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A monochromatic x-ray imaging system based on the Bragg reflection from spherically curved crystals 1,2 has been successfully used on the NRL Nike KrF laser for the past five years 3,4,5. Compared to other x-ray imaging techniques like pinholes, Kirpatrik-Baez microscopes, and Fresnel lenses, a curved crystal imager has several advantages. It is a high throughput, high spatial resolution and, by nature, monochromatic diagnostic technique all at the same time. At NRL, a curved crystal imager has been used in combination with a framing camera to provide sequences of high-spatial-resolution still images taken with a time resolution of 200 ps3. Up to four snap shots that correspond to four different times were available to study such fast process as Rayleigh- Taylor (RT) growth of mass perturbations in ablatively driven targets6–8.
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Aglitskiy, Y., Karasik, M., Serlin, V., Obenschain, S., Pawley, C. (2002). X-Ray Imaging System With Continuous Time Resolution. In: Stott, P.E., Wootton, A., Gorini, G., Sindoni, E., Batani, D. (eds) Advanced Diagnostics for Magnetic and Inertial Fusion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8696-2_28
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