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 others, Thomas, 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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Evidence of photon acceleration by laser wake fields

Murphy, C. D., Trines, R. M. G. M., Vieira, J., Reitsma, A. J. W., Bingham, R., Collier, J. L., Divall, E. J., Foster, P. S., Hooker, C. J., Langley, A. J., Norreys, P. A., Fonseca, R. A., Fiuza, F., Silva, L. O., Mendonça, J. T., Mori, W. B., Gallacher, J. G., Viskup, R., Jaroszynski, D. A. & Mangles, S. P. D. & 3 others, Thomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 03/2006, In: Physics of Plasmas. 13, 3, 033108.

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Erratum: “Evidence of photon acceleration by laser wake fields” [Phys. Plasmas 13, 033108 (2006)]

Murphy, C. D., Trines, R. M. G. M., Vieira, J., Reitsma, A. J. W., Bingham, R., Collier, J. L., Divall, E. J., Foster, P. S., Hooker, C. J., Langley, A. J., Norreys, P. A., Fonseca, R. A., Fiuza, F., Silva, L. O., Mendonça, J. T., Gallacher, J. G., Viskup, R., Jaroszynski, D. A., Mangles, S. P. D. & Thomas, A. G. R. & 2 others, Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 1/07/2006, In: Physics of Plasmas. 13, 7, 079901.

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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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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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Enhancement of high-order harmonic generation in intense laser interactions with solid density plasma by multiple reflections and harmonic amplification

Zhang, P. & Thomas, A. G. R., 30/03/2015, In: Applied Physics Letters. 106, 13, 4 p., 131102.

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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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Energetic neutron beams generated from femtosecond laser plasma interactions

Zulick, C., Dollar, F., Chvykov, V., Davis, J., Kalinchenko, G., Maksimchuk, A., Petrov, G. M., Raymond, A., Thomas, A. G. R., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V. & Krushelnick, K., 25/03/2013, In: Applied Physics Letters. 102, 12, 4 p., 124101.

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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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Electron Acceleration in Cavitated Channels Formed by a Petawatt Laser in Low-Density Plasma

Mangles, S. P. D., Walton, B., Tzoufras, M., Najmudin, Z., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Evans, R. G., Fritzler, S., Gopal, A., Hernandez-Gomez, C., Mori, W. B., Rozmus, W., Tatarakis, M., Thomas, A. G. R., Tsung, F. S., Wei, M. S. & Krushelnick, K., 24/06/2005, In: Physical review letters. 94, 24, 4 p., 245001.

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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.

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Effect of laser-focusing conditions on propagation and monoenergetic electron production in laser-wakefield accelerators

Thomas, A. G. R., Najmudin, Z., Mangles, S. P. D., Murphy, C. D., Dangor, A. E., Kamperidis, C., Lancaster, K. L., Mori, W. B., Norreys, P. A., Rozmus, W. & Krushelnick, K., 2/03/2007, In: Physical review letters. 98, 9, 4 p., 095004.

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Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wakefield acceleration experiments

Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Kaluza, M. C., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Persson, A., Najmudin, Z., Wahlstrom, C.-G., Murphy, C. D., Kamperidis, C., Lancaster, K. L., Divall, E. J. & Krushelnick, K., 12/2006, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 48, 12B, B83.

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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 others, Nazarov, W., Sherlock, M. & Pasley, J., 01/2014, In: Physics of Plasmas. 21, 1, 012702.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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Comment on "Collimated multi-MeV ion beams from high-intensity laser interactions with underdense plasma" - Willingale et al. reply

Willingale, L., Mangles, S. P. D., Nilson, P. M., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Kaluza, M. C., Karsch, S., Lancaster, K. L., Mori, W. B., Najmudin, Z., Schreiber, J., Thomas, A. G. R., Wei, M. S. & Krushelnick, K., 26/01/2007, In: Physical review letters. 98, 4, 1 p., 049504.

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Collimated multi-MeV ion beams from high-intensity laser interactions with underdense plasma

Willingale, L., Mangles, S., Nilson, P., Clarke, R., Dangor, A., Kaluza, M., Karsch, S., Lancaster, K., Mori, W., Najmudin, Z., Schreiber, J., Thomas, A., Wei, M. & Krushelnick, K., 23/06/2006, In: Physical review letters. 96, 24, 4 p., 245002.

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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.

