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Title: Implementation of a Talbot–Lau x-ray deflectometer diagnostic platform for the OMEGA EP laser

Abstract

A Talbot–Lau X-ray Deflectometer (TXD) was implemented in the OMEGA EP laser facility to characterize the evolution of an irradiated foil ablation front by mapping electron densities >1022 cm-3 by means of Moiré deflectometry. The experiment used a short-pulse laser (30–100 J, 10 ps) and a foil copper target as an x-ray backlighter source. In the first experimental tests performed to benchmark the diagnostic platform, grating survival was demonstrated and x-ray backlighter laser parameters that deliver Moiré images were described. Finally, the necessary modifications to accurately probe the ablation front through TXD using the EP-TXD diagnostic platform are discussed.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [6];  [7]; ORCiD logo [7];  [2]
  1. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
  2. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
  3. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  4. Microworks GmbH, Karlsruhe (Germany)
  5. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  6. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  7. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
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Research Org.:
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1604067
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1650622; OSTI ID: 1781576
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-28670; SAND-2021-5076J
Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748; TRN: US2104192
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0003882; NA0002955; NA0003526; NA0002956; 89233218CNA000001; AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Gratings; interferometry; x-rays; electronic noise; computer simulation; Bremsstrahlung; lasers; high energy density physics; Moire deflectometer

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Valdivia, M. P., Stutman, D., Stoeckl, C., Mileham, C., Zou, J., Muller, S., Kaiser, K., Sorce, C., Keiter, P. A., Fein, J. R., Trantham, M., Drake, R. P., and Regan, S. P. Implementation of a Talbot–Lau x-ray deflectometer diagnostic platform for the OMEGA EP laser. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5123919.
Valdivia, M. P., Stutman, D., Stoeckl, C., Mileham, C., Zou, J., Muller, S., Kaiser, K., Sorce, C., Keiter, P. A., Fein, J. R., Trantham, M., Drake, R. P., & Regan, S. P. Implementation of a Talbot–Lau x-ray deflectometer diagnostic platform for the OMEGA EP laser. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5123919
Valdivia, M. P., Stutman, D., Stoeckl, C., Mileham, C., Zou, J., Muller, S., Kaiser, K., Sorce, C., Keiter, P. A., Fein, J. R., Trantham, M., Drake, R. P., and Regan, S. P. Wed . "Implementation of a Talbot–Lau x-ray deflectometer diagnostic platform for the OMEGA EP laser". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5123919. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1604067.
@article{osti_1604067,
title = {Implementation of a Talbot–Lau x-ray deflectometer diagnostic platform for the OMEGA EP laser},
author = {Valdivia, M. P. and Stutman, D. and Stoeckl, C. and Mileham, C. and Zou, J. and Muller, S. and Kaiser, K. and Sorce, C. and Keiter, P. A. and Fein, J. R. and Trantham, M. and Drake, R. P. and Regan, S. P.},
abstractNote = {A Talbot–Lau X-ray Deflectometer (TXD) was implemented in the OMEGA EP laser facility to characterize the evolution of an irradiated foil ablation front by mapping electron densities >1022 cm-3 by means of Moiré deflectometry. The experiment used a short-pulse laser (30–100 J, 10 ps) and a foil copper target as an x-ray backlighter source. In the first experimental tests performed to benchmark the diagnostic platform, grating survival was demonstrated and x-ray backlighter laser parameters that deliver Moiré images were described. Finally, the necessary modifications to accurately probe the ablation front through TXD using the EP-TXD diagnostic platform are discussed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5123919},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
number = 2,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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