Optical Properties of Fluid Hydrogen at the Transition to a Conducting State
Abstract
We use fast transient transmission and emission spectroscopies in the pulse laser heated diamond anvil cell to probe the energy-dependent optical properties of hydrogen at pressures of 10–150 GPa and temperatures up to 6000 K. Hydrogen is absorptive at visible to near-infrared wavelengths above a threshold temperature that decreases from 3000 K at 18 GPa to 1700 K at 110 GPa. Finally, transmission spectra at 2400 K and 141 GPa indicate that the absorptive hydrogen is semiconducting or semimetallic in character, definitively ruling out a first-order insulator-metal transition in the studied pressure range.
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- Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington D.C. (United States); Univ. of Edingburgh (United Kingdom); Howard Univ., Washington D.C. (United States)
- Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington D.C. (United States)
- Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington D.C. (United States); Howard Univ., Washington D.C. (United States)
- Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington D.C. (United States); Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei (China); Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Army Research Office (ARO); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1387997
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1258704
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FC52-08NA28554; SC0001057; NSF EAR-1015239; NSF EAR-1520648; NSF EAR/IF-1128867; 56122-CH-H
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 25; Related Information: EFree partners with Carnegie Institution of Washington (lead); California Institute of Technology; Colorado School of Mines; Cornell University; Lehigh University; Pennsylvania State University; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; catalysis (heterogeneous); solar (photovoltaic); phonons; thermoelectric; energy storage (including batteries and capacitors); hydrogen and fuel cells; superconductivity; charge transport; mesostructured materials; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials)
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McWilliams, R. Stewart, Dalton, D. Allen, Mahmood, Mohammad F., and Goncharov, Alexander F. Optical Properties of Fluid Hydrogen at the Transition to a Conducting State. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.255501.
McWilliams, R. Stewart, Dalton, D. Allen, Mahmood, Mohammad F., & Goncharov, Alexander F. Optical Properties of Fluid Hydrogen at the Transition to a Conducting State. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.255501
McWilliams, R. Stewart, Dalton, D. Allen, Mahmood, Mohammad F., and Goncharov, Alexander F. Wed .
"Optical Properties of Fluid Hydrogen at the Transition to a Conducting State". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.255501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1387997.
@article{osti_1387997,
title = {Optical Properties of Fluid Hydrogen at the Transition to a Conducting State},
author = {McWilliams, R. Stewart and Dalton, D. Allen and Mahmood, Mohammad F. and Goncharov, Alexander F.},
abstractNote = {We use fast transient transmission and emission spectroscopies in the pulse laser heated diamond anvil cell to probe the energy-dependent optical properties of hydrogen at pressures of 10–150 GPa and temperatures up to 6000 K. Hydrogen is absorptive at visible to near-infrared wavelengths above a threshold temperature that decreases from 3000 K at 18 GPa to 1700 K at 110 GPa. Finally, transmission spectra at 2400 K and 141 GPa indicate that the absorptive hydrogen is semiconducting or semimetallic in character, definitively ruling out a first-order insulator-metal transition in the studied pressure range.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.255501},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 25,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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