激光波长对超热电子产生影响的实验研究

实验研究了两种波长超短脉冲激光(744 nm/120 fs/12 mJ、248 nm/420 fs/35 mJ)与固体(Cu)等离子体的相互作用,利用电子磁谱仪与成像板探测器测量了激光入射平面内超热电子的能谱与角分布.在无预脉冲、P极化激光45°斜入射的条件下,采用Maxwellian分布拟合得到的超热电子温度分别为46和19.4 keV,超热电子主要沿靶法线方向发射.产生超热电子的主导机制为真空加热,实验验证了真空吸收定标率Th≈4.11×10-2(Iλ2)1/2.54(keV).等离子体的电荷分离势分别为70和45 keV.     

电子磁谱仪法测量超热电子温度

利用超热电子磁谱仪测量了紫外超短脉冲激光与固体等离子体相互作用产生超热电子的能谱,在无预脉冲、激光强度为1017 W/cm2 条件下,紫外超短脉冲激光与固体(Cu)等离子体相互作用产生超热电子的能谱呈双温麦克斯韦分布,超热电子温度为81 keV,激光吸收的主导机制为真空吸收。     

紫外超短脉冲激光与固体靶相互作用产生超热电子能谱测量

利用电子磁谱仪测量紫外超短脉冲激光与固体等离子体相互作用产生超热电子的能谱,在无预脉冲、激光强度为1017 W/cm2的条件下,紫外(248 nm)超短(440 fs)脉冲激光与固体(Cu)等离子体相互作用产生超热电子的能谱呈双温麦克斯韦分布, 超热电子温度为81 keV,激光吸收的主导机制为真     

超热电子能谱测量

采用180电子磁谱仪方法测量了超短(120 fs)红外(744 nm)脉冲激光与固体等离子体相互作用产生的超热电子能谱。激光参数为无预脉冲、45斜入射的P激化光,靶为5 mm的铜,靶表面经机械抛光,靶上功率密度为1016 W/cm2。谱仪设置在入射激光的正反射方向,测量到的能谱采用 Maxwellian(e     

超短脉冲激光辐照固体靶产生超热电子研究

实验研究了超短脉冲激光辐照固体靶产生的超热电子温度 ,所用方法是测量超热电子在固体中韧致辐射产生的硬X射线 ( >30keV)能量连续谱。中等强度 ( 1 0 16W /cm2 )、无预脉冲、红外超短脉冲( 74 4nm ,1 30fs,6mJ)、P极化激光 4 5°照射 5mm铜靶 ,产生了能量为 4 0 0keV的X射线信号 ,利用Maxwellian分布拟合能谱得到的超热电子温度为 85keV ,产生高能电子的主导吸收机制为真空加热。     

单光子入射方法测量超快硬X射线能谱

利用单光子入射方法测量了高强度超短脉冲激光 (1 3 0fs,1 0 16 W cm2 ,744nm)与固体等离子体相互作用产生的超快 (ps)硬X射线 (>3 0keV)能量连续谱。采用铅屏蔽、激光脉冲和线性门同步符合技术将HPGeX射线谱仪的本底计数率降低到 1 0 -4 炮 ,满足了单光子计数时的低本底要求。用该谱仪实际测量了激光等离子体产生的超快硬X射线能谱 ,所得结果与理论预期符合。     

预脉冲对超短激光与薄膜靶相互作用加速产生质子的影响

采用波长为744 nm、聚焦功率密度为6×10¹⁶W/cm²的超短激光分别与两种不同厚度的铝薄膜靶相互作用,根据鞘层加速机制在靶后法线方向测量质子束角分布和能谱随靶厚度的变化,研究了预脉冲对质子加速的影响。随着薄膜靶厚度的降低,质子计数迅速增加,但当薄膜靶厚度太薄时,激光预脉冲形成的预等离子体影响了薄膜靶的面型,导致质子横向发散角迅速增加,而薄膜靶面型的破坏减少了激光与等离子体相互作用过程中的电子回流,从而降低了超热电子的产生和鞘层加速电场的维持,影响了质子的加速能谱。因此,超短脉冲激光与薄膜靶相互作用加速产生质子束,应尽量降低预脉冲,不能采用太薄的薄膜靶,以避免预等离子体影响薄膜靶的面型,导致质子的能量降低、发散角增大。     

