Los Alamos Pinhole Camera (LAPC): A new flexible x-ray pinhole camera
We have recently designed, built and fielded a versatile, multi-channel x-ray pinhole camera. The LAPC was designed to fit into any six inch manipulator (SIM) which is a standardized target chamber diagnostic tube. There are currently compatible SIMs available at the Trident, Omega, and NOVA laser systems. The camera uses 9 pinholes in a 3x3 array to produce images at the film plane. The film housing is designed to hold multiple sheets of stacked x-ray film which also uses a dark-slide to protect the film before exposure. Magnifications of 12, 8, 4 and 2X are selected by slip-on nosecones, which support pinholes, collimators, and blast shields. Individual channel filtering is provided by a 3x3 filterpack containing 9 separate filter sub-packs. Spatial resolution is limited by the pinhole diffraction limit and field of view is dependent on magnification and filterpack diameter.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 243462
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-96-1737; CONF-9606208-4; ON: DE96011299; TRN: 96:015983
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 11. high temperature plasma diagnostic conference, Monterey, CA (United States), 13-17 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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