Impact of ablator thickness and laser drive duration on a platform for supersonic, shockwave-driven hydrodynamic instability experiments
Abstract
Here, we discuss changes to a target design that improved the quality and consistency of data obtained through a novel experimental platform that enables the study of hydrodynamic instabilities in a compressible regime. The experiment uses a laser to drive steady, supersonic shockwave over well-characterized initial perturbations. Early experiments were adversely affected by inadequate experimental timescales and, potentially, an unintended secondary shockwave. These issues were addressed by extending the 4 x 1013 W/cm2 laser pulse from 19 ns to 28 ns, and increasing the ablator thickness from 185 µm to 500 µm. We present data demonstrating the performance of the platform.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Nuclear Research Center - Negev (Israel)
- Nuclear Research Center - Negev (Israel); Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev (Israel)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Nuclear Research Center - Negev (Israel); Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev (Israel)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1444112
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1419545
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002956; NA0002719; NA0001944; B614207 to AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- High Energy Density Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1574-1818
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Hydrodynamic instabilities; Supersonic; Compressible; Reshock; Kelvin–Helmholtz
Citation Formats
Wan, W. C., Malamud, Guy, Shimony, A., Di Stefano, C. A., Trantham, M. R., Klein, S. R., Soltis, J. D., Shvarts, D., Drake, R. P., and Kuranz, C. C. Impact of ablator thickness and laser drive duration on a platform for supersonic, shockwave-driven hydrodynamic instability experiments. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2016.12.001.
Wan, W. C., Malamud, Guy, Shimony, A., Di Stefano, C. A., Trantham, M. R., Klein, S. R., Soltis, J. D., Shvarts, D., Drake, R. P., & Kuranz, C. C. Impact of ablator thickness and laser drive duration on a platform for supersonic, shockwave-driven hydrodynamic instability experiments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2016.12.001
Wan, W. C., Malamud, Guy, Shimony, A., Di Stefano, C. A., Trantham, M. R., Klein, S. R., Soltis, J. D., Shvarts, D., Drake, R. P., and Kuranz, C. C. Wed .
"Impact of ablator thickness and laser drive duration on a platform for supersonic, shockwave-driven hydrodynamic instability experiments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2016.12.001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1444112.
@article{osti_1444112,
title = {Impact of ablator thickness and laser drive duration on a platform for supersonic, shockwave-driven hydrodynamic instability experiments},
author = {Wan, W. C. and Malamud, Guy and Shimony, A. and Di Stefano, C. A. and Trantham, M. R. and Klein, S. R. and Soltis, J. D. and Shvarts, D. and Drake, R. P. and Kuranz, C. C.},
abstractNote = {Here, we discuss changes to a target design that improved the quality and consistency of data obtained through a novel experimental platform that enables the study of hydrodynamic instabilities in a compressible regime. The experiment uses a laser to drive steady, supersonic shockwave over well-characterized initial perturbations. Early experiments were adversely affected by inadequate experimental timescales and, potentially, an unintended secondary shockwave. These issues were addressed by extending the 4 x 1013 W/cm2 laser pulse from 19 ns to 28 ns, and increasing the ablator thickness from 185 µm to 500 µm. We present data demonstrating the performance of the platform.},
doi = {10.1016/j.hedp.2016.12.001},
journal = {High Energy Density Physics},
number = C,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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