[en] A line-imaging optically recording velocity interferometer system (L-ORVIS) fitting the high-strain rate motion of solids as in shock wave experiments requires a high power single-mode laser. We have put forward a new illumination method which can increase threefold the luminosity of such a diagnostic. A modified illumination system is applied to the L-ORVIS which was implemented at 'Shenguang-II' laser facility. The modified L-ORVIS is applied to laser-driven shock wave experiments and platinum Hugoniots were obtained at both high pressure and low pressure

[en] Measurement of shock temperature under high temperature and high pressure is an essential part of equations of state(EOS) research. This paper introduces a temperature diagnosis system for laser-driven shock wave experiment on the basis of SG-Ⅱ high-power laser facility. The system comprised the streaked optical pyrometer (SOP) which is high time-resolved and the spectral resolved SOP (SSOP). The VISAR system was added to measure emissivity. The on-line calibration system of temperature measurement was established simultaneously using a NIST traceable standard lamp. High time-resolved signal images of the high temperature radiation spectrum were obtained through experiments driven by high power laser on aluminum using the diagnosis system. The shock temperature of aluminum was obtained according to gray body radiation theoretical model. The measured temperature was 2.95 eV, which was close to Hugoniot temperature in SESAME library at the same shock wave velocity. The experiment result indicates that the temperature measurement system used in the experiment can diagnose the shock temperature of metallic materials effectively. (authors)

[en] In this paper, we systematically study preheating in laser-direct-drive shocks by using a velocity interferometer system for any reflector (VISAR). Using the VISAR, we measured free surface velocity histories of Al samples over time, 10–70 μm thick, driven directly by a laser at different frequencies (2ω, 3ω). Analyzing our experimental results, we concluded that the dominant preheating source was X-ray radiation. We also discussed how preheating affected the material initial density and the measurement of Hugoniot data for high-Z materials (such as Au) using impedance matching. To reduce preheating, we proposed and tested three kinds of targets

[en] Production of lactic acid from C6-polyols (Mannitol) under alkaline hydrothermal conditions was investigated. Experiments were performed to examine the difference in the production of lactic acid between C6-polyols and C3-polyols (glycerine), as well as C6-aldoses (glucose). Results showed that the yield of lactic acid from C6-polyols was lower than that from both glycerine and glucose. It indicated that long chain polyols might follow a different reaction pathway from that of glycerine. Further investigation is needed to clarify the reaction mechanism and improve the relatively low lactic acid acid yield from C6-polyols.