Modeling of high‐pressure generation using the laser colliding foil technique

An analytical model describing the collision of two foils is presented and applied to the collision of laser‐accelerated foils. Numerical simulations have been made to verify this model and to compare its results in the case of laser‐accelerated foils. Scaling laws relating the different parameters (shock pressure, laser intensity, target material, etc.) have been established. The application of this technique to high‐pressure equation of state experiments is then discussed.