Dealing with LMJ final optics damage: post-processing and models

C. Lacombe; Guillaume Hallo; Martin Sozet; Pauline Fourtillan; Romain Diaz; Sébastien Vermersch; Jérôme Neauport

doi:10.1117/12.2571074

9 November 2020 Dealing with LMJ final optics damage: post-processing and models

C. Lacombe, Guillaume Hallo, Martin Sozet, Pauline Fourtillan, Romain Diaz, Sébastien Vermersch, Jérôme Neauport

Proceedings Volume 11514, Laser-induced Damage in Optical Materials 2020; 115140G (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2571074
Event: SPIE Laser Damage, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

The Laser MegaJoule (LMJ) is a 176-beamlines facility, located at the CEA CESTA near Bordeaux (France). It is designed to deliver about 1.4 MJ of ultraviolet laser energy on targets set in vacuum chamber, for high energy density physics experiments, including fusion experiments. The commissioning of the seven first bundles of height beams is achieved since November 2019 and the commissioning of next bundles is on the way. For performance requirements, it is important to follow final optics behavior. Moreover, for questions of manufacturability, ease of maintenance and cost, the understanding and the improvement of vacuum windows laser damage resistance are of main importance. The MDCC (Center Chamber Diagnostic System) is thus operating since November 2018 on the LMJ facility. It consists in a high resolution CCD camera combined with a predefined focus set of optics. The resolution of this system is about 100μm with a working distance of 8 m. This system can perform 3 functions: damage detection on the vacuum window surface, the measurement of the spatial profile on the vacuum window plane and of final optics transmission.

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C. Lacombe, Guillaume Hallo, Martin Sozet, Pauline Fourtillan, Romain Diaz, Sébastien Vermersch, and Jérôme Neauport "Dealing with LMJ final optics damage: post-processing and models", Proc. SPIE 11514, Laser-induced Damage in Optical Materials 2020, 115140G (9 November 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2571074

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