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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Laser Technology
    • Materials Science
    • Plasma Physics

    Background:

    • Random phase plates are crucial for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments.
    • Applications include direct-drive hydrodynamic stability studies and X-ray backlighting.
    • Previous methods faced limitations in optical performance and damage threshold.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To design and fabricate large-diameter (80-cm) random phase plates.
    • To develop a novel sol-gel dip-coating technique for phase plate fabrication.
    • To evaluate the optical performance and damage threshold of the fabricated phase plates.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a novel sol-gel dip-coating technique for fabricating 80-cm random phase plates.
    • Characterized the optical performance of the phase plates.
    • Assessed the optical damage threshold at second- and third-harmonic wavelengths of Nd:glass lasers.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully fabricated 80-cm-diameter random phase plates using the sol-gel dip-coating method.
    • The sol-gel phase plates demonstrated excellent optical performance.
    • Achieved a high optical damage threshold at 2ω and 3ω wavelengths of the Nd:glass laser.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel sol-gel dip-coating technique is effective for producing large-diameter random phase plates.
    • These phase plates are suitable for target-plane beam smoothing in ICF research.
    • The developed phase plates offer significant advantages in terms of damage resistance and optical quality.