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DOE OSTI2025

Development of a High-Intensity Heat Flux Gauge and Characterization Facility (Final Report)

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and Hukseflux Thermal Sensors (HTS) collaborated to advance the design and calibration of high-intensity heat flux gauges capable of measuring 2500 kW/m². An industry trade study was first conducted and highlighted the need for enhanced gauge designs and calibration methodology & services suited for high-intensities and broadband flux. We then developed, tested, and evaluated three prototype gauge designs along with four distinct coating types, each designed to extend the measurable flux range of existing HTS products to higher intensity levels. Following a down selection process, the project team refined the focus to a final product design, incorporating updated features to enhance its robustness during high flux exposure.

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ↗
DOE OSTI2023

The high intensity diffractometer for residual stress analysis (HIDRA), a third generation residual stress mapping neutron diffractometer at the high flux isotope reactor

This paper describes the hardware and software upgrades, operation, and performance of the high intensity diffractometer for residual stress analysis (HIDRA) instrument, a residual stress mapping neutron diffractometer located at the High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge Tennessee, USA. Following a major upgrade in 2018, the new instrument has a single 3 He multiwire 2D 30 × 30 cm 2 position sensitive detector, yielding a field of view of 17° 2θ. Further, the increase in the field of view (from 4° 2θ) from the previous model instrument has contributed to the tremendous improvement in the out of plane solid angle such that the 3D count rate could be obtained easily. Accordingly, the hardware, software, Data Acquisition System (DAS), and so on have also been updated. Finally, all these enhanced features of HIDRA have been ably demonstrated by conducting multi directional diffraction measurements in the quenched 750-T74 aluminum, and the evolved and improved strain/stress mappings are presented.

3D printing↗
DOE OSTI2024

Review and meta-analysis of electron temperatures from high-intensity laser–solid interactions

The accelerated electron spectrum from high-intensity laser–solid interaction is often conveniently described using a Boltzmann distribution, whose temperature is known within the field as the hot-electron temperature. The importance of the electron temperature is highlighted by the sheer number of experimental and simulation studies on the subject over the past three decades. Recently, multi-kJ, multi-ps pulses have yielded electron spectra with temperatures far beyond the expected ponderomotive result. Expressions that predict the electron temperature considering laser parameters beyond intensity and wavelength have been developed, albeit using small datasets. In this review, we present what is, to the best of our knowledge, the largest dataset of electron temperatures gathered from experimental measurements and particle-in-cell simulations. This dataset allows us to compare existing analytical and empirical hot-electron temperature scaling models over a wide parameter range. We also develop new scaling models that incorporate the laser pulse duration of the laser and the plasma scale length. Three models that include pulse-duration and scale length dependence are especially successful at predicting both simulated and experimental data. The dataset will soon be made publicly available to encourage further investigation.

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY↗
DOE OSTI2024

Compensation of Third-order Resonances in the High Intensity Regime

As the Fermilab Accelerator Complex enters the high-intensity era, the Recycler Ring (RR) needs to mitigate the detrimental effect of third-order resonance crossing. Third-order resonance lines can be compensated to first order by cancelling out the global Resonance Driving Terms (RDTs) using the response matrix method. This compensation scheme has been proven to work at low intensities, i.e., in the single-particle regime. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of this compensation scheme at higher intensities, this study looks at dynamic and static tune scans, with and without resonance compensation, and different space charge tune shifts. Special care was taken in order to disentangle effects from space charge tune shift, structure resonances and space charge driven resonances.

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS↗
DOE OSTI2020

WIRE SCANNER FOR HIGH INTENSITY BEAM PROFILE DIAGNOSITICS

A control and data acquisition system of a high speed wire scanner is developed for high intensity beam profile diagnostics. The control system of the wire scanner includes two IOCs, a Soft IOC and a VME IOC. The Soft IOC connects with an Aerotech Ensemble motor drive through EPCIS motor record and controls the movement of the wire scanner. An Electrical Input card samples the real-time position of the wire through an incremental encoder, and generates a pulse to synchronize a VME ADC data acquisition card, which digitizes and samples the beam-induced signal after pre-amplification. A VME Relay Output card is installed to control the Brake Solenoid and Actuator Solenoid. All the VME I/O cards are installed on one VME crate and controlled by the VME IOC. The system configuration and software of the wire scanner are under development.

