Abstract
The injecting time of the picosecond laser in an indirect-drive integrated fast ignition experiment was measured by using an x-ray streak camera. Despite overlapping spatially and temporally in experiments, the soft x-ray signal from the nanosecond laser ablating the inner wall of an Au hohlraum and the hard x-ray signal from the bremsstrahlung radiation of hot electrons generated by a picosecond laser were separated by different image processes by filtering and collimating the two signals differently. The time sequence between the two x-ray signals was analyzed to extract the injection time of the picosecond laser relative to the hohlraum emission. By tracking the neutron yield as a function of the injection time of the picosecond laser, a clear positive correlation between the neutron yield enhancement and the derived injection times was exhibited. The heating effect of the picosecond laser was confirmed. It is concluded that this method could be used to measure the injecting time and validate the picosecond laser injection.
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