Abstract
A single beamline of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has been operated at a wavelength of () by frequency converting the fundamental () wavelength with an thick type-I potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) second-harmonic generator (SHG) crystal. Second-harmonic energies of up to were measured at the final optics focal plane with a conversion efficiency of 82%. For a similarly configured 192-beam NIF, this scales to a total energy of full NIF equivalent (FNE).
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