Optimizing the flow conditions of the horizontally oriented DKDP crystal by adding a stirring paddle

Duanyang Chen; Bin Wang; Hongji Qi; Jianda Shao; Kaiwei Hu; Lili Zheng; Hui Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2539928

8 July 2019 Optimizing the flow conditions of the horizontally oriented DKDP crystal by adding a stirring paddle

Duanyang Chen, Bin Wang, Hongji Qi, Jianda Shao, Kaiwei Hu, Lili Zheng, Hui Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11063, Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2019: Optical Materials for High-Power Lasers; 1106308 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539928
Event: Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2019 and Thin Film Physics and Applications 2019, 2019, Qingdao, China

Abstract

By eliminating one prismatic face and adding four second pyramid faces, the horizontally oriented DKDP crystal can improve the cutting efficiency for tripler in ICF. To optimize the flow conditions for the growth of the horizontally oriented DKDP crystal, a stirring paddle is add above the crystal in the growth tank. With different rotation direction, position and size of the stirring paddle, the distributions of shear force on the crystal surface are compared by using numerical simulations. But the shear stress at center of the up face of the crystal is too small to ensure high quality crystal. However, the numerical simulation results do provide the understanding and guidance for the growth of large size DKDP crystals that can increase cutting efficiency of tripler. Currently, a cuboid DKDP crystal without a pyramidal sector was rapidly grown in SIOM. The higher the cuboid DKDP crystal, the cutting yield is more efficient for the tripler. And the aperture of the biggest triplers is approximately equal to the cross-section of the cuboid DKDP crystal. The fluence corresponding to 50% laser-induced damage (LID) probability of the cuboid DKDP crystal was 13.4 J/cm². The crystal grown using this method establishes the possibility of growing large cuboid DKDP crystals. Currently, rapid growth of cuboid DKDP crystals of more than 40 cm is underway.

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Duanyang Chen, Bin Wang, Hongji Qi, Jianda Shao, Kaiwei Hu, Lili Zheng, and Hui Zhang "Optimizing the flow conditions of the horizontally oriented DKDP crystal by adding a stirring paddle", Proc. SPIE 11063, Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2019: Optical Materials for High-Power Lasers, 1106308 (8 July 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539928

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Crystals

Crystallography

Nonlinear crystals

Numerical simulations

Laser induced damage

Mathematical modeling

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