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Absolute calibration of a time-resolved high resolution x-ray spectrometer for the National Ignition Facility (invited)
- Source :
- Review of Scientific Instruments. 89:10F125
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- AIP Publishing, 2018.
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Abstract
- A high resolution, Diagnostic Instrument Manipulator (DIM)-based x-ray Bragg crystal spectrometer has been calibrated for and deployed at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to diagnose plasma conditions in ignition capsules near stagnation times. The spectrometer has two conical crystals in the Hall geometry focusing rays from the Kr Heα, Lyα, and Heβ complexes onto a streak camera, with the physics objectives of measuring time-resolved electron density and temperature through observing Stark broadening and the relative intensities of dielectronic satellites. A third von Hamos crystal that time-integrates the Kr Heα, Heβ and intervening energy range provides in situ calibration for the streak camera signals. The spectrometer has been absolutely calibrated using a microfocus x-ray source, an array of CCD and single-photon-counting detectors, and multiple K- and L-absorption edge filters at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) x-ray laboratory. Measurements of the integrated reflectivity, energy range, and energy resolution for each crystal are discussed. These calibration data provide absolute x-ray signal levels for NIF measurements, enabling precise filter selection and comparisons to simulations.
- Subjects :
- 010302 applied physics
Physics
Spectrometer
business.industry
Streak camera
Resolution (electron density)
01 natural sciences
010305 fluids & plasmas
law.invention
Ignition system
Optics
law
0103 physical sciences
Calibration
Plasma diagnostics
business
National Ignition Facility
Instrumentation
Inertial confinement fusion
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10897623 and 00346748
- Volume :
- 89
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....05103c51f103ee9204bf4cbd58c8121d