Dynamic high pressure generation through plasma implosion driven by an intense laser pulse

M. Li, J. X. Wang, T. Yuan, Y. X. Xu, W. J. Zhu

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Abstract

When an intense laser pulse is loaded upon solids, very high impact pressure can be generated on the surface. In this letter, we simulate this process through one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation and find that the pressure as high as 0.13 TPa can be generated after the laser pulse with intensity 1015 W/cm2 and 5 picosecond duration is injected upon a nanometer solid-density plasma. The peak pressure is shown to be resulted from an energetic high-density plasma bunch, produced through plasma implosion under extremely high light pressure.

Original languageEnglish
Article number035007
JournalAIP Advances
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2017

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