A new gated x-ray detector for the Orion laser facility

David D. Clark; Robert Aragonez; Thomas Archuleta; Valerie Fatherley; Albert Hsu; Justin Jorgenson; Danielle Mares; John Oertel; Kevin Oades; Paul Kemshall; Philip Thomas; Trevor Young; Neal Pederson

doi:10.1117/12.931440

19 October 2012 A new gated x-ray detector for the Orion laser facility

David D. Clark, Robert Aragonez, Thomas Archuleta, Valerie Fatherley, Albert Hsu, Justin Jorgenson, Danielle Mares, John Oertel, Kevin Oades, Paul Kemshall, Philip Thomas, Trevor Young, Neal Pederson

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Proceedings Volume 8505, Target Diagnostics Physics and Engineering for Inertial Confinement Fusion; 85050K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931440
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Gated X-Ray Detectors (GXD) are considered the work-horse target diagnostic of the laser based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) program. Recently, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has constructed three new GXDs for the Orion laser facility at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in the United Kingdom. What sets these three new instruments apart from what has previously been constructed for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is: improvements in detector head microwave transmission lines, solid state embedded hard drive and updated control software, and lighter air box design and other incremental mechanical improvements. In this paper we will present the latest GXD design enhancements and sample calibration data taken on the Trident laser facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory using the newly constructed instruments.

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David D. Clark, Robert Aragonez, Thomas Archuleta, Valerie Fatherley, Albert Hsu, Justin Jorgenson, Danielle Mares, John Oertel, Kevin Oades, Paul Kemshall, Philip Thomas, Trevor Young, and Neal Pederson "A new gated x-ray detector for the Orion laser facility", Proc. SPIE 8505, Target Diagnostics Physics and Engineering for Inertial Confinement Fusion, 85050K (19 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931440

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