    Schematic of 4×2 combined chip amplifier with 400 mm diameter (length of three pieces)
    Model for pump-induced beam pointing drift
    Simulation calculation results of xenon lamp radiation spectrum
    Pump field distributions at different positions of our device. (a) End-face near mid-lamp-box; (b) end-face near side-lamp-box
    Pump symmetries for different pump configurations
    Calculation results by finite element method. (a) Pump-induced temperature distribution; (b) pump-induced deformation distribution
    Schematic diagram of experimental optical path
    Tilt component distribution of dynamic wavefront of experimental device
    Multi-pass optical path based on inverter
    Dynamic drift angle and drift amount at each hole of spatial filter. (a) Dynamic drift angle; (b) drift amount
    Full four-pass multi-pass optical path in cavity
    • Table 1. Main laser physical parameters of neodymium glass

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      Table 1. Main laser physical parameters of neodymium glass

      ParameterSpecific heat /[ J·(g·K)-1]Refractive index temperature coefficient@20100 ℃/(10-6·℃ -1)Elastic modulus /GPaPoisson’s ratio
      Content0.75-4.364.950.2735
    • Table 2. Basic technical parameters of pumping scheme

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      Table 2. Basic technical parameters of pumping scheme

      Pumping schemeNumber of pump circuits per amplifier moduleDiameter of xenon lamp /mmArc length of xenon lamp /mmPressure of xenon lamp /Torr
      Ours20371850180
      NIF10481800110
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    Zhenguo Wang, lin Chen, Qiao Xue, Wenlong Wu, Jianguo Liu, Yong Liu, Lin Wang. Dynamic Drift of Laser in 4×2 Assembled Slab Amplifier with 400 mm Aperture[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(9): 0905001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Beam transmission and control

    Received: Aug. 31, 2021

    Accepted: Oct. 18, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 3, 2022

    The Author Email: Wenlong Wu (wwl803sc@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202249.0905001

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