Impedance-match experiments using laser-driven shock waves

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Authors

L. R. Veeser · Los Alamos National Laboratory

J. C. Solem · Los Alamos National Laboratory

A. J. Lieber · Los Alamos National Laboratory

Abstract

A high-energy laser pulse has been used to drive a shock wave into a foil target. Pressures of 0.3 TPa in aluminum and 0.6 TPa in a gold overlay were inferred from simultaneous measurements of the shock velocities. The techniques will be useful in determining high-pressure equation-of-state parameters for a wide variety of materials.

Topics & Keywords

High-pressure geophysics and materials Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research Ion-surface interactions and analysis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Applied Physics Letters

Volume 35, Issue 10, pp. 761-763

DOI: 10.1063/1.90961

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