Beam positioning stability analysis on large laser facilities

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2013-01-11
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Beampositioningstabilityinalaser-driveninertialconfinementfusion(ICF)facilityisavitalproblemthatneedstobefixed.Eachlaserbeaminthefacilityistransmittedinlotsofopticsforhundredsofmeters,andthentargetedinamicro-sizedpellettorealizecontrollablefusion.Anyturbulenceintheenvironmentinsuchlong-distancepropagationwouldaffectthedisplacementofopticsandfurtherresultinbeamfocusingandpositioningerrors.Thisstudyconcludedthattheerrorsoneachoftheopticscontributedtothetarget,anditpresentsanefficientmethodofenhancingthebeamstabilitybyeliminatingerrorsonerror-sensitiveoptics.Optimizationsoftheopticalsystemandmechanicalsupportingstructuresarealsopresented.