High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 37, Issue 8, 081002(2025)

Study on broadband low-temporal-coherence optical parametric amplification based on 58% deuterated DKDP crystal

Hao Xu, Xiaohui Zhao*, Tao Wang, Tianxiong Zhang, Ruijing He, Dong Liu, Lailin Ji, Wei Feng, Yong Cui, Yanqi Gao, and Zhan Sui
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  • Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, CAEP, Shanghai 201800, China
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    As a new type of laser driver for suppressing laser plasma instability, the low-coherence laser driver holds significant research value in the field of laser inertial confinement fusion. To achieve large-bandwidth and high-power low-coherence pulse parametric amplification, this study provides a detailed analysis of the parametric matching characteristics of DKDP crystals with varying deuteration rates under Type-I collinear phase matching conditions. The fundamental parameters, including phase-matching angles, walk-off angles, and parametric bandwidths, are determined. The theoretical parameter bandwidth of the 58% deuterium-doped DKDP crystal is 180 nm. On this basis, a design for broadband low-temporal-coherence optical parametric amplification based on 58% DKDP crystals is proposed, and the theoretical model and the corresponding numerical model are established by the three-wave coupled equations. Furthermore, an experimental investigation of parametric amplification based on 58%-deuterium-doped DKDP crystals is conducted. The center wavelength of the broadband low-coherence signal light is set at 1053 nm, while the pump wavelength is fixed at 532 nm. The spectral width is 40 nm with a gain factor of 2.1. The results show that 58% DKDP crystal has a large gain bandwidth, and combined with the colinear phase-matching method, such crystals are expected to enable large-bandwidth and high-gain amplification of low-coherence light.

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    Hao Xu, Xiaohui Zhao, Tao Wang, Tianxiong Zhang, Ruijing He, Dong Liu, Lailin Ji, Wei Feng, Yong Cui, Yanqi Gao, Zhan Sui. Study on broadband low-temporal-coherence optical parametric amplification based on 58% deuterated DKDP crystal[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2025, 37(8): 081002

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    Received: Apr. 7, 2025

    Accepted: Jun. 16, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 13, 2025

    The Author Email: Xiaohui Zhao (xhzhao_silp@163.com)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202537.250065

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