Time-resolved soft x-ray imaging diagnostic for use at the NIF and OMEGA lasers.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- 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.
- Source
- Review of Scientific Instruments. Oct2006, Vol. 77 Issue 10, p10E321. 3p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 2 Diagrams, 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *TIME-resolved spectroscopy
*IMAGING systems
*LASERS
*NONLINEAR optics
*GRENZ rays
- Language
- ISSN
- 0034-6748
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 ∼60 ps. 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]