Towards an integrated platform for characterizing laser-driven, isochorically-heated plasmas with 1-$\mu$m spatial resolution

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development of an integrated radiography platform capable of characterizing laser-driven, isochorically-heated plasmas with 1-micrometer spatial resolution, aiding in benchmarking models of warm dense matter.

Contribution

It introduces a novel platform for high-resolution measurement of transport properties in warm dense matter at large laser facilities.

Findings

Enables micron-level resolution measurements of conductivity and diffusivity.

Facilitates experimental benchmarking of theoretical models.

Supports research in astrophysics and inertial confinement fusion.

Abstract

Warm dense matter is a region of phase space that is of high interest to multiple scientific communities ranging from astrophysics to inertial confinement fusion. Further understanding of the conditions and properties of this complex state of matter necessitates experimental benchmarking of the current theoretical models. Benchmarking of transport properties like conductivity and diffusivity has been scarce because they are small and slow processes that require micron-level resolution to see. We discuss development of a radiography platform designed to allow for measurement of these properties at large laser facilities such as the OMEGA Laser. \c{opyright} 2022 Optica Publishing Group. Users may use, reuse, and build upon the article, or use the article for text or data mining, so long as such uses are for non-commercial purposes and appropriate attribution is maintained. All other rights are reserved.