CHEDS performs research on a wide range of topics involving the interaction of high intensity light with matter and high energy density plasmas. One of its main missions is to train graduate and undergraduate students in these research areas and give them access to state-of-the-art high intensity lasers for their research.
High Intensity Laser Science
Focused light intensity of over 1019 W/cm2 is possible with the table-top multi-terawatt lasers we use. These lasers are based on the concept of chirped pulse amplification. Intensity of up to 1022 W/cm2 will be possible with the Texas Petawatt Laser.
Research in the High Intensity Laser Science Group is aimed at the study of the interaction of ultraintense light with matter.
With these lasers, we create matter under very extreme conditions and study their properties.
Publications
Peer-reviewed papers published by scientists in CHEDS
Publications by Year
2024
C.-S. Wong, J. Strehlow, D. P. Broughton, S. V. Luedtke, C.-K. Huang, A. Bogale, R. Fitzgarrald, R. Nedbailo, J. L. Schmidt, T. R. Schmidt, J. Twardowski, A. Van Pelt, M. Alvarado Alvarez, A. Junghans, L. T. Mix, R. E. Reinovsky, D. R. Rusby, Z. Wang, B. Wolfe, B. J. Albright, S. H. Batha, S. Palaniyappan; Robust unfolding of MeV x-ray spectra from filter stack spectrometer data. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 February 2024; 95 (2): 023301.
T. N. Ha, C. Aniculaesei, H. L. Smith, C. G. Richmond, M. M. Spinks, H. J. Quevedo, S. Bruce, M. Darilek, C. Chang, D. A. Garcia, E. Gaul, M. E. Donovan, B. M. Hegelich, T. Ditmire; Above-threshold ionization at laser intensity greater than 1020 W/cm2. Phys. Rev. A 109, 023119
2023
Constantin Aniculaesei, Thanh Ha, Samuel Yoffe, Lance Labun, Stephen Milton, Edward McCary, Michael M. Spinks, Hernan J. Quevedo, Ou Z. Labun, Ritwik Sain, Andrea Hannasch, Rafal Zgadzaj, Isabella Pagano, Jose A. Franco-Altamirano, Martin L. Ringuette, Erhart Gaul, Scott V. Luedtke, Ganesh Tiwari, Bernhard Ersfeld, Enrico Brunetti, Hartmut Ruhl, Todd Ditmire, Sandra Bruce, Michael E. Donovan, Michael C. Downer, Dino A. Jaroszynski, Bjorn Manuel Hegelich; The acceleration of a high-charge electron bunch to 10 GeV in a 10-cm nanoparticle-assisted wakefield accelerator. Matter Radiat. Extremes 1 January 2024; 9 (1): 014001. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0161687
2022
Strehlow, J., Kim, J., Bailly-Grandvaux, M. et al. A laser parameter study on enhancing proton generation from microtube foil targets. Sci Rep 12, 10827 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14881-9
King, P. M., Rusby, D., Hannasch, A., Lemos, N., Tiwari, G., Pak, A., Kerr, S., Cochran, G., Pagano, I., Williams, G. J., Khan, S. F., Aufderheide, M., Kemp, A., Wilks, S., Macphee, A., Albert, F., Hegelich, B. M., Downer, M., Manuel, M., ... Mackinnon, A. (2022). Enhancement of high energy X-ray radiography using compound parabolic concentrator targets. High Energy Density Physics, 42, 100978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2022.100978
2021
Lewis SM, Weis MR, Speas CS, Kimmel M, Bengtson RD, Breizman B, Geissel M, Gomez MR, Harvey-Thompson AJ, Kellogg J, et al. Magnetic field effects on laser energy deposition and filamentation in magneto-inertial fusion relevant plasmas. Physics of PlasmasPhysics of Plasmas [Internet]. 28 (12) :122701.
Mao H, Weichman K, Gong Z, Ditmire T, Quevedo H, Arefiev A. Emission of electromagnetic waves as a stopping mechanism for nonlinear collisionless ionization waves in a high-$\ensuremath{\beta}$ regime. Physical Review EPhys. Rev. E [Internet]. 103 (2) :023209 - .
Rinderknecht HG, Wang T, Garcia LA, Bruhaug G, Wei MS, Quevedo HJ, Ditmire T, Williams J, Haid A, Doria D, et al. Relativistically transparent magnetic filaments: scaling laws, initial results and prospects for strong-field QED studies. New Journal of Physics [Internet]. 23 (9) :095009.
Rusby DR, King PM, Pak A, Lemos N, Kerr S, Cochran G, Pagano I, Hannasch A, Quevedo H, Spinks M, et al. Enhancements in laser-generated hot-electron production via focusing cone targets at short pulse and high contrast. Physical review. E. Vol.103 (5) (2021-05) :053207-053207.
2020
Ostermayr TM, Kreuzer C, Englbrecht FS, Gebhard J, Hartmann J, Huebl A, Haffa D, Hilz P, Parodi K, Wenz J, et al. Laser-driven x-ray and proton micro-source and application to simultaneous single-shot bi-modal radiographic imaging. [Internet]. 11 (1) :6174.
