High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 35, Issue 7, 071001(2023)

Laser damage of KDP crystals and their analogues

Yuanan Zhao1,2,3, Yafei Lian1,3, Ting Li1,3, Xiaocong Peng1,3, Yueliang Wang1,3, Jinming Wu1,3, Junxiu Chang1,3, Guohang Hu1,3, and Jianda Shao1,2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Laboratory of Thin Film Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of High Power Laser Materials, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Damage point morphology in Z-cut KDP crystal irradiated by 1064 nm laser
    Damage morphologies of Z-cut sample induced by 1064 nm laser[64]
    Transmittance spectrum of KDP and highly-deuterated DKDP crystals[64, 66]
    Laser-induced damage results of 98% deuterium DKDP crystals in R-on-1 method[64]
    Laser damage resistance enhancement of KDP crystals by continuous filtration techniques[8]
    Laser damage probability curves for KDP samples grown with no filter (NCF), only 0.1 μm filter (SCF) and two levels of filter (0.1 μm and 0.03 μm) (TCF) in continuous filtration unit[35]
    Laser induced damage thresholds (LIDTs) and sizes of laser damage precursors in KDP crystals[35]
    Laser induced damage threshold changes of DKDP crystals by laser conditioning of 355nm laser with different pulse widths (7.6 ns and 500 ps)
    Dark field observation of the generation of damage spots, the change of transmittance at 355 nm and the increase of density of damage spots in Ⅱ-type DKDP crystals during the 355 nm laser conditioning process[75]
    Z-scan measurement results of samples after different laser conditioning[37]
    Schematic diagram of valence band electron ionization of DKDP crystal under 355 nm laser
    Time-varying number density of conduction band electrons caused by pure 3PA (solid line) process at 200 J·cm−2 (7.6 ns, 355 nm) and defect-assisted 3PA (dotted line) process at 15 J·cm−2 (7.6 ns, 355 nm)[37]
    Laser conditioning platforms for large size DKDP crystals[89]
    Statistical results of LIDTs after laser conditioning of 355 nm laser with 7.6 ns and 500 ps
    Four types of temporally shaped sub-ns pulses[56]
    R-on-1 damage probabilities in 8-ns Gaussian pulse, tested after laser conditioning with different temporally shaped pulses[56]
    SEM images of typical damage morphology initiated with 8 ns and 23 J·cm−2 laser. The laser conditioning parameters are marked in the upper right corners of (a)–(e). The two images with an arrow and the insets in (a)–(c) indicate the damage morphologies detected via the optical microscopy[56]
    Relationship between the deuteration rate of DKDP crystal and the OPA paramaters[98]
    Transmittance spectrum of the high deuterium DKDP crystals[64]
    Laser-induced damage results of high deuterium DKDP crystals in R-on-1 method[64]
    • Table 1. KDP-family crystals in high power laser drivers

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      Table 1. KDP-family crystals in high power laser drivers

      component functionphase matching angle and orientation angle (θ, φ) deuterium content/%application wavelength/nm (polarization direction)
      switch(0 º, 0 º)[8]0 or >901053 (o)[8, 57]
      second harmonic generation(41 º, 45 º)[8]01053 (o), 527 (e)[8, 57]
      third harmonic generation(61 º, 0 º)[8, 58]701053 (e), 527 (o), 351 (e)[8, 57]
    • Table 2. Laser-induced damage threshold of KDP crystal under different irradiation directions and polarization directions of 1064 nm laser[67]

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      Table 2. Laser-induced damage threshold of KDP crystal under different irradiation directions and polarization directions of 1064 nm laser[67]

      wavelength/nmlaser incident directionlaser polarization directionlaser induced damage threshold /(J·cm−2@1.1ns)
      1064a(b) //c11.7±0.5
      c12.3±0.3
      c// a(b) 23.0±1.0
      a(b) 19.5±1.0
    • Table 3. Information of the laser damage precursors for KDP crystals grown with differently sized filter pores[35]

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      Table 3. Information of the laser damage precursors for KDP crystals grown with differently sized filter pores[35]

      sampleρ0/(mm−3) T0/(J·cm−2) ΔT/(J·cm−2)
      NCF3.7524.810.5
      SCF2.5933.314.6
      TCF0.4281.441.3
    • Table 4. 4PA coefficient of samples of the three different samples[37]

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      Table 4. 4PA coefficient of samples of the three different samples[37]

      sampleγ /(10−6 cm5·GW−3)
      pristine4.90±0.99
      ns laser conditioned4.81±1.37
      sub-ns laser conditioned2.53±0.98
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    Yuanan Zhao, Yafei Lian, Ting Li, Xiaocong Peng, Yueliang Wang, Jinming Wu, Junxiu Chang, Guohang Hu, Jianda Shao. Laser damage of KDP crystals and their analogues[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(7): 071001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Laser Damage of Optical Elements·Overview

    Received: Dec. 21, 2022

    Accepted: Feb. 27, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 24, 2023

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    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202335.220417

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