High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Volume. 3, Issue 3, 03000001(2015)

An efficient method for unfolding kinetic pressure driven VISAR data

M. Hess*, K. Peterson, and A. Harvey-Thompson
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  • Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA
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    Illustration of the kinetic pressure driven VISAR diagnostic.
    (a) Example of a low-pressure drive. (b) The RHS velocity for the low-pressure drive computed by ALEGRA (red) and by Equation (4) (green).
    (a) Example of a high-pressure drive. (b) The RHS velocity for the high-pressure drive computed by ALEGRA (red) and by Equation (4) (green).
    Schematic of the MagLIF laser blast wave experiment.
    (a) Pressure unfold for laser blast wave experiment at 3.59 mm from LEH. (b) Pressure unfold for laser blast wave experiment at 5.71 mm from LEH. (c) Pressure unfold for laser blast wave experiment at 7.84 mm from LEH.
    (a) Comparison of VISAR data (red) with velocity output from ALEGRA using the unfolded pressure (green) at 3.59 mm from LEH. (b) Comparison of VISAR data (red) with velocity output from ALEGRA using unfolded pressure (green) at 5.71 mm from LEH. (c) Comparison of VISAR data (red) with velocity output from ALEGRA using unfolded pressure (green) at 7.84 mm from LEH.
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    Paper Information

    Special Issue: PLASMA/LASER DIAGNOSTICS

    Received: Feb. 26, 2015

    Accepted: Jun. 25, 2015

    Published Online: Jan. 7, 2016

    The Author Email: M. Hess (mhess@sandia.gov)

    DOI:10.1017/hpl.2015.23

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