Laser material interactions in tamped materials on picosecond time scales in aluminum

• Published in: Applied physics letters Vol. 123; no. 20
• Main Authors: Parsons, Sophie E., Turner, Ross E., Armstrong, Michael R., Radousky, Harry B., Garay, Javier E., Beg, Farhat N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melville American Institute of Physics 13.11.2023; American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• Subjects: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Aluminum; Applied physics; hydrodynamic codes; laser ablation; laser materials; Lasers; optical effects; Sapphire; shock waves; speed of sound

A 100 ps laser is used to probe the pressure generation, depth of the non-solid ablator, and the non-linear optical effects through tamper materials. Samples consisted of an aluminum ablator with tampers of sapphire and coverslip glass. In general, the sapphire tamped sample achieves higher pressure...