Lifetime survivability of contaminated target-chamber optics

Frank Rainer; Andrew T. Anderson; Alan K. Burnham; David Milam; R. E. Turner

doi:10.1117/12.274291

13 May 1997 Lifetime survivability of contaminated target-chamber optics

Frank Rainer, Andrew T. Anderson, Alan K. Burnham, David Milam, R. E. Turner

Proceedings Volume 2966, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1996; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274291
Event: Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1996, 1996, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstract

Target chambers used for inertial confinement fusion expose laser optics to a very hostile environment not only from high-fluence laser irradiation but also x-ray irradiation and particulate debris from targets and chamber wall materials. Expendable debris shields provide the first line of defense to more costly optics upstream in the laser beam path to contaminants generated within the target chamber. However, the replacement of a large number of debris shields is also an expensive proposition so that extending their usable lifetime within the chamber is of crucial importance. We have conducted tests to show that optics can both be cleaned and damaged by laser irradiation at 355 nm after being contaminated with potential chamber-wall materials such as B₄C and Al₂O₃. Such optics can survive from one to hundreds of laser shots depending on the degree of contamination and laser fluence levels. Similarly, we have studied the survivability of optics that have been exposed to direct contamination from representative target materials irradiated in the target chamber. We have also studied the effects on optics that were not directly exposed to targets yet received secondary exposure form the above directly-exposed samples.

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Frank Rainer, Andrew T. Anderson, Alan K. Burnham, David Milam, and R. E. Turner "Lifetime survivability of contaminated target-chamber optics", Proc. SPIE 2966, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1996, (13 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274291

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