Application of a long-pulsed dye laser for spectroscopy study under shock compression of condensed matter

A streak spectroscopy system was constructed for the measurements of luminescence or absorption spectra of condensed matter under shock compression. This system consisted of a compact long-pulsed dye laser, a spectrometer and an image-converter streak camera with an image intensifier. The laser consisted of a doubled-elliptical pump cavity, two xenon-flash lamps and a high voltage electrical- pulse source. The measurement experiment of luminescence spectra of ruby under shock compression was performed in the pressure range above the Hugoniot-elastic limit.© (2001) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.