Laser wakefield accelerator based light sources: potential applications and requirements

Albert, F., Thomas, A. G. R., Mangles, S. P. D., Banerjee, S., Corde, S., Flacco, A., Litos, M., Neely, D., Vieira, J., Najmudin, Z., Bingham, R., Joshi, C. & Katsouleas, T., 08/2014, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 56, 8, 10 p., 084015.

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Applications of laser wakefield accelerator-based light sources

Albert, F. & Thomas, A. G. R., 10/2016, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 58, 10, 35 p., 103001.

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High-repetition rate relativistic electron beam generation from intense laser solid interactions

Batson, T., Nees, J., Hou, B., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 14/05/2015, In: Proceedings of SPIE. 9514, 95141F .

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Ionization injection effects in x-ray spectra generated by betatron oscillations in a laser wakefield accelerator

Behm, K. T., Zhao, T. Z., Cole, J. M., Maksimchuk, A., Mangles, S. P. D., Nees, J., Wood, J. C., Yanovsky, V., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 05/2016, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 58, 5, 8 p., 055012.

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A spectrometer for ultrashort gamma-ray pulses with photon energies greater than 10 MeV

Behm, K. T., Cole, J. M., Joglekar, A. S., Gerstmayr, E., Wood, J. C., Baird, C. D., Blackburn, T. G., Duff, M., Harvey, C., Ilderton, A., Kuschel, S., Mangles, S. P. D., Marklund, M., McKenna, P., Murphy, C. D., Najmudin, Z., Poder, K., Ridgers, C. P., Sarri, G., Samarin, G. M., & 5 othersSymes, D., Warwick, J., Zepf, M., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 11/2018, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 89, 11, 10 p., 113303.

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Measurements of electron beam ring structures from laser wakefield accelerators

Behm, K., Hussein, A., Zhao, T. Z., Dann, S., Hou, B. X., Yanovsky, V., Nees, J., Maksimchuk, A., Schumaker, W., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 9/05/2019, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 61, 6, 6 p., 065012.

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Generation of GeV protons from 1 PW laser interaction with near critical density targets

Bulanov, S. S., Bychenkov, V. Y., Chvykov, V., Kalinchenko, G., Litzenberg, D. W., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Krushelnick, K. & Maksimchuk, A., 04/2010, In: Physics of Plasmas. 17, 4, 8 p., 043105.

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Schwinger Limit Attainability with Extreme Power Lasers

Bulanov, S. S., Esirkepov, T. Z., Thomas, A. G. R., Koga, J. K. & Bulanov, S. V., 24/11/2010, In: Physical review letters. 105, 22, 4 p., 220407.

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On the design of experiments to study extreme field limits

Bulanov, S. S., Chen, M., Schroeder, C. B., Esarey, E., Leemans, W. P., Bulanov, S. V., Esirkepov, T. Z., Kando, M., Koga, J. K., Zhidkov, A. G., Chen, P., Mur, V. D., Narozhny, N. B., Popov, V. S., Thomas, A. G. R. & Korn, G., 12/2012, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1507, 1, p. 825-830 6 p.

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Effect of defocusing on picosecond laser-coupling into gold cones

Bush, I. A., Thomas, A. G. R., Gartside, L., Sarfraz, S., Wagenaars, E., Green, J. S., Notley, M., Lowe, H., Spindloe, C., Winstone, T., Robinson, A. P. L., Clarke, R., Ma, T., Yabuuchi, T., Wei, M., Beg, F. N., Stephens, R. B., MacPhee, A., Mackinnon, A. J., Key, M. H., & 3 othersNazarov, W., Sherlock, M. & Pasley, J., 01/2014, In: Physics of Plasmas. 21, 1, 012702.

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Experimental Evidence of Radiation Reaction in the Collision of a High-Intensity Laser Pulse with a Laser-Wakefield Accelerated Electron Beam

Cole, J. M., Behm, K. T., Gerstmayr, E., Blackburn, T. G., Wood, J. C., Baird, C. D., Duff, M. J., Harvey, C., Ilderton, A., Joglekar, A. S., Krushelnick, K., Kuschel, S., Marklund, M., McKenna, P., Murphy, C. D., Poder, K., Ridgers, C. P., Samarin, G. M., Sarri, G., Symes, D. R., & 5 othersThomas, A. G. R., Warwick, J., Zepf, M., Najmudin, Z. & Mangles, S. P. D., 7/02/2018, In: Physical Review X. 8, 1, 11 p., 011020.

