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Title: Backlighter development at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Zinc to Zirconium

Abstract

A K-shell X-ray emission from laser-irradiated planar Zn, Ge, Br, and Zr foils was measured at the National Ignition Facility for laser irradiances in the range of 0.6–9.5 × 1015 W/cm 2. The incident laser power had a pre-pulse to enhance the laser-to-X-ray conversion efficiency (CE) of a 2–5 ns constant-intensity pulse used as the main laser drive. The measured CE into the 8–16 keV energy band ranged from 0.43% to 2%, while the measured CE into the He-like resonance 1s2–1s2p(1P) and intercombination 1s2–1s2p(3P) transitions, as well as from their 1s2(2s,2p)l–1s2p(2s,2p)l satellite transitions for l = 1, 2, 3, corresponding to the Li-, Be-, and B-like resonances, respectively, ranged from 0.3% to 1.5%. Moreover, absolute and relative CE measurements are consistent with X-ray energy scaling of (hν) -3 to (hν) -5, where hν is the X-ray energy. The temporal evolution of the broadband X-ray power was similar to the main laser drive for ablation plasmas having a critical density surface.

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
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Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1237551
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-638536
Journal ID: ISSN 1574-1818
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
High Energy Density Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1574-1818
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUMM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION; x-ray emission; conversion efficiency; backlighter foils

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Barrios, M. A., Fournier, K. B., Regan, S. P., Landen, O., May, M., Opachich, Y. P., Widmann, K., Bradley, D. K., and Collins, G. W. Backlighter development at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Zinc to Zirconium. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2013.05.018.
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Barrios, M. A., Fournier, K. B., Regan, S. P., Landen, O., May, M., Opachich, Y. P., Widmann, K., Bradley, D. K., & Collins, G. W. Backlighter development at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Zinc to Zirconium. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2013.05.018
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Barrios, M. A., Fournier, K. B., Regan, S. P., Landen, O., May, M., Opachich, Y. P., Widmann, K., Bradley, D. K., and Collins, G. W. Fri . "Backlighter development at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Zinc to Zirconium". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2013.05.018. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1237551.
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@article{osti_1237551,
title = {Backlighter development at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Zinc to Zirconium},
author = {Barrios, M. A. and Fournier, K. B. and Regan, S. P. and Landen, O. and May, M. and Opachich, Y. P. and Widmann, K. and Bradley, D. K. and Collins, G. W.},
abstractNote = {A K-shell X-ray emission from laser-irradiated planar Zn, Ge, Br, and Zr foils was measured at the National Ignition Facility for laser irradiances in the range of 0.6–9.5 × 1015 W/cm 2. The incident laser power had a pre-pulse to enhance the laser-to-X-ray conversion efficiency (CE) of a 2–5 ns constant-intensity pulse used as the main laser drive. The measured CE into the 8–16 keV energy band ranged from 0.43% to 2%, while the measured CE into the He-like resonance 1s2–1s2p(1P) and intercombination 1s2–1s2p(3P) transitions, as well as from their 1s2(2s,2p)l–1s2p(2s,2p)l satellite transitions for l = 1, 2, 3, corresponding to the Li-, Be-, and B-like resonances, respectively, ranged from 0.3% to 1.5%. Moreover, absolute and relative CE measurements are consistent with X-ray energy scaling of (hν) -3 to (hν) -5, where hν is the X-ray energy. The temporal evolution of the broadband X-ray power was similar to the main laser drive for ablation plasmas having a critical density surface.},
doi = {10.1016/j.hedp.2013.05.018},
journal = {High Energy Density Physics},
number = 3,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {2013},
month = {6}
}
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