A. Ellis, O. Garcia, P. Young, B. Young, D. James, D. Hargrove, S. Compton, V. Rekow, G. Power, Schneider (M.), J. McKenney, J. Holder, J. Celeste, B. MacGowan, D. Kalantar, R. Costa, H. Bruns, K. Widmann, J. Emig, F. Goldin, K. Cone, M. Haugh, L. MacNeil
Time-resolved Soft X-Ray Imaging (SXRI) Diagnostic for Use at the NIF and OMEGA Lasers
Time-resolved Soft X-Ray Imaging (SXRI) Diagnostic for Use at the NIF and OMEGA LasersA. Ellis
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A. Ellis, O. Garcia, P. Young, B. Young, D. James, D. Hargrove, S. Compton, V. Rekow, G. Power, Schneider (M.), J. McKenney, J. Holder, J. Celeste, B. MacGowan, D. Kalantar, R. Costa, H. Bruns, K. Widmann, J. Emig, F. Goldin, K. Cone, M. Haugh, L. MacNeil
Time-resolved Soft X-Ray Imaging (SXRI) Diagnostic for Use at the NIF and OMEGA Lasers
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 {approx}60psec. 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.