Laser-Plasma Acceleration Driven Electron Radiography of High-Energy-Density Materials on the OMEGA EP Laser

POSTER

Abstract

Contact and projection electron radiography using a laser-plasma electron accelerator driven by the OMEGA EP laser are shown for static targets. Initial electron radiographs of laser-driven foils are shown along with a discussion of future experiments and applications for inertial confinement fusion, high-energy-density, and laser–plasma interaction experiments. A special emphasis is made on upcoming electron radiography experiments of hohlraum wall stand-in targets and the role electron radiography could play in determining sources of energy loss in hohlraums.

*This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration under Award Number DE-NA0003856 and the U.S. Department of Energy under Awards DE-SC00215057.

Publication: Single-Shot Electron Radiography Using a Laser-Plasma Accelerator Driven by a Kilojoule-Class, Picosecond Laser (paper in preparation)

Presenters

  • Gerrit Bruhaug

    • University of Rochester

Authors

  • Gerrit Bruhaug

    • University of Rochester

  • Hans Rinderknecht

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics - Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester
    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Mingsheng Wei

    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Gilbert W Collins

    • University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • University of Rochester
    • University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • J. Ryan Rygg

    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Jessica L Shaw

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • University of Rochester

  • Matthew Freeman

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Levi P Neukirch

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Carl H Wilde

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Frank Merrill

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab