EPJ Web of Conferences (Nov 2013)

Development of a hardened imaging system for the Laser MegaJoule

  • Rousseau A.,
  • Darbon S.,
  • Troussel P.,
  • Caillaud T.,
  • Bourgade J.L.,
  • Turk G.,
  • Vigne E.,
  • Hamel M.,
  • Larour J.,
  • Bradley D.,
  • Smalyuk V.,
  • Bell P.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135913006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 59
p. 13006

Abstract

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The Laser MegaJoule (LMJ) facility will host inertial confinement fusion experiments in order to achieve ignition by imploding a Deuterium-Tritium microballoon. In this context an X-ray imager is necessary to diagnose the core size and shape of the DT-target in the 10–100 keV band in complement of neutron imaging system. Such a diagnostic will be composed of two parts: an X-ray optical system and a detection assembly. Each element will be affected by the harsh environment created by fusion reactions.