TRIDENT high-energy-density facility experimental capabilities and diagnosticsa)
Abstract
The newly upgraded TRIDENT high-energy-density (HED) facility provides high-energy short-pulse laser-matter interactions with powers in excess of 200TW and energies greater than 120J. In addition, TRIDENT retains two long-pulse (nanoseconds to microseconds) beams that are available for simultaneous use in either the same experiment or a separate one. The facility's flexibility is enhanced by the presence of two separate target chambers with a third undergoing commissioning. This capability allows the experimental configuration to be optimized by choosing the chamber with the most advantageous geometry and features. The TRIDENT facility also provides a wide range of standard instruments including optical, x-ray, and particle diagnostics. In addition, one chamber has a 10in. manipulator allowing OMEGA and National Ignition Facility (NIF) diagnostics to be prototyped and calibrated.
- Publication:
-
Review of Scientific Instruments
- Pub Date:
- October 2008
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2008RScI...79jF305B
- Keywords:
-
- 42.60.Jf;
- 42.65.Re;
- 29.27.Fh;
- 06.20.fb;
- Beam characteristics: profile intensity and power;
- spatial pattern formation;
- Ultrafast processes;
- optical pulse generation and pulse compression;
- Beam characteristics;
- Standards and calibration