A simulation optimization design of the filter stack spectrometer for laser-plasma interaction experiment

Filter stack spectrometers are widely employed in laser facilities for the spectrum measurement of bremsstrahlung photons. However, this method suffers from large uncertainty of unfolding due to its intrinsic limit resolution. For this, an optimization study on filter stack spectrometer is conducted. This procedure is implemented by a hybrid particle swarm optimization and genetic algorithm (PSO-GA). Monte-Carlo particle transport code Fluka is used for the simulation of the response matrix. Gravel algorithm, based on the least-square method, is used for the unfolding. For mono-energetic photons, this optimized filter stack spectrometer design provides a better energy resolution. For continuous distribution, this optimized filter stack spectrometer design yields a narrower unfolding solution space in the presence of measurement error.

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