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Sydor X-Ray Framing Camera

July 08, 2013
Ray Bahr is shown assembling the Sydor X-Ray Framing Camera (SFC) in the staging laboratory prior to the first use

A new generation of x-ray framing cameras is now being used on OMEGA. The camera was developed by Sydor Instruments in Rochester, NY to meet the requirements of the experimental program here at LLE. The first use of the new Sydor x-ray framing camera (SFC) in June produced first-of-a-kind images of an imploding cryogenic deuterium–tritium capsule. The camera captures up to 16 sequential, temporally gated images—a short movie of nanosecond-scale phenomena. The data will be used to validate the experimental design. Here, Ray Bahr is shown assembling the SFC in the staging laboratory prior to the first use.

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