Laser pulse-length dependent ablation and shock generation in silicon at 5 × 10 14 W/ cm 2 intensities

Bailly-Grandvaux, M.; Hahn, E. N.; Joshi, T. R.; Werellapatha, K.; Cordova, T.; Turner, R. E.; Garay, J. E.; Spielman, R. B.; Wicks, J. K.; Beg, F. N.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.033053

Title: Laser pulse-length dependent ablation and shock generation in silicon at $5 \times 10^{14}$ W/ ${cm}^{2}$ intensities

Journal Article · 11 July 2024 · Physical Review Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.033053 · OSTI ID:2397020

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The effect of laser pulse duration on energy coupling into a planar silicon target is investigated in experiments at the OMEGA-EP facility by varying the laser pulse length $τ$ —spanning 3 orders of magnitude from 100 ps to 10 ns—while maintaining a constant peak laser intensity, $I_{0} = 5 \times 10^{14}$ W/ ${cm}^{2}$ . In theoretical models, the ablation pressure primarily scales for a given material with laser intensity and wavelength, which are all fixed variables here, allowing us to explore the specific role of laser pulse duration. Two-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamics simulations benchmarked with optical probing of the expanding plasma show that the pulse duration is critical for the ablation pressure to reach a steady state. Moreover, the pulse duration impacts shock decay and multiple wave effects, which strongly dictate the evolving shock profile that propagates within the laser-shocked target as ultimately measured by rear-surface diagnostics. The shock velocities inferred from the theoretical model, after considering shock decay, impedance matching, and shock Hugoniot, are found to be in good agreement with velocimetry measurements. However, discrepancies are observed with simulations for the shorter (0.1 ns) and longer (10 ns) pulse durations, which are respectively attributed to unaccounted contributions of kinetic absorption mechanisms and instabilities in simulations. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

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OSTI ID:: 2397020

Journal Information:: Physical Review Research, Journal Name: Physical Review Research Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 6; ISSN PPRHAI; ISSN 2643-1564

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