超短脉冲激光与固体靶相互作用的硬X射线能谱

本实验使用高纯锗探测器，运用单光子法，对超短脉冲激光与固体铜靶相互作用产生的硬X射线能谱进行测量。实验结果表明：在激光强度I≈8×10¹⁶W/cm²的P极化光以45°入射角照射5 mm铜靶、探测立体角为4.5×10^－6的实验条件下，产生的硬X射线的能量主要集中在低于100keV能量范围内，超热电子温度分别为(7.4±0.7)keV和(19.5±1.6)keV。     

固体径迹探测器CR39的标定

固体径迹探测器广泛应用于科学和技术方面,CR39是其中使用很频繁的一种塑料探测器。由于电子和伽马光子在CR39中的碰撞截面很小,远小于中子、质子或其他离子的碰撞截面,因此可认为固体径迹探测器CR39对电子和光子不响应,而仅对中子、质子或其他离子响应,这给CR39在实验中的应用带来很大优点。在超短超强脉冲激光与等离子体相互作用的实验中,会产生大量的强伽马射线、热电子或超热电子,而在有些实验如超短超强脉冲激光加速产生高能质子束的研究中,需单独对质子束的通量、角分布、能谱等参数进行详尽的测量。     

紫外超短激光驱动铜薄膜靶产生质子的实验研究

在中国原子能科学研究院的放电泵浦的紫外KrF超短脉冲激光放大装置上,开展了紫外超短脉冲激光与铜薄膜靶相互作用加速产生质子束的实验研究。紫外超短脉冲激光输出能量为30 mJ、波长为248 nm、脉冲宽度为500 fs,采用离轴抛物面镜聚焦获得激光聚焦功率密度为1.2×10¹⁷ W/cm²。激光以45°入射5 μm厚的铜薄膜靶,质子最大能量超过300 keV。紫外超短脉冲激光的高对比度和高吸收效率是紫外激光加速的优点。     

T(d,n)4He强流中子发生器的中子能谱和角分布模拟计算

采用将厚靶分割成薄靶的方法对厚氚钛靶、260keV氘束流能量条件下T(d,n)⁴He反应中子源的能谱和角分布进行计算。以分割法计算得到的能谱和角分布数据为基础,建立了D-T中子源Monte-Carlo模拟抽样模型,在考虑中子发生器各元件材料及实验大厅墙壁对快中子的慢化、散射和吸收的条件下,采用MCNP程序对兰州大学3×10¹²s^-1强流中子发生器260keV氘束流能量下的中子能谱和角分布进行了模拟,给出了模拟结果。为检验模拟结果的可靠性,与实验测量能谱进行了比较,Monte-Carlo模拟谱和实验测量谱基本符合。     

Electron emission in 10–100 keV H and He grazing ion-surface collisions

We have measured energy distributions of electrons ejected during grazing 10–100 keV H⁺ and He⁺ ions scattering from Si surfaces for a broad range of electron observation angles. The distributions have contributions strongly dependent on the directions of incidence and observation. For observation regions around the specular reflection of the ions we have studied the angular dependence of the electron structure resulting from electron transfer to the continuum of the effective ion potential. Far from the ion scattering plane we have observed the Si Auger electron spectrum. We discuss the differences between the Auger peaks obtained by electron and grazing proton bombardment of Si surfaces partially covered with O₂ and Al.     

Assessment of Neutron Cross Sections for Titanium with Neutron Spectrum in Titanium Pile

The measurement of angular neutron spectrum in a quasi-spherical pile of Ti was carried out by the linac time-of-flight method for the assessment of neutron cross sections for Ti in the energy range from a few keV to a few MeV. The measured spectrum in the pile is generally in good agreement with the calculated one from ENDF/B-IV (MAT = 1,286 for Ti) except in the energy range from about 60 keV to a few 100 keV, where the calculation gives considerably lower neutron flux than the measurement.

In order to investigate the cause of this discrepancy between the measured and calculated spectra, the total cross sections for Ti were measured by the transmission method. The results give larger values of total cross sections for Ti by about 30% than ENDF/B-IV below 200 keV, and smaller values by about 10% above 200 keV. These results were ensured at 55 and 147 keV by the measurement using a Si-filtered neutron beam. The calculation based on the measured cross sections shows better agreement with the measured spectrum than that based on ENDF/B-IV. The discrepancy is still observed around 100 keV.

The sensitivity analysis shows the importance of cross sections above 1 MeV and elastic cross sections in the resonance energy region to solve the disagreement between the measured spectrum and the calculated one.     

