With the advent of high-energy-density (HED) experimental facilities, such as high-energy
lasers and fast Z-pinch, pulsed-power facilities, millimeter-scale quantities of matter can be …

Compounding functional nanoparticles with highly conductive and porous carbon scaffolds
is a basic pathway for engineering many important functional devices. However, enabling …

An emerging theme in modern astrophysics is the connection between astronomical
observations and the underlying physical phenomena that drive our cosmos. Both the …

High energy density (HED) physics refers broadly to the study of macroscopic collections of
matter under extreme conditions of temperature and density. The experimental facilities most …

This article reports the observation of the dense, collapsed layer produced by a radiative
shock in a laboratory experiment. The experiment uses laser irradiation to accelerate a thin …

Transient phase transitions in⟨ 100⟩-oriented monocrystal coppers under ultrafast lasers
induced shock compression are investigated using molecular dynamics simulation. Due to …

We report on environmentally stable long-cavity ultrashort erbium-doped fiber lasers, which
self-start mode-locking at quite low thresholds by using spectrally filtered and phase-biased …

The theory of radiative shocks in optically thick media is discussed, using exact relations for
the fluid dynamics quantities. A quantitative, semianalytic approach to the radiation transport …

The increasing proliferation of 100TW class ultrashort pulse lasers and the near completion
of a number of petawatt class lasers world wide is opening many frontiers in laser science …

Observations of a radiative-precursor shock that evolves from a purely hydrodynamic system
are presented. The radiative precursor is observed in low-density S i O 2 aerogel foam using …