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 othersNazarov, 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 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.

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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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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

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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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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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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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