Dynamic compression of matter is a technique allowing to achieve new regimes of pressure–temperature space compared to more conventional techniques. High energy lasers allow for this dynamic compression on timescales ranging from nanoseconds to microseconds, and are usually coupled with X-ray probe to analyze the material properties under those unique conditions.
Shock and Ramp Compression
This laser-based dynamic compression can even be achieved through shock compression or ramp compression (i.e. shockless). A key feature of the high energy laser used in this process is its flexible pulse shaping ability, which allows to design and apply a range of pulse shapes to produce controlled loading states.
This feature requires dedicated laser architectures, using a seeder with dedicated shaping capability, together with amplification stages able to sustain such temporal shapes.
Amplitude provides for a long time nanosecond lasers including shaping capability, such as Intrepid and Agilite, which is also included in higher energy lasers such as PremiumLite lasers.
