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Professor Alec Thomas

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 2012
  2. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Strong Radiation-Damping Effects in a Gamma-Ray Source Generated by the Interaction of a High-Intensity Laser with a Wakefield-Accelerated Electron Beam

    Thomas, A. G. R., Ridgers, C. P., Bulanov, S. S., Griffin, B. J. & Mangles, S. P. D., 19/10/2012, In: Physical Review X. 2, 4, 13 p., 041004.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Stereolithography based method of creating custom gas density profile targets for high intensity laser-plasma experiments

    Jolly, S. W., He, Z., McGuffey, C., Schumaker, W., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 07/2012, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 83, 7, 5 p., 073503.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    A plasma wiggler beamline for 100 TW to 10 PW lasers

    Kneip, S., Najmudin, Z. & Thomas, A. G. R., 06/2012, In: High Energy Density Physics. 8, 2, p. 133-140 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Experimental laser wakefield acceleration scalings exceeding 100 TW

    McGuffey, C., Matsuoka, T., Kneip, S., Schumaker, W., Dollar, F., Zulick, C., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A., Thomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 06/2012, In: Physics of Plasmas. 19, 6, 6 p., 063113.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation

    Kneip, S., McGuffey, C., Martins, J. L., Bloom, M. S., Chvykov, V., Dollar, F., Fonseca, R., Jolly, S., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Palmer, C. A. J., Phuoc, K. T., Schumaker, W., Silva, L. O., Vieira, J., Yanovsky, V. & Thomas, A. G. R., 2/02/2012, In: Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams. 15, 2, 5 p., 021302.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    A review of Vlasov-Fokker-Planck numerical modeling of inertial confinement fusion plasma

    Thomas, A. G. R., Tzoufras, M., Robinson, A. P. L., Kingham, R. J., Ridgers, C. P., Sherlock, M. & Bell, A. R., 1/02/2012, In: Journal of Computational Physics. 231, 3, p. 1051-1079 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLiterature reviewpeer-review

  11. Published

    Self-injection threshold in self-guided laser wakefield accelerators

    Mangles, S. P. D., Genoud, G., Bloom, M. S., Burza, M., Najmudin, Z., Persson, A., Svensson, K., Thomas, A. G. R. & Wahlstrom, C-G., 19/01/2012, In: Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams. 15, 6 p., 011302.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2011
  13. Published

    Proton probe measurement of fast advection of magnetic fields by hot electrons

    Willingale, L., Thomas, A. G. R., Nilson, P. M., Kaluza, M. C., Bandyopadhyay, S., Dangor, A. E., Evans, R. G., Fernandes, P., Haines, M. G., Kamperidis, C., Kingham, R. J., Minardi, S., Notley, M., Ridgers, C. P., Rozmus, W., Sherlock, M., Tatarakis, M., Wei, M. S., Najmudin, Z. & Krushelnick, K., 12/2011, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 53, 12, 9 p., 124026.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Proton Probe Imaging of Fields Within a Laser-Generated Plasma Channel

    Willingale, L., Nilson, P. M., Thomas, A. G. R., Cobble, J., Craxton, R. S., Maksimchuk, A., Norreys, P. A., Sangster, T. C., Scott, R. H. H., Stoeckl, C., Zulick, C. & Krushelnick, K., 11/2011, In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 39, 11, p. 2616-2617 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    X-ray phase contrast imaging of biological specimens with femtosecond pulses of betatron radiation from a compact laser plasma wakefield accelerator

    Kneip, S., McGuffey, C., Dollar, F., Bloom, M. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Mangles, S. P. D., Matsuoka, T., Najmudin, Z., Palmer, C. A. J., Schreiber, J., Schumaker, W., Thomas, A. G. R. & Yanovsky, V., 29/08/2011, In: Applied Physics Letters. 99, 9, 3 p., 093701.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Comparison of bulk and pitcher-catcher targets for laser-driven neutron production

    Willingale, L., Petrov, G. M., Maksimchuk, A., Davis, J., Freeman, R. R., Joglekar, A. S., Matsuoka, T., Murphy, C. D., Ovchinnikov, V. M., Thomas, A. G. R., Van Woerkom, L. & Krushelnick, K., 08/2011, In: Physics of Plasmas. 18, 8, 6 p., 083106.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    High-power, kilojoule laser interactions with near-critical density plasma

    Willingale, L., Nilson, P. M., Thomas, A. G. R., Bulanov, S. S., Maksimchuk, A., Nazarov, W., Sangster, T. C., Stoeckl, C. & Krushelnick, K., 05/2011, In: Physics of Plasmas. 18, 5, 9 p., 056706.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    High-Power, Kilojoule Class Laser Channeling in Millimeter-Scale Underdense Plasma

    Willingale, L., Nilson, P. M., Thomas, A. G. R., Cobble, J., Craxton, R. S., Maksimchuk, A., Norreys, P. A., Sangster, T. C., Scott, R. H. H., Stoeckl, C., Zulick, C. & Krushelnick, K., 10/03/2011, In: Physical review letters. 106, 10, 4 p., 105002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Response to “Comment on ‘Scalings for radiation from plasma bubbles’ ” [Phys. Plasmas 18, 034701 (2011)]

    Thomas, A. G. R., 1/03/2011, In: Physics of Plasmas. 18, 3, 034702.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. 2010
  25. Published

    Bright spatially coherent synchrotron X-rays from a table-top source

    Kneip, S., McGuffey, C., Martins, J. L., Martins, S. F., Bellei, C., Chvykov, V., Dollar, F., Fonseca, R., Huntington, C., Kalintchenko, G., Maksimchuk, A., Mangles, S. P. D., Matsuoka, T., Nagel, S. R., Palmer, C. A. J., Schreiber, J., Phuoc, K. T., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V., Silva, L. O., & 2 othersKrushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 12/2010, In: Nature Physics. 6, 12, p. 980-983 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Synchrotron Radiation from a Laser Plasma Accelerator in the Bubble Regime

    Kneip, S., McGuffey, C., Chvykov, V., Dollar, F., Kalintchenko, G., Maksimchuk, A., Mangles, S. P. D., Matsuoka, T., Nagel, S. R., Palmer, C. A. J., Schreiber, J., Phuoc, K. T., Thomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 4/11/2010, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1299, 1, p. 185-190 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Effects of ionization in a laser Wakefield accelerator

    McGuffey, C., Schumaker, W., Kneip, S., Matsuoka, T., Bychenkov, V. Y., Glazyrin, I. V., Karpeev, A. V., Dollar, F. J., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Yanovsky, V., Thomas, A. G. R., Maksimchuk, A. & Krushelnick, K., 11/2010, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1299, p. 144-149 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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