2006

  • C. D. Murphy, R. Trines, J. Vieira, A. J. W. Reitsma, R. Bingham, J. L. Collier, E. J. Divall, P. S. Foster, C. J. Hooker, A. J. Langley, P. A. Norreys, R. A. Fonseca, F. Fiuza, L. O. Silva, J. T. Mendonca, W. B. Mori, J. G. Gallacher, R. Viskup, D. A. Jaroszynski, S. P. D. Mangles, A. G. R. Thomas, K. Krushelnick, and Z. Najmudin, “Evidence of photon acceleration by laser wakefields,” Phys. Plasmas 13, 033108 (2006).
  • L. Willingale, S. Mangles, P. Nilson, R. Clarke, A. Dangor, M. Kaluza, S. Karsch, K. Lancaster, W. Mori, Z. Najmudin, J. Schreiber, A. Thomas, M. Wei, and K. Krushelnick, “Collimated multi-MeV ion beams from high-intensity laser inter-actions with underdense plasma,”  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 245002 (2006).
  • S. Mangles, A. Thomas, M. Kaluza, O. Lundh, F. Lindau, A. Persson, F. Tsung, Z. Najmudin, W. Mori, C. Wahlstrom, and K. Krushelnick, “ Laser-wake eld acceleration of monoenergetic electron beams in the first plasma-wave period,”  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215001 (2006).
  • S. Mangles, K. Krushelnick, Z. Najmudin, M. Wei, B. Walton, A. Gopal, A. Dangor, S. Fritzler, C. Murphy, A. Thomas, W. Mori, J. Gallacher, D. Jaroszynski, P. Norreys, and R. Viskup, The generation of mono-energetic electron beams from 2 ultrashort pulse laser-plasma interactions, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. A 364, 663 (2006).
  • S. P. D. Mangles, A. G. R. Thomas, M. C. Kaluza, O. Lundh, F. Lindau, A. Persson, Z. Najmudin, C.-G. Wahlstroem, C. D. Murphy, C. Kamperidis, K. L. Lancaster, E. Divall, and K. Krushelnick, Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wake eld acceleration experiments, Plas. Phys. Controlled Fusion 48, B83 (2006).
  • N. H. Matlis, S. Reed, S. Bulanov, V. Chvykov, G. Kauntchenko, T. Matsuoka, P. Rousseau, V. Yanovsky, A. Maksimchuk, S. Kalmykov, G. Shvets, and M. C. Downer, “Snapshots of laser wakefields,” Nature Physics 2, 749-53, (2006).
  • S. A. Reed, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko, T. Matsuoka, P. Rousseau, V. Yanovsky, C. R. Vane, J. R. Beene, D. Stracener, D. R. Schultz, and A. Maksimchuk, “Photonuclear fission with quasi-monoenergetic electron beams from laser wakefields,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 231107-1-3 (2006).
  • V. Chvykov, P. Rousseau, S. Reed, G. Kalinchenko, and V. Yanovsky, “Generation of 1011 contrast 50 TW laser pulses, ” Opt. Lett. , 31,1456 (2006).
  • A. Maksimchuk, S. Reed, N. Naumova, V. Chvykov, B. Hou, G. Kalintchenko, T. Matsuoka, J. Nees, P. Rousseau, G. Mourou, and V. Yanovsky, “Generation and characterization of quasi-monoenergetic electron beams from laser wakefield,” Journal de Physique IV 133, 1123-6 (2006).
  • A. G. Mordovanakis, Hou Kai-Chung, Chang Yu-Chung, Cheng Ming-Yuan, J. Nees, Bixue Hou, A. Maksimchuk, G. Mourou, A. Galvanauskas, and B. Lafontaine, “Demonstration of fiber-laser-produced plasma source and application to efficient extreme UV light generation,” Opt. Lett. 31, 2517-19 (2006).
  • T. A. Planchon, W. Amir, J. J. Field, C. G. Durfee, J. A. Squier, P. Rousseau, O. Albert, and G. Mourou, “Adaptive correction of a tightly focused, high-intensity laser beam by use of a third-harmonic signal generated at an interface,” Opt. Lett. 31, 2214-16 (2006).
  • Gerard A. Mourou, Toshiki Tajima and Sergei V. Bulanov, “Optics in the relativistic regime,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 309 (2006).
  • Joel P. McDonald, Vanita R. Mistry, Katherine E. Ray, Steven M. Yalisove, John A. Nees, and Neville R. Moody “Femtosecond-laser-induced delamination and blister formation in thermal oxide films on silicon (100),” Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 153121 (2006).
  • E. Power, J. Pentland, J. Nees, C. P. Hauri, M. Merano, R. Lopez-Martens, and G. Mourou, “All-reflective high fringe contrast autocorrelator for measurement of ultrabroadband optical pulses,” Optics Lett. 31, 3514-6 (2006).
  • Kyung-Han Hong, Jongmin Lee, Bixue Hou, John A. Nees, Erik Power, and Gerard A. Mourou, “Carrier-envelope phase stabilization of high-contrast femtosecond laser pulses with a relativistic intensity,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 031113, (2006).
  • John Nees, Bixue Hou, Benjamin Bowes, Natalia Naumova, Aghapi Mordovanakis, Erik Power, Michael Downer, and Gérard Mourou, “Distinctive physical effects and applications approaching the relativistic lambda-cubed regime,” IEEE journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (JSTQE) 12 223-232 (2006).
  • Bixue Hou, John A. Nees, Aghapi Mordovanaki, Marc I. Wilcox, Wolfgang Theobald, Gérard A. Mourou, L. M. Chen, Jean-Claude Kieffer, Andrzej Krol, C. C. Chamberlain “Hard x-ray generation from solids driven by relativistic intensity in the wavelength-cubed regime”, Applied Physics B 83 81-85 (2006).
  • J. P. McDonald, V. R. Mistry, K. E. Ray, S. M. Yalisove, J. A. Nees, and N. R. Moody, “Femtosecond-laser-induced delamination and blister formation in thermal oxide films on silicon (100),” Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 153121 (2006).
  • B. T. Bowes, H. Langhoff, M. C. Downer, M. Wilcox, B. Hou, J. Nees, and G. Mourou, “Femtosecond microscopy of radial energy transport in a micro-scale aluminum plasma excited at relativistic intensity”, Optics Letters 31, 116-118 (2006).