Dilation x-ray imager a new∕faster gated x-ray imager for the NIF.

Autor: Nagel SR; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA. nagel7@llnl.gov, Hilsabeck TJ, Bell PM, Bradley DK, Ayers MJ, Barrios MA, Felker B, Smith RF, Collins GW, Jones OS, Kilkenny JD, Chung T, Piston K, Raman KS, Sammuli B, Hares JD, Dymoke-Bradshaw AK
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Review of scientific instruments [Rev Sci Instrum] 2012 Oct; Vol. 83 (10), pp. 10E116.
DOI: 10.1063/1.4732849
Abstrakt: As the yield on implosion shots increases it is expected that the peak x-ray emission reduces to a duration with a FWHM as short as 20 ps for ∼7 × 10(18) neutron yield. However, the temporal resolution of currently used gated x-ray imagers on the NIF is 40-100 ps. We discuss the benefits of the higher temporal resolution for the NIF and present performance measurements for dilation x-ray imager, which utilizes pulse-dilation technology [T. J. Hilsabeck et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 81, 10E317 (2010)] to achieve x-ray imaging with temporal gate times below 10 ps. The measurements were conducted using the COMET laser, which is part of the Jupiter Laser Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Databáze: MEDLINE