Development of spatially resolved high resolution x-ray spectroscopy for fusion and light-source research

J. Lu; K. W. Hill; M. Bitter; L. Delgado-Aparicio; N. A. Pablant; P. Efthimion; P. Beiersdorfer; H. Chen; K. Widmann; M. Sanchez del Rio

doi:10.1117/12.2062192

17 September 2014 Development of spatially resolved high resolution x-ray spectroscopy for fusion and light-source research

J. Lu, K. W. Hill, M. Bitter, L. Delgado-Aparicio, N. A. Pablant, P. Efthimion, P. Beiersdorfer, H. Chen, K. Widmann, M. Sanchez del Rio

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Proceedings Volume 9209, Advances in Computational Methods for X-Ray Optics III; 92090M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2062192
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

One dimensional spatially resolved high resolution x-ray spectroscopy with spherically bent crystals and 2D pixelated detectors is an established technique on magnetic confinement fusion (MCF) experiments world wide for Doppler measurements of spatial profiles of plasma ion temperature and flow velocity. This technique is being further developed for diagnosis of High Energy Density Physics (HEDP) plasmas at laser-plasma facilities and synchrotron/x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) facilities. Useful spatial resolution (micron scale) of such small-scale plasma sources requires magnification, because of the finite pixel size of x-ray CCD detectors (13.5 μm). A von-Hamos like spectrometer using spherical crystals is capable of magnification, as well as uniform sagittal focusing across the full x-ray spectrum, and is being tested in laboratory experiments using a tungsten-target microfocus (5-10 μm) x-ray tube and 13-μm pixel x-ray CCD. A spatial resolution better than 10 μm has been demonstrated. Good spectral resolution is indicated by small differences (0.02 – 0.1 eV) of measured line widths with best available published natural line widths. Progress and status of HEDP measurements and the physics basis for these diagnostics are presented. A new type of x-ray crystal spectrometer with a convex spherically bent crystal is also reported. The status of testing of a 2D imaging microscope using matched pairs of spherical crystals with x rays will also be presented. The use of computational x-ray optics codes in development of these instrumental concepts is addressed.

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J. Lu, K. W. Hill, M. Bitter, L. Delgado-Aparicio, N. A. Pablant, P. Efthimion, P. Beiersdorfer, H. Chen, K. Widmann, and M. Sanchez del Rio "Development of spatially resolved high resolution x-ray spectroscopy for fusion and light-source research", Proc. SPIE 9209, Advances in Computational Methods for X-Ray Optics III, 92090M (17 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2062192

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