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Streaked sub-ps-resolution x-ray line shapes and implications for solid-density plasma dynamics (invited)

Journal Article · · Review of Scientific Instruments
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0101853· OSTI ID:1894920
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  1. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
  2. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
  3. Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
  4. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
In this work, a high-resolution x-ray spectrometer was coupled with an ultrafast x-ray streak camera to produce time-resolved line shape spectra measured from hot, solid-density plasmas. A Bragg crystal was placed near laser-produced plasma to maximize throughput; alignment tolerances were established by ray tracing. The streak camera produced single-shot, time-resolved spectra, heavily sloped due to photon time-of-flight differences, with sufficient reproducibility to accumulate photon statistics. The images are time-calibrated by the slope of streaked spectra and dewarped to generate spectra emitted at different times defined at the source. The streaked spectra demonstrate the evolution of spectral shoulders and other features on ps timescales, showing the feasibility of plasma parameter measurements on the rapid timescales necessary to study high-energy-density plasmas.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-09CH11466; AC52-07NA27344; SC0021246
OSTI ID:
1894920
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1893541
OSTI ID: 2203331
OSTI ID: 2293649
Report Number(s):
LLNL--JRNL-835971
Journal Information:
Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 93; ISSN 0034-6748
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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