Model Development for Nanosecond Laser-Induced Damage Caused by Manufacturing-Induced Defects on Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate Crystals

Hao Yang, Jian Cheng, Zhichao Liu, Qi Liu, Linjie Zhao, Chao Tan, Jian Wang, Mingjun Chen

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Abstract

Nanosecond laser-induced damage on (potassium dihydrogen phosphate) KDP crystals is a complex process, which involves coupled actions of multi-physics fields. However, the mechanisms governing the laser damage behaviors have not been fully understood and there have been no available models to accurately describe this complex process. In this work, based on the theories of electromagnetic, thermodynamic, and hydrodynamic fields, a coupled multi-physics model is developed to describe the transient behavior of laser-supported energy deposition and diffusion accompanied by the surface defect (e.g., surface cracks)-initiated laser damage process. It is found that the light intensification caused by the defects near the crystal surface plays a significant role in triggering the laser-induced damage, and a large amount of energy is quickly deposited via the light intensity-activated nonlinear excitation. Using the developed model, the maximum temperature of the crystal material irradiated by a 3 ns pulse laser is calculated, which agrees well with previously reported experimental results. Furthermore, the modeling results suggest that physical processes such as material melting, boiling, and flowing have effects on the evolution of the laser damage process. In addition, the experimentally measured morphology of laser damage sites exhibits damage features of boiling cores, molten regions, and fracture zones, which are direct evidence of bowl-shaped higherature expansion predicted by the model. These results well validate that the proposed coupled multi-physics model is competent to describe the dynamic behaviors of laser damage, which can serve as a powerful tool to understand the general mechanisms of laser interactions with KDP optical crystals in the presence of different defects.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19884-19895
Number of pages12
JournalACS OMEGA
Volume5
Issue number31
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Aug 2020

Funding

This work was financially supported by the Science Challenge Project (no. TZ2016006-0503-01), by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 51775147 and 51705105), by the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST (no. 2018QNRC001), by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (nos. 2017M621260 and 2018T110288), by the Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund (no. LBH-Z17090), and by the Self-Planned Task Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System (HIT) of China (no. SKLRS201718A).

FundersFunder number
Self-Planned Task Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System
Heilongjiang Provincial Postdoctoral Science FoundationLBH-Z17090
National Natural Science Foundation of China51705105, 51775147
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation2017M621260, 2018T110288
Harbin Institute of TechnologySKLRS201718A
China Academy of Space Technology2018QNRC001
Science Challenge Project of ChinaTZ2016006-0503-01

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • General Chemical Engineering

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