The Laser-Driven X-ray Big Area Backlighter (BABL): Design, Optimization, and Evolution

Flippo, Kirk Adler; DeVolder, Barbara Gloria; Doss, Forrest William; Kline, John L.; Merritt, Elizabeth Catherine; Loomis, Eric Nicholas; Capelli, Deanna; Schmidt, Derek William; Schmitt, Mark J

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012062

Title: The Laser-Driven X-ray Big Area Backlighter (BABL): Design, Optimization, and Evolution

Journal Article · Thu May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Physics. Conference Series

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012062· OSTI ID:1338741

^[1]; DeVolder, Barbara Gloria ^[1]; Doss, Forrest William ^[1]; Kline, John L. ^[1];

^[1]; Loomis, Eric Nicholas ^[1]; Capelli, Deanna ^[1]; Schmidt, Derek William ^[1]; Schmitt, Mark J ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The Big Area BackLigher (BABL) has been developed for large area laser-driven x-ray backlighting on the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which can be used for general High Energy Density (HED) experiments. The BABL has been optimized via hydrodynamic simulations to produce laser-to-x-ray conversion efficiencies of up to nearly 5%. Lastly, four BABL foil materials, Zn, Fe, V, and Cu, have been used for He-α x ray production.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1338741

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-20198

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. Conference Series, Vol. 717; Conference: 9. International Fusion Science and Applications Conference, Bellevue, WA (United States), 14 Sep 2015; ISSN 1742-6588

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Development of a Big Area BackLighter for high energy density experiments Flippo, K. A.; Kline, J. L.; Doss, F. W. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 85, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893349	journal	September 2014
Investigating Turbulent Mix in HEDLP Experiments Flippo, K. A.; Doss, F. W.; Devolder, B. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 688 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/688/1/012018	journal	March 2016

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Increasing shot and data collection rates of the Shock/Shear experiment at the National Ignition Facility Doss, F. W.; Flippo, K. A.; Capelli, D. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 717 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012059	journal	May 2016

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