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Professor Alec Thomas

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Published

    Investigation of relativistic intensity laser generated hot electron dynamics via copper K-alpha imaging and proton acceleration

    Willingale, L., Thomas, A. G. R., Maksimchuk, A., Morace, A., Bartal, T., Kim, J., Stephens, R. B., Wei, M. S., Beg, F. N. & Krushelnick, K., 12/2013, In: Physics of Plasmas. 20, 12, 8 p., 123112.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Ionization Induced Trapping in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator

    McGuffey, C., Thomas, A. G. R., Schumaker, W., Matsuoka, T., Chvykov, V., Dollar, F. J., Kalintchenko, G., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A., Krushelnick, K., Bychenkov, V. Y., Glazyrin, I. V. & Karpeev, A. V., 15/01/2010, In: Physical review letters. 104, 2, 4 p., 025004.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Laser plasma acceleration of electrons: towards the production of monoenergetic beams

    Krushelnick, K., Najmudin, Z., Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Wei, M., Walton, B., Gopal, A., Clark, E., Dangor, A. E., Fritzler, S., Murphy, C. D., Norreys, P. A., Mori, W. B., Gallacher, J. G., Jaroszynski, D. A. & Viskup, R., 1/05/2005, In: Physics of Plasmas. 12, 5, 056711.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Laser seeded electron beam filamentation in high intensity laser wakefield acceleration

    Vargas, M., Schumaker, W., Cummings, P., Chvykov, V., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 12/2012, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1507, 1, p. 336-340 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Laser wakefield acceleration in the first plasma wave period

    Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Kaluza, M. C., Najmudin, Z., Dangor, A. E., Krushelnick, K., Lundh, O., Lindau, F. & Wahlstrom, C-G., 21/05/2006, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. IEEE, (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  9. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Laser-driven generation of collimated ultra-relativistic positron beams

    Sarri, G., Schumaker, W., Di Piazza, A., Poder, K., Cole, J. M., Vargas, M., Doria, D., Kushel, S., Dromey, B., Grittani, G., Gizzi, L., Dieckmann, M. E., Green, A., Chvykov, V., Maksimchuk, A., Yanovsky, V., He, Z. H., Hou, B. X., Nees, J. A., Kar, S., & 5 othersNajmudin, Z., Thomas, A. G. R., Keitel, C. H., Krushelnick, K. & Zepf, M., 12/2013, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 55, 12, 6 p., 124017.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Laser-driven Thomson scattering for the generation of ultra-bright multi-MeV gamma-ray beams

    Sarri, G., Corvan, D. J., Cole, J. M., Schumaker, W., Di Piazza, A., Ahmed, H., Yeung, M., Zhao, Z., Harvey, C., Keitel, C. H., Krushelnick, K., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Thomas, A. G. R. & Zepf, M., 3/06/2015, In: Proceedings of SPIE. 9514

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 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

  13. Published

    Laser-wakefield acceleration of monoenergetic electron beams in the first plasma-wave period

    Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Kaluza, M. C., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Persson, A., Tsung, F. S., Najmudin, Z., Mori, W. B., Wahlstrom, C-G. & Krushelnick, K., 30/06/2006, In: Physical review letters. 96, 21, 215001.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Longitudinal ion acceleration from high-intensity laser interactions with underdense plasma

    Willingale, L., Mangles, S. P. D., Nilson, P. M., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Kailiza, M. C., Karsch, S., Lancaster, K. L., Mori, W. B., Schreiber, J., Thomas, A. G. R., Wei, M-S., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 08/2008, In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 36, 4, p. 1825-1832 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Magnetic Cavitation and the Reemergence of Nonlocal Transport in Laser Plasmas

    Ridgers, C. P., Kingham, R. J. & Thomas, A. G. R., 22/02/2008, In: Physical review letters. 100, 7, 4 p., 075003.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Measurement of Magnetic-Field Structures in a Laser-Wakefield Accelerator

    Kaluza, M. C., Schlenvoigt, H. -P., Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Dangor, A. E., Schwoerer, H., Mori, W. B., Najmudin, Z. & Krushelnick, K. M., 7/09/2010, In: Physical review letters. 105, 11, 4 p., 115002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Measurements of high-energy radiation generation from laser-wakefield accelerated electron beams

    Schumaker, W., Sarri, G., Vargas, M., Zhao, Z., Behm, K., Chvykov, V., Dromey, B., Hou, B., Maksimchuk, A., Nees, J., Yanovsky, V., Zepf, M., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 05/2014, In: Physics of Plasmas. 21, 5, 7 p., 056704.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Measurements of magnetic field generation at ionization fronts from laser wakefield acceleration experiments

    Walton, B., Dangor, A. E., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Krushelnick, K., Thomas, A. G. R., Fritzler, S. & Malka, V., 25/02/2013, In: New Journal of Physics. 15, 11 p., 025034.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Measurements of wave-breaking radiation from a laser-wakefield accelerator

    Thomas, A. G. R., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Kaluza, M. C., Murphy, C. D. & Krushelnick, K., 2/02/2007, In: Physical review letters. 98, 5, 4 p., 054802.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Monoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser–plasma interactions

    Mangles, S. P. D., Murphy, C. D., Najmudin, Z., Thomas, A. G. R., Collier, J. L., Dangor, A. E., Divall, E. J., Foster, P. S., Gallacher, J. G., Hooker, C. J., Jaroszynski, D. A., Langley, A. J., Mori, W. B., Norreys, P. A., Tsung, F. S., Viskup, R., Walton, B. & Krushelnick, K., 30/09/2004, In: Nature. 431, p. 535-538 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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