CEA
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The CEA-CESTA hosts the Laser MegaJoule (LMJ), a high energy laser facility dedicated to studying matter under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. The LMJ facility consists of 176 laser beams which each of them is build with near 40 optical components. The resistance of these components to laser flux is critical to the proper functioning of the LMJ.
The laser optical components are dielectric materials, which, as long as the laser energy density remains below a ionization threshold, are transparent. It has been experimentally observed that, above this threshold, a damage manifests in the component on a local scale, which consequently results in a modification of its optical properties. This may result in the replacement of the component. As the laser intensity is increased, the electrons in the valence band will undergo ionization, thereby creating an area where the laser energy will be absorbed. The transfer of this energy to the lattice can result in a change in the...
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