%0 Journal Article
%T Complex structural dynamics of bismuth under laser-driven compression
%A Jianbo Hu
%A Kouhei Ichiyanagi
%A Tomoaki Doki
%A Arihiro Goto
%A Takayuki Eda
%A Katsura Norimatsu
%A Shinichi Harada
%A Dai Horiuchi
%A Yuki Kabasawa
%A Shingo Hayashi
%A Shin-ichi Uozumi
%A Nobuaki Kawai
%A Shunsuke Nozawa
%A Tokushi Sato
%A Shin-ichi Adachi
%A Kazutaka G. Nakamura
%J Physics
%D 2013
%I arXiv
%R 10.1063/1.4825276
%X With the aid of nanosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction techniques, we have explored the complex structural dynamics of bismuth under laser-driven compression. The results demonstrate that shocked bismuth undergoes a series of structural transformations involving four solid structures: the Bi-I, Bi-II, Bi-III and Bi-V phases. The transformation from the Bi-I phase to the Bi-V phase occurs within 4 ns under shock compression at ~11 GPa, showing no transient phases with the available experimental conditions. Successive phase transitions (Bi-V->Bi-III->Bi-II->Bi-I) during the shock release within 30 ns have also been resolved, which were inaccessible using other dynamic techniques.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.1150v1