Plasma Imaging and Physics
Work done in laser-driven fusion, mostly concerning the imaging of the hot, dense plasma produced during laser-fusion implosions.
Inertial
confinement fusion – indirect-drive concept
Publications
- D. Ress, R. A. Lerche, R. J. Ellis, S. M.
Lane, K. A. Nugent, Neutron Imaging of
Laser-Fusion Targets, Science 241, 956 (1988)
Layout
of dilute coded-aperture imaging Neutron
coding apertures
- D. Ress, R. A. Lerche, L. DaSilva, Demonstration
of an X-Ray Ring-Aperture Microscope for Inertial-Confinement Fusion
Experiments, App. Phys. Lett. 60, 410 (1991)
Annular
aperture Example
results
- D. Ress, et al., High-Sensitivity Scintillating-Fiber
Imaging Detector for High-Energy Neutrons, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66, 4943
(1995)
- D. Ress, L. B. DaSilva, et al., Measurement of
Laser-Plasma Electron Density with a Soft X-Ray Laser Moiré
Deflectometer, Science 265, 514 (1994)
Layout
of soft x-ray deflectometer Plasma
deflectogram
- D. Ress, et al., Novel X-Ray Imaging Methods
at the Nova Laser Facility (Invited), Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66, 575 (1995)