Yan, J.↗
DOE OSTI2022

Multiphysics Simulation of the Thermal Response of a Nanofibrous Target in a High-Intensity Beam

Nanofibrous structures are of high interest to the fields of engineering and materials science, and investigation of their properties as well as discovery of novel applications for them both constitute lively areas of research. A very promising application of nanofiber mats lies in the field of accelerator technology: beam targets made from nanofiber mats offer a solution to the problem of advancing the "intensity frontier"–-the limit on the beam intensities that can be realized in fixed target experiments and neutrino production facilities. However, testing has shown that the survivability of these nanofiber targets depends strongly on their manufacturing parameters, such as the packing density of fibers. In this work, we will use multiphysics simulations to perform a thermal study on how nanofiber targets react to high intensity beams, so that the dependency of the targets’ lifetime on their construction parameters can be better understood.

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS↗
DOE OSTI2026

Demonstration of a Novel Phase-Space Painting Method in a Coupled Lattice to Mitigate Space Charge in High-Intensity Hadron Beams

Multiturn charge-exchange injection is the primary method of creating high-intensity hadron beams in circular accelerators, and phase space painting during injection enables tailoring of the accumulated phase space distribution. A technique we call eigenpainting allows injection of particles into a single mode of a coupled ring, providing full four-dimensional control of the phase space distribution. Under ideal conditions, uniform eigenpainting generates a linear-force equilibrium distribution in the transverse plane, with zero volume in four-dimensional transverse phase space, even including space charge. Here, we have implemented eigenpainting for the first time in the spallation neutron source accumulator ring. Injecting 8.8 μ⁢C of an 800 MeV beam, we obtain a final ratio of intrinsic transverse emittances of ≈2.4. We analyze the effect of space charge on the final distribution through comparison of the reconstructed phase space to particle-in-cell simulations.

Evans, Nicholas J. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory ↗
DOE OSTI2024

Multichannel Doppler fiber-imager spectrometer for spatiotemporal characterization of high-intensity laser-driven plasmas

Here, we demonstrate a flexible multichannel fiber-based imaging Doppler spectrometer to characterize plasmas in high intensity (≥1 × 10 18 W/cm 2 ) laser-plasma experiments at high repetition rates. This instrument collects data from ×21 different plasma locations combining optical fibers and a single imaging spectrometer. This diagnostic maps the plasma velocity evolution as a function of time with sub-pico-second resolution. Experimental results showing 2D velocity measurements of plasma with 20 μm spatial resolution are presented. Intensities of the order of 10 18 W/cm 2 were used to generate a plasma, while a much less intense, frequency doubled (400 nm), probe beam (10 11 W/cm 2 ) was used to measure the Doppler shift from the plasma critical surface. The instrument can be scaled to a larger number of channels (e.g., 100) still using a single spectrometer.

47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION↗
DOE OSTI2023

Quantum Shell in a Shell: Engineering Colloidal Nanocrystals for a High-Intensity Excitation Regime

Many optoelectronic processes in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) suffer an efficiency decline under high-intensity excitation. This issue is caused by Auger recombination of multiple excitons, which converts the NC energy into excess heat, reducing the efficiency and life span of NC-based devices, including photodetectors, X-ray scintillators, lasers, and high-brightness light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Recently, semiconductor quantum shells (QSs) have emerged as a promising NC geometry for the suppression of Auger decay; however, their optoelectronic performance has been hindered by surface-related carrier losses. Here, we address this issue by introducing quantum shells with a CdS–CdSe–CdS–ZnS core–shell–shell–shell multilayer structure. Further, the ZnS barrier inhibits the surface carrier decay, which increases the photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (QY) to 90% while retaining a high biexciton emission QY of 79%. The improved QS morphology allows demonstrating one of the longest Auger lifetimes reported for colloidal NCs to date. The reduction of nonradiative losses in QSs also leads to suppressed blinking in single nanoparticles and low-threshold amplified spontaneous emission. We expect that ZnS-encapsulated quantum shells will benefit many applications exploiting high-power optical or electrical excitation regimes.

