Applications of laser wakefield accelerator-based light sources

F Albert, AGR Thomas - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) were proposed more than three decades ago, and
while they promise to deliver compact, high energy particle accelerators, they will also …

A review of astrophysics experiments on intense lasers

BA Remington, RP Drake, H Takabe, D Arnett - Physics of Plasmas, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
Astrophysics has traditionally been pursued at astronomical observatories and on theorists'
computers. Observations record images from space, and theoretical models are developed …

Time-and space-resolved optical probing of femtosecond-laser-driven shock waves in aluminum

R Evans, AD Badger, F Fallies, M Mahdieh, TA Hall… - Physical review …, 1996 - APS
We present the first measurements of particle velocity histories at the interface between an
aluminum sample shocked by a 120 fs laser-driven pressure pulse and a fused silica …

Accurate measurement of laser-driven shock trajectories with velocity interferometry

PM Celliers, GW Collins, LB Da Silva, DM Gold… - Applied Physics …, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
We describe a velocity interferometer used to measure the velocity and trajectory of laser
driven shocks in liquid deuterium accurately and continuously. This demonstration of …

Matter in extreme conditions produced by lasers

D Batani - Europhysics Letters, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This perspective addresses the study of" extreme" states of matter created by laser pulses.
We define" warm dense states" and" high energy density", their importance in physics, how …

Progress in warm dense matter study with applications to planetology

A Benuzzi-Mounaix, S Mazevet, A Ravasio… - Physica …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an overview of some recent theoretical and experimental results obtained on the
properties of iron and silica at conditions encountered in planetary interiors. The first part is …

Systematic uncertainties in shock-wave impedance-match analysis and the high-pressure equation of state of Al

PM Celliers, GW Collins, DG Hicks… - Journal of applied …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
A method for producing quantitative estimates of systematic uncertainties generated in the
analysis of impedance-match shock-wave data is described. Central to the method is an …

Absolute equation-of-state data in the 10–40 Mbar (1–4 TPa) regime

R Cauble, TS Perry, DR Bach, KS Budil, BA Hammel… - Physical review …, 1998 - APS
A technique has been developed that allows the measurement of equations of state of low-
atomic-number materials in regimes of extremely high pressure. Using this technique we …

[HTML][HTML] The creation of large-volume, gradient-free warm dense matter with an x-ray free-electron laser

A Levy, P Audebert, R Shepherd, J Dunn… - Physics of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The efficiency and uniformity of heating induced by hard x-ray free-electron laser pulse is
investigated for 0.5 μm silver foils using the X-ray Pump Probe instrument at the Linac …

Ablation pressure scaling at short laser wavelength

D Batani, H Stabile, A Ravasio, G Lucchini, F Strati… - Physical Review E, 2003 - APS
The ablation pressure at a 0.44-μm laser wavelength has been measured at irradiance up to
2× 10 14 W/cm 2. The diagnostics consisted in the detection of shock breakout from stepped …