Speaker
Mr
Vural Kaymak
(Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf)
Description
The creation of ultra-high energy density (UHED, >1x10^8 J/cm³) plasmas in compact laboratory setups enables studies
of matter under extreme conditions and can be used for the efficient generation of intense x-ray and neutron pulses. An
accessible way to achieve the UHED regime is the irradiation of vertically aligned high-aspect-ratio nanowire arrays
with relativistic femtosecond laser pulses. These targets have shown to facilitate near total absorption of laser light
several micrometers deep into near-solid-density material. We investigate the depth of the volumetric heating and a
mechanism causing the wires to pinch, thereby delaying the hydrodynamic expansion and achieving extremely high
energy and particle densities.
Primary author
Mr
Vural Kaymak
(Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf)
Co-authors
Prof.
Alexander Pukhov
(Uni Dusseldorf)
Prof.
Jorge J. Rocca
(Colorado State University)
Dr
Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev
(Colorado State University)