Development of a bright MeV photon source with compound parabolic concentrator targets on the National Ignition Facility Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) laser

Kerr, S. M.; Rusby, D.; Williams, G. J.; Meaney, K.; Schlossberg, D. J.; Aghedo, A.; Alessi, D.; Ayers, J.; Azhar, S.; Aufderheide, M. B.; Bowers, M. W.; Bude, J. D.; Chen, H.; Cochran, G.; Crane, J.; Nicola, J. Di; Fittinghoff, D. N.; Fitzsimmons, P.; Geppert-Kleinrath, H.; Golick, B.; Grim, G. P.; Haid, A.; Hamamoto, M.; Heredia, R.; Hermann, M.; Herriot, S.; Hill, M. P.; Hoke, W.; Kalantar, D.; Kemp, A.; Kim, Y.; LaFortune, K.; Lemos, N.; Link, A.; Lowe-Webb, R.; MacPhee, A.; Manuel, M.; Martinez, D.; Mauldin, M.; Patankar, S.; Pelz, L.; Prantil, M. A.; Quinn, M.; Siders, C. W.; Vonhof, S.; Wegner, P.; Wilks, S.; Williams, W.; Youngblood, K.; Mackinnon, A. J.

doi:10.1063/5.0124539

Title: Development of a bright MeV photon source with compound parabolic concentrator targets on the National Ignition Facility Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) laser

Journal Article · Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0124539· OSTI ID:1962481

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Material Physics Group, AWE Plc, Reading (United Kingdom)

Compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) targets are utilized at the National Ignition Facility Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) laser to enhance the acceleration of electrons and production of high energy photons, for laser durations of 10 ps and energies up to 2.4 kJ. A large enhancement of mean electron energy (>2 ×) and photon brightness (>10×) is found with CPC targets compared to flat targets. Using multiple diagnostic techniques at different spatial locations and scaling by gold activation spatial data, photon spectra are characterized for E_photon = 0.5-30 MeV. Beam width and pointing variations are given. The efficient production of MeV photons at I_laser ≈ 2 x 10¹⁸ W/cm² with CPCs is observed, with doses of >10 rad in air at 1 m for E_photon > 0.5 MeV; these exceed those previously reported with laser-driven sources. Using this source, sub-mm resolution radiographs are generated through large areal density radiograph objects. Hence these results are promising for the development of bright MeV x-ray and particle sources on Petawatt class laser systems.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; NA0001808; 19-SI-002

OSTI ID:: 1962481

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1907715

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-839566; 1059651; TRN: US2313080

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 30, Issue 1; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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