UNIFORM MULTIMEGABAR SHOCK-WAVES IN SOLIDS DRIVEN BY LASER-GENERATED THERMAL-RADIATION

Authors
LOWER T SIGEL R EIDMANN K FOLDES IB HULLER S MASSEN J TSAKIRIS GD WITKOWSKI S PREUSS W NISHIMURA H SHIRAGA H KATO Y NAKAI S ENDO T
Citation
T. Lower et al., UNIFORM MULTIMEGABAR SHOCK-WAVES IN SOLIDS DRIVEN BY LASER-GENERATED THERMAL-RADIATION, Physical review letters, 72(20), 1994, pp. 3186-3189
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
72
Issue
20
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3186 - 3189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)72:20<3186:UMSISD>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Uniform shock waves were driven into solid gold and aluminum samples v ia ablation of material by intense thermal radiation. The radiation wa s generated by laser heating of 1-3 mm size gold cavities to radiation temperatures of up to 150 eV. Shock wave velocity and uniformity were measured using flat, single-step, double-step, and wedge samples. Pre ssures of up to 20 Mbar were achieved.