Nanosecond white-light Laue diffraction measurements of dislocation microstructure in shock-compressed single-crystal copper

Matthew J. Suggit (), Andrew Higginbotham, James A. Hawreliak, Gabriele Mogni, Giles Kimminau, Patrick Dunne, Andrew J. Comley, Nigel Park, Bruce A. Remington and Justin S. Wark
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Matthew J. Suggit: Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
Andrew Higginbotham: Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
James A. Hawreliak: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Gabriele Mogni: Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
Giles Kimminau: Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
Patrick Dunne: Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
Andrew J. Comley: Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, UK
Nigel Park: Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, UK
Bruce A. Remington: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Justin S. Wark: Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford

Nature Communications, 2012, vol. 3, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Under uniaxial high-stress shock compression it is believed that crystalline materials undergo complex, rapid, micro-structural changes to relieve the large applied shear stresses. Diagnosing the underlying mechanisms involved remains a significant challenge in the field of shock physics, and is critical for furthering our understanding of the fundamental lattice-level physics, and for the validation of multi-scale models of shock compression. Here we employ white-light X-ray Laue diffraction on a nanosecond timescale to make the first in situ observations of the stress relaxation mechanism in a laser-shocked crystal. The measurements were made on single-crystal copper, shocked along the [001] axis to peak stresses of order 50 GPa. The results demonstrate the presence of stress-dependent lattice rotations along specific crystallographic directions. The orientation of the rotations suggests that there is double slip on conjugate systems. In this model, the rotation magnitudes are consistent with defect densities of order 1012 cm−2.

Date: 2012
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