• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 6, Issue 1, 01000e10 (2018)
Lei Ren1、2、†, Ping Shao1、2, Dongfeng Zhao1、2, Yang Zhou1、2, Zhijian Cai1、2, Neng Hua1、2, Zhaoyang Jiao1、2, Lan Xia1、3, Zhanfeng Qiao1、2, Rong Wu1、2, Lailin Ji1、3, Dong Liu1、3, Lingjie Ju1、2, Wei Pan1、2, Qiang Li1、2, Qiang Ye1、2, Mingying Sun1、2, Jianqiang Zhu1、2, and Zunqi Lin1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Shanghai 201800, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2018.4 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Lei Ren, Ping Shao, Dongfeng Zhao, Yang Zhou, Zhijian Cai, Neng Hua, Zhaoyang Jiao, Lan Xia, Zhanfeng Qiao, Rong Wu, Lailin Ji, Dong Liu, Lingjie Ju, Wei Pan, Qiang Li, Qiang Ye, Mingying Sun, Jianqiang Zhu, Zunqi Lin. Target alignment in the Shen-Guang II Upgrade laser facility[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2018, 6(1): 01000e10 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The Shen-Guang II Upgrade (SG-II-U) laser facility consists of eight high-power nanosecond laser beams and one short-pulse picosecond petawatt laser. It is designed for the study of inertial confinement fusion (ICF), especially for conducting fast ignition (FI) research in China and other basic science experiments. To perform FI successfully with hohlraum targets containing a golden cone, the long-pulse beam and cylindrical hohlraum as well as the short-pulse beam and cone target alignment must satisfy tight specifications (30 and $20~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$ rms for each case). To explore new ICF ignition targets with six laser entrance holes (LEHs), a rotation sensor was adapted to meet the requirements of a three-dimensional target and correct beam alignment. In this paper, the strategy for aligning the nanosecond beam based on target alignment sensor (TAS) is introduced and improved to meet requirements of the picosecond lasers and the new six LEHs hohlraum targets in the SG-II-U facility. The expected performance of the alignment system is presented, and the alignment error is also discussed.
    Lei Ren, Ping Shao, Dongfeng Zhao, Yang Zhou, Zhijian Cai, Neng Hua, Zhaoyang Jiao, Lan Xia, Zhanfeng Qiao, Rong Wu, Lailin Ji, Dong Liu, Lingjie Ju, Wei Pan, Qiang Li, Qiang Ye, Mingying Sun, Jianqiang Zhu, Zunqi Lin. Target alignment in the Shen-Guang II Upgrade laser facility[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2018, 6(1): 01000e10
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