title: A high-resolution imaging x-ray crystal spectrometer for high energy density plasmas.
abstract: Adapting a concept developed for magnetic confinement fusion experiments, an imaging crystal spectrometer has been designed and tested for HED plasmas. The instrument uses a spherically bent quartz [211] crystal with radius of curvature of 490.8 mm. The instrument was tested at the Titan laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory by irradiating titanium slabs with laser intensities of 10(19)-10(20) W/cm(2). He-like and Li-like Ti lines were recorded, from which the spectrometer performance was evaluated. This spectrometer provides very high spectral resolving power (E/dE > 7000) while acquiring a one-dimensional image of the source.
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550-9234, USA.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bitter
authors.affiliation: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R3, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550-9234, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Magee
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550-9234, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550-9234, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550-9234, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550-9234, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550-9234, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550-9234, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beiersdorfer