Validation of gas entrainment evaluation method in simplified hot plenum model of sodium cooled fast reactor

Ezure, Toshiki; Akimoto, Yuta; Matsushita, Kentaro; Tanaka, Masaaki

Dai-27-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 5 Pages, 2023/09

In hot plenums of sodium-cooled fast reactors, restriction of cover gas entrainment caused by vortex dimples on the free surface is an important thermal-hydraulic issue. For this reason, the authors have developed an evaluation method of gas entrainment with an evaluation tool named, StreamViewer. In this study, evaluation using StreamViewer was applied to a water experiment having a simplified hot pool geometry aiming at the validation of the evaluation method toward the application to the evaluation of a pool-type sodium cooled fast reactor. In StreamViewer, the three-dimensional distribution of pressure decrease along the vortex center line was calculated from the velocity distribution obtained by CFD analyses, and the free surface dimple depth was obtained from the hydraulic balance with the pressure distribution and the cover gas pressure. As the results, it was confirmed that the onset of gas entrainment could be predicted appropriately based on the above-mentioned calculation method.

Optimized TES microcalorimeters with 14 eV energy resolution at 30 keV for -ray measurements of the Th isomer

Muramatsu, Haruka*; Hayashi, Tasuku*; Yuasa, Naoki*; Konno, Ryohei*; Yamaguchi, Atsushi*; Mitsuda, Kazuhisa*; Yamasaki, Noriko*; Maehata, Keisuke*; Kikunaga, Hidetoshi*; Takimoto, Misaki; et al.

Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 200(5-6), p.452 - 460, 2020/09

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-020-02458-7

The Observation of a transient surface morphology in the femtosecond laser ablation process by using the soft X-ray laser probe

Hasegawa, Noboru; Nishikino, Masaharu; Tomita, Takuro*; Onishi, Naofumi*; Ito, Atsushi*; Eyama, Tsuyoshi*; Kakimoto, Naoya*; Izutsu, Rui*; Minami, Yasuo*; Baba, Motoyoshi*; et al.

X-Ray Lasers and Coherent X-Ray Sources; Development and Applications XI (Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.9589), p.95890A_1 - 95890A_8, 2015/09

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186744

We have improved a soft X-ray laser (SXRL) interferometer synchronized with a Ti:Sapphire laser pulse to observe the single-shot imaging of the nano-scaled structure dynamics of the laser induced materials. By the precise imaging optics and double time fiducial system having been installed, the lateral resolution on the sample surface and the precision of the temporal synchronization between the SXRL and Ti:Sapphire laser pulses were improved to be 700 nm and 2 ps, respectively. By using this system, the initial stage (before 200 ps) of the ablation process of the Pt surface pumped by 80 fs Ti:Sapphire laser pulse was observed by the comparison between the soft X-ray reflective image and interferogram. We have succeeded in the direct observation of the unique ablation process around the ablation threshold such as the rapid increase of the surface roughness and surface vibration.

Observation of femtosecond laser ablation on Tungsten by using soft X-ray reflection and interference imaging

Nishikino, Masaharu; Hasegawa, Noboru; Tomita, Takuro*; Eyama, Tsuyoshi*; Kakimoto, Naoya*; Onishi, Naofumi*; Ito, Atsushi*; Baba, Motoyoshi*; Minami, Yasuo*; Kawachi, Tetsuya; et al.

Reza Gakkai Dai-471-Kai Kenkyukai Hokoku; Tanhacho Ryoshi Bimu Hassei To Sono Oyo, p.9 - 12, 2014/12

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EUV light source by high power laser

Izawa, Yasukazu*; Nishihara, Katsunobu*; Tanuma, Hajime*; Sasaki, Akira; Murakami, Masakatsu*; Sunahara, Atsushi*; Nishimura, Hiroaki*; Fujioka, Shinsuke*; Aota, Tatsuya*; Shimada, Yoshinori*; et al.

