基于中子飞行时间法的ICF内爆热斑离子温度诊断技术

ICF implosion hotspot ion temperature diagnostic techniques based on neutron time-of-flight method

在惯性约束聚变研究中,内爆热斑离子温度反映了热斑能量的高低,对内爆对称性和内爆速度等物理量十分敏感,是理解内爆物理过程不可或缺的重要参数。介绍了一种基于中子飞行时间法的ICF内爆热斑离子温度诊断技术。建立了一种采用塑料闪烁探测器作为中子测量器件的快时间响应中子飞行时间谱仪。谱仪输出时间波形的半高全宽小于1.1ns,上升时间约为0.5ns。描述了基于反卷积运算和低通滤波的飞行时间谱解谱方法。在神光Ⅲ原型装置较低的中子产额和离子温度条件下通过这种诊断技术成功获得了内爆热斑离子温度。

Ion temperature of implosion hotspot is a very important parameter for inertial confinement fusion. It reflects the energy level of the hotspot, and it is very sensitive to implosion symmetry and implosion speed. ICF implosion hotspot ion tern perature diagnostic techniques based on neutron time-of-flight method were described. A neutron TOF spectrometer was devel- oped using a ultrafast plastic scintillator as the neutron detector. Time response of the spectrometer has 1.1 ns FWHM and 0.5 ns rising time. TOF spectrum resolving method based on deconvolution and low pass filter was illuminated. Implosion hotspot ion temperature in low neutron yield and low ion temperature condition at Shenguang-Ⅲ facility was acquired using the diagnostic techniques.