Characterization of bremsstrahlung x-ray emission as a reason for optics degradation in rep-rate e-beam-pumped KrF laser driver in IFE application

Autor: Valerii G. Bakaev, E. V. Polyakov, Paul B. Sergeev, D A Zayarnyi, Gleb V. Sychugov, Vladimir D. Zvorykin, S. V. Arlantsev
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.515512
Popis: Time-resolved scintillation technique and absolutely calibrated thermo-luminescence dosimeters have been applied to characterize bremsstrahlung x-ray emission from a large-aperture GARPUN KrF laser module pumped in a transverse geometry by double-sided e-beams stabilized by pulsed magnetic field of 0.1 T. It was produced by electrons with ~300 keV kinetic energy, 50 A/cm2 current density, and 100 ns pulse duration when they passed from vacuum diodes through foil windows into laser chamber and were decelerated in a working gas. Regularization algorithm was developed to reconstruct the bremsstrahlung spectra using experimental data on x-ray transmission through different absorbers. The energy fluence of ionizing radiation escaped onto laser windows has been measured. It was shown that a long-term degradation of optical transmission due to bremsstrahlung x-ray irradiation should be taken into account for KrF laser application in Inertial Fusion Energy.© (2003) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
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