Progress on laser precise control for high power laser facility

Zheng Wanguo; Li Ping; Zhang Rui; Zhang Ying; Deng Xuewei; Xu Dangpeng; Huang Xiaoxia; Wang Fang; Zhao Junpu; Han Wei

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202032.190469

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Zheng Wanguo, Li Ping, Zhang Rui, et al. Progress on laser precise control for high power laser facility[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 011003. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.190469

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Zheng Wanguo, Li Ping, Zhang Rui, et al. Progress on laser precise control for high power laser facility[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 011003. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.190469

Zheng Wanguo, Li Ping, Zhang Rui, et al. Progress on laser precise control for high power laser facility[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 011003. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.190469

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Zheng Wanguo, Li Ping, Zhang Rui, et al. Progress on laser precise control for high power laser facility[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 011003. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.190469

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Progress on laser precise control for high power laser facility

doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.190469

Research Center of Laser Fusion , CAEP, P. O. Box 919-988, Mianyang 621900, China

Received Date: 2019-11-30
Rev Recd Date: 2019-12-23
Publish Date: 2019-12-26

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Abstract

Beam precise control is the basic requirement of Interial Confinement Fusion (ICF) research for laser facility. Its technical characteristics determine that it is a system project for laser facility. This paper introduces the important progress made by the Laser Fusion Research Center of Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics in the control of focal-plane irradiance, pulse precision shaping, beam near-field intensity and novel beam exploration in recent years.
- high power laser facility,
- focal-plane irradiance control,
- pulse precision shaping,
- beam near-field intensity control,
- novel beam exploration

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