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CH↗
DOE OSTI2021

Beyond RMS: Understanding the Evolution of Beam Distributions in High Intensity Linacs

Understanding the evolution of beams with space charge is crucial to design and operation of high intensity linacs. While the community holds a broad understanding of the mechanisms leading to emittance growth and halo formation, there is outstanding discrepancy between measurements and beam evolution models that precludes prediction of halo losses. This may be due in part to insufficient information of the initial beam distribution. This talk will describe work at the SNS Beam Test Facility to directly measure the 6D beam distribution. Full-and-direct 6D measurement has revealed hidden but physically significant dependence between the longitudinal distribution and transverse coordinates. This nonlinear correlation is driven by space charge and reproduced by self-consistent simulation of the RFQ. Omission of this interplane correlation, common when bunches are reconstructed from lower-dimensional measurements, degrades downstream predictions. This talk will also describe the novel diagnostics supporting this work. This includes ongoing improvements to efficiency of the 6D phase space measurement as well as recent achievement of six orders of dynamic range in 2D phase space.

Ruisard, Kiersten↗
DOE OSTI2022

Optimization of an electron injector for operating high-intensity polarized electron beam

In this work, the simulation and optimization of an electron injector that operates a high-intensity polarized electron beam are presented. The electron injector would provide a single-bunch electron beam at a repetition rate of 1 Hz with a bunch charge of 10 nC, kinetic energy of 400 MeV and an electron spin polarization of 85%. A direct current (DC) high-voltage photogun was employed to produce the 10 nC polarized electron beam with a kinetic energy of 350 keV, beam diameter of 1.44 cm (Gaussian distribution with σ of 0.36 cm) and full bunch length of 1.3 ns (Gaussian distribution with σ of 0.325 ns). The beam was compressed to 6 ps of RMS bunch length using one 114.24 MHz standing-wave sub-harmonic buncher, two 571.2 MHz standing-wave sub-harmonic bunchers and one 2.856 GHz traveling-wave buncher. The beam was accelerated finally to 400 MeV via eight 2.856 GHz traveling-wave Linacs. We performed the beam simulation, and the simulated results showed that the optimized RMS bunch length was 4.65 ps, RMS relative energy spread was 0.48% and normalized RMS transverse emittance was 30.13 mm · mrad at a beam energy of 400 MeV.

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS↗
DOE OSTI2022

A Model for Radiolysis in a Flowing-Water Target during High-Intensity Proton Irradiation

At the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), interactions between heavy-ion beams and beam-dump water will create a wide variety of radionuclides which can be accessed by a technique known as “isotope harvesting”. However, irradiation of water is always accompanied by the creation of numerous radical, ionic, and molecular radiolysis products. Some of the radiolysis products have sufficiently long lifetimes to accumulate in the irradiated water and affect the harvesting chemistry. Here we investigate the formation of hydrogen peroxide, molecular hydrogen, and molecular oxygen during a high-intensity proton irradiation of a flowing-water isotope-harvesting target and compare the experimental results to simulations. The simulations kinetically model the chemical reactions occurring in the homogeneous phase of radiolysis in flowing water and establish an “effective yield”. In both the experiment and simulations, the bulk quantities of H 2 , H 2 O 2 , and O 2 are considerably lower than predicted by primary radiolysis yields (escape yields), meaning that in the high beam intensity regime the homogeneous phase reactions have a considerable impact on the overall chemical composition of the water. Further, it could be shown that for radiation which is characterized by a limited linear energy transfer, such as the here applied protons, the bulk outcome of the microscopic kinetic modeling could be estimated by a simplified steady-state model.

