• Matter and Radiation at Extremes
  • Vol. 5, Issue 6, 065201 (2020)
Yanqi Gao1、a), Yong Cui1, Lailin Ji1, Daxing Rao1, Xiaohui Zhao1, Fujian Li1, Dong Liu1, Wei Feng1, Lan Xia1, Jiani Liu1, Haitao Shi1, Pengyuan Du1, Jia Liu1, Xiaoli Li1, Tao Wang1, Tianxiong Zhang1, Chong Shan1, Yilin Hua1, Weixin Ma1, Xun Sun2, Xianfeng Chen3, Xiuguang Huang1, Jian Zhu1, Wenbing Pei1, Zhan Sui1, and Sizu Fu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Shanghai 201899, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 3School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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    DOI: 10.1063/5.0009319 Cite this Article
    Yanqi Gao, Yong Cui, Lailin Ji, Daxing Rao, Xiaohui Zhao, Fujian Li, Dong Liu, Wei Feng, Lan Xia, Jiani Liu, Haitao Shi, Pengyuan Du, Jia Liu, Xiaoli Li, Tao Wang, Tianxiong Zhang, Chong Shan, Yilin Hua, Weixin Ma, Xun Sun, Xianfeng Chen, Xiuguang Huang, Jian Zhu, Wenbing Pei, Zhan Sui, Sizu Fu. Development of low-coherence high-power laser drivers for inertial confinement fusion[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2020, 5(6): 065201 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The use of low-coherence light is expected to be one of the effective ways to suppress or even eliminate the laser–plasma instabilities that arise in attempts to achieve inertial confinement fusion. In this paper, a review of low-coherence high-power laser drivers and related key techniques is first presented. Work at typical low-coherence laser facilities, including Gekko XII, PHEBUS, Pharos III, and Kanal-2 is described. The many key techniques that are used in the research and development of low-coherence laser drivers are described and analyzed, including low-coherence source generation, amplification, harmonic conversion, and beam smoothing of low-coherence light. Then, recent progress achieved by our group in research on a broadband low-coherence laser driver is presented. During the development of our low-coherence high-power laser facility, we have proposed and implemented many key techniques for working with low-coherence light, including source generation, efficient amplification and propagation, harmonic conversion, beam smoothing, and precise beam control. Based on a series of technological breakthroughs, a kilojoule low-coherence laser driver named Kunwu with a coherence time of only 300 fs has been built, and the first round of physical experiments has been completed. This high-power laser facility provides not only a demonstration and verification platform for key techniques and system integration of a low-coherence laser driver, but also a new type of experimental platform for research into, for example, high-energy-density physics and, in particular, laser–plasma interactions.

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    Yanqi Gao, Yong Cui, Lailin Ji, Daxing Rao, Xiaohui Zhao, Fujian Li, Dong Liu, Wei Feng, Lan Xia, Jiani Liu, Haitao Shi, Pengyuan Du, Jia Liu, Xiaoli Li, Tao Wang, Tianxiong Zhang, Chong Shan, Yilin Hua, Weixin Ma, Xun Sun, Xianfeng Chen, Xiuguang Huang, Jian Zhu, Wenbing Pei, Zhan Sui, Sizu Fu. Development of low-coherence high-power laser drivers for inertial confinement fusion[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2020, 5(6): 065201
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