Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 133, June 2006
Page(s) 321 - 324
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2006133064
Publié en ligne 16 juin 2006
Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications 2005
J.-C. Gauthier, et al.
J. Phys. IV France 133 (2006) 321-324

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006133064

Efficient coupling of 527 nm laser beam power to a long scalelength plasma

J.D. Moody1, L. Divol1, S.H. Glenzer1, A.J. MacKinnon1, D.H. Froula1, G. Gregori1, W.L. Kruer1, N.B. Meezan1, L.J. Suter1, E.A. Williams1, R. Bahr2 and W. Seka2

1  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, PO Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
2  University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, NY, USA


Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate that application of laser smoothing schemes including smoothing by spectral dispersion (SSD) and polarization smoothing (PS) increases the intensity range for efficient coupling of frequency doubled (527 nm) laser light to a long scalelength plasma with n$_{\rm e}$/n $_{\rm cr} = 0.14$ and T $_{\rm e} = 2$ keV.



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