Transparent laser damage resistant nematic liquid crystal cell “LCNP3”

There exists the problem in diagnostics of dense plasma (so-called Thomson diagnostics). For this purpose the plasma is illuminated by series of high energy laser pulses. The energy of each separate pulse is as large as 3 J, so it is impossible to generate a burst of such pulses by a single laser. I...

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Published in:Opto-electronics review 2014, Vol.22 (3), p.196-200
Main Authors: Raszewski, Z., Piecek, W., Jaroszewicz, L., Dąbrowski, R., Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, E., Soms, L., Olifierczuk, M., Kędzierski, J., Morawiak, P., Mazur, R., Miszczyk, E., Mrukiewicz, M., Kowiorski, K.
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Language:English
Subjects:
laser damage
Lasers
liquid crystals
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Optical and Electronic Materials
Optical Devices
Optics
Original Papers
Photonics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
plasma diagnostics
porous ITO
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Summary:There exists the problem in diagnostics of dense plasma (so-called Thomson diagnostics). For this purpose the plasma is illuminated by series of high energy laser pulses. The energy of each separate pulse is as large as 3 J, so it is impossible to generate a burst of such pulses by a single laser. In this situation, the pulses are generated by several independent lasers operating sequentially, and these pulses are to be directed along the same optical path. To form an optical path with λ = 1.064 μm and absolute value of the laser pulse energy of 3 J, a special refractive index matched twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell of type LCNP3, with switching on time τ ON smaller than 3 μs was applied.
ISSN:1230-3402
1896-3757
1896-3757
DOI:10.2478/s11772-014-0192-0