Research progress on loading capability of high-power solid-state laser facilities

Zheng Wanguo; Tian Ye; Han Wei; Chai Xiangxu; Deng Xuewei; Liu Taixiang; Liao Wei

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202335.220402

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Zheng Wanguo, Tian Ye, Han Wei, et al. Research progress on loading capability of high-power solid-state laser facilities[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35: 061001. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202335.220402

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Zheng Wanguo, Tian Ye, Han Wei, et al. Research progress on loading capability of high-power solid-state laser facilities[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35: 061001. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202335.220402

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Research progress on loading capability of high-power solid-state laser facilities

doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202335.220402

Laser Fusion Research Center, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China

Received Date: 2022-11-30
Accepted Date: 2023-02-24
Rev Recd Date: 2023-02-24

Available Online: 2023-03-10

Publish Date: 2023-05-06

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The loading capability is a bottle-neck challenge in both the construction and operation of high-power laser facilities. Under high-fluence, nanosecond laser irradiation in the ultraviolet regime, damage sites are constantly witnessed initiating and growing on the rear surface of fused silica, severely limiting the loading capability of high-power lasers. Optics recycling which is based on improving the damage resistance of fused silica and mitigating the as-grown damage sites is currently the major strategy for improving the loading capability. This paper introduces the recent progress in the laws and mechanism of laser-induced damage in fused silica, the essential techniques supporting the optical recycling strategy and the new materials and techniques developed to improve the loading capability of high-power laser facilities.
- high-power laser facility,
- fused silica,
- laser-induced damage,
- chemical etching,
- damage mitigation

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