@inproceedings{23b0b27bf75c404b8f1a05edc1027730,
title = "Experimental method for laser-driven flyer plates for 1-D shocks",
abstract = "One-dimensional shocks can be generated by impacting flyer plates accelerated to terminal velocities by a confined laser-ablated plasma. Over the past few years, we have developed this capability with our facility-size laser, TRIDENT, capable of ≥ 500 Joules at multi-microsecond pulse lengths to accelerate 1-D flyer plates, 8-mm diameter by 0.1 - 2 mm thick. Plates have been accelerated to terminal velocities of 100 to ≥ 500 m/s, with full recovery of the flyer and target for post mortem metallography. By properly tailoring the laser temporal and spatial profile, the expanding confined plasma accelerates the plate away from the transparent sapphire substrate, and decouples the laser parameters from shock pressure profile resulting from the plate impact on a target. Since the flyer plate is in free flight on impact with the target, minimal collateral damage occurs to either. The experimental method to launch these plates to terminal velocity, ancillary diagnostics, and representative experimental data is presented.",
keywords = "Confined ablation, Flyer plate, Laser flyer, TRIDENT, Tamped ablation",
author = "Paisley, {D. L.} and Luo, {S. N.} and Swift, {D. C.} and S. Greenfield and E. Loomis and R. Johnson and Pedro Peralta and A. Koskelo and D. Tonks",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1063/1.2832970",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780735404694",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "1337--1340",
booktitle = "Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2007",
note = "15th Biennial International Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2007 ; Conference date: 24-06-2007 Through 29-06-2007",
}