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Pressure amplification in thermal X-ray irradiated foam layered gold targets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2002

D. BATANI ,
T. DESAI ,
G. LUCCHINI ,
TH. LÖWER ,
T.A. HALL ,
W. NAZAROV ,
M. KOENIG  and
A. BENUZZI-MOUNAIX
D. BATANI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica “G. Occhialini” and INFM, Università di Milano-Bicocca, P. della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano, Italy
T. DESAI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica “G. Occhialini” and INFM, Università di Milano-Bicocca, P. della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano, Italy
G. LUCCHINI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica “G. Occhialini” and INFM, Università di Milano-Bicocca, P. della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano, Italy
TH. LÖWER
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85740 Garching, Germany
T.A. HALL
Affiliation:
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK
W. NAZAROV
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
M. KOENIG
Affiliation:
LULI, UMR no. 7605 CEA-X-Paris VI, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
A. BENUZZI-MOUNAIX
Affiliation:
LULI, UMR no. 7605 CEA-X-Paris VI, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Abstract

We have studied the interaction of soft X-ray thermal radiation with foam-layered metal targets. The X-radiation was produced by focusing a high energy laser inside a small size hohlraum. An increment in shock pressure was observed with the foam layer as compared to bare metal targets.

Keywords

Impedance mismatchIndirect drivePressure enhancementThemal radiation
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 165 - 169
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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