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A computational investigation of the impact of aberrated Gaussian laser pulses on electron beam properties in laser-wakefield acceleration experiments

Cummings, P. & Thomas, A. G. R., 05/2011, In: Physics of Plasmas. 18, 5, 053110.

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Spin polarization of electrons by ultraintense lasers

Del Sorbo, D., Seipt, D., Blackburn, T. G., Thomas, A. G. R., Murphy, C. D., Kirk, J. G. & Ridgers, C. P., 11/10/2017, In: Physical review a. 96, 4, 5 p., 043407.

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Electron spin polarization in realistic trajectories around the magnetic node of two counter-propagating, circularly polarized, ultra-intense lasers

Del Sorbo, D., Seipt, D., Thomas, A. G. R. & Ridgers, C. P., 13/04/2018, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 60, p. 1-8 8 p., 064003.

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Measurements of the energy spectrum of electrons emanating from solid materials irradiated by a picosecond laser

Di Stefano, C. A., Kuranz, C. C., Seely, J. F., Thomas, A. G. R., Drake, R. P., Keiter, P. A., Williams, G. J., Park, J., Chen, H., MacDonald, M. J., Rasmus, A. M., Wan, W. C., Pereira, N. R., Joglekar, A. S., McKelvey, A., Zhao, Z., Klein, S. R., Kemp, G. E., Jarrott, L. C., Krauland, C. M., & 2 othersPeebles, J. & Westover, B., 04/2015, In: Physics of Plasmas. 22, 4, 5 p., 043113.

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High-intensity laser-driven proton acceleration enhancement from hydrogen containing ultrathin targets

Dollar, F., Reed, S. A., Matsuoka, T., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., McGuffey, C., Rousseau, P., Thomas, A. G. R., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Litzenberg, D. W., Krushelnick, K. & Maksimchuk, A., 30/09/2013, In: Applied Physics Letters. 103, 14, 3 p., 141117.

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High contrast ion acceleration at intensities exceeding 10(21) Wcm(-2)

Dollar, F., Zulick, C., Matsuoka, T., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Davis, J., Kalinchenko, G., Petrov, G. M., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 05/2013, In: Physics of Plasmas. 20, 5, 8 p., 056703.

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Finite Spot Effects on Radiation Pressure Acceleration from Intense High-Contrast Laser Interactions with Thin Targets

Dollar, F., Zulick, C., Thomas, A. G. R., Chvykov, V., Davis, J., Kalinchenko, G., Matsuoka, T., McGuffey, C., Petrov, G. M., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A. & Krushelnick, K., 25/04/2012, In: Physical review letters. 108, 17, 5 p., 175005.

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Control of Energy Spread and Dark Current in Proton and Ion Beams Generated in High-Contrast Laser Solid Interactions

Dollar, F., Matsuoka, T., Petrov, G. M., Thomas, A. G. R., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Davis, J., Kalinchenko, G., McGuffey, C., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A. & Krushelnick, K., 3/08/2011, In: Physical review letters. 107, 6, 5 p., 065003.

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Scaling High-Order Harmonic Generation from Laser-Solid Interactions to Ultrahigh Intensity

Dollar, F., Cummings, P., Chvykov, V., Willingale, L., Vargas, M., Yanovsky, V., Zulick, C., Maksimchuk, A., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 24/04/2013, In: Physical review letters. 110, 17, 5 p., 175002.

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Enhanced laser absorption from radiation pressure in intense laser plasma interactions

Dollar, F., Zulick, C., Raymond, A., Chvykov, V., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 6/06/2017, In: New Journal of Physics. 19, 9 p., 063014.

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Formation of Optical Bullets in Laser-Driven Plasma Bubble Accelerators

Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Yi, S. A., Kalmykov, S., Shvets, G., Downer, M. C., Matlis, N. H., Leemans, W. P., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R. & Yanovsky, V., 2/04/2010, In: Physical review letters. 104, 13, 4 p., 134801.

