Prospects for achieving high dynamic compression with low energy

Behavior of aluminum near an ultimate theoretical strength in experiments with femtosecond laser pulses

(2011) S. I. Ashitkov et al.   JETP LETTERS

The elastic-plastic response of aluminum films to ultrafast laser-generated shocks

(2011) V. H. Whitley et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Two-Zone Elastic-Plastic Single Shock Waves in Solids

(2011) Vasily V. Zhakhovsky et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Invariance of the Dissipative Action at Ultrahigh Strain Rates Above the Strong Shock Threshold

(2011) Jonathan C. Crowhurst et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Multiple spherically converging shock waves in liquid deuterium

(2011) T. R. Boehly et al.   PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Ultrafast observation of shocked states in a precompressed material

(2010) Michael R. Armstrong et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Ablation and spallation of gold films irradiated by ultrashort laser pulses

(2010) Brian J. Demaske et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Laser-driven single shock compression of fluid deuterium from 45 to 220 GPa

(2009) D. G. Hicks et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Time-resolved optical spectroscopy measurements of shocked liquid deuterium

(2008) J. E. Bailey et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Properties of plastic ablators in laser-driven material dynamics experiments

(2008) Damian C. Swift et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Laser-launched flyer plate and confined laser ablation for shock wave loading: Validation and applications

(2008) Dennis L. Paisley et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS