A multi-frame soft x-ray pinhole imaging diagnostic for single-shot applications
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
- NumerEx LLC, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 (United States)
For high energy density magnetized target fusion experiments at the Air Force Research Laboratory FRCHX machine, obtaining multi-frame soft x-ray images of the field reversed configuration (FRC) plasma as it is being compressed will provide useful dynamics and symmetry information. However, vacuum hardware will be destroyed during the implosion. We have designed a simple in-vacuum pinhole nosecone attachment, fitting onto a Conflat window, coated with 3.2 mg/cm{sup 2} of P-47 phosphor, and covered with a thin 50-nm aluminum reflective overcoat, lens-coupled to a multi-frame Hadland Ultra intensified digital camera. We compare visible and soft x-ray axial images of translating ({approx}200 eV) plasmas in the FRX-L and FRCHX machines in Los Alamos and Albuquerque.
- OSTI ID:
- 22093957
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 83, Issue 10; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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