1. Demonstration of high-energy 2[omega] (526.5 nm) operation on the National Ignition Facility Laser System
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Heestand, G. M., Haynam, C. A., Wegner, P. J., Bowers, M. W., Dixit, S. N., Erbert, G. V., Henesian, M. A., Hermann, M. R., Jancaitis, K. S., Knittel, K., Kohut, T., Lindl, J. D., Manes, K. R., Marshall, C. D., Mehta, N. C., Menapace, J., Moses, E., Murray, J. R., Nostrand, M. C., Orth, C. D., Patterson, R., Sacks, R. A., Saunders, R., Shaw, M. J., Spaeth, M., Sutton, S. B., Williams, W. H., Widmayer, C. C., White, R. K., Whitman, P. K., Yang, S. T., and Van Wonterghem, B. M.
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Laser beams -- Properties ,Frequency converters -- Research ,Astronomy ,Physics - Abstract
A single beamline of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has been operated at a wavelength of 526.5 nm (2[omega]) by frequency converting the fundamental 1053 nm (l[omega]) wavelength with an 18.2 mm thick type-I potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) second-harmonic generator (SHG) crystal. Second-harmonic energies of up to 17.9 kJ were measured at the final optics focal plane with a conversion efficiency of 82%. For a similarly configured 192-beam NIF, this scales to a total 2w energy of 3.4 MJ full NIF equivalent (FNE). OCIS codes: 140.0140, 140.3070, 140.3515, 140.3530.
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- 2008