Diana Snelling VanBlarcom profile

Diana Snelling VanBlarcom

Group Leader, Optical Materials

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Biography

Research interests

I am a chemical engineer supporting Optics Processing for NIF & Photon Science. I develop cleaning, etching, and coating processes to improve the laser damage threshold of NIF final optics.

Current position(s)

Process Engineer for Optical Materials Science & Technology (OMST)

Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qT48BVsI84

https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/nifs-optics-meet-the-demands-of-increased-laser-energy

Subject Matter Expertise

Sol-gel anti-reflective coatings

Etching processes to improve the laser damage threshold of fused silica optics

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2010
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2006

Publications

2023 1 publication

  • Selected publications Jean-Michel G. Di Nicola, et al., "Recent laser performance improvements and latest results at the National Ignition Facility," Proc. SPIE PC12401, High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VII, PC1240103 (17 March 2023)

2022 1 publication

  • H. Abu-Shawareb et al., “Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment,” (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 075001.

2019 3 publications

  • Runkel, M., VanBlarcom, D., Drachenberg, D., Monticelli, M., Davalos, G., Davis, S., Schenkel, N., Cook, M., Crist, P., Messerly, M., Dawson, J., Suratwala, T., “Cleaning protocols for fabrication of fibers for kilowatt-class lasers,” (2019) Proc. SPIE 11206.
  • Zhi M. Liao, C. W. Carr, D. Cross, C. Miller, P. Miller, M. Monticelli, B. Olejniczak, R. Raman, D. VanBlarcom, B. Welday, P. Whitman, L. Wong, and T. Suratwala "Damage performance of fused silica debris shield at the National Ignition Facility", Proc. SPIE 11173, Laser-induced Damage in Optical Materials 2019, 111730Y (20 November 2019).
  • B.J. MacGowan, P. Michel, M. Biener, D. A. Callahan, J-M Di Nicola, A. Kemp, T. Chapman, R. L. Berger, N. Lemos, L. Divol, O. S. Jones, R.Kirkwood, O. L. Landen, R Lowe-Webb,, N. B. Meezan, J. D. Moody, A. Nikroo, A Peer, S. Schiaffino, J. Ralph, D. J. Strozzi, D. Van Blarcom, P. Whitman and C. Widmayer, “Variability of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering from NIF Hohraums,” 49th Annual Anomalous Absorption Conference, Telluride, CO, June 2019.

2018 1 publication

2017 4 publications

2016 2 publications

2011 1 publication

2010 1 publication

2006 1 publication

Awards

  • DOE Secretary’s Honor Achievement Award for NIF Fused Silica Debris Shield Implementation, 2023

  • Outstanding Mentor Award – LLNL, 2018

  • NIF & Photon Science Award – First successful design, fabrication, and testing of a 1kW Fiber Laser, 2018

  • R&D 100 Award Finalist, Laser Damage Resistant Anti-Reflection Grating Debris Shield, 2017

  • Director’s S&T Award, High-Repetition-Rate Advanced Petawatt Laser System milestone, 2017

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2007-2010

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