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Title: Time-resolved Soft X-Ray Imaging (SXRI) diagnostic for use at the NIF and OMEGA lasers

Abstract

The soft x-ray imager (SXRI) built for the first experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has four soft x-ray channels and one hard x-ray channel. The SXRI is a snout that mounts to a four strip gated imager. This produces four soft x-ray images per strip, which can be separated in time by {approx}60psec. Each soft x-ray channel consists of a mirror plus a filter. The diagnostic was used to study x-ray burnthrough of hot hohlraum targets at the NIF and OMEGA lasers. The SXRI snout design and issues involved in selecting the desired soft x-ray channels are discussed.

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
889445
Report Number(s):
UCRL-CONF-221117
TRN: US0604427
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at: 16th Topical Conf. on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics,, Williamsburg, VA, United States, May 07 - May 11, 2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN; LASERS; MIRRORS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; TARGETS; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY

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Schneider, M, Holder, J, James, D, Bruns, H, Celeste, J, Compton, S, Costa, R, Ellis, A, Emig, J, Hargrove, D, Kalantar, D, MacGowan, B, Power, G, Sorce, C, Rekow, V, Widmann, K, Young, B, Young, P, Garcia, O, McKenney, J, Haugh, M, Goldin, F, MacNeil, L, and Cone, K. Time-resolved Soft X-Ray Imaging (SXRI) diagnostic for use at the NIF and OMEGA lasers. United States: N. p., 2006. Web.
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Schneider, M, Holder, J, James, D, Bruns, H, Celeste, J, Compton, S, Costa, R, Ellis, A, Emig, J, Hargrove, D, Kalantar, D, MacGowan, B, Power, G, Sorce, C, Rekow, V, Widmann, K, Young, B, Young, P, Garcia, O, McKenney, J, Haugh, M, Goldin, F, MacNeil, L, & Cone, K. Time-resolved Soft X-Ray Imaging (SXRI) diagnostic for use at the NIF and OMEGA lasers. United States.
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Schneider, M, Holder, J, James, D, Bruns, H, Celeste, J, Compton, S, Costa, R, Ellis, A, Emig, J, Hargrove, D, Kalantar, D, MacGowan, B, Power, G, Sorce, C, Rekow, V, Widmann, K, Young, B, Young, P, Garcia, O, McKenney, J, Haugh, M, Goldin, F, MacNeil, L, and Cone, K. Thu . "Time-resolved Soft X-Ray Imaging (SXRI) diagnostic for use at the NIF and OMEGA lasers". United States. doi:. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/889445.
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@article{osti_889445,
title = {Time-resolved Soft X-Ray Imaging (SXRI) diagnostic for use at the NIF and OMEGA lasers},
author = {Schneider, M and Holder, J and James, D and Bruns, H and Celeste, J and Compton, S and Costa, R and Ellis, A and Emig, J and Hargrove, D and Kalantar, D and MacGowan, B and Power, G and Sorce, C and Rekow, V and Widmann, K and Young, B and Young, P and Garcia, O and McKenney, J and Haugh, M and Goldin, F and MacNeil, L and Cone, K},
abstractNote = {The soft x-ray imager (SXRI) built for the first experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has four soft x-ray channels and one hard x-ray channel. The SXRI is a snout that mounts to a four strip gated imager. This produces four soft x-ray images per strip, which can be separated in time by {approx}60psec. Each soft x-ray channel consists of a mirror plus a filter. The diagnostic was used to study x-ray burnthrough of hot hohlraum targets at the NIF and OMEGA lasers. The SXRI snout design and issues involved in selecting the desired soft x-ray channels are discussed.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Thu May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
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    The soft x-ray imager (SXRI) built for the first experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has four soft x-ray channels and one hard x-ray channel. The SXRI is a snout that mounts to a four strip gated imager. This produces four soft x-ray images per strip, which can be separated in time by {approx}60psec. Each soft x-ray channel consists of a mirror plus a filter. The diagnostic was used to study x-ray burnthrough of hot hohlraum targets at the NIF and OMEGA lasers. The SXRI snout design and issues involved in selecting the desired soft x-ray channels are discussed.

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