Nanometer-scale characterization of laser-driven compression, shocks, and phase transitions, by x-ray scattering using free electron lasers

Kluge, T.; Rödel, C.; Rödel, M.; Pelka, A.; McBride, E. E.; Fletcher, L. B.; Harmand, M.; Krygier, A.; Higginbotham, A.; Bussmann, M.; Galtier, E.; Gamboa, E.; Garcia, A. L.; Garten, M.; Glenzer, S. H.; Granados, E.; Gutt, C.; Lee, H. J.; Nagler, B.; Schumaker, W.; Tavella, F.; Zacharias, M.; Schramm, U.; Cowan, T. E.

doi:10.1063/1.5008289

Title: Nanometer-scale characterization of laser-driven compression, shocks, and phase transitions, by x-ray scattering using free electron lasers

Journal Article · Mon Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5008289· OSTI ID:1417591

^[1]; Rödel, C. ^[2]; Rödel, M. ^[3]; Pelka, A. ^[1];

^[4]; Fletcher, L. B. ^[4]; Harmand, M. ^[5];

^[5]; Higginbotham, A. ^[6];

^[1]; Galtier, E. ^[4]; Gamboa, E. ^[4]; Garcia, A. L. ^[1];

^[3]; Glenzer, S. H. ^[4]; Granados, E. ^[4]; Gutt, C. ^[7]; Lee, H. J. ^[4]; Nagler, B. ^[4]; Schumaker, W. ^[4] more »

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden (Germany)
Friedrich Schiller Univ., Jena (Germany). Faculty of Physics and Astronomy; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden (Germany); TU Dresden (Germany). Faculty of Physics
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Pierre and Marie Curie Univ., Paris (France). Inst. of Mineralogy and Physics of Condensed Environments (IMPMC)
Univ. of York (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of Siegen (Germany). Dept. of Physics

In this paper, we study the feasibility of using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) as a new experimental diagnostic for intense laser-solid interactions. By using X-ray pulses from a hard X-ray free electron laser, we can simultaneously achieve nanometer and femtosecond resolution of laser-driven samples. This is an important new capability for the Helmholtz international beamline for extreme fields at the high energy density endstation currently built at the European X-ray free electron laser. We review the relevant SAXS theory and its application to transient processes in solid density plasmas and report on first experimental results that confirm the feasibility of the method. Finally, we present results of two test experiments where the first experiment employs ultra-short laser pulses for studying relativistic laser plasma interactions, and the second one focuses on shock compression studies with a nanosecond laser system.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden (Germany)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields (HIBEF); German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); European Union (EU)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 03Z1O511; 654220

OSTI ID:: 1417591

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1402101

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 24, Issue 10; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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