Warm dense matter at the bench-top: Fs-laser-induced confined micro-explosion

High Energy Density Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-17

  Gamaly, E G ^a   Vailionis, A ^b,c   Mizeikis, V ^d   Yang, W ^e   Rode, A V ^a   Juodkazis, S ^f  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fs laser induced micro explosion; Super dense bcc Al; Warm dense matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055165639     PISSN: 15741818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hedp.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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