2012

  • McGuffey, T. Matsuoka, S.  Kneip, W.  Schumaker, F.  Dollar, C.  Zulick, V. Chvykov, G.  Kalintchenko, V. Yanovsky, A.  Maksimchuk, A. G. R.  Thomas, K.  Krushelnick, and Z.  Najmudin, “Experimental laser wakefield acceleration scalings exceeding 100 TW,” Phys. Plasmas, 19, 063113 (2012).
  • Kneip, Z. Najmudin, and A. G. R. Thomas, “A plasma wiggler beamline for 100 TW to 10 PW lasers,” High Energy Density Phys. 8, 133 (2012).
  • G. R. Thomas, C. P. Ridgers, S. S. Bulanov, B. J. Griffin, and S. P. D. Mangles, “Strong radiation-damping effects in a gamma-ray source generated by the interaction of a high-intensity laser with a wakefield-accelerated electron beam,” Physical Review X 2, 041004  (2012).
  • W. Jolly, Z. He, C. McGuffey, W. Schumaker, K. Krushelnick, and A. G. R. Thomas, “Stereolithography based method of creating custom gas density profile targets for high intensity laser-plasma experiments,”Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 073503 (2012).
  • Dollar, C. Zulick, A. G. R. Thomas, V. Chvykov, J. Davis, G. Kalinchenko, T.  Matsuoka, C. McGuffey, G. M. Petrov, L. Willingale, V. Yanovsky, A. Maksimchuk, and K. Krushelnick, “Finite spot effects on radiation pressure acceleration from intense high-contrast laser interactions with thin targets,”Phys.  Rev.  Lett. 108, 175005 (2012).
  • S. Bulanov,  A. Maksimchuk, C. B. Schroeder, A. G. Zhidkov, E. Esarey, and W. P. Leemans, “Relativistic spherical plasma waves,”Phys. Plasmas 19, 020702 (2012).
  • S. Kneip, C. McGuffey, J. L. Martins, M. S.  Bloom, V.  Chvykov, F.  Dollar, R.  Fonseca, S.  Jolly,  G. Kalintchenko, K.  Krushelnick, A.  Maksimchuk, S. P. D. Mangles, Z.  Najmudin, C. A. J.  Palmer, K.  Ta Phuoc, W.  Schumaker, L. O.  Silva, J.  Vieira, V.  Yanovsky, and A. G. R. Thomas, “Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation,”Phys. Rev. Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams 15, 021302 (2012).
  • B. Hou, J. H. Easter, J. A. Nees, Z. He, A. G. R. Thomas, and K.  Krushelnick, “Compressor optimization with compressor-based multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan (MIIPS),” Optics Letters 37, 1385 (2012).
  • V. Chvykov, and K. Krushelnick, “Large aperture multi-pass amplifiers for high peak power lasers,” Optics Commun. 285, 2134 (2012).
  • P. D. Mangles, G.  Genoud, M. S. Bloom, M. Burza,Z. Najmudin, A. Persson, K. Svensson, A. G. R. Thomas, and Wahlstrom, ” Self-injection threshold in self-guided laser wakefield accelerators,” Phys. Rev. Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams 15, 011302 (2012).