Measurement and Analysis of Neutron Spectra in Lithium Fluoride and Polytetrafluoroethylene Piles

For the assessment of neutron cross section data for fluorine, angular neutron spectra in the lithium fluoride (LiF) and polytetrafluoroethylene ((CF₂)n) piles were measured in the energy range from a few keV to a few MeV by the time-of-flight method with an electron linac, and the results were compared with those calculated by using nuclear data from JENDL-2 and ENDF/B-IV. Spatial distributions of neutron and X-ray fluxes were also measured in the test piles by the activation method, and the influence of photoneutrons generated in the sample material on the neutron spectrum in each pile was estimated. As a result, it was found that their influence on the neutron spectrum shape below 1 MeV was not so large as was necessary to be taken into account for the present assessment.

The calculated spectra using the JENDL-2 data and the ENDF/B-IV data show generally good agreement with those measured in both piles. However, both calculations underestimate the neutron fluxes around several 100 keV, and overestimate those below 100 keV, when they are normalized in the energy range of 10 keV～1 MeV. Large discrepancies are found between the shapes of the measured and calculated spectra around the resonances of fluorine cross section below 100 keV. The present measurements and analyses suggest that the reevaluations of the inelastic and elastic scattering cross sections below 1MeV and the resonance cross sections below 100 keV are necessary to reduce the observed discrepancies.     

Measurement and Analysis of Neutron Spectrum in Spherical Pile of Thoria

The energy spectrum of neutrons in a pile of thoria was measured from several keV to several MeV by the time-of-flight method with an electron linear accelerator and the results were compared with the theoretical ones predicted with three group constants for thorium, (1) constants of Abagyan et al.'s (ABBN), (2) newly produced constants of J AERI-FAST type (NNM) and (3) constants produced from ENDF/B-H in ORNL (DLC-2D).

General agreement between measurements and calculations was seen for all cases. However, (1) the predicted spectra with ABBN and DLC-2D gave less flux by about 30% than the measured in the energy below about 100 keV, (2) similar disagreement was observed only above 10 keV for the spectrum with NNM and (3) the measured spectrum became about 20% lower than all of the predicted above 1 MeV.

In parallel with the spectrum measurement, neutron spatial distribution was measured by the activation method and the results showed spherical symmetry around a photoneutron target at the center of the pile. From this fact adequancy of using one-dimensional transport code (ANISN or DTF-IV) with spherical symmetry for analysis could be verified.     

The angular distribution of particles sputtered from Cu,Zr, and Au surfaces by ion bombardment at grazing incidence

The angular distribution of particles sputtered from polycrystalline Cu, Zr, and Au targets has been measured for bombardment with Ar⁺- and Xe⁺-ions at perpendicular and grazing ion incidence (80° and 85° with respect to the surface normal). The ion energy was varied between 100 keV and 900 keV. The measured distributions follow approximately a cosine-squared curve rather than the cosine function, they are found to be symmetric with respect to the surface normal and almost independent of the ion species, the ion energy and the angle of incidence. Values of sputtering yield of Cu, Au and Zr are also presented.     

强激光与固体靶相互作用所致硬X射线剂量和能谱的实验测量

为了研究强激光与固体靶相互作用产生的电离辐射危害,本文在星光Ⅲ300TW强激光装置上开展了一系列激光打靶实验。实验使用的激光功率密度为5×10~(18)~4×10~(19)W/cm~2,激光脉冲能量为60~153J,靶为直径1mm、厚度1mm的Ta圆柱,本文分别对X射线剂量、X射线能谱和超热电子能谱进行了测量。实验结果表明,测量到的单发最大X射线剂量约为16.8mSv,靠近激光传播方向(0°),距靶50cm处;激光0°方向的X射线剂量随激光功率密度的增加而显著增加,激光90°方向的X射线剂量随激光功率密度的变化相对较小;测量到的X射线能谱可大致用含有两个X射线温度的指数分布函数描述,其中0°方向测量到的X射线温度为0.4~1.15 MeV,90°方向测量到的X射线温度为0.25~0.54 MeV;实测超热电子温度与Wilks定标率符合较好。     

Development of a radiographic method for measuring the discrete spectrum of the electron beam from a plasma focus device

An indirect method is proposed for measuring the relative energy spectrum of the pulsed electron beam of a plasma focus device. The Bremsstrahlung x-ray, generated by the collision of electrons against the anode surface, was measured behind lead filters with various thicknesses using a radiographic film system. A matrix equation was considered in order to explain the relation between the x-ray dose and the spectral amplitudes of the electron beam. The electron spectrum of the device was measured at 0.6 mbar argon and 22 k V charging voltage, in four discrete energy intervals extending up to 500 ke V. The results of the experiments show that most of the electrons are emitted in the 125–375 ke V energy range and the spectral amplitude becomes negligible beyond 375 ke V.?