NDLI: Pulsed power system for the PHELIX kilojoule/petawatt-laser at GSI Darmstadt

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Author	Tauschwitz, A. Dewald, E. Mos, B.B.D. Reinhard, I. Borneis, S. Kuhl, T. Roth, M.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Technische Univ. Darmstadt, Germany (Tauschwitz, A.)
Abstract	Summary form only given, as follows. The high power laser PHELIX is currently installed at the heavy ion accelerator facility GSI-Darmstadt. It will deliver several kJ energy in pulses of 1 to 10 ns length, with variable pulse shaping and up to one petawatt power in 500 fs, using chirped pulse amplification. In combination with the high power ion beam from the SIS synchrotron at GSI which is expected to deliver pulses of up to 1 kJ beam energy in the near future, a variety of unique experiments will become possible with the PHELIX laser. These include basic research of ion beam interaction with hot, dense laser produced plasmas, investigation of intense laser generated particle beams and their acceleration, X-ray. backlighting of ion beam generated plasmas at solid state density, and others. This research will be of relevance to equation-of-state (EOS) physics, astrophysics, atomic and plasma physics, and in the field of inertial confinement fusion. The setup of the pulsed power system for the 315 mm glass main amplifiers and Faraday rotators is described. The capacitor bank will store an energy of 4 MJ and is switched with ignitrons. The discharge circuit, grounding scheme, and dump system are discussed in detail. The structure of the control system, monitoring and data acquisition, as well as the interlock system will be described. The procedures for component tests of the electrical circuit are summarized.
Sponsorship	Plasma Sci. & Applications Committee
File Size	69539
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780371410
DOI	10.1109/PPPS.2001.961200
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-06-17
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Pulse power systems Pulse amplifiers X-ray lasers Pulse shaping methods Ion beams Laser theory Plasma accelerators Plasma confinement Plasma density Plasma x-ray sources
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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