Performance of smoothing by spectral dispersion combined with distribute phase plate on SG-II

Youen Jiang; Rong Wu; Shenlei Zhou; Jinghui Li; Xuechun Li; Zunqi Lin

doi:10.1117/12.2030706

17 September 2013 Performance of smoothing by spectral dispersion combined with distribute phase plate on SG-II

Youen Jiang, Rong Wu, Shenlei Zhou, Jinghui Li, Xuechun Li, Zunqi Lin

Proceedings Volume 8904, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: High Power Lasers and Applications; 890403 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2030706
Event: ISPDI 2013 - Fifth International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging, 2013, Beijing, China

Abstract

Experimental performance of one-dimensional (1D) smoothing by spectral dispersion (SSD) combined with distributed phase plate (DPP) on the ninth beam of SG-II is presented. Without the application of SSD, normalized focal-spot non-uniformity of an 85% energy concentration is about 60%. Then, spectral bandwidth of the 3-ns, 1053-nm laser pulse is broadened to 0.3 nm (as 270GHz in 3ω) by a 3-GHz modulator and a 10-GHz modulator integrated in the front-end system. Spectral dispersion of 236 μrad/Å is achieved by a Littrow-configuration, 1480-l/mm grating placed between the Φ40mm faraday isolator and the third Φ40mm rod-amplifier. By using such SSD, normalized non-uniformity with the same energy concentration is decreased to 16%. A scheme of spatial power spectral density (PSD) in different directions is adopted to analyze the intensity distribution of the far-field irradiation. Based on the spatial PSD analysis, theoretical predictions of spectral peak caused by SSD’s color cycles is in excellent agreement with the experimental result. With double-frequency modulation, the amplitude of the spectral peak is reduced by ~10dB. The temporal waveform of the 1ω laser is measured. Waveform distortion criterion defining the frequency modulation to amplitude modulation conversion (FM-to-AM) is about 6% with 1ω laser energy of ~1.8kJ.

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Youen Jiang, Rong Wu, Shenlei Zhou, Jinghui Li, Xuechun Li, and Zunqi Lin "Performance of smoothing by spectral dispersion combined with distribute phase plate on SG-II", Proc. SPIE 8904, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: High Power Lasers and Applications, 890403 (17 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2030706

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