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Experimental investigations of X-pinch backlighters on QiangGuang-1 generator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2011

J. Wu ,
L. Wang ,
A. Qiu ,
J. Han ,
M. Li ,
T. Lei ,
P. Cong ,
M. Qiu ,
H. Yang  and
M. Lv
J. Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'anChina
L. Wang
Affiliation:
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'anChina
A. Qiu*
Affiliation:
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'anChina
J. Han
Affiliation:
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'anChina
M. Li
Affiliation:
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'anChina
T. Lei
Affiliation:
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'anChina
P. Cong
Affiliation:
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'anChina
M. Qiu
Affiliation:
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'anChina
H. Yang
Affiliation:
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'anChina
M. Lv
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Aici Qiu, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024, China. E-mail: qiuac@cae.cn
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Abstract

Experiments of the return current post installed X-pinches were carried out on the 1-MA “QiangGuang-1” facility with the purpose of understanding X-pinch characteristics under this setup and establishing X-pinch backlighting diagnostics for the wire-array Z-pinches. Different wire-array loads along with the two-wire 30 µm Mo X-pinch backlighter were tested. The X-pinches emit the X-ray radiation with the burst time variation of ± 4 ns and the bright spot size of  ~30 µm. X-ray backlighting shadowgraphy images of the over-mass and radiation-suppressed Z-pinch wire array were obtained.

Keywords

Wire-array Z-pinchX-ray shadowgraphyX-pinch
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , June 2011 , pp. 155 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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