X-ray Imaging Diagnostics For Magnetically Confined And Laser-produced Fusion Plasmas
Authors: N.A. Pablant, M. Bitter, L.F. Delgado-Aparicio, K.W. Hill, and M. Sanchez del Rio
Abstract:
Recent advances in x-ray detection technology and diagnostic design have dramatically improved the ability
of using x-ray imaging and spectroscopic diagnostics to accurately measure important parameters in magnetically
confined and laser produced fusion plasmas. With these advancements, the detailed characterization
of the diagnostic system properties has become ever more important. We present an overview of current
and future x-ray diagnostic requirements for fusion plasmas and describe, in particular, diagnostic systems
employing spherically bent crystals to resolving characteristic x-ray lines from trace impurities with energies
in the range 1-20keV. The requirements and challenges for the simulation of existing and planned diagnostic
installations and are discussed.
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Presented at: SPIE : Advances in Computational Methods for X-Ray Optics II, San Diego, California (August 2011)
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