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Gatu Johnson M, Knauer JP, Cerjan CJ, Eckart MJ, Grim GP, Hartouni EP, Hatarik R, Kilkenny JD, Munro DH, Sayre DB, Spears BK, Bionta RM, Bond EJ, Caggiano JA, Callahan D, Casey DT, Döppner T, Frenje JA, Glebov VY, Hurricane O, Kritcher A, LePape S, Ma T, Mackinnon A, Meezan N, Patel P, Petrasso RD, Ralph JE, Springer PT, Yeamans CB. Indications of flow near maximum compression in layered deuterium-tritium implosions at the National Ignition Facility. Phys Rev E 2016; 94:021202. [PMID: 27627237 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.94.021202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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An accurate understanding of burn dynamics in implosions of cryogenically layered deuterium (D) and tritium (T) filled capsules, obtained partly through precision diagnosis of these experiments, is essential for assessing the impediments to achieving ignition at the National Ignition Facility. We present measurements of neutrons from such implosions. The apparent ion temperatures T_{ion} are inferred from the variance of the primary neutron spectrum. Consistently higher DT than DD T_{ion} are observed and the difference is seen to increase with increasing apparent DT T_{ion}. The line-of-sight rms variations of both DD and DT T_{ion} are small, ∼150eV, indicating an isotropic source. The DD neutron yields are consistently high relative to the DT neutron yields given the observed T_{ion}. Spatial and temporal variations of the DT temperature and density, DD-DT differential attenuation in the surrounding DT fuel, and fluid motion variations contribute to a DT T_{ion} greater than the DD T_{ion}, but are in a one-dimensional model insufficient to explain the data. We hypothesize that in a three-dimensional interpretation, these effects combined could explain the results.
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- M Gatu Johnson
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92186, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Dewald EL, Tommasini R, Mackinnon A, MacPhee A, Meezan N, Olson R, Hicks D, LePape S, Izumi N, Fournier K, Barrios MA, Ross S, Pak A, Döppner T, Kalantar D, Opachich K, Rygg R, Bradley D, Bell P, Hamza A, Dzenitis B, Landen OL, MacGowan B, LaFortune K, Widmayer C, Van Wonterghem B, Kilkenny J, Edwards MJ, Atherton J, Moses EI. Capsule Ablator Inflight Performance Measurements Via Streaked Radiography Of ICF Implosions On The NIF*. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/688/1/012014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Rinderknecht HG, Sio H, Frenje JA, Magoon J, Agliata A, Shoup M, Ayers S, Bailey CG, Gatu Johnson M, Zylstra AB, Sinenian N, Rosenberg MJ, Li CK, Sèguin FH, Petrasso RD, Rygg JR, Kimbrough JR, Mackinnon A, Bell P, Bionta R, Clancy T, Zacharias R, House A, Döppner T, Park HS, LePape S, Landen O, Meezan N, Robey H, Glebov VU, Hohenberger M, Stoeckl C, Sangster TC, Li C, Parat J, Olson R, Kline J, Kilkenny J. A magnetic particle time-of-flight (MagPTOF) diagnostic for measurements of shock- and compression-bang time at the NIF (invited). Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:11D901. [PMID: 25430279 DOI: 10.1063/1.4886775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A magnetic particle time-of-flight (MagPTOF) diagnostic has been designed to measure shock- and compression-bang time using D(3)He-fusion protons and DD-fusion neutrons, respectively, at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). This capability, in combination with shock-burn weighted areal density measurements, will significantly constrain the modeling of the implosion dynamics. This design is an upgrade to the existing particle time-of-flight (pTOF) diagnostic, which records bang times using DD or DT neutrons with an accuracy better than ±70 ps [H. G. Rinderknecht et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 10D902 (2012)]. The inclusion of a deflecting magnet will increase D(3)He-proton signal-to-background by a factor of 1000, allowing for the first time simultaneous measurements of shock- and compression-bang times in D(3)He-filled surrogate implosions at the NIF.
