Supported Facilities / Target Chambers

The target chamber environment includes the locations of the laser beam and diagnostic ports.

VISRAD currently supports the following target chamber environments:

• OMEGA
• OMEGA-EP
• NIF
• ORION
• LMJ
• MEC
• MTW
• PLX
• GEKKO XII (Target Areas 1 and 2)
• Custom
• None (system with no laser or diagnostics ports)

It is possible that future versions of VISRAD could support other target chamber environments.

VISRAD also supports the use of custom (user-defined) laser beams. Custom beams can be added to existing laser beam systems (e.g., NIF), or added to Custom Laser Systems.

Upon starting a new application (whether starting VISRAD or selecting File | New), the user is presented with a list of target chambers available for selection (see below). VISRAD then sets up the appropriate laser beam and diagnostic port systems.

The image below shows an example of the OMEGA-EP target chamber. The short-pulse Backlighter and Sidelighter beams are shown in blue and green, respectively.

The image below shows an example of the OMEGA target chamber. The short-pulse "EP" beam, which reflects off an off-axis parabola near port H7, is shown in red.

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