Optical smoothing of laser imprinting in planar-target experiments on OMEGA EP using multi-FM 1-D smoothing by spectral dispersion

Hohenberger, M.; Shvydky, A.; Marozas, J. A.; Fiksel, G.; Bonino, M. J.; Canning, D.; Collins, T. J.  B.; Dorrer, C.; Kessler, T. J.; Kruschwitz, B. E.; McKenty, P. W.; Meyerhofer, D. D.; Regan, S. P.; Sangster, T. C.; Zuegel, J. D.

doi:10.1063/1.4962185

Title: Optical smoothing of laser imprinting in planar-target experiments on OMEGA EP using multi-FM 1-D smoothing by spectral dispersion

Journal Article · Wed Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962185· OSTI ID:1328777

^[1]; Shvydky, A. ^[1]; Marozas, J. A. ^[1]; Fiksel, G. ^[2]; Bonino, M. J. ^[1];

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Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Direct-drive ignition on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) requires single-beam smoothing to minimize imprinting of laser nonuniformities that can negatively affect implosion performance. One-dimensional, multi-FM smoothing by spectral dispersion (SSD) has been proposed to provide the required smoothing [J. A. Marozas, J. D. Zuegel, and T. J. B. Collins, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 55, 294 (2010)]. A prototype multi-FM SSD system has been integrated into the NIF-like beamline of the OMEGA EP Laser System. Experiments have been performed to verify the smoothing performance by measuring Rayleigh–Taylor growth rates in planar targets of laser-imprinted and preimposed surface modulations. Multi-FM 1-D SSD has been observed to reduce imprint levels by ~50% compared to the nominal OMEGA EP SSD system. In conclusion, the experimental results are in agreement with 2-D DRACO simulations using realistic, time-dependent far-field spot-intensity calculations that emulate the effect of SSD.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001944

OSTI ID:: 1328777

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1321038

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 23, Issue 9; ISSN 1070-664X

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