The advent of pump-probe spectroscopy techniques paved the way to the exploration of
ultrafast dynamics of electrons and phonons in crystalline solids. Following photo-absorption …

The study of structure, thermodynamic state, equation of state (EOS) and transport properties
of warm dense matter (WDM) has become one of the key aspects of laboratory astrophysics …

The electron-phonon coupling and the corresponding energy exchange are investigated
experimentally and by ab initio theory in nonequilibrium states of the free-electron metal …

Various basic mechanisms of material surface ablation produced by ultrashort laser pulses
are considered in the order of increasing the supplied laser fluence: low-threshold ultrafast …

High energy density physics (HEDP) and inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research typically
relies on computational modeling using radiation-hydrodynamics codes in order to design …

Under the irradiation of an ultrafast intense laser, solid materials can be driven into
nonequilibrium states undergoing an ultrafast solid–liquid phase transition. Understanding …

The ultrafast dynamics of the loss of crystalline periodicity is investigated in femtosecond
laser heated warm dense copper, by the original use of x-ray absorption near-edge specific …

The advent of femtosecond lasers has shed new light on non-equilibrium high energy
density physics. The ultrafast energy absorption by electrons and the finite rate of their …

In order to control laser-induced shock processes, two main points of interest must be fully
understood: the laser–matter interaction generating a pressure loading from a given laser …

We present first-principles calculations of the rate of energy exchanges between electrons
and ions in nonequilibrium warm dense plasmas, liquid metals, and hot solids, a …