Published October 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

X-ray imaging of an X-pinch plasma with a bubble compound refractive lens

  • 1. Institute of Applied Physics Problems, Kurchatova 7, Minsk 220064 (Belarus)
  • 2. Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (United States)
  • 3. Adelphi Technology, Inc., 981-B Industrial Road, San Carlos, California 94070 (United States)

Description

We present diagnostic images taken of an X-pinch plasma x-ray source driven by the XP pulser (100 ns, 500 kA) at Cornell University using an x-ray bubble compound refractive lens. The lens consists of a 200 μm inside diameter glass capillary that contains about 100 biconcave microlenses formed by a string of bubbles in epoxy. A precise system for lens alignment with of 3-5 arcmin accuracy is described. X-ray images of four-wire X pinches were obtained with a spatial resolution of approximately 2 μm

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 3950-3952
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINAK

Conference

Title
15. topical conference on high temperature plasma diagnostics
Dates
19-22 Apr 2004
Place
San Diego, CA (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36083164
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; ALIGNMENT; BUBBLES; IMAGES; LENSES; OPTICS; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY SOURCES
Descriptors DEC
INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY; MATERIALS TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; RADIATION SOURCES; RESOLUTION; TESTING

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(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics