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Professor Alec Thomas

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. 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.

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  3. Published

    Observation of a Long-Wavelength Hosing Modulation of a High-Intensity Laser Pulse in Underdense Plasma

    Kaluza, M. C., Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Najmudin, Z., Dangor, A. E., Murphy, C. D., Collier, J. L., Divall, E. J., Foster, P. S., Hooker, C. J., Langley, A. J., Smith, J. & Krushelnick, K., 26/08/2010, In: Physical review letters. 105, 9, 4 p., 095003.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. 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

  8. 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.

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  9. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  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

    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

  14. Published

    Self-guided wakefield experiments driven by petawatt-class ultrashort laser pulses

    Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Bellei, C., Dangor, A. E., Kamperidis, C., Kneip, S., Nagel, S. R., Willingale, L. & Najmudin, Z., 08/2008, In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 36, 4, p. 1715-1721 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime

    Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Kaluza, M. C., Persson, A., Wahlstrom, C-G., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 1/05/2007, In: Physics of Plasmas. 14, 5, 056702.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wakefield acceleration experiments

    Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Kaluza, M. C., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Persson, A., Najmudin, Z., Wahlstrom, C-G., Murphy, C. D., Kamperidis, C., Lancaster, K. L., Divall, E. J. & Krushelnick, K., 12/2006, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 48, 12B, B83.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. 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.

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  19. Published

    The generation of mono-energetic electron beams from ultrashort pulse laser–plasma interactions

    Mangles, S. P. D., Krushelnick, K., Najmudin, Z., Wei, M. S., Walton, B., Gopal, A., Dangor, A. E., Fritzler, S., Murphy, C. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Mori, W. B., Gallacher, J. G., Jaroszynski, D., Norreys, P. A. & Viskup, R., 15/03/2006, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A. 364, p. 663-677 15 p.

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  20. Published

    Electron Acceleration in Cavitated Channels Formed by a Petawatt Laser in Low-Density Plasma

    Mangles, S. P. D., Walton, B., Tzoufras, M., Najmudin, Z., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Evans, R. G., Fritzler, S., Gopal, A., Hernandez-Gomez, C., Mori, W. B., Rozmus, W., Tatarakis, M., Thomas, A. G. R., Tsung, F. S., Wei, M. S. & Krushelnick, K., 24/06/2005, In: Physical review letters. 94, 24, 4 p., 245001.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Published

    Stimulated Raman Side Scattering in Laser Wakefield Acceleration

    Matsuoka, T., McGuffey, C., Cummings, P. G., Horovitz, Y., Dollar, F., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Rousseau, P., Yanovsky, V., Bulanov, S. S., Thomas, A. G. R., Maksimchuk, A. & Krushelnick, K., 14/07/2010, In: Physical review letters. 105, 3, 4 p., 034801.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Synchrotron x-ray radiation from laser wakefield accelerated electron beams in a plasma channel

    Matsuoka, T., Kneip, S., McGuffey, C., Palmer, C. A. J., Schreiber, J., Huntington, C., Horovitz, Y., Dollar, F., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V., Phuoc, K. T., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Maksimchuk, A. & Krushelnick, K., 2010, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 244, 4, 4 p., 042026.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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