2007 年 17 巻 4 号 p. 304-315
Laser-driven dynamic compression has been used to study extreme conditions of various materials. Very high pressures and temperatures can be generated up to more than 103 GPa and 105 K, respectively. This approach, which has been developed as a strong driving force in the inertial confinement fusion research, now provides a very wide range of pressures, densities and even low temperatures. This review presents a part of the past 10-year works on Hugoniot based equation-of-state (EOS), current trends of the off-Hugoniot generation and measurements, and a future perspective of high-pressure condensed matter research toward undiscovered metallic materials in the Osaka University.