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Professor Alec Thomas

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 2016
  2. Published

    High-Flux Femtosecond X-Ray Emission from Controlled Generation of Annular Electron Beams in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator

    Zhao, T. Z., Behm, K., Dong, C. F., Davoine, X., Kalmykov, S. Y., Petrov, V., Chvykov, V., Cummings, P., Hou, B., Maksimchuk, A., Nees, J. A., Yanovsky, V., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 26/08/2016, In: Physical review letters. 117, 9, 5 p., 094801.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Target surface area effects on hot electron dynamics from high intensity laser-plasma interactions

    Zulick, C., Raymond, A., McKelvey, A., Chvykov, V., Maksimchuk, A., Thomas, A. G. R., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V. & Krushelnick, K., 15/06/2016, In: New Journal of Physics. 18, 7 p., 063020.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Generation of heavy ion beams using femtosecond laser pulses in the target normal sheath acceleration and radiation pressure acceleration regimes

    Petrov, G. M., McGuffey, C., Thomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Beg, F. N., 06/2016, In: Physics of Plasmas. 23, 6, 9 p., 063108.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Proton acceleration from high-contrast short pulse lasers interacting with sub-micron thin foils

    Petrov, G. M., McGuffey, C., Thomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Beg, F. N., 7/02/2016, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 119, 5, 5 p., 053302.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    The International Laser Plasma Accelerators Workshop 2015 (Guadeloupe, May 10–15)

    Malka, V., Lambert, G., Flacco, A. & Thomas, A. G. R., 22/01/2016, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 58, 3, 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  10. Published

    HIGH field physics and QED experiments at ELI-NP

    Turcu, I. C. E., Negoita, F., Jaroszynski, D. A., Mckenna, P., Balascuta, S., Ursescu, D., Dancus, I., Cernaianu, M. O., Tataru, M. V., Ghenuche, P., Stutman, D., Boianu, A., Risca, M., Toma, M., Petcu, C., Acbas, G., Yoffe, S. R., Noble, A., Ersfeld, B., Brunetti, E., & 28 othersCapdessus, R., Murphy, C., Ridgers, C. P., Neely, D., Mangles, S. P. D., Gray, R. J., Thomas, A. G. R., Kirk, J. G., Ilderton, A., Marklund, M., Gordon, D. F., Hafizi, B., Kaganovich, D., Palastro, J. P., D'Humieres, E., Zepf, M., Sarri, G., Gies, H., Karbstein, F., Schreiber, J., Paulus, G. G., Dromey, B., Harvey, C., Di Piazza, A., Keitel, C. H., Kaluza, M. C., Gales, S. & Zamfir, N. V., 01/2016, In: Romanian Reports in Physics. 68, ELI-NP Technical Design Reports Supplement 2016, p. S145-S231 87 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. 2015
  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Published

    High-repetition rate relativistic electron beam generation from intense laser solid interactions

    Batson, T., Nees, J., Hou, B., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 14/05/2015, In: Proceedings of SPIE. 9514, 95141F .

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. 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

  16. Published

    Time dependent Doppler shifts in high-order harmonic generation in intense laser interactions with solid density plasma and frequency chirped pulses

    Welch, E. C., Zhang, P., Dollar, F., He, Z. -H., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 05/2015, In: Physics of Plasmas. 22, 5, 6 p., 053104.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    The effect of nonlinear quantum electrodynamics on relativistic transparency and laser absorption in ultra-relativistic plasmas

    Zhang, P., Ridgers, C. P. & Thomas, A. G. R., 24/04/2015, In: New Journal of Physics. 17, 11 p., 043051.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    X-Ray imaging of ultrafast magnetic reconnection driven by relativistic electrons.

    Raymond, A., McKelvey, A., Zulick, C., Maksimchuk, A., Thomas, A. G. R., Willingale, L., Chykov, V., Yanovsky, V. & Krushelnick, K., 13/04/2015, In: Proceedings of SPIE. 9514, 6 p., 951410.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Generation of neutral and high-density electron-positron pair plasmas in the laboratory

    Sarri, G., Poder, K., Cole, J. M., Schumaker, W., Di Piazza, A., Reville, B., Dzelzainis, T., Doria, D., Gizzi, L. A., Grittani, G., Kar, S., Keitel, C. H., Krushelnick, K., Kuschel, S., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Shukla, N., Silva, L. O., Symes, D., Thomas, A. G. R., & 3 othersVargas, M., Vieira, J. & Zepf, M., 04/2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 8 p., 6747.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. 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

  21. 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

  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. 2014
  24. 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

  25. Published

    Ultrahigh Brilliance Multi-MeV gamma-Ray Beams from Nonlinear Relativistic Thomson Scattering

    Sarri, G., Corvan, D. J., Schumaker, W., Cole, J. M., Di Piazza, A., Ahmed, H., Harvey, C., Keitel, C. H., Krushelnick, K., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Symes, D., Thomas, A. G. R., Yeung, M., Zhao, Z. & Zepf, M., 25/11/2014, In: Physical review letters. 113, 22, 5 p., 224801.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. Published

    On electron betatron motion and electron injection in laser wakefield accelerators

    Matsuoka, T., McGuffey, C., Cummings, P. G., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Dollar, F., Horovitz, Y., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Rousseau, P., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V. & Maksimchuk, A., 08/2014, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 56, 8, 7 p., 084009.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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