Structural design of beam transport system in SGIII facility target area

•SGIII target area beam transport system claims stability, accuracy and cleanliness.•Vibrational stability of mirrors and laser beams is mainly analyzed.•The accuracy relies on adjustable kinematic mounts and low-stress clamping.•The cleanliness is established in structural design, fabrication and operation.

Beam transport system in ShenGuangIII (SGIII) facility target area brings 48 laser beams from main laser output to final optics assemblies (FOAs). This paper will present a summary of structural design of SGIII target area beam transport system, which include 276 transport mirrors and nearly 3000 m beam enclosures. The key performance of the beam transport system structural design includes stability, accuracy and cleanliness. To ensure the vibrational stability requirement, the beam transport system is located on stable platforms comprised of switchyard steel space frame and experimental area steel reinforced concrete building. The high fundamental frequency of the transport mirror system and vibrational isolation from thin tubes are designed to decrease the vibration response of the mirrors. An analytical method is proposed to evaluate the structural design on the drifting error of each laser beam obtained by accounting the dynamic responses of each optical elements of laser beam. The adjusting and fast replacement online requirements are satisfied by the structural design of line replaceable units (LRUs), the adjustable kinematic mounts, and the low-stress clamping of mirror mounts. The cleanliness is established in the process of designing, fabrication, and operation simultaneously. Testing results of the beam transport system that has been installed indicate that the structural design satisfies the performance requirements of the facility.

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