High Power Laser Science and Engineering (Jan 2024)
Characterization of blast waves induced by femtosecond laser irradiation in solid targets
- Katarzyna Liliana Batani,
- Sophia Malko,
- Michael Touati,
- Jean-Luc Feugeas,
- Amit D. Lad,
- Kamalesh Jana,
- G. Ravindra Kumar,
- Didier Raffestin,
- Olena Turianska,
- Dimitri Khaghani,
- Alessandro Tentori,
- Donaldi Mancelli,
- Artem S. Martynenko,
- Sergey Pikuz,
- Roberto Benocci,
- Luca Volpe,
- Ghassan Zeraouli,
- Jose Antonio Perez Hernandez,
- Enrique Garcia,
- Venkatakrishnan Narayanan,
- Joao Santos,
- Dimitri Batani
Affiliations
- Katarzyna Liliana Batani
- ORCiD
- Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM), Warsaw, Poland
- Sophia Malko
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- Centro de Láseres Pulsados (CLPU), Salamanca, Spain Currently at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, USA
- Michael Touati
- Centro de Láseres Pulsados (CLPU), Salamanca, Spain
- Jean-Luc Feugeas
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France
- Amit D. Lad
- ORCiD
- Department of Nuclear and Atomic Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
- Kamalesh Jana
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- Department of Nuclear and Atomic Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
- G. Ravindra Kumar
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- Department of Nuclear and Atomic Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
- Didier Raffestin
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France
- Olena Turianska
- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France
- Dimitri Khaghani
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France Currently at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, USA
- Alessandro Tentori
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France
- Donaldi Mancelli
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- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France Currently at Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers, University Research and Innovation Centre, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Crete, Greece Currently at Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Crete, Greece
- Artem S. Martynenko
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Currently at GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Darmstadt, Germany
- Sergey Pikuz
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Currently at HB11 Energy Holdings Pty, Manly, Australia
- Roberto Benocci
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
- Luca Volpe
- ORCiD
- Centro de Láseres Pulsados (CLPU), Salamanca, Spain Currently at ETSI Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Currently at Centro de Laseres Pulsados, Salamanca, Spain
- Ghassan Zeraouli
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- Centro de Láseres Pulsados (CLPU), Salamanca, Spain
- Jose Antonio Perez Hernandez
- ORCiD
- Centro de Láseres Pulsados (CLPU), Salamanca, Spain
- Enrique Garcia
- ORCiD
- Centro de Láseres Pulsados (CLPU), Salamanca, Spain
- Venkatakrishnan Narayanan
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India
- Joao Santos
- ORCiD
- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France
- Dimitri Batani
- ORCiD
- Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2024.36
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12
Abstract
Blast waves have been produced in solid target by irradiation with short-pulse high-intensity lasers. The mechanism of production relies on energy deposition from the hot electrons produced by laser–matter interaction, producing a steep temperature gradient inside the target. Hot electrons also produce preheating of the material ahead of the blast wave and expansion of the target rear side, which results in a complex blast wave propagation dynamic. Several diagnostics have been used to characterize the hot electron source, the induced preheating and the velocity of the blast wave. Results are compared to numerical simulations. These show how blast wave pressure is initially very large (more than 100 Mbar), but it decreases very rapidly during propagation.
Keywords
- blast waves
- bremsstrahlung cannon
- Doppler velocimetry
- electron spectrometer
- hot electrons
- preheating
- shock chronometry
- short-pulse high-intensity lasers
