Large-aperture (80-cm diameter) phase plates for beam smoothing on Nova

Bruce W. Woods; Ian M. Thomas; Mark A. Henesian; Sham N. Dixit; Howard T. Powell

doi:10.1117/12.43586

1 July 1991 Large-aperture (80-cm diameter) phase plates for beam smoothing on Nova

Bruce W. Woods, Ian M. Thomas, Mark A. Henesian, Sham N. Dixit, Howard T. Powell

Proceedings Volume 1410, Solid State Lasers II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43586
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The authors have outfitted one beamline of Nova with random phase plates (RPPs) to spatially smooth the beam. The fabrication and characterization of large aperture (80-cm diameter) RPPs for use at 526.5 nm along with the performance of these optics on Nova are discussed. The present RPPs were fabricated by a conventional, although large scale vacuum deposition process. Fabrication of RPPs using a unique sol-gel coating process, which has been demonstrated at 15-cm diameter and can be scaled to the 80-cm diameter required for Nova, is also discussed.

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Bruce W. Woods, Ian M. Thomas, Mark A. Henesian, Sham N. Dixit, and Howard T. Powell "Large-aperture (80-cm diameter) phase plates for beam smoothing on Nova", Proc. SPIE 1410, Solid State Lasers II, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43586

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