Demonstration of high-energy 2[omega] (526.5 nm) operation on the National Ignition Facility Laser System

Authors :: 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.
Van Wonterghem, B. M.
Source :: Applied Optics. July 1, 2008, Vol. 47 Issue 19, p3494, 6 p.
Publication Year :: 2008
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.

Subjects :: Laser beams -- Properties
Frequency converters -- Research
Astronomy
Physics

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