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Spectral tomographic analysis of Bremsstrahlung X-rays generated in a laser-produced plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2016

Y.J. Rhee ,
S.M. Nam ,
J. Peebles ,
H. Sawada ,
M. Wei ,
X. Vaisseau ,
T. Sasaki ,
L. Giuffrida ,
S. Hulin  and
B. Vauzour
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Y.J. Rhee*
Affiliation:
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 34057, Korea Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju 61005, Korea
S.M. Nam
Affiliation:
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 34057, Korea
J. Peebles
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
H. Sawada
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
M. Wei
Affiliation:
General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
X. Vaisseau
Affiliation:
University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
T. Sasaki
Affiliation:
University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
L. Giuffrida
Affiliation:
University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France Institute of Physics, ASCR, v.v.i (FZU), ELI-Beamlines project, Prague, Czech Republic
S. Hulin
Affiliation:
University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
B. Vauzour
Affiliation:
University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
J.J. Santos
Affiliation:
University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
D. Batani
Affiliation:
University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
H.S. McLean
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
P.K. Patel
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
Y.T. Li
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
D.W. Yuan
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, Beijing 100012, China
K. Zhang
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, Beijing 100012, China
J.Y. Zhong
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, Beijing 100012, China
C.B. Fu
Affiliation:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
N. Hua
Affiliation:
National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, SIOM, Shanghai 201800, China
K. Li
Affiliation:
National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, SIOM, Shanghai 201800, China
Y. Zhang
Affiliation:
National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, SIOM, Shanghai 201800, China
J.Q. Zhu
Affiliation:
National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, SIOM, Shanghai 201800, China
I.J. Kim
Affiliation:
Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju 61005, Korea Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Korea Optical Instrumentation Development Team, KBSI, Daejeon 34133, Korea
J.H. Jeon
Affiliation:
Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju 61005, Korea
T.M. Jeong
Affiliation:
Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju 61005, Korea Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Korea
I.W. Choi
Affiliation:
Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju 61005, Korea Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Korea
H.W. Lee
Affiliation:
Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju 61005, Korea
J.H. Sung
Affiliation:
Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju 61005, Korea Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Korea
S.K. Lee
Affiliation:
Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju 61005, Korea Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Korea
C.H. Nam
Affiliation:
Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju 61005, Korea Department of Physics and Photon Science, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Korea
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Y.J. Rhee, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 34057, Korea and Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Gwangju 61005, Korea. E-mail: yjrhee@ibs.re.kr
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Abstract

A new approach is proposed to analyze Bremsstrahlung X-rays that are emitted from laser-produced plasmas (LPP) and are measured by a stack type spectrometer. This new method is based on a spectral tomographic reconstruction concept with the variational principle for optimization, without referring to the electron energy distribution of a plasma. This approach is applied to the analysis of some experimental data obtained at a few major laser facilities to demonstrate the applicability of the method. Slope temperatures of X-rays from LPP are determined with a two-temperature model, showing different spectral characteristics of X-rays depending on laser properties used in the experiments.

Keywords

Bremsstrahlung X-rayFilter stack spectrometerLaser-produced plasmaSpectral reconstructionX-ray spectrometer
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , December 2016 , pp. 645 - 654
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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