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CH↗
DOE OSTI2025

Increased electron, positron, and x-ray production from high intensity laser interactions using micro-wire targets

We report increases in energetic electrons, positrons, and x-rays emitted from high-intensity laser interactions (10 18−20 W/cm 2 ) with structured silicon micro-wires on the surface of a 1 mm gold converter target using a 10 ps laser pulse. A total of four different wire configurations are tested, where the gaps (7–28 μm) between the wires and the thicknesses (3–6 μm) of the wires are varied, while the height remains constant (⁠ ~25 μm). We observe the largest enhancement in electrons, positrons, and x-rays with the sparsest wire configurations. The electron temperature (T e ≈6 MeV) remains consistent across all shots, regardless of whether wires or planar targets are used. This suggests that the observed enhancement is due to increased laser light absorption by the accelerated electrons over a long scale length. Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations confirm that absorption is significantly enhanced with the wire target. Additionally, specific simulations examining laser pointing on different parts of the wire structure reveal that, while the final electron spectrum remains largely insensitive, the angular distribution is highly sensitive to these variations.

Bremsstrahlung↗
DOE OSTI2020

Femtosecond electronic structure response to high intensity XFEL pulses probed by iron X-ray emission spectroscopy

We report the time-resolved femtosecond evolution of the K-shell X-ray emission spectra of iron during high intensity illumination of X-rays in a micron-sized focused hard X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) beam. Detailed pulse length dependent measurements revealed that rapid spectral energy shift and broadening started within the first 10 fs of the X-ray illumination at intensity levels between 10 17 and 10 18 W cm -2 . We attribute these spectral changes to the rapid evolution of high-density photoelectron mediated secondary collisional ionization processes upon the absorption of the incident XFEL radiation. These fast electronic processes, occurring at timescales well within the typical XFEL pulse durations (i.e., tens of fs), set the boundary conditions of the pulse intensity and sample parameters where the widely-accepted ‘probe-before-destroy’ measurement strategy can be adopted for electronic-structure related XFEL experiments.

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS↗
DOE OSTI2020

High intensity x-ray interaction with a model bio-molecule system: double-core-hole states and fragmentation of formamide

Formamide, a simple model bio-molecule (HCONH 2 ), is irradiated with high intensity, ultrashort pulses from an x-ray free electron laser. Ionic fragments resulting from photoionization and subsequent decay processes are recorded, as well as the electronic signature of the different inner shell ionization events that can take place during the x-ray pulses. Additionally, the formation of double-core-hole states, where a second inner shell electron is removed before the first core hole has been refilled is observed in the electron spectra, recorded at all three sites (C, N, O) of the molecule. The individual ionization potentials are compared with results of ab initio calculations at different level of theory. Based on our results, future opportunities for advanced studies of inner-shell-induced electronic and nuclear dynamics are explored.

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS↗
DOE OSTI2025

Demonstration of active neutron interrogation of special nuclear materials using a high-intensity short-pulse-laser-driven neutron source

Detecting shielded special nuclear material, such as nuclear explosives, is a difficult challenge pursued by non-proliferation, anti-terrorism, and nuclear security programs worldwide. Interrogation with intense fast-neutron pulses is a promising method to characterize concealed nuclear material rapidly but is limited by suitable source availability and proven instrumentation. In this study we have pioneered a demonstration of such an interrogation method using a high-intensity, short-pulse, laser-driven neutron source that offers potential benefits compared to conventional neutron sources. The measurement results reported here represent the first experimental demonstration of this interrogation approach on enriched uranium items and demonstrate the feasibility of a precise measurement using realistic nuclear materials, representative of field scenarios, even with just a single laser-driven neutron pulse. Bright pulsed sources can overcome the nuisance background of items with strong internal neutron sources, improving analytical power, while single-shot assay is attractive in high-throughput situations where time is at a premium. The science and technology of this type of neutron production is developing rapidly, and we anticipate that practical mobile interrogation systems will become available based on the detection concepts demonstrated here to meet the growing measurement needs.

98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL P↗