Abstract

In this paper, we describe the photophysical properties of several interesting systems under shock loading and the first observation on a subnanosecond time scale of a compressional shock moderated chemical reaction. Recently, we demonstrated the feasibility of using lasers to drive multikilobar compressional waves in foils¹, transmit them to liquid samples and subsequently conduct laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy and streak camera studies of the shock loaded material^2–4.

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