Observation of asymmetrically imploded core plasmas with a two-dimensional sampling image x-ray streak camera

Rev Sci Instrum. 2008 Oct;79(10):10E920. doi: 10.1063/1.2981171.

Abstract

A shell target with a cone for guiding the heating beam has been proposed for the fast ignition scheme. Implosion of such target is no longer symmetric because of the cone. A fast two-dimensional x-ray imaging technique, two-dimensional (2D) sampling image x-ray streak camera was applied for the first time to observation of the dynamics of implosion and core plasma. X-ray emission image of the plasma was sampled with two-dimensionally distributed image sampling points, streaked with the tube, and the recorded signals were reconstructed as sequential 2D frame images. Shape and movement of the core plasma were clearly observed.