Microscopy X-ray imaging enriched with small angle X-ray scattering for few nanometer resolution reveals shock waves and compression in intense short pulse laser irradiation of solids

Understanding how laser pulses compress solids into high-energy-density states requires diagnostics that simultaneously resolve macroscopic geometry and nanometer-scale structure. Here we present a combined X-ray imaging (XRM) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) approach that bridges this diagno...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Physics
Main Authors:	Thomas Kluge, Arthur Hirsch-Passicos, Jannis Schulz, Nick Czapla, Mungo Frost, Eric Galtier, Maxence Gauthier, Jörg Grenzer, Christian Gutt, Lingen Huang, Uwe Hübner, Megan Ikeya, Hae Ja Lee, Dimitri Khaghani, Willow Moon Martin, Brian Edward Marré, Motoaki Nakatsutsumi, Paweł Ordyna, Franziska Paschke-Bruehl, Alexander Pelka, Lisa Randolph, Hans-Peter Schlenvoigt, Christopher Schoenwaelder, Michal Šmíd, Long Yang, Ulrich Schramm, Thomas E. Cowan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2026-04-01
Subjects:	high power laser ion acceleration physics plasma shock formation
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2026.1753058/full