Specific Phase Modulation with Dynamic Variable Spectral Width of Nanosecond Optical Pulse in High-Power Lasers

Abstract

High-power laser pulse transmitted by phase modulation with certain spectrum distribution can suppress the buildup of transverse stimulated Brillouin scattering (TSBS) in large aperture laser optics and smooth the speckle pattern illuminating the target by spectral smoothing dispersion (SSD). In this paper, based on the requirements of the double-cone ignition scheme including simultaneously realizing that the focal spot is variable at different times in size and the spatial intensity distribution is uniform, we propose a novel phase modulation technology with a rapid variable modulation index in the nanosecond scale instead of utilizing conventional constant amplitude sinusoidal curve. The relevant simulation results indicate that the proposed technology can realize the dynamic nanosecond spectral distribution and the trend correlates with the variety of modulation index. Particularly, we indirectly measure this rapid changeable spectral distribution based on the mapping relationship between frequency and time domain. We believe that the new technology is expected to meet the requirements of SSD and the dynamic focus simultaneously.