High resolution neutron imaging for inertial confinement fusion experiments

Author

Thfoin, I. ; Landoas, O. ; Caillaud, T. ; Disdier, L. ; Bourgade, J.L. ; Rossé, B. ; Sangster, T.C. ; Glebov, V.Yu.

Author_Institution

CEA, DAM, Arpajon, France

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A high resolution neutron imaging system (NIS) is developed and tested on the OMEGA laser facility for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments. This diagnostic uses a coded imaging technique with a high resolution neutron camera. Over the past few years, this detector was improved and neutron images can now be acquired on OMEGA with a 20 μm spatial resolution in the source plane and good signal to noise ratio with both a penumbral and an annular imaging technique.

Keywords

high energy physics instrumentation computing; image coding; laser fusion; neutron detection; plasma diagnostics; OMEGA laser facility; annular imaging technique; coded imaging technique; high resolution neutron camera; high resolution neutron imaging; inertial confinement fusion experiment; penumbral imaging technique; plasma diagnostics; signal to noise ratio; source plane; spatial resolution; Cameras; Detectors; High-resolution imaging; Image resolution; Inertial confinement; Laser fusion; Neutrons; Signal resolution; Spatial resolution; System testing; Coded aperture; Inertial Confinement Fusion; neutron; neutron imaging; penumbra;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2009 First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5207-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5208-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503757

Filename

5503757