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This article is cited in 4 scientific papers (total in 4 papers)
Interaction of extreme light fields with matter
Laser induced damage threshold and incubation effects of high-power laser system optics
S. Fourmaux, J. C. Kieffer Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique – Énergie,
Matériaux et Télécommunications (INRS-EMT), Université du Québec, Québec, Canada
Abstract:
We present a laser induced damage threshold (LIDT) measurement technique where a mm-diameter non-Gaussian laser beam is used. This allows both a large number of measurements points and a large range of fluence to be sampled with a single measure. The method is used in-situ, inside the laser radiation–matter interaction vacuum vessel used for high power experiments with a 100 TW-class laser system. With our 2.5-Hz repetition rate laser system, the well-known incubation effect is observed where the laser damage threshold on the optics decreases with increasing number of laser shots. The incubation effect is studied with 22-fs laser pulses at a laser 2.5-Hz nominal repetition rate with several optics like dielectric mirrors and gold compression gratings irradiated by up to 9 $\times$ 10$^3$ laser shots.
Keywords:
laser-induced damage of optics, high-power laser systems, incubation effects, fluence.
Received: 08.07.2021
Citation:
S. Fourmaux, J. C. Kieffer, “Laser induced damage threshold and incubation effects of high-power laser system optics”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 51:9 (2021), 751–758 [Quantum Electron., 51:9 (2021), 751–758]
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe17906 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe/v51/i9/p751
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