Optical physics: antimatter creation in an X-ray bath

Thomas, A., 06/2014, In: Nature Photonics. 8, 6, p. 429-431 3 p.

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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.

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Improvements to laser wakefield accelerated electron beam stability, divergence, and energy spread using three-dimensional printed two-stage gas cell targets

Vargas, M., Schumaker, W., He, Z.-H., Zhao, Z., Behm, K., Chvykov, V., Hou, B., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Yanovsky, V. & Thomas, A. G. R., 28/04/2014, In: Applied Physics Letters. 104, 17, 5 p., 174103.

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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.

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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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High resolution bremsstrahlung and fast electron characterization in ultrafast intense laser-solid interactions

Zulick, C., Hou, B., Dollar, F., Maksimchuk, A., Nees, J., Thomas, A. G. R., Zhao, Z. & Krushelnick, K., 31/12/2013, In: New Journal of Physics. 15, 13 p., 123038.

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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.

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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 others, Najmudin, 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.

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High-intensity laser-driven proton acceleration enhancement from hydrogen containing ultrathin targets

Dollar, F., Reed, S. A., Matsuoka, T., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., McGuffey, C., Rousseau, P., Thomas, A. G. R., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Litzenberg, D. W., Krushelnick, K. & Maksimchuk, A., 30/09/2013, In: Applied Physics Letters. 103, 14, 3 p., 141117.

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Table-Top Laser-Based Source of Femtosecond, Collimated, Ultrarelativistic 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., 20/06/2013, In: Physical review letters. 110, 25, 5 p., 255002.

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High repetition-rate wakefield electron source generated by few-millijoule, 30 fs laser pulses on a density downramp

He, Z.-H., Hou, B., Nees, J. A., Easter, J. H., Faure, J., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 9/05/2013, In: New Journal of Physics. 15, 11 p., 053016.

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Ultra-intense laser neutron generation through efficient deuteron acceleration

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., 7/05/2013, In: Proceedings of SPIE. 8779, 9 p.

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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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High contrast ion acceleration at intensities exceeding 10(21) Wcm(-2)

Dollar, F., Zulick, C., Matsuoka, T., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Davis, J., Kalinchenko, G., Petrov, G. M., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 05/2013, In: Physics of Plasmas. 20, 5, 8 p., 056703.

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Scaling High-Order Harmonic Generation from Laser-Solid Interactions to Ultrahigh Intensity

Dollar, F., Cummings, P., Chvykov, V., Willingale, L., Vargas, M., Yanovsky, V., Zulick, C., Maksimchuk, A., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 24/04/2013, In: Physical review letters. 110, 17, 5 p., 175002.

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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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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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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.

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Surface waves and electron acceleration from high-power, kilojoule-class laser interactions with underdense plasma

Willingale, L., Thomas, A. G. R., Nilson, P. M., Chen, H., Cobble, J., Craxton, R. S., Maksimchuk, A., Norreys, P. A., Sangster, T. C., Scott, R. H. H., Stoeckl, C., Zulick, C. & Krushelnick, K., 18/02/2013, In: New Journal of Physics. 15, 14 p., 025023.

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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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Hybrid Vlasov-Fokker-Planck-Maxwell simulations of fast electron transport and the time dependance of K-shell excitation in a mid-Z metallic target

Thomas, A. G. R., Sherlock, M., Kuranz, C., Ridgers, C. P. & Drake, R. P., 22/01/2013, In: New Journal of Physics. 15, 20 p., 015017.

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Ultrafast Electron Radiography of Magnetic Fields in High-Intensity Laser-Solid Interactions

Schumaker, W., Nakanii, N., McGuffey, C., Zulick, C., Chyvkov, V., Dollar, F., Habara, H., Kalintchenko, G., Maksimchuk, A., Tanaka, K. A., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V. & Krushelnick, K., 2/01/2013, In: Physical review letters. 110, 1, 5 p., 015003.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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