Los Alamos pinhole camera (LAPC): A new flexible x-ray pinhole camera
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
We have recently designed, built, and fielded a versatile, multichannel x-ray pinhole camera. The Los Alamos pinhole camera was designed to fit into any 6 in. manipulator (SIM) which is a standardized target chamber diagnostic tube. There are currently compatible SIMs available at the Trident, Omega, and NOVA laser systems. The camera uses nine pinholes in a 3{times}3 array to produce images at the film plane. The film housing is designed to hold multiple sheets of stacked x-ray film which also uses a dark slide to protect the film before exposure. Magnifications of 12, 8, 4, and 2X are selected by slip-on nose cones, which support pinholes, collimators, and blast shields. Individual channel filtering is provided by a 3{times}3 filter pack containing nine separate filter sub packs. Spatial resolution is limited by the pinhole diffraction limit and field of view is dependent on magnification and filter pack diameter. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 451879
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960543-; ISSN 0034-6748; TRN: 97:006237
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 68, Issue 1; Conference: 11. annual high-temperature plasma diagnostics conference, Monterey, CA (United States), 12-16 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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