• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 10, Issue 6, 06000e38 (2022)
Fenxiang Wu, Jiabing Hu, Xingyan Liu, Zongxin Zhang, Peile Bai, Xinliang Wang, Yang Zhao, Xiaojun Yang, Yi Xu*, Cheng Wang, Yuxin Leng, and Ruxin Li
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2022.29 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fenxiang Wu, Jiabing Hu, Xingyan Liu, Zongxin Zhang, Peile Bai, Xinliang Wang, Yang Zhao, Xiaojun Yang, Yi Xu, Cheng Wang, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li. Dispersion management for a 100 PW level laser using a mismatched-grating compressor[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2022, 10(6): 06000e38 Copy Citation Text show less
    The schematic of our scheduled SEL-100 PW laser facility.
    Fig. 1. The schematic of our scheduled SEL-100 PW laser facility.
    (a) Simulated pulse spectrum and calculated spectral phase. (b) FTL and corresponding compressed pulses of the SEL-100 PW laser facility.
    Fig. 2. (a) Simulated pulse spectrum and calculated spectral phase. (b) FTL and corresponding compressed pulses of the SEL-100 PW laser facility.
    (a) The residual FOD and corresponding pulse duration with the change of incident angle in the stretcher when the GDD and TOD are cancelled out. (b) The pulse duration after balancing the GDD, TOD and FOD by optimizing the compressor, when the incident angle deviation in the stretcher is +4°.
    Fig. 3. (a) The residual FOD and corresponding pulse duration with the change of incident angle in the stretcher when the GDD and TOD are cancelled out. (b) The pulse duration after balancing the GDD, TOD and FOD by optimizing the compressor, when the incident angle deviation in the stretcher is +4°.
    (a) The residual FOD and corresponding pulse duration with the change of the grating pair separation in the stretcher when the GDD and TOD are cancelled out. (b) The pulse duration after balancing the GDD, TOD and FOD by optimizing the compressor, when the grating pair separation deviation in the stretcher is +20 mm.
    Fig. 4. (a) The residual FOD and corresponding pulse duration with the change of the grating pair separation in the stretcher when the GDD and TOD are cancelled out. (b) The pulse duration after balancing the GDD, TOD and FOD by optimizing the compressor, when the grating pair separation deviation in the stretcher is +20 mm.
    (a) The compressed pulse duration with the change of the grating groove density in the stretcher, after balancing the residual dispersion. (b) The residual FOD and corresponding pulse duration with the change of the grating groove density in the stretcher when the GDD and TOD are cancelled out.
    Fig. 5. (a) The compressed pulse duration with the change of the grating groove density in the stretcher, after balancing the residual dispersion. (b) The residual FOD and corresponding pulse duration with the change of the grating groove density in the stretcher when the GDD and TOD are cancelled out.
    The pulse durations after balancing the residual dispersion by optimizing the compressors when the grating groove densities in the stretchers are (a) 1361 g/mm and (b) 1369 g/mm.
    Fig. 6. The pulse durations after balancing the residual dispersion by optimizing the compressors when the grating groove densities in the stretchers are (a) 1361 g/mm and (b) 1369 g/mm.
    The calculated pulse durations with the variation of fused silica thickness in the laser system, after balancing the residual GDD, TOD and FOD by optimizing the compressor.
    Fig. 7. The calculated pulse durations with the variation of fused silica thickness in the laser system, after balancing the residual GDD, TOD and FOD by optimizing the compressor.
    The pulse durations after balancing the residual dispersion by optimizing the compressor when the fused silica thickness errors in the laser system are (a) –150 mm and (b) 120 mm.
    Fig. 8. The pulse durations after balancing the residual dispersion by optimizing the compressor when the fused silica thickness errors in the laser system are (a) –150 mm and (b) 120 mm.
    The pulse durations (a) and their partial projection (b) after balancing the residual dispersion by optimizing the compressor when the grating groove density in the stretcher and the material dispersion in the laser system are changing simultaneously.
    Fig. 9. The pulse durations (a) and their partial projection (b) after balancing the residual dispersion by optimizing the compressor when the grating groove density in the stretcher and the material dispersion in the laser system are changing simultaneously.
    GDD/fs2TOD/fs3FOD/fs4
    Stretcher8,756,341–21,501,50885,574,250
    Material32,71545,541–41,130
    OPP426–3698–23,620
    Compressor–8,789,48121,459,660–85,515,395
    Residual1–5–5895
    Table 1. Dispersion at the 925 nm central wavelength of the SEL-100 PW laser facility.
    Fenxiang Wu, Jiabing Hu, Xingyan Liu, Zongxin Zhang, Peile Bai, Xinliang Wang, Yang Zhao, Xiaojun Yang, Yi Xu, Cheng Wang, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li. Dispersion management for a 100 PW level laser using a mismatched-grating compressor[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2022, 10(6): 06000e38
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