@inproceedings{9b8c8d96ce414f12b1c9526f3bd54d1b,
title = "Multi-megabar pressure and super-dense materials created by laser-induced micro-explosion inside of transparent solid",
abstract = "Extremely high pressure (∼10 TPa) and temperature (5 × 10 5K) have been produced using a single laser pulse (∼100 nJ, 800 nm, 200 fs) focused inside transparent dielectrics. The laser pulse of intensity over 0.1 PW/cm2 converts a material within the absorption volume of ∼0.15 μ3 into plasma in a few femtoseconds. A pressure of ∼10 TPa, far exceeding the strength of any material builds up to the end of the pulse generating strong shock and rarefaction waves. This results in the formation of a nano-void surrounded by a shell of shock-compressed material. In sapphire, the compressed shell revealed that it has a density 1.14 times of the initial one and increased chemical reactivity. The unique conditions: extreme pressure and temperature at record high heating and cooling rates become available in a well-controlled laboratory environment.",
keywords = "Confined micro-explosion, Super-dense materials, Transparent solids, Ultra-short lasers",
author = "Saulius Juodkazis and Hiroaki Misawa and Gamaly, {Eugene G.} and Barry Luther-Davies and Rode, {Andrei V.} and Ludovic Hallo and Phillipe Nicolai and Tikhonchuk, {Vladimir T.}",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1063/1.2832894",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735404694",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "1041--1044",
booktitle = "Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2007",
note = "15th Biennial International Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2007 ; Conference date: 24-06-2007 Through 29-06-2007",
}