Recent inertial confinement fusion experiments and diagnostic techniques on the shenguang laser facility

The experiments and diagnostic techniques for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) on the Shenguang laser facility since 2000 are reviewed.Many experiments were conducted on the Shenguang II (SG-II) and Shenguang III prototype (SG-IIIYX) laser facilities.The SG-IIIYX was completed in 2006.The experiments on SG-II included several physics experiments on topics such as hohlraum physics,implosion physics,fluid dynamical instability, opacity,and shocks driven by radiation.The experimental results indicated that significant achievements were acquired on SG-II.The ICF experiments were conducted on SG-IIIYX after it was finished.The first experiment,which included Holhraum and implosion physics,was performed in 2007.The integrated diagnostic systems for SG-II and SG-IIIYX have been built,as well as the X-ray monochromatic imaging instrument,Thomson probe, transmission grating without higher order diffraction,and so forth.These characteristic diagnostic techniques are important for improved measurement accuracy.