Bulletin of the American Physical Society
64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
Volume 67, Number 15
Monday–Friday, October 17–21, 2022; Spokane, Washington
Session TO08: Beams: X-Ray Sources and X-Ray Diagnostics
9:30 AM–12:30 PM,
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Room: 402 ABC
Chair: Matthew Edwards, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
Abstract: TO08.00001 : Optimization of bremsstrahlung MeV X-ray generation from laser-plasma interaction*
9:30 AM–9:42 AM
Presenter:
Adeola C Aghedo
(Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab)
Authors:
Adeola C Aghedo
(Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab)
Dean Rusby
(Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
Nuno Lemos
(Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab)
Andreas J Kemp
(LLNL)
Felicie Albert
(Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab)
Carol Y Scarlett
(Florida A&M University)
Andrew Mackinnon
(Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
Hui Chen
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Jeff D Bude
(Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
Generation of MeV bremsstrahlung radiation from high-intensity laser plasma interactions is capable of radiographing high-areal density object at high temporal and spatial resolutions [1]. The optimization of efficiency and flux of such a source is of key interest to these applications. An analytical model for bremsstrahlung x-rays from laser-plasma interaction was developed by Compant La Fontaine [2], which shows the key parameters as the laser energy and intensity. We have expanded on the existing analytical model by incorporating laser focal spots and pulse shapes to generate a more realistic electron source. The extended model has also been applied to existing laser facilities (such as NIF-ARC, Titan and Omega-EP) to determine the optimum laser and target parameters. Results from this model have been compared to previous numerical models and recent experimental data taken at Omega-EP.
[1] Courtois et al “High-resolution multi-MeV x-ray radiography using relativistic laser-solid interaction” Physics of Plasmas 18, 023101 (2011); doi.org/10.1063/1.3551738
[2] Compant La Fontaine “Bremsstrahlung spectrum and photon dose from short-pulse high intensity laser interaction on various metal targets” Phys. Plasmas 26, 113109 (2019); doi.org/10.1063/1.5118361
*This was a joint project between the Department of Physics, Florida A&M University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344 and funded by the LLNL LDRD program (tracking code 19-SI-002) and Consortium for High Energy Density Science (DE-NA0003984) . IM release number: LLNL-ABS-836962
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