Hugoniot Measurements of Silicon Shock Compressed to 21 Mbar

ORAL

Abstract

We present results of laser-driven shock experiments that compressed silicon samples to 21 Mbar. Impedance matching to a quartz reference provided Hugoniot data. Since silicon is opaque, a quartz witness was placed adjacent to the silicon samples; this afforded the use of the unsteady wave correction\footnote{ D. E. Fratanduono \textit{et al.}, J. Appl. Phys. \textbf{116}, 033517 (2014).} to increase the precision of the transit-time measurements of shock velocity. Results are compared with both \textit{SESAME} tables and quantum-molecular-dynamics calculations. This material is based upon work supported by the Department Of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration under Award Number DE-NA0001944.

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Authors

  • B. Henderson

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • D.N. Polsin

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • T.R. Boehly

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • M.C. Gregor

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • S.X. Hu

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • G.W. Collins

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • J.R. Rygg

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • D.E. Fratanduono

    • LLNL

  • P.M. Celliers

    • LLNL

  • R. Kraus

    • LLNL

  • J.H. Eggert

    • LLNL