First neutron spectrometry measurement at the HL-2A Tokamak

A compact neutron spectrometer based on the liquid scintillator is presented for neutron energy spectrum measurements at the HL-2A Tokamak. The spectrometer was well characterized and a fast digital pulse shape discrimination software was developed using the charge comparison method. A digitizer data acquisition system with a maximum frequency of 1 MHz can work under an environment with a high count rate at HL-2A Tokamak. Specific radiation and magnetic shielding for the spectrometer were designed for the neutron spectrum measurement at the HL-2A Tokamak. For pulse height spectrum analysis, dedicated numerical simulation utilizing NUBEAM combined with GENESIS was performed to obtain the neutron energy spectrum. Subsequently, the transportation process from the plasma to the detector was evaluated with Monte Carlo calculations. The distorted neutron energy spectrum was folded with the response matrix of the liquid scintillation spectrometer, and good consistency was found between the simulated and measured pulse height spectra. This neutron spectrometer based on a digital acquisition system could be well adopted for the investigation of the auxiliary heating behavior and the fast-ion related phenomenon on different tokamak devices.     

激光聚变极端环境下X光高速摄影技术研究进展

在激光惯性约束聚变（ICF）研究中，通过X光高速摄影获取的图像数据能够反映等离子体中由于做功和能量输运导致的流体状态的时空演化信息，与之相关的诊断技术与工程研究一直以来都是ICF诊断能力建设的重要组成部分。介绍了作为我国ICF工程的主要实施单位之一，中国工程物理研究院激光聚变研究中心近年来在X光高速摄影技术研究方面取得重要进展，包括:（1）面向神光系列激光装置，开发了系列工程化的100 ps曝光高速摄影相机，整体达到国际先进水平，并在高灵敏探测、透射式带通滤波和结构小型化等方面形成中国特色；（2）提出微扫描门控、同视扫描分幅等10 ps曝光X光高速摄影新技术，为突破时间分辨瓶颈做出有益尝试；（3）在国内率先开展抗辐射加固高速摄影相机理论设计、技术验证与工程设计；（4）针对激光聚变靶碎片对设备安全的威胁，在国内首次开展靶碎片的理论建模与仿真研究，并开展首次验证实验，取得重要进展。