Abstract
In dynamic interference smoothing (DIS) scheme, the speckles of focal spots are swept in multi-directions within several picoseconds, leading to the improvement of irradiation uniformity. In this work, the theoretical limitation of the smoothing performance of DIS scheme is revealed and then an optimized dynamic interference smoothing (ODIS) scheme is proposed. The ODIS scheme is implemented by applying asynchronous sinusoidal phase modulations induced by electro-optic modulators with time-delayed voltage signals to the beamlets in a laser quad. Results indicate that the irradiation uniformity of the ODIS scheme is further improved than that of DIS scheme owing to the asynchronous spatiotemporal phases. In addition, the polarization of the ODIS scheme also rotates on picosecond timescale, which may be potential to mitigate the parametric backscattering. Moreover, though the ODIS scheme has a relatively high requirement for temporal synchronization of beamlets, it shows a wide tolerance for the spatial wavefront distortion.
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