Fusion +
Plasma Diagnostics

Time-Resolved Detection and Imaging Across X-ray, UV, Visible, IR, and Neutrons

Photek detectors play a critical role in understanding the complex processes inside Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) implosions and high-energy plasma and pulsed-power experiments. They provide scientists with valuable insights into fusion reaction dynamics, energy production efficiency and plasma confinement behaviour. 

 

Key phases of ICF implosions occur on picosecond timescales, making them extremely challenging to measure using traditional diagnostic techniques. Additionally, the hazardous radiation environment can quickly degrade many conventional instruments. Photek’s range of advanced solutions deliver some of the fastest temporal performance in the world and are engineered to operate reliably in the most demanding experimental environments.

Applications

Neutron
Time-of-Flight

Combining fast response scintillator screens with Photek’s Photon Multiplier Tubes (PMT) enable the detection of neutron and gamma ray arrival with picosecond accuracy.

Neutron
Imaging

Highly sensitive image intensifiers are used to enable event-based, time-resolved neutron imaging capabilities, via interaction with a scintillator.

UV and X-ray
Imaging

Vacuum imaging detectors can provide single or multiple images to capture the initial stages of plasma generation using UV and soft X-ray techniques.

Charged Particle
Time-of-Flight

Ion/electron detectors feature single or multi-anode arrays, a range of active areas and nanosecond gating capabilities enable advanced time-of-flight diagnostics and spectroscopy

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Neutron Time-of-Flight (nToF) Diagnostics for Fusion Research

Physicists have pursued fusion technology for decades as it promises a potential source of near-limitless clean energy using only isotopes of Hydrogen, the most abundant atom on earth.

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