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Formation of Optical Bullets in Laser‐Driven Plasma Bubble Accelerators

Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Yi, S. A., Kalmykov, S. Y., Shvets, G., Matlis, N. H., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V. & Downer, M. C., 11/2010, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1299, 1, p. 171-173 3 p.

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Visualization of plasma bubble accelerators using Frequency-Domain Shadowgraphy: ICHED 2009 - 2nd International Conference on High Energy Density Physics

Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Yi, S. A., Kalmykov, S. Y., Shvets, G., Downer, M. C., Matlis, N. H., Leemans, W. P., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R. & Yanovsky, V., 06/2010, In: High Energy Density Physics. 6, 2, p. 153-156 4 p.

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Holographic visualization of laser wakefields

Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Kalmykov, S. Y., Li, Z-Y., Shvets, G., Matlis, N. H., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chyvkov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V. & Downer, M. C., 30/04/2010, In: New Journal of Physics. 12, 20 p., 045016.

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Angular emission and polarization dependence of harmonics from laser–solid interactions

Easter, J. H., Nees, J. A., Hou, B. X., Mordovanakis, A., Mourou, G., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 25/02/2013, In: New Journal of Physics. 15, 9 p., 025035.

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High-order harmonic generation from solid targets with 2 mJ pulses

Easter, J. H., Mordovanakis, A. G., Hou, B., Thomas, A. G. R., Nees, J. A., Mourou, G. & Krushelnick, K., 2010, In: Optics Letters. 35, 19, p. 3186-3188 3 p.

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Control of the configuration of multiple femtosecond filaments in air by adaptive wavefront manipulation

Englesbe, A. C., He, Z., Nees, J. A., Thomas, A. G. R., Schmitt-Sody, A. & Krushelnick, K., 21/03/2016, In: Optics Express. 24, 6, p. 6071-6082 12 p.

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Characterisation of a Laser Plasma Betatron Source for High Resolution X-ray Imaging

Finlay, O., Gruse, J-N., Thornton, C., Allott, R., Armstrong, C., Baird, C. D., Bourgeois, N., Brenner, C., Cipiccia, S., Cole, J. M., Gregory, C., Jamison, S., Katzir, Y., Lopes, N. C., Mangles, S. P. D., Murphy, C. D., Najmudin, Z., Neely, D., Pickard, L. R., Potter, K. D., & 6 othersRajeev, P. P., Rusby, D., Symes, D. R., Underwood, C. I. D., Thomas, A. & Streeter, M., 31/08/2021, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 63, 8, 084010.

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Summary Report of Working Group 1: Laser‐Plasma Acceleration

Geddes, C. G. R., Clayton, C., Lu, W. & Thomas, A. G. R., 11/2010, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1299, 1, p. 79-87 9 p.

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High repetition-rate neutron generation by several-mJ, 35 fs pulses interacting with free-flowing D2O

Hah, J., Petrov, G. M., Nees, J. A., He, Z-H., Hammig, M. D., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 4/10/2016, In: Applied Physics Letters. 109, 14, 4 p., 144102.

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Enhancement of THz generation by feedback-optimized wavefront manipulation

Hah, J., Jiang, W., He, Z-H., Nees, J. A., Hou, B., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 24/07/2017, In: Optics Express. 25, 15, p. 17271-17279 9 p.

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Coherent control of plasma dynamics

He, Z. -H., Hou, B., Lebailly, V., Nees, J. A., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 15/05/2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 7 p., 7156.

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Coherent control of plasma dynamics by feedback-optimized wavefront manipulation

He, Z. -H., Hou, B., Gao, G., Lebailly, V., Nees, J. A., Clarke, R., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 05/2015, In: Physics of Plasmas. 22, 5, 8 p., 056704.

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Ionization-Induced Self-Compression of Tightly Focused Femtosecond Laser Pulses

He, Z-H., Nees, J. A., Hou, B., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 30/12/2014, In: Physical review letters. 113, 26, 5 p., 263904.

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Electron diffraction using ultrafast electron bunches from a laser-wakefield accelerator at kHz repetition rate

He, Z. -H., Thomas, A. G. R., Beaurepaire, B., Nees, J. A., Hou, B., Malka, V., Krushelnick, K. & Faure, J., 11/02/2013, In: Applied Physics Letters. 102, 6, 4 p., 064104.