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- H G Rinderknecht
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Dexter Magnetic Technologies, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007, USA
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- Dexter Magnetic Technologies, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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Landen O, Edwards J, Haan S, Lindl J, Boehly T, Bradley D, Callahan D, Celliers P, Dewald E, Dixit S, Doeppner T, Eggert J, Farley D, Frenje J, Glenn S, Glenzer S, Hamza A, Hammel B, Haynam C, LaFortune K, Hicks D, Hoffman N, Izumi N, Jones O, Kilkenny J, Kline J, Kyrala G, Mackinnon A, Milovich J, Moody J, Meezan N, Michel P, Munro D, Olson R, Ralph J, Robey H, Nikroo A, Regan S, Spears B, Suter L, Thomas C, Town R, Wilson D, MacGowan B, Atherton L, Moses E. Ignition tuning for the National Ignition Campaign. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135901003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Jones O, Callahan D, Cerjan C, Clark D, Edwards M, Glenzer S, Marinak M, Meezan N, Milovich J, Olson R, Patel M, Robey H, Sepke S, Spears B, Springer P, Weber S, Wilson D. Towards an integrated model of the NIC layered implosions. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135902009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Weber S, Callahan D, Cerjan C, Edwards M, Haan S, Hicks D, Jones O, Kyrala G, Meezan N, Olson R, Robey H, Spears B, Springer P, Town R. NIF capsule performance modeling. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135902011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zylstra AB, Frenje JA, Séguin FH, Rosenberg MJ, Rinderknecht HG, Johnson MG, Casey DT, Sinenian N, Manuel MJE, Waugh CJ, Sio HW, Li CK, Petrasso RD, Friedrich S, Knittel K, Bionta R, McKernan M, Callahan D, Collins GW, Dewald E, Döppner T, Edwards MJ, Glenzer S, Hicks DG, Landen OL, London R, Mackinnon A, Meezan N, Prasad RR, Ralph J, Richardson M, Rygg JR, Sepke S, Weber S, Zacharias R, Moses E, Kilkenny J, Nikroo A, Sangster TC, Glebov V, Stoeckl C, Olson R, Leeper RJ, Kline J, Kyrala G, Wilson D. Charged-particle spectroscopy for diagnosing shock ρR and strength in NIF implosions. Rev Sci Instrum 2012; 83:10D901. [PMID: 23126905 DOI: 10.1063/1.4729672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The compact Wedge Range Filter (WRF) proton spectrometer was developed for OMEGA and transferred to the National Ignition Facility (NIF) as a National Ignition Campaign diagnostic. The WRF measures the spectrum of protons from D-(3)He reactions in tuning-campaign implosions containing D and (3)He gas; in this work we report on the first proton spectroscopy measurement on the NIF using WRFs. The energy downshift of the 14.7-MeV proton is directly related to the total ρR through the plasma stopping power. Additionally, the shock proton yield is measured, which is a metric of the final merged shock strength.
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- A B Zylstra
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, USA.
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Rinderknecht HG, Johnson MG, Zylstra AB, Sinenian N, Rosenberg MJ, Frenje JA, Waugh CJ, Li CK, Sèguin FH, Petrasso RD, Rygg JR, Kimbrough JR, MacPhee A, Collins GW, Hicks D, Mackinnon A, Bell P, Bionta R, Clancy T, Zacharias R, Döppner T, Park HS, LePape S, Landen O, Meezan N, Moses EI, Glebov VU, Stoeckl C, Sangster TC, Olson R, Kline J, Kilkenny J. A novel particle time of flight diagnostic for measurements of shock- and compression-bang times in D3He and DT implosions at the NIF. Rev Sci Instrum 2012; 83:10D902. [PMID: 23126906 DOI: 10.1063/1.4731000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The particle-time-of-flight (pTOF) diagnostic, fielded alongside a wedge range-filter (WRF) proton spectrometer, will provide an absolute timing for the shock-burn weighted ρR measurements that will validate the modeling of implosion dynamics at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). In the first phase of the project, pTOF has recorded accurate bang times in cryogenic DT, DT exploding pusher, and D(3)He implosions using DD or DT neutrons with an accuracy better than ±70 ps. In the second phase of the project, a deflecting magnet will be incorporated into the pTOF design for simultaneous measurements of shock- and compression-bang times in D(3)He-filled surrogate implosions using D(3)He protons and DD-neutrons, respectively.
