• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 5, Issue 3, 03000e22 (2017)
C. Spindloe1、†, D. Wyatt1, S. Astbury1, G. F. Swadling2、5, T. Clayson2, C. Stehlé4, J. M. Foster3, E. Gumbrell3、5, R. Charles3, C. N. Danson2、3, P. Brummitt1, and F. Suzuki-Vidal2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Science and Technology Facilities Council, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK
  • 2Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, SW7 2BW, UK
  • 3AWE plc, Aldermaston, Reading RG7 4PR, UK
  • 4LERMA, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, F-75252, Paris, France
  • 5Current address: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California 94550, USA
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2017.22 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    C. Spindloe, D. Wyatt, S. Astbury, G. F. Swadling, T. Clayson, C. Stehlé, J. M. Foster, E. Gumbrell, R. Charles, C. N. Danson, P. Brummitt, F. Suzuki-Vidal. Design and fabrication of gas cell targets for laboratory astrophysics experiments on the Orion high-power laser facility[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2017, 5(3): 03000e22 Copy Citation Text show less
    Experimental layout for the Orion gas cell campaign.
    Fig. 1. Experimental layout for the Orion gas cell campaign.
    (a) Fully assembled target for Orion gas cell campaign and (b) the base gas cell design.
    Fig. 2. (a) Fully assembled target for Orion gas cell campaign and (b) the base gas cell design.
    A brominated plastic disk before adhering to the polypropylene support on the gas cell.
    Fig. 3. A brominated plastic disk before adhering to the polypropylene support on the gas cell.
    (a) Picture and (b) schematic of the gas system used for filling targets to specified pressures.
    Fig. 4. (a) Picture and (b) schematic of the gas system used for filling targets to specified pressures.
    Target under vacuum in the testing chamber with the attached transducer.
    Fig. 5. Target under vacuum in the testing chamber with the attached transducer.
    Deflection of a target in vacuum at a range of fill pressures.
    Fig. 6. Deflection of a target in vacuum at a range of fill pressures.
    Deflection of target pusher window in an atmospheric pressure environment at a range of fill pressures.
    Fig. 7. Deflection of target pusher window in an atmospheric pressure environment at a range of fill pressures.
    Target leak rates for a number of targets in the Orion chamber (sample time every 10 min).
    Fig. 8. Target leak rates for a number of targets in the Orion chamber (sample time every 10 min).
    Example X-ray backlighting data from the Orion Imperial College academic access experiment.
    Fig. 9. Example X-ray backlighting data from the Orion Imperial College academic access experiment.
    C. Spindloe, D. Wyatt, S. Astbury, G. F. Swadling, T. Clayson, C. Stehlé, J. M. Foster, E. Gumbrell, R. Charles, C. N. Danson, P. Brummitt, F. Suzuki-Vidal. Design and fabrication of gas cell targets for laboratory astrophysics experiments on the Orion high-power laser facility[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2017, 5(3): 03000e22
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