Shock drive capabilities of a 30-Joule laser at the matter in extreme conditions hutch of the Linac Coherent Light Source
In this paper, we measure the shock drive capabilities of a 30 J, nanosecond, 527 nm laser system at the matter in extreme conditions hutch of the Linac Coherent Light Source. Using a velocity interferometer system for any reflector, we ascertain the maximum instantaneous ablation pressure and characterize its dependence on a drive laser spot size, spatial profile, and temporal profile. We also examine the effects of these parameters on shock spatial and temporal uniformity. Our analysis shows the drive laser capable of generating instantaneous ablation pressures exceeding 160 GPa while maintaining a 1D shock profile. We find that slope pulses provide higher instantaneous ablation pressures than plateau pulses. Our results show instantaneous ablation pressures comparable to those measured at the Omega Laser Facility in Rochester, NY under similar optical drive parameters. In conclusion, we analyze how optical laser ablation pressures are compare with known scaling relations, accounting for variable laser wavelengths.
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- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-24632
Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748; TRN: US1801056
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; AC52-06NA25396
- Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 88; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Research Org:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) (SC-24)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; lasers; interferometry; shock waves; polymers; interferometers
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1417593
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1402104; OSTI ID: 1430000
Brown, Shaughnessy Brennan, Hashim, Akel, Gleason, Arianna, Galtier, Eric, Nam, Inhyuk, Xing, Zhou, Fry, Alan, MacKinnon, Andy, Nagler, Bob, Granados, Eduardo, and Lee, Hae Ja. Shock drive capabilities of a 30-Joule laser at the matter in extreme conditions hutch of the Linac Coherent Light Source. United States: N. p.,
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4997756.
Brown, Shaughnessy Brennan, Hashim, Akel, Gleason, Arianna, Galtier, Eric, Nam, Inhyuk, Xing, Zhou, Fry, Alan, MacKinnon, Andy, Nagler, Bob, Granados, Eduardo, & Lee, Hae Ja. Shock drive capabilities of a 30-Joule laser at the matter in extreme conditions hutch of the Linac Coherent Light Source. United States. doi:10.1063/1.4997756.
Brown, Shaughnessy Brennan, Hashim, Akel, Gleason, Arianna, Galtier, Eric, Nam, Inhyuk, Xing, Zhou, Fry, Alan, MacKinnon, Andy, Nagler, Bob, Granados, Eduardo, and Lee, Hae Ja. 2017.
"Shock drive capabilities of a 30-Joule laser at the matter in extreme conditions hutch of the Linac Coherent Light Source". United States.
doi:10.1063/1.4997756. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1417593.
@article{osti_1417593,
title = {Shock drive capabilities of a 30-Joule laser at the matter in extreme conditions hutch of the Linac Coherent Light Source},
author = {Brown, Shaughnessy Brennan and Hashim, Akel and Gleason, Arianna and Galtier, Eric and Nam, Inhyuk and Xing, Zhou and Fry, Alan and MacKinnon, Andy and Nagler, Bob and Granados, Eduardo and Lee, Hae Ja},
abstractNote = {In this paper, we measure the shock drive capabilities of a 30 J, nanosecond, 527 nm laser system at the matter in extreme conditions hutch of the Linac Coherent Light Source. Using a velocity interferometer system for any reflector, we ascertain the maximum instantaneous ablation pressure and characterize its dependence on a drive laser spot size, spatial profile, and temporal profile. We also examine the effects of these parameters on shock spatial and temporal uniformity. Our analysis shows the drive laser capable of generating instantaneous ablation pressures exceeding 160 GPa while maintaining a 1D shock profile. We find that slope pulses provide higher instantaneous ablation pressures than plateau pulses. Our results show instantaneous ablation pressures comparable to those measured at the Omega Laser Facility in Rochester, NY under similar optical drive parameters. In conclusion, we analyze how optical laser ablation pressures are compare with known scaling relations, accounting for variable laser wavelengths.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4997756},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
number = 10,
volume = 88,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {10}
}
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