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 112, p.042047_1 - 042047_4, 2008/00

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/112/4/042047

In the development of a high power EUV source used in the EUV lithography system, we have been constructed EUV database of laser-produced tin plasma by the theoretical and experimental studies. On the basis of our understanding, the optimum conditions of lasers and plasmas were clarified, and we proposed the guidelines of laser plasma to obtain clean, efficient and high power EUV source for the practical EUV lithography system. In parallel to such studies, novel targets and high power laser system to generate the optimized EUV source plasma have been developed.

Distinct doping dependences of the pseudogap and superconducting gap of LaSrCuO cuprate superconductors

Hashimoto, Makoto*; Yoshida, Teppei*; Tanaka, Kiyohisa*; Fujimori, Atsushi*; Okusawa, Makoto*; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Yamada, Kazuyoshi*; Kakeshita, Teruhisa*; Eisaki, Hiroshi*; Uchida, Shinichi*

Physical Review B, 75(14), p.140503_1 - 140503_4, 2007/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.140503

We have performed a temperature-dependent angle-integrated photoemission study of LaSrCuO covering from lightly doped to heavily overdoped regions and oxygen -doped LaCuO. The superconducting gap energy was found to remain small for decreasing hole concentration while the pseudogap energy and temperature increase. The different behaviors of the superconducting gap and the pseudogap can be explained if the superconducting gap opens only on the Fermi arc around the nodal (0,0)- direction while the pseudogap opens around . The results suggest that the pseudogap and the superconducting gap have different microscopic origins.

Imaging of femtosecond laser ablation of gold by soft X-ray laser

Nishikino, Masaharu; Hasegawa, Noboru; Tomita, Takuro*; Eyama, Tsuyoshi*; Kakimoto, Naoya*; Hatomi, Daiki*; Onishi, Naofumi*; Ito, Atsushi*; Kawachi, Tetsuya; Yamagiwa, Mitsuru; et al.

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Observation of the femto-second laser ablation process on metal surface using the soft X-ray laser probe

Yamagiwa, Mitsuru; Hasegawa, Noboru; Nishikino, Masaharu; Tomita, Takuro*; Eyama, Tsuyoshi*; Kakimoto, Naoya*; Onishi, Naofumi*; Hatomi, Daiki*; Ito, Atsushi*; Minami, Yasuo*; et al.

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Observation of Weakly Excited Ablation Dynamics with Femtosecond Laser by using Time-Resolved Soft X-ray Imaging Technique

Nishikino, Masaharu; Hasegawa, Noboru; Eyama, Tsuyoshi*; Kakimoto, Naoya*; Tomita, Takuro*; Hatomi, Daiki*; Onishi, Naofumi*; Ito, Atsushi*; Minami, Yasuo*; Baba, Motoyoshi*; et al.

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The dynamical process of laser-induced surface modification such as the laser ablation comes to attract much attention for the micro processing by the ultra-short laser pulse. In order to observe the surface morphological change during the fs laser ablation process with a weakly excitation, we have developed soft X-ray interferometer and reflectometer system. Weakly excited ablation processes of the gold (Au) films are investigated by using single shot pump and probe imaging technique, using a Ti:Sapphire laser pulse with the duration of 80 fs pulse at a central wavelength of 795 nm for the pumping of ablation and the laser-driven soft X-ray laser at the wavelength of 13.9 nm for the probe. We discuss the scenario of the weakly excited femtosecond laser ablation of the gold surface. The numerical simulation study of the fs laser ablation process is underway by using a parallel molecular dynamics code.

Observation of femtosecond laser ablation on Metallic sample by using soft X-ray reflectometer and inter-ferometer

Nishikino, Masaharu; Hasegawa, Noboru; Tomita, Takuro*; Eyama, Tsuyoshi*; Kakimoto, Naoya*; Onishi, Naofumi*; Ito, Atsushi*; Kawachi, Tetsuya; Yamagiwa, Mitsuru; Suemoto, Toru

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