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Professor Alec Thomas

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 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

  2. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    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 othersPérez-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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    A table-top laser-based source of short, collimated, ultra-relativistic positron beams

    Sarri, G., Schumaker, W., Di Piazza, A., Vargas, M., Dromey, B., Dieckmann, M. E., Chvykov, V., Maksimchuk, A., Yanovsky, V., He, Z. -H., Hou, B. X., Nees, J. A., Thomas, A. G. R., Keitel, C. H., Zepf, M. & Krushelnick, K., 15/04/2013, In: Proceedings of SPIE. 8779

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLiterature reviewpeer-review

  14. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. 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

  16. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    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 .

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    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 othersRajeev, 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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. 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

  25. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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