Towards a dynamic compression facility at the ESRF

J Synchrotron Radiat. 2022 Jan 1;29(Pt 1):167-179. doi: 10.1107/S1600577521011632. Epub 2022 Jan 1.

Abstract

Results of the 2018 commissioning and experimental campaigns of the new High Power Laser Facility on the Energy-dispersive X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (ED-XAS) beamline ID24 at the ESRF are presented. The front-end of the future laser, delivering 15 J in 10 ns, was interfaced to the beamline. Laser-driven dynamic compression experiments were performed on iron oxides, iron alloys and bismuth probed by online time-resolved XAS.

Keywords: dynamic compression; laser shock; time-resolved XAS.