• DocumentCode
    1505873
  • Title

    Gated X-ray framing camera image of a direct-drive cylindrical implosion

  • Author

    Voss, Sarah A. ; Barnes, Cris W. ; Oertel, John A. ; Watt, Robert G. ; Boehly, Thomas R. ; Bradley, David K. ; Knauer, James P. ; Pien, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    2/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    132
  • Lastpage
    133
  • Abstract
    Gated X-ray images of laser-driven implosions can provide movies of typically 16 frames with ~80 ps time resolution and 10 μm spatial resolution. Cylindrical implosions allow study of convergent hydrodynamics but with excellent diagnostic access down the axis of the cylinder. This example from a recent cylindrical implosion campaign on the OMEGA laser provides quantitative data on the growth of ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in convergent geometry
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh-Taylor instability; X-ray imaging; laser fusion; plasma diagnostics; plasma production by laser; OMEGA laser; ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities; convergent geometry; convergent hydrodynamics; diagnostic access; direct-drive cylindrical implosion; gated X-ray framing camera image; laser-driven implosions; Cameras; Hydrodynamics; Laboratories; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical imaging; Shape; Spatial resolution; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/27.763088
  • Filename
    763088
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1505873