Hugoniot measurement of water from the impact of laser driven mini-flyers

We introduce a recent application for the impact of a laser driven mini-flyer on Hugoniot measurement of transparent materials and as a demonstrative work, study of water is presented. In this experimental system, water has been used as both the target sample and the window medium for VISAR diagnosis. By allowing the incident beam of the VISAR transmitting through water, both the impact velocity of a mini-flyer and the particle velocity of water at impact were recorded simultaneously. Measurements have time resolution in nanoseconds and a velocity uncertainty of about 1%. Up to 2 GPa, the Hugoniot data are in good agreement with the literature