The ORION laser facility is one of the UK's premier laser facilities which became operational at AWE in 2010. Its primary mission is one of stockpile stewardship, ORION will extend the UK's experimental plasma physics capability to the high temperature, high density regime relevant to Atomic Weapons Establishment's (AWE) program. The ORION laser combines ten laser beams operating in the ns regime with two sub ps short pulse chirped pulse amplification beams. This gives the UK a unique combined long pulse/short pulse laser capability which is not only available to AWE personnel but also gives access to our international partners and visiting UK academia. The ORION laser facility is equipped with a comprehensive suite of some 45 diagnostics covering optical, particle, and x-ray diagnostics all able to image the laser target interaction point. This paper focuses on a small selection of these diagnostics.
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September 11 2012
ORION laser target diagnosticsa)
C. D. Bentley;
C. D. Bentley
b)
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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R. D. Edwards;
R. D. Edwards
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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J. E. Andrew;
J. E. Andrew
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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S. F. James;
S. F. James
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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M. D. Gardner;
M. D. Gardner
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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A. J. Comley;
A. J. Comley
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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K. Vaughan;
K. Vaughan
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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C. J. Horsfield;
C. J. Horsfield
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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M. S. Rubery;
M. S. Rubery
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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S. D. Rothman;
S. D. Rothman
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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S. Daykin;
S. Daykin
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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S. J. Masoero;
S. J. Masoero
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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J. B. Palmer;
J. B. Palmer
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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A. L. Meadowcroft;
A. L. Meadowcroft
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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B. M. Williams;
B. M. Williams
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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E. T. Gumbrell;
E. T. Gumbrell
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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J. D. Fyrth;
J. D. Fyrth
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
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C. R. D. Brown;
C. R. D. Brown
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
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M. P. Hill;
M. P. Hill
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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K. Oades;
K. Oades
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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M. J. Wright;
M. J. Wright
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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B. A. Hood;
B. A. Hood
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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P. Kemshall
P. Kemshall
Plasma Physics Department,
Atomic Weapons Establishment
, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, England
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: chris.bentley@awe.co.uk.
a)
Contributed paper, published as part of the Proceedings of the 19th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Monterey, California, May 2012.
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 10D732 (2012)
Article history
Received:
May 03 2012
Accepted:
June 03 2012
Citation
C. D. Bentley, R. D. Edwards, J. E. Andrew, S. F. James, M. D. Gardner, A. J. Comley, K. Vaughan, C. J. Horsfield, M. S. Rubery, S. D. Rothman, S. Daykin, S. J. Masoero, J. B. Palmer, A. L. Meadowcroft, B. M. Williams, E. T. Gumbrell, J. D. Fyrth, C. R. D. Brown, M. P. Hill, K. Oades, M. J. Wright, B. A. Hood, P. Kemshall; ORION laser target diagnostics. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 October 2012; 83 (10): 10D732. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4748850
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