Megajoule laser project and polishing processes for high laser induced damage threshold at 351 nm

J. Néauport; P. Cormont; N. Darbois; A. During; N. Ferriou; E. Lavastre; I. Legoff; D. Leschuitta; C. Maunier; C. Pellegrini; D. Taroux; D. Valla

doi:10.1117/12.633499

20 October 2005 Megajoule laser project and polishing processes for high laser induced damage threshold at 351 nm

J. Néauport, P. Cormont, N. Darbois, A. During, N. Ferriou, E. Lavastre, I. Legoff, D. Leschuitta, C. Maunier, C. Pellegrini, D. Taroux, D. Valla

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Proceedings Volume 5965, Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology II; 59650N (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.633499
Event: Optical Systems Design 2005, 2005, Jena, Germany

Abstract

The Megajoule laser, designed for the study of high energy density plasma, is currently being constructed at the CEA Cesta near Bordeaux in France. Constituted of 240 laser beams, this facility will by able to concentrate 1.8MJ of energy on a target placed in the centre of a vacuum chamber in order to obtain fusion. The 240 beams of the LMJ have a right section of 40 x 40 cm² and are equipped with about 40 optical parts of various types: laser slabs, lenses, mirrors, diffractive optics. All of them have to sustain very high fluence induced by the laser beam. Manufacturing 9000 large laser optics of this type is a real technological and economical challenge. This presentation gives an overview of this activity and details the main recent development realized. In addition, we present results on the current development program made to improve lifetime of fused silica optics at the wavelength of 351 nm.

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J. Néauport, P. Cormont, N. Darbois, A. During, N. Ferriou, E. Lavastre, I. Legoff, D. Leschuitta, C. Maunier, C. Pellegrini, D. Taroux, and D. Valla "Megajoule laser project and polishing processes for high laser induced damage threshold at 351 nm", Proc. SPIE 5965, Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology II, 59650N (20 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.633499

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