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Professor Alec Thomas

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Published

    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., 24/08/2010, In: Physical review letters. 105, 9, 4 p., 095001.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    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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  3. Published

    Formation of Optical Bullets in Laser-Driven Plasma Bubble Accelerators

    Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Yi, S. A., Kalmykov, S., Shvets, G., Downer, M. C., Matlis, N. H., Leemans, W. P., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R. & Yanovsky, V., 2/04/2010, In: Physical review letters. 104, 13, 4 p., 134801.

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  4. Published

    Formation of Optical Bullets in Laser‐Driven Plasma Bubble Accelerators

    Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Yi, S. A., Kalmykov, S. Y., Shvets, G., Matlis, N. H., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V. & Downer, M. C., 11/2010, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1299, 1, p. 171-173 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    General features of experiments on the dynamics of laser-driven electron–positron beams

    Warwick, J. R., Alejo, A., Dzelzainis, T., Schumaker, W., Doria, D., Romagnani, L., Poder, K., Cole, J. M., Yeung, M., Krushelnick, K., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Samarin, G. M., Symes, D., Thomas, A. G. R., Borghesi, M. & Sarri, G., 12/11/2018, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 909, p. 95-101 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Generation of GeV protons from 1 PW laser interaction with near critical density targets

    Bulanov, S. S., Bychenkov, V. Y., Chvykov, V., Kalinchenko, G., Litzenberg, D. W., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Krushelnick, K. & Maksimchuk, A., 04/2010, In: Physics of Plasmas. 17, 4, 8 p., 043105.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Published

    Generation of Ultrahigh-Velocity Ionizing Shocks with Petawatt-Class Laser Pulses

    Nilson, P. M., Mangles, S. P. D., Willingale, L., Kaluza, M. C., Thomas, A. G. R., Tatarakis, M., Najmudin, Z., Clarke, R. J., Lancaster, K. L., Karsch, S., Schreiber, J., Evans, R. G., Dangor, A. E. & Krushelnick, K., 18/12/2009, In: Physical review letters. 103, 25, 4 p., 255001.

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  10. Published

    Heavy ion acceleration in the radiation pressure acceleration and breakout afterburner regimes

    Petrov, G. M., McGuffey, C., Thomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Beg, F. N., 07/2017, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 59, 7, 11 p., 075003.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 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.

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  13. Published

    High repetition-rate neutron generation by several-mJ, 35 fs pulses interacting with free-flowing D2O

    Hah, J., Petrov, G. M., Nees, J. A., He, Z-H., Hammig, M. D., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 4/10/2016, In: Applied Physics Letters. 109, 14, 4 p., 144102.

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  14. Published

    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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  15. Published

    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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  16. 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

  17. Published

    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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  18. Published

    High-order harmonic generation from solid targets with 2 mJ pulses

    Easter, J. H., Mordovanakis, A. G., Hou, B., Thomas, A. G. R., Nees, J. A., Mourou, G. & Krushelnick, K., 2010, In: Optics Letters. 35, 19, p. 3186-3188 3 p.

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  19. Published

    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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  20. Published

    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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  21. 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 .

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  22. Published

    Holographic visualization of laser wakefields

    Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Kalmykov, S. Y., Li, Z-Y., Shvets, G., Matlis, N. H., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chyvkov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V. & Downer, M. C., 30/04/2010, In: New Journal of Physics. 12, 20 p., 045016.

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  23. Published

    Horizon 2020 EuPRAXIA design study

    Walker, P. A., Alesini, P. D., Alexandrova, A. S., Anania, M. P., Andreev, N. E., Andriyash, I., Aschikhin, A., Assmann, R. W., Audet, T., Bacci, A., Barna, I. F., Beaton, A., Beck, A., Beluze, A., Bernhard, A., Bielawski, S., Bisesto, F. G., Boedewadt, J., Brandi, F., Bringer, O., & 140 othersBrinkmann, R., Bründermann, E., Büscher, M., Bussmann, M., Bussolino, G. C., Chance, A., Chanteloup, J. C., Chen, M., Chiadroni, E., Cianchi, A., Clarke, J., Cole, J., Couprie, M. E., Croia, M., Cros, B., Dale, J., Dattoli, G., Delerue, N., Delferriere, O., Delinikolas, P., Dias, J., Dorda, U., Ertel, K., Ferran Pousa, A., Ferrario, M., Filippi, F., Fils, J., Fiorito, R., Fonseca, R. A., Galimberti, M., Gallo, A., Garzella, D., Gastinel, P., Giove, D., Giribono, A., Gizzi, L. A., Grüner, F. J., Habib, A. F., Haefner, L. C., Heinemann, T., Hidding, B., Holzer, B. J., Hooker, S. M., Hosokai, T., Irman, A., Jaroszynski, D. A., Jaster-Merz, S., Joshi, C., Kaluza, M. C., Kando, M., Karger, O. S., Karsch, S., Khazanov, E., Khikhlukha, D., Knetsch, A., Kocon, D., Koester, P., Kononenko, O., Korn, G., Kostyukov, I., Labate, L., Lechner, C., Leemans, W. P., Lehrach, A., Li, F. Y., Li, X., Libov, V., Lifschitz, A., Litvinenko, V., Lu, W., Maier, A. R., Malka, V., Manahan, G. G., Mangles, S. P. D., Marchetti, B., Marocchino, A., Martinez de la Ossa, A., Martins, J. L., Massimo, F., Mathieu, F., Maynard, G., Mehrling, T. J., Molodozhentsev, A. Y., Mosnier, A., Mostacci, A., Mueller, A. S., Najmudin, Z., Nghiem, P. A. P., Nguyen, F., Niknejadi, P., Osterhoff, J., Papadopoulos, D., Patrizi, B., Pattathil, R., Petrillo, V., Pocsai, M. A., Poder, K., Pompili, R., Pribyl, L., Pugacheva, D., Romeo, S., Rossi, A. R., Roussel, E., Sahai, A. A., Scherkl, P., Schramm, U., Schroeder, C. B., Schwindling, J., Scifo, J., Serafini, L., Sheng, Z. M., Silva, L. O., Silva, T., Simon, C., Sinha, U., Specka, A., Streeter, M. J. V., Svystun, E. N., Symes, D., Szwaj, C., Tauscher, G., Thomas, A. G. R., Thompson, N., Toci, G., Tomassini, P., Vaccarezza, C., Vannini, M., Vieira, J. M., Villa, F., Wahlström, C-G., Walczak, R., Weikum, M. K., Welsch, C. P., Wiemann, C., Wolfenden, J., Xia, G., Yabashi, M., Yu, L., Zhu, J. & Zigler, A., 20/09/2017, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 874, 8 p., 012029.

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  24. Published

    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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  25. Published

    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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