2011

• P. Cummings and  A. G. R. Thomas, “A computational investigation of the impact of aberrated Gaussian laser pulses on electron beam properties in laser-wakefield acceleration experiments,”  Physics of Plasmas 18, 053110  (2011).
• A.G.R. Thomas, “Response to “comment on scalings for radiation from plasma bubbles’ ” [Phys. Plasmas 18, 034701 (2011)]” Physics of Plasmas 18, 034702 (2011).
• C. Zulick, F. Dollar, H. Chen, K.  Falk, G. Gregori, A. Hazi, C. D. Murphy, J. Park, J.  Seely, C. I. Szabo, R. Tommasini, R. Shepherd, and K.  Krushelnick, “K-shell spectroscopy of Au plasma generated with a short-pulse laser,” Canadian Journal of Physics 89,  647 (2011).
• S. Kneip, C. McGuffey, F. Dollar, M. S. Bloom, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko, K. Krushelnick, A. Maksimchuk, S. P. D. Mangles, T. Matsuoka, Z. Najmudin, C. A. J. Palmer, J. Schreiber, W. Schumaker, A. G. R. Thomas, and V. Yanovsky, “X-ray phase contrast imaging of biological specimens with femtosecond pulses of betatron radiation from a compact laser plasma wakefield accelerator,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 093701 (2011).
• L. Willingale, G. M. Petrov, A. Maksimchuk, J. Davis, R. R. Freeman, A. S. Joglekar, T. Matsuoka, C. D. Murphy, V. M. Ovchinnikov, A. G. R. Thomas, L. Van Woerkom, and K. Krushelnick, “Comparison of bulk and pitcher-catcher targets for laser-driven neutron production,” Phys. Plasmas 18, 083106 (2011).
• F. Dollar, T. Matsuoka, G. M. Petrov, A. G. R. Thomas, S. S. Bulanov, V. Chvykov, J. Davis, G. Kalinchenko, C. McGuffey, L. Willingale, V. Yanovsky, A. Maksimchuk, and K. Krushelnick, “Control of energy spread and dark current in proton and ion beams generated in high-contrast laser solid interactions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 065003 (2011).
• L. Willingale, P. M. Nilson, A. G. R. Thomas, S. S.  Bulanov, A. Maksimchuk, W. Nazarov, T. C.  Sangster, C. Stoeckl, and K. Krushelnick, “High-power, kilojoule laser interactions with near-critical density plasma,” Physics of Plasmas 18, 056706 (2011).
• B. Hou, J. A. Nees, H. Zhaohan, G. Petrov, J. Davis, J. H. Easter, A. G. R. Thomas, and K. M. Krushelnick, “ Laser-ion acceleration through controlled surface contamination,” Physics of Plasmas, 18 040702 (2011).
• L. Willingale, P. M. Nilson, A. G. R. Thomas, J. Cobble, R. S. Craxton, A. Maksimchuk, P. A. Norreys, T. C. Sangster, R. H. H. Scott, C. Stoeckl, C. Zulick, and K. Krushelnick, “High-power, kilojoule class laser channeling in millimeter scale underdense plasma,”  Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 105002 (2011).
• C. M. Huntington, A. G. R. Thomas, C. Mc Guffey, T. Matsuoka, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko, S. Kneip, Z. Najmudin, C. Palmer, V. Yanovsky, A. Maksimchuk, R. P. Drake, T. Katsouleas, and K. Krushelnick, “Current  filamentation instability in laser wakefield accelerators ,”  Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 105001 (2011).
• L. Willingale, G. M. Petrov , A. Maksimchuk , J. Davis , R. R. Freeman , T. Matsuoka , C. D. Murphy , V. M. Ovchinnikov , L. Van Woerkom and  K. Krushelnick, “Front versus rear side light-ion acceleration from high-intensity laser–solid interactions,”  Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion  53, 014011 (2011).
• S. Kneip , S. R. Nagel , C. Bellei , O. Cheklov , R. J. Clarke , N. Delerue , E. J. Divall , G. Doucas , K. Ertel , F. Fiuza , R. Fonseca , P. Foster , S. J. Hawkes , R. Heathcote , C. J. Hooker , K. Krushelnick , S. F. Martins , C. A. J. Palmer , K .Ta Phuoc , P. Rajeev , J. Schreiber , L. O. Silva , M. J. V. Streeter , D. Urner , J. Vieira , S. P. D .Mangles and  Z .Najmudin , “Study of near-GeV acceleration of electrons in a non-linear plasma wave driven by a self-guided laser pulse,”  Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 53, 014008 (2011).