Time-resolved Soft X-Ray Imaging (SXRI) diagnostic for use at the NIF and OMEGA lasers (version 2)

Conference · Fri Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:900093

Schneider, M B; Holder, J P; James, D L; Bruns, H C; Celeste, J R; Compton, S; Costa, R L; Ellis, A D; Emig, J A; Hargrove, D; Kalantar, D H; MacGowan, B J; Power, G D; Sorce, C; Rekow, V; Widmann, K; Young, B K; Young, P E; Garcia, O F; McKenney, J ; Haugh, M; Goldin, F; MacNeil, L P; Cone, K

The soft x-ray imager (SXRI) built for the first experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has four soft x-ray channels and one hard x-ray channel. The SXRI is a snout that mounts to a four strip gated imager. This produces four soft x-ray images per strip, which can be separated in time by {approx}60psec. Each soft x-ray channel consists of a mirror plus a filter. The diagnostic was used to study x-ray burnthrough of hot hohlraum targets at the NIF and OMEGA lasers. The SXRI snout design and issues involved in selecting the desired soft x-ray channels are discussed.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 900093
• Report Number(s): UCRL-CONF-223133; TRN: US0702165
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at: 16th Topical Conf. on High Temperature Plasma DIagnostics, Williamsburg, VA, United States, May 07 - May 11, 2006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
LASERS
MIRRORS
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
TARGETS
US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY