High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2017, 5 (3): 03000e22, Published Online: Nov. 21, 2018
Design and fabrication of gas cell targets for laboratory astrophysics experiments on the Orion high-power laser facility
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Fig. 2. (a) Fully assembled target for Orion gas cell campaign and (b) the base gas cell design.
Fig. 3. A brominated plastic disk before adhering to the polypropylene support on the gas cell.
Fig. 4. (a) Picture and (b) schematic of the gas system used for filling targets to specified pressures.
Fig. 7. Deflection of target pusher window in an atmospheric pressure environment at a range of fill pressures.
Fig. 8. Target leak rates for a number of targets in the Orion chamber (sample time every 10 min).
C. Spindloe, D. Wyatt, S. Astbury, G. F. Swadling, T. Clayson, C. Stehlé, J. M. Foster, E. Gumbrell, R. Charles, C. N. Danson, P. Brummitt, F. Suzuki-Vidal. Design and fabrication of gas cell targets for laboratory astrophysics experiments on the Orion high-power laser facility[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2017, 5(3): 03000e22.