High pressure, quasi-isentropic compression experiments on the Omega laser

Lorenz, K; Edwards, M; Jankowski, A; Pollaine, S; Smith, R; Remington, B

doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2006.08.001

Title: High pressure, quasi-isentropic compression experiments on the Omega laser

Journal Article · Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Elsevier Journal, High Energy Density Physics, vol. 2, n/a, August 28, 2006, pp. 113-125

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2006.08.001· OSTI ID:895434

Lorenz, K; Edwards, M; Jankowski, A; Pollaine, S; Smith, R; Remington, B

The high energy density of pulsed lasers can be used to generate shockless loading in solids to high pressures and compressions but low temperatures. We have used the Omega laser to extend the capabilities of this technique to multi-Mbar pressures and compressions approaching a factor of 2 in aluminum foils. The energy from a 3.7 ns laser pulse is used to drive a strong shock through a 200 {micro}m polystyrene disc. The disc material unloads from a high-pressure state and expands across a 300 {micro}m vacuum gap where it stagnates against the sample to produce a smooth, monotonically increasing load with rise times from a few to {approx} 20 ns. Ramped compression reasing waves having peak pressures of 14-200 GPa (0.14-2.0 Mbar) and peak compressions {rho}/{rho}{sub 0} of 1.1-2.0 were generated in the aluminum samples using laser pulse energies of 400 J to 2 kJ. Wave profiles from a series of successively thicker targets loaded to 120 GPa show the evolution of the high-pressure compression wave within the sample. The initial loading in the sample is shockless, and develops into a shock at a depth of 20-25 {micro}m. We compare these wave profiles with hydrodynamic simulations from which we extract material temperatures and plastic strain rates behind the compression wave. Limitations and future prospects for this new shockless loading technique are discussed.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

OSTI ID:: 895434

Report Number(s):: UCRL-JRNL-221984; TRN: US200711%%270

Journal Information:: Elsevier Journal, High Energy Density Physics, vol. 2, n/a, August 28, 2006, pp. 113-125, Vol. 2

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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