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Kirkwood RK, Michel P, London RA, Callahan D, Meezan N, Williams E, Seka W, Suter L, Haynam C, Landen O. Amplification of light in a plasma by stimulated ion acoustic waves driven by multiple crossing pump beams. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2011; 84:026402. [PMID: 21929115 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.84.026402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2010] [Revised: 06/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Experiments demonstrate the amplification of 351 nm laser light in a hot dense plasma similar to those in inertial confinement fusion ignition experiments. A seed beam interacts with one or two counter-propagating pump beams, each with an intensity of 1.2×10(15) W/cm2 at 351 nm, crossing the seed at 24.8° at the position where the flow is Mach 1, allowing resonant stimulation of ion acoustic waves. Results show that the energy and power transferred to the seed are increased with two pumps beyond the level that occurs with a single pump, demonstrating that, under conditions similar to ignition experiments where each beam has a low gain exponent, the total scatter produced by the multiple beams can be significantly larger than that of the individual beams. It is further demonstrated that the amplification is greatly reduced when the pump polarization is orthogonal to the seed, as expected from models of stimulated scatter.
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- R K Kirkwood
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Moody JD, Datte P, Krauter K, Bond E, Michel PA, Glenzer SH, Divol L, Niemann C, Suter L, Meezan N, MacGowan BJ, Hibbard R, London R, Kilkenny J, Wallace R, Kline JL, Knittel K, Frieders G, Golick B, Ross G, Widmann K, Jackson J, Vernon S, Clancy T. Backscatter measurements for NIF ignition targets (invited). Rev Sci Instrum 2010; 81:10D921. [PMID: 21033953 DOI: 10.1063/1.3491035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Backscattered light via laser-plasma instabilities has been measured in early NIF hohlraum experiments on two beam quads using a suite of detectors. A full aperture backscatter system and near backscatter imager (NBI) instrument separately measure the stimulated Brillouin and stimulated Raman scattered light. Both instruments work in conjunction to determine the total backscattered power to an accuracy of ∼15%. In order to achieve the power accuracy we have added time-resolution to the NBI for the first time. This capability provides a temporally resolved spatial image of the backscatter which can be viewed as a movie.
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- J D Moody
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
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Dewald EL, Thomas C, Hunter S, Divol L, Meezan N, Glenzer SH, Suter LJ, Bond E, Kline JL, Celeste J, Bradley D, Bell P, Kauffman RL, Kilkenny J, Landen OL. Hot electron measurements in ignition relevant Hohlraums on the National Ignition Facility. Rev Sci Instrum 2010; 81:10D938. [PMID: 21033965 DOI: 10.1063/1.3478683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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On the National Ignition Facility (NIF), hot electrons generated in laser heated Hohlraums are inferred from the >20 keV bremsstrahlung emission measured with the time integrated FFLEX broadband spectrometer. New high energy (>200 keV) time resolved channels were added to infer the generated >170 keV hot electrons that can cause ignition capsule preheat. First hot electron measurements in near ignition scaled Hohlraums heated by 96-192 NIF laser beams are presented.
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- E L Dewald
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
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Kyrala GA, Dixit S, Glenzer S, Kalantar D, Bradley D, Izumi N, Meezan N, Landen OL, Callahan D, Weber SV, Holder JP, Glenn S, Edwards MJ, Bell P, Kimbrough J, Koch J, Prasad R, Suter L, Kline JL, Kilkenny J. Measuring symmetry of implosions in cryogenic Hohlraums at the NIF using gated x-ray detectors (invited). Rev Sci Instrum 2010; 81:10E316. [PMID: 21034014 DOI: 10.1063/1.3481028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Ignition of imploding inertial confinement capsules requires, among other things, controlling the symmetry with high accuracy and fidelity. We have used gated x-ray imaging, with 10 μm and 70 ps resolution, to detect the x-ray emission from the imploded core of symmetry capsules at the National Ignition Facility. The measurements are used to characterize the time dependent symmetry and the x-ray bang time of the implosion from two orthogonal directions. These measurements were one of the primary diagnostics used to tune the parameters of the laser and Hohlraum to vary the symmetry and x-ray bang time of the implosion of cryogenically cooled ignition scale deuterium/helium filled plastic capsules. Here, we will report on the successful measurements performed with up to 1.2 MJ of laser energy in a fully integrated cryogenics gas-filled ignition-scale Hohlraum and capsule illuminated with 192 smoothed laser beams. We will describe the technique, the accuracy of the technique, and the results of the variation in symmetry with tuning parameters, and explain how that set was used to predictably tune the implosion symmetry as the laser energy, the laser cone wavelength separation, and the Hohlraum size were increased to ignition scales. We will also describe how to apply that technique to cryogenically layered tritium-hydrogen-deuterium capsules.