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High repetition-rate wakefield electron source generated by few-millijoule, 30 fs laser pulses on a density downramp

He, Z-H., Hou, B., Nees, J. A., Easter, J. H., Faure, J., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 9/05/2013, In: New Journal of Physics. 15, 11 p., 053016.

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Enhancement of plasma wakefield generation and self-compression of femtosecond laser pulses by ionization gradients

He, Z-H., Nees, J. A., Hou, B., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 08/2014, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 56, 8, 7 p., 084010.

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Capturing structural dynamics in crystalline silicon using chirped electrons from a laser wakefield accelerator

He, Z. -H., Nees, J. A., Krushelnick, K., Thomas, A. G. R. & Faure, J., 8/11/2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 8 p., 36224 .

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A high-repetition-rate laser-wakefield accelerator for studies of electron acceleration

He, Z., Nees, J. A., Hou, B., Beaurepaire, B., Malka, V., Krushelnick, K., Faure, J. & Thomas, A. G. R., 05/2013, In: Proceedings of SPIE. 8779, 877905.

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Brilliant X-rays using a Two-Stage Plasma Insertion Device

Holloway, J. A., Norreys, P. A., Thomas, A. G. R., Bartolini, R., Bingham, R., Nydell, J., Trines, R. M. G. M., Walker, R. & Wing, M., 21/06/2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 9 p., 3985.

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Compressor optimization with compressor-based multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan (MIIPS)

Hou, B., Easter, J. H., Nees, J. A., He, Z., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 15/04/2012, In: Optics Letters. 37, 8, p. 1385-1387 3 p.

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Laser-ion acceleration through controlled surface contamination

Hou, B., Nees, J. A., He, Z., Petrov, G., Davis, J., Easter, J. H., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 1/04/2011, In: Physics of Plasmas. 18, 040702.

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MeV proton beams generated by 3 mJ ultrafast laser pulses at 0.5 kHz

Hou, B., Nees, J. A., Easter, J. H., Davis, J., Petrov, G., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 09/2009, In: Applied Physics Letters. 95, 10, 101503.

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Analytical time-dependent theory of thermally induced modal instabilities in high power fiber amplifiers

Hu, I-N., Zhu, C., Thomas, A. G. R. & Galvanauskas, A., 2/02/2013, In: Proceedings of SPIE. 8601, 1671611.

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Current Filamentation Instability in Laser Wakefield Accelerators

Huntington, C. M., Thomas, A. G. R., McGuffey, C., Matsuoka, T., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Kneip, S., Najmudin, Z., Palmer, C., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A., Drake, R. P., Katsouleas, T. & Krushelnick, K., 8/03/2011, In: Physical review letters. 106, 10, 4 p., 105001.

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Laser-wakefield accelerators for high-resolution X-ray imaging of complex microstructures

Hussein, A. E., Senabulya, N., Ma, Y., Streeter, M. J. V., Kettle, B., Dann, S. J. D., Albert, F., Bourgeois, N., Cipiccia, S., Cole, J. M., Finlay, O., Gerstmayr, E., González, I. G., Higginbotham, A., Jaroszynski, D. A., Falk, K., Krushelnick, K., Lemos, N., Lopes, N. C., Lumsdon, C., & 14 othersLundh, O., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Rajeev, P. P., Schlepütz, C. M., Shahzad, M., Smid, M., Spesyvtsev, R., Symes, D. R., Vieux, G., Willingale, L., Wood, J. C., Shahani, A. J. & Thomas, A. G. R., 1/03/2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 13 p., 3249.

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Magnetic Reconnection in Plasma under Inertial Confinement Fusion Conditions Driven by Heat Flux Effects in Ohm's Law

Joglekar, A. S., Thomas, A. G. R., Fox, W. & Bhattacharjee, A., 14/03/2014, In: Physical review letters. 112, 10, 5 p., 105004.

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Kinetic modeling of Nernst effect in magnetized hohlraums

Joglekar, A. S., Ridgers, C. P., Kingham, R. J. & Thomas, A. G. R., 22/04/2016, In: Physical Review E. 93, 4, 5 p., 043206.

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