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Title: Development of a bright MeV photon source with compound parabolic concentrator targets on the National Ignition Facility Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) laser

Abstract

Compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) targets are utilized at the National Ignition Facility Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) laser to enhance the acceleration of electrons and production of high energy photons, for laser durations of 10 ps and energies up to 2.4 kJ. A large enhancement of mean electron energy (>2 ×) and photon brightness (>10×) is found with CPC targets compared to flat targets. Using multiple diagnostic techniques at different spatial locations and scaling by gold activation spatial data, photon spectra are characterized for Ephoton = 0.5-30 MeV. Beam width and pointing variations are given. The efficient production of MeV photons at Ilaser ≈ 2 x 1018 W/cm2 with CPCs is observed, with doses of >10 rad in air at 1 m for Ephoton > 0.5 MeV; these exceed those previously reported with laser-driven sources. Using this source, sub-mm resolution radiographs are generated through large areal density radiograph objects. Hence these results are promising for the development of bright MeV x-ray and particle sources on Petawatt class laser systems.

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL (United States)
  4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
  5. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  6. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Material Physics Group, AWE Plc, Reading (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1962481
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1907715
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-839566
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X; 1059651; TRN: US2313080
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; NA0001808; 19-SI-002
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 1; 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; photon spectra; high energy density physics; photons; laser plasma interactions; Bremsstrahlung; radiography; hard x-rays' lasers; radioactive decay; radiation detectors

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Kerr, S. M., Rusby, D., Williams, G. J., Meaney, K., Schlossberg, D. J., Aghedo, A., Alessi, D., Ayers, J., Azhar, S., Aufderheide, M. B., Bowers, M. W., Bude, J. D., Chen, H., Cochran, G., Crane, J., Nicola, J. Di, Fittinghoff, D. N., Fitzsimmons, P., Geppert-Kleinrath, H., Golick, B., Grim, G. P., Haid, A., Hamamoto, M., Heredia, R., Hermann, M., Herriot, S., Hill, M. P., Hoke, W., Kalantar, D., Kemp, A., Kim, Y., LaFortune, K., Lemos, N., Link, A., Lowe-Webb, R., MacPhee, A., Manuel, M., Martinez, D., Mauldin, M., Patankar, S., Pelz, L., Prantil, M. A., Quinn, M., Siders, C. W., Vonhof, S., Wegner, P., Wilks, S., Williams, W., Youngblood, K., and Mackinnon, A. J. Development of a bright MeV photon source with compound parabolic concentrator targets on the National Ignition Facility Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) laser. United States: N. p., 2023. Web. doi:10.1063/5.0124539.
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Kerr, S. M., Rusby, D., Williams, G. J., Meaney, K., Schlossberg, D. J., Aghedo, A., Alessi, D., Ayers, J., Azhar, S., Aufderheide, M. B., Bowers, M. W., Bude, J. D., Chen, H., Cochran, G., Crane, J., Nicola, J. Di, Fittinghoff, D. N., Fitzsimmons, P., Geppert-Kleinrath, H., Golick, B., Grim, G. P., Haid, A., Hamamoto, M., Heredia, R., Hermann, M., Herriot, S., Hill, M. P., Hoke, W., Kalantar, D., Kemp, A., Kim, Y., LaFortune, K., Lemos, N., Link, A., Lowe-Webb, R., MacPhee, A., Manuel, M., Martinez, D., Mauldin, M., Patankar, S., Pelz, L., Prantil, M. A., Quinn, M., Siders, C. W., Vonhof, S., Wegner, P., Wilks, S., Williams, W., Youngblood, K., & Mackinnon, A. J. Development of a bright MeV photon source with compound parabolic concentrator targets on the National Ignition Facility Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) laser. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0124539
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Kerr, S. M., Rusby, D., Williams, G. J., Meaney, K., Schlossberg, D. J., Aghedo, A., Alessi, D., Ayers, J., Azhar, S., Aufderheide, M. B., Bowers, M. W., Bude, J. D., Chen, H., Cochran, G., Crane, J., Nicola, J. Di, Fittinghoff, D. N., Fitzsimmons, P., Geppert-Kleinrath, H., Golick, B., Grim, G. P., Haid, A., Hamamoto, M., Heredia, R., Hermann, M., Herriot, S., Hill, M. P., Hoke, W., Kalantar, D., Kemp, A., Kim, Y., LaFortune, K., Lemos, N., Link, A., Lowe-Webb, R., MacPhee, A., Manuel, M., Martinez, D., Mauldin, M., Patankar, S., Pelz, L., Prantil, M. A., Quinn, M., Siders, C. W., Vonhof, S., Wegner, P., Wilks, S., Williams, W., Youngblood, K., and Mackinnon, A. J. Tue . "Development of a bright MeV photon source with compound parabolic concentrator targets on the National Ignition Facility Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) laser". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0124539. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1962481.
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@article{osti_1962481,
title = {Development of a bright MeV photon source with compound parabolic concentrator targets on the National Ignition Facility Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) laser},
author = {Kerr, S. M. and Rusby, D. and Williams, G. J. and Meaney, K. and Schlossberg, D. J. and Aghedo, A. and Alessi, D. and Ayers, J. and Azhar, S. and Aufderheide, M. B. and Bowers, M. W. and Bude, J. D. and Chen, H. and Cochran, G. and Crane, J. and Nicola, J. Di and Fittinghoff, D. N. and Fitzsimmons, P. and Geppert-Kleinrath, H. and Golick, B. and Grim, G. P. and Haid, A. and Hamamoto, M. and Heredia, R. and Hermann, M. and Herriot, S. and Hill, M. P. and Hoke, W. and Kalantar, D. and Kemp, A. and Kim, Y. and LaFortune, K. and Lemos, N. and Link, A. and Lowe-Webb, R. and MacPhee, A. and Manuel, M. and Martinez, D. and Mauldin, M. and Patankar, S. and Pelz, L. and Prantil, M. A. and Quinn, M. and Siders, C. W. and Vonhof, S. and Wegner, P. and Wilks, S. and Williams, W. and Youngblood, K. and Mackinnon, A. J.},
abstractNote = {Compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) targets are utilized at the National Ignition Facility Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) laser to enhance the acceleration of electrons and production of high energy photons, for laser durations of 10 ps and energies up to 2.4 kJ. A large enhancement of mean electron energy (>2 ×) and photon brightness (>10×) is found with CPC targets compared to flat targets. Using multiple diagnostic techniques at different spatial locations and scaling by gold activation spatial data, photon spectra are characterized for Ephoton = 0.5-30 MeV. Beam width and pointing variations are given. The efficient production of MeV photons at Ilaser ≈ 2 x 1018 W/cm2 with CPCs is observed, with doses of >10 rad in air at 1 m for Ephoton > 0.5 MeV; these exceed those previously reported with laser-driven sources. Using this source, sub-mm resolution radiographs are generated through large areal density radiograph objects. Hence these results are promising for the development of bright MeV x-ray and particle sources on Petawatt class laser systems.},
doi = {10.1063/5.0124539},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 1,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2023},
month = {Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2023}
}
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