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- G A Kyrala
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
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Kline JL, Widmann K, Warrick A, Olson RE, Thomas CA, Moore AS, Suter LJ, Landen O, Callahan D, Azevedo S, Liebman J, Glenzer SH, Conder A, Dixit SN, Torres P, Tran V, Dewald EL, Kamperschroer J, Atherton LJ, Beeler R, Berzins L, Celeste J, Haynam C, Hsing W, Larson D, MacGowan BJ, Hinkel D, Kalantar D, Kauffman R, Kilkenny J, Meezan N, Rosen MD, Schneider M, Williams EA, Vernon S, Wallace RJ, Van Wonterghem B, Young BK. The first measurements of soft x-ray flux from ignition scale Hohlraums at the National Ignition Facility using DANTE (invited). Rev Sci Instrum 2010; 81:10E321. [PMID: 21034019 DOI: 10.1063/1.3491032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The first 96 and 192 beam vacuum Hohlraum target experiments have been fielded at the National Ignition Facility demonstrating radiation temperatures up to 340 eV and fluxes of 20 TW/sr as viewed by DANTE representing an ∼20 times flux increase over NOVA/Omega scale Hohlraums. The vacuum Hohlraums were irradiated with 2 ns square laser pulses with energies between 150 and 635 kJ. They produced nearly Planckian spectra with about 30±10% more flux than predicted by the preshot radiation hydrodynamic simulations. To validate these results, careful verification of all component calibrations, cable deconvolution, and software analysis routines has been conducted. In addition, a half Hohlraum experiment was conducted using a single 2 ns long axial quad with an irradiance of ∼2×10(15) W/cm(2) for comparison with NIF Early Light experiments completed in 2004. We have also completed a conversion efficiency test using a 128-beam nearly uniformly illuminated gold sphere with intensities kept low (at 1×10(14) W/cm(2) over 5 ns) to avoid sensitivity to modeling uncertainties for nonlocal heat conduction and nonlinear absorption mechanisms, to compare with similar intensity, 3 ns OMEGA sphere results. The 2004 and 2009 NIF half-Hohlraums agreed to 10% in flux, but more importantly, the 2006 OMEGA Au Sphere, the 2009 NIF Au sphere, and the calculated Au conversion efficiency agree to ±5% in flux, which is estimated to be the absolute calibration accuracy of the DANTEs. Hence we conclude that the 30±10% higher than expected radiation fluxes from the 96 and 192 beam vacuum Hohlraums are attributable to differences in physics of the larger Hohlraums.
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- J L Kline
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
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Dewald EL, Suter LJ, Thomas C, Hunter S, Meeker D, Meezan N, Glenzer SH, Bond E, Kline J, Dixit S, Kauffman RL, Kilkenny J, Landen OL. First hot electron measurements in near-ignition scale hohlraums on the National Ignition Facility. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/244/2/022074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Niemann C, Berger RL, Divol L, Froula DH, Jones O, Kirkwood RK, Meezan N, Moody JD, Ross J, Sorce C, Suter LJ, Glenzer SH. Green frequency-doubled laser-beam propagation in high-temperature hohlraum plasmas. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:045002. [PMID: 18352288 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.045002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We demonstrate propagation and small backscatter losses of a frequency-doubled (2omega) laser beam interacting with inertial confinement fusion hohlraum plasmas. The electron temperature of 3.3 keV, approximately a factor of 2 higher than achieved in previous experiments with open geometry targets, approaches plasma conditions of high-fusion yield hohlraums. In this new temperature regime, we measure 2omega laser-beam transmission approaching 80% with simultaneous backscattering losses of less than 10%. These findings suggest that good laser coupling into fusion hohlraums using 2omega light is possible.
