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Professor Alec Thomas

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    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 othersThomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 03/2006, In: Physics of Plasmas. 13, 3, 033108.

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  3. Published

    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 othersKrushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 1/07/2006, In: Physics of Plasmas. 13, 7, 079901.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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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  9. Published

    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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  10. Published

    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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  11. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 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.

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  13. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. 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

  17. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Published

    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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  22. Published

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

    Willingale, L., Mangles, SPD., Nilson, PM., Clarke, RJ., Dangor, AE., Kaluza, MC., Karsch, S., Lancaster, KL., Mori, WB., Najmudin, Z., Schreiber, J., Thomas, A., Wei, MS. & Krushelnick, K., 23/06/2006, In: Physical review letters. 96, 24, 4 p., 245002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    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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  25. 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

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