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Characterization of Quasi-Monoenergetic Electron Beams at the Lund Laser Centre

Lindau, F., Lundh, O., Mangles, S. P. D., Kaluza, M. C., Krushelnick, K., Najmudin, Z., Persson, A., Thomas, A. G. R. & Wahlstrom, C.-G., 2008, In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 36, 4, p. 1707-1714 8 p.

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Characterization of laser-driven proton beams from near-critical density targets using copper activation

Willingale, L., Nagel, S. R., Thomas, A. G. R., Bellei, C., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Heathcote, R., Kaluza, M. C., Kamperidis, C., Kneip, S., Krushelnick, K., Lopes, N., Mangles, S. P. D., Nazarov, W., Nilson, P. M. & Najmudin, Z., 01/2015, In: Journal of Plasma Physics. 81, 12 p., 365810102.

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Characterization of laser wakefield acceleration efficiency with octave spanning near-IR spectrum measurements

Streeter, M. J. V., Ma, Y., Kettle, B., Dann, S. J. D., Gerstmayr, E., Albert, F., Bourgeois, N., Cipiccia, S., Cole, J. M., Gallardo González, I., Hussein, A. E., Jaroszynski, D. A., Falk, K., Krushelnick, K., Lemos, N., Lopes, N. C., Lumsdon, C., Lundh, O., Mangles, S. P. D. & Najmudin, Z. & 8 others, Rajeev, P. P., Sandberg, R., Shahzad, M., Smid, M., Spesyvtsev, R., Symes, D. R., Vieux, G. & Thomas, A. G. R., 31/10/2022, In: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. 25, 10, 7 p., 101302.

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Characterization of High-Intensity Laser Propagation in the Relativistic Transparent Regime through Measurements of Energetic Proton Beams

Willingale, L., Nagel, S. R., Thomas, A. G. R., Bellei, C., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Heathcote, R., Kaluza, M. C., Kamperidis, C., Kneip, S., Krushelnick, K., Lopes, N., Mangles, S. P. D., Nazarov, W., Nilson, P. M. & Najmudin, Z., 27/03/2009, In: Physical review letters. 102, 12, 4 p., 125002.

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Characterization of electrons and x-rays produced using chirped laser pulses in a laser wakefield accelerator

Zhao, T. Z., Behm, K., He, Z.-H., Maksimchuk, A., Nees, J. A., Yanovsky, V., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 10/2016, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 58, 10, 6 p., 105003.

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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 others, Rajeev, 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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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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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 others, Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 12/2010, In: Nature Physics. 6, 12, p. 980-983 4 p.

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Betatron x-ray generation from electrons accelerated in a plasma cavity in the presence of laser fields

Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 10/2009, In: Physics of Plasmas. 16, 10, 12 p., 103103.

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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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Angular streaking of betatron X-rays in a transverse density gradient laser-wakefield accelerator

Ma, Y., Seipt, D., Dann, S. J. D., Streeter, M. J. V., Palmer, C. A. J., Willingale, L. & Thomas, A. G. R., 11/2018, In: Physics of Plasmas. 25, 11, 10 p., 113105.

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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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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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Algorithm for calculating spectral intensity due to charged particles in arbitrary motion

Thomas, A. G. R., 02/2010, In: Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams. 13, 2, 11 p., 020702.

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Acceleration of high charge-state target ions in high-intensity laser interactions with sub-micron targets

McGuffey, C., Raymond, A., Batson, T., Hua, R., Petrov, G. M., Kim, J., Krauland, C. M., Maksimchuk, A., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V., Krushelnick, K. & Beg, F. N., 17/11/2016, In: New Journal of Physics. 18, 11 p., 113032.

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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 others, Symes, 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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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.

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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.

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A laser-plasma platform for photon-photon physics: The two photon Breit-Wheeler process

Kettle, B., Hollatz, D., Gerstmayr, E., Samarin, G. M., Alejo, A., Astbury, S., Baird, C., Bohlen, S., Campbell, M., Colgan, C., Dannheim, D., Gregory, C., Harsh, H., Hatfield, P., Hinojosa, J., Katzir, Y., Morton, J., Murphy, C. D., Nurnberg, A. & Osterhoff, J. & 18 others, Pérez-Callejo, G., Põder, K., Rajeev, P. P., Roedel, C., Roeder, F., Salgado, F. C., Sarri, G., Seidel, A., Spannagel, S., Spindloe, C., Steinke, S., Streeter, M. J. V., Thomas, A. G. R., Underwood, C., Watt, R., Zepf, M., Rose, S. J. & Mangles, S. P. D., 3/11/2021, In: New Journal of Physics. 23, 11, 19 p., 115006.

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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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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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