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- C Niemann
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Box 951594, Los Angeles, California 90095-1594, USA
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Landen OL, Glenzer S, Froula D, Dewald E, Suter LJ, Schneider M, Hinkel D, Fernandez J, Kline J, Goldman S, Braun D, Celliers P, Moon S, Robey H, Lanier N, Glendinning G, Blue B, Wilde B, Jones O, Schein J, Divol L, Kalantar D, Campbell K, Holder J, McDonald J, Niemann C, Mackinnon A, Collins R, Bradley D, Eggert J, Hicks D, Gregori G, Kirkwood R, Niemann C, Young B, Foster J, Hansen F, Perry T, Munro D, Baldis H, Grim G, Heeter R, Hegelich B, Montgomery D, Rochau G, Olson R, Turner R, Workman J, Berger R, Cohen B, Kruer W, Langdon B, Langer S, Meezan N, Rose H, Still B, Williams E, Dodd E, Edwards J, Monteil MC, Stevenson M, Thomas B, Coker R, Magelssen G, Rosen P, Stry P, Woods D, Weber S, Alvarez S, Armstrong G, Bahr R, Bourgade JL, Bower D, Celeste J, Chrisp M, Compton S, Cox J, Constantin C, Costa R, Duncan J, Ellis A, Emig J, Gautier C, Greenwood A, Griffith R, Holdner F, Holtmeier G, Hargrove D, James T, Kamperschroer J, Kimbrough J, Landon M, Lee D, Malone R, May M, Montelongo S, Moody J, Ng E, Nikitin A, Pellinen D, Piston K, Poole M, Rekow V, Rhodes M, Shepherd R, Shiromizu S, Voloshin D, Warrick A, Watts P, Weber F, Young P, Arnold P, Atherton L, Bardsley G, Bonanno R, Borger T, Bowers M, Bryant R, Buckman S, Burkhart S, Cooper F, Dixit S, Erbert G, Eder D, Ehrlich B, Felker B, Fornes J, Frieders G, Gardner S, Gates C, Gonzalez M, Grace S, Hall T, Haynam C, Heestand G, Henesian M, Hermann M, Hermes G, Huber S, Jancaitis K, Johnson S, Kauffman B, Kelleher T, Kohut T, Koniges AE, Labiak T, Latray D, Lee A, Lund D, Mahavandi S, Manes KR, Marshall C, McBride J, McCarville T, McGrew L, Menapace J, Mertens E, Munro D, Murray J, Neumann J, Newton M, Opsahl P, Padilla E, Parham T, Parrish G, Petty C, Polk M, Powell C, Reinbachs I, Rinnert R, Riordan B, Ross G, Robert V, Tobin M, Sailors S, Saunders R, Schmitt M, Shaw M, Singh M, Spaeth M, Stephens A, Tietbohl G, Tuck J, Van Wonterghem B, Vidal R, Wegner P, Whitman P, Williams K, Winward K, Work K, Wallace R, Nobile A, Bono M, Day B, Elliott J, Hatch D, Louis H, Manzenares R, O'Brien D, Papin P, Pierce T, Rivera G, Ruppe J, Sandoval D, Schmidt D, Valdez L, Zapata K, MacGowan B, Eckart M, Hsing W, Springer P, Hammel B, Moses E, Miller G. The first experiments on the national ignition facility. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006133009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Froula DH, Davis P, Divol L, Ross JS, Meezan N, Price D, Glenzer SH, Rousseaux C. Measurement of the dispersion of thermal ion-acoustic fluctuations in high-temperature laser plasmas using multiple-wavelength Thomson scattering. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 95:195005. [PMID: 16383991 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.195005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The dispersion of ion-acoustic fluctuations has been measured using a novel technique that employs multiple color Thomson-scattering diagnostics to measure the frequency spectrum for two separate thermal ion-acoustic fluctuations with significantly different wave vectors. The plasma fluctuations are shown to become dispersive with increasing electron temperature. We demonstrate that this technique allows a time resolved local measurement of electron density and temperature in inertial confinement fusion plasmas.
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- D H Froula
- L-399, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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Froula DH, Divol L, Offenberger AA, Meezan N, Ao T, Gregori G, Niemann C, Price D, Smith CA, Glenzer SH. Direct observation of the saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering by ion-trapping-induced frequency shifts. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 93:035001. [PMID: 15323827 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.035001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report the first measurement of the saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) by an ion-trapping-induced frequency shift, which was achieved by directly measuring the amplitude and absolute frequency of SBS-driven ion-acoustic waves (IAW). A frequency shift of up to 30% and a simultaneous saturation of driven IAW and SBS reflectivity were observed. The scaling of the frequency shift with the IAW amplitude compares well with theoretical calculations. We have further measured fast 30 ps oscillations of the SBS-driven IAW amplitude induced by the frequency shift.
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- D H Froula
- L-399, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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