Ultrafast proton radiography of the magnetic fields generated by a laser-driven coil current
Abstract
Magnetic fields generated by a current flowing through a U-shaped coil connecting two copper foils were measured using ultrafast proton radiography. Two ∼1.25 kJ, 1-ns laser pulses propagated through laser entrance holes in the front foil, and were focused to the back foil with an intensity of ∼3 × 1016W/cm2. The intense laser-solid interaction induced a high voltage between the copper foils and generated a large current in the connecting coil. The proton data show ∼40-50 Tesla magnetic fields at the center of the coil ∼3-4 ns after laser irradiation. The experiments provide significant insight for future target designs that aim to develop a powerful source of external magnetic fields for various applications in high-energy-density science.
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- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences; Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics; General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
- General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1259385
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1247894; OSTI ID: 1512468
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002205
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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Gao, Lan, Ji, Hantao, Fiksel, Gennady, Fox, William, Evans, Michelle, and Alfonso, Noel. Ultrafast proton radiography of the magnetic fields generated by a laser-driven coil current. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4945643.
Gao, Lan, Ji, Hantao, Fiksel, Gennady, Fox, William, Evans, Michelle, & Alfonso, Noel. Ultrafast proton radiography of the magnetic fields generated by a laser-driven coil current. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4945643
Gao, Lan, Ji, Hantao, Fiksel, Gennady, Fox, William, Evans, Michelle, and Alfonso, Noel. Fri .
"Ultrafast proton radiography of the magnetic fields generated by a laser-driven coil current". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4945643. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1259385.
@article{osti_1259385,
title = {Ultrafast proton radiography of the magnetic fields generated by a laser-driven coil current},
author = {Gao, Lan and Ji, Hantao and Fiksel, Gennady and Fox, William and Evans, Michelle and Alfonso, Noel},
abstractNote = {Magnetic fields generated by a current flowing through a U-shaped coil connecting two copper foils were measured using ultrafast proton radiography. Two ∼1.25 kJ, 1-ns laser pulses propagated through laser entrance holes in the front foil, and were focused to the back foil with an intensity of ∼3 × 1016W/cm2. The intense laser-solid interaction induced a high voltage between the copper foils and generated a large current in the connecting coil. The proton data show ∼40-50 Tesla magnetic fields at the center of the coil ∼3-4 ns after laser irradiation. The experiments provide significant insight for future target designs that aim to develop a powerful source of external magnetic fields for various applications in high-energy-density science.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4945643},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 4,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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FIG. 1: (color online). Experimental setup. Photographic views of an actual target from face-on and side-on directions are shown. The two Cu foils, 1.5 mm x 1.5 mm in size, are separated by 600 μm. The U-shaped coil has two 500-mm-long straight wires joined by a half-circular wire with curvaturemore »
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