Design Of Neutron Streak Camera For Fusion Diagnostics

C. L. Wang; R. Kalibjian; M. S. Singh

doi:10.1117/12.967743

1 March 1983 Design Of Neutron Streak Camera For Fusion Diagnostics

C. L. Wang, R. Kalibjian, M. S. Singh

Proceedings Volume 0348, 15th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967743
Event: 15th International Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, 1982, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The D-T burn time for advanced laser-fusion targets is calculated to be very short, < 50 ps. We describe the design of a neutron streak camera of 16 ps resolving time that can be used to study the temporal history of fusion burn. The cathode of the neutron streak camera is sensitive to neutrons and is curved such that the difference in the neutron path lengths from a point source to various parts of the cathode is compensated by electron transit times within the streak tube. Thus the cathode can be made large for high sensitivity, without sacrificing time resolution. The cathode is coated with 1 pm UO2. Each fission fragment leaving the cathode generates 400 secondary electrons that are all < 20 eV. These electrons are focussed to a point with an extractor and an anode, and are then purified with an electrostatic deflector. The electron beam is streaked and detected with the standard streak camera techniques. Careful shielding is needed for x-rays from the fusion target and general background. It appears that the neutron streak camera can be a viable and unique tool for studying temporal history of fusion burns in D-T plasmas of a few key ion temperature.A;

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C. L. Wang, R. Kalibjian, and M. S. Singh "Design Of Neutron Streak Camera For Fusion Diagnostics", Proc. SPIE 0348, 15th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, (1 March 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967743

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