Roycroft R, Bowers B, Smith H, McCary E, Aymond F, Dyer GM, Quevedo HJ, Bradley PA, Vold EL, Yin L, et al. Streaked optical pyrometer for proton-driven isochoric heating experiments of solid and foam targets. AIP AdvancesAIP Advances [Internet]. 10 (4) :045220.
Blakeney J, Quevedo H, Dyer GM, Ditmire T. Characterization of laser produced hot electron propagation via coherent transition radiation in cold and warm dense aluminum. Physics of PlasmasPhysics of Plasmas [Internet]. 27 (12) :123105.
Roycroft R, Bradley PA, McCary E, Bowers B, Smith H, Dyer GM, Albright BJ, Blouin S, Hakel P, Quevedo HJ, et al. Experiments and simulations of isochorically heated warm dense carbon foam at the Texas Petawatt Laser. Matter and Radiation at ExtremesMatter and Radiation at Extremes [Internet]. 6 (1) :014403.
Riley NJ, Quevedo HJ, Bengtson RD, Ditmire T, Kimmel M, Speas CS, Porter JL. Magnetic Field Effects on the Vishniac Overstability in Scaled Radiative Blast Waves. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 895 (1).
2019
Kupfer R, Quevedo HJ, Smith HL, Ha TN, Yandow A, Tiwari G, Richmond CG, Fang L, Hegelich BM. Plasma emission characteristics in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of silicon with mid-infrared, multi-millijoule, nanosecond laser pulses from a Ho:YLF excitation source. Appl. Opt. [Internet]. 58 (17) :4592–4598.
Huang M, Quevedo HJ, Zhang G, Bonasera A. Nuclear Astrophysics with Lasers. Nuclear Physics NewsNuclear Physics News [Internet]. 29 (3) :9 - 13.
Tiwari G, Gaul E, Martinez M, Dyer G, Gordon J, Spinks M, Toncian T, Bowers B, Jiao X, Kupfer R, et al. Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 10(22) W/cm(2). OPTICS LETTERS. 44 (11) :2764-2767.
Yandow A, Toncian T, Ditmire T. Direct laser ion acceleration and above-threshold ionization at intensities from 10(21) W/cm(2) to 3 x 10(23) W/cm(2). PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 100 (5).
Glenn GD, Tiwari G, Dyer G, Curry CB, Donovan ME, Gaul E, Gauthier M, Glenzer SH, Gordon J, Hegelich BM, et al. Improved large-energy-range magnetic electron-positron spectrometer for experiments with the Texas Petawatt Laser. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION. 14.
Porwitzky A, Hutsel BT, Seagle CT, Ao T, Grant S, Bernstein A, Lin J-F, Ditmire T. Large time-varying inductance load for studying power flow on the Z machine. PHYSICAL REVIEW ACCELERATORS AND BEAMS. 22 (9).
Ciappina MF, Popruzhenko, V S, Bulanov, V S, Ditmire T, Korn G, Weber S. Progress toward atomic diagnostics of ultrahigh laser intensities. PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 99 (4).
Strehlow J, Forestier-Colleoni P, McGuffey C, Bailly-Grandvaux M, Daykin TS, McCary E, Peebles J, Revet G, Zhang S, Ditmire T, et al. The response function of Fujifilm BAS-TR imaging plates to laser-accelerated titanium ions. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. 90 (8).
Batysta F, Antipenkov R, Bartonicek J, Vyhlidka S, Trojek P, Borger TJ, Kolenda J, Kissinger A, Green JT, Kananavicius R, et al. Spectral shaping of a 5 Hz, multi-joule OPCPA frontend for a 10 PW laser system, in SHORT-PULSE HIGH-ENERGY LASERS AND ULTRAFAST OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES. Vol 11034. SPIE.
Vyhlidka S, Trojek P, Kramer D, Peceli D, Batysta F, Bartonicek J, Hubacek J, Borger T, Antipenkov R, Gaul E, et al. Temporal diagnostics for kJ class laser using object-image-grating self-tiling compressor, in SHORT-PULSE HIGH-ENERGY LASERS AND ULTRAFAST OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES. Vol 11034. SPIE.
2018
Kupfer R, Quevedo HJ, Smith HL, Lisi LA, Tiwari G, Richmond CG, Bowers BB, Fang L, Hegelich BM. Cascade random-quasi-phase-matched harmonic generation in polycrystalline ZnSe. Journal of Applied PhysicsJournal of Applied Physics [Internet]. 124 (24) :243102.
Peebles J, Arefiev, V A, Zhang S, McGuffey C, Spinks M, Gordon J, Gaul EW, Dyer G, Martinez M, Donovan ME, et al. High-angle deflection of the energetic electrons by a voluminous magnetic structure in near-normal intense laser-plasma interactions. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 98 (5).
Gaul E, Cheriaux G, Antipenkov R, Batysta F, Borger T, Friedman G, Greene JT, Hammond D, Heisler J, Hidinger D, et al. Hybrid OPCPA/Glass 10 PW laser at 1 shot a minute, in 2018 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO). IEEE.
Quevedo HJ, Zhang G, Bonasera A, Donovan M, Dyer G, Gaul E, Guardo GL, Gulino M, La Cognata M, Lattuada D, et al. Neutron enhancement from laser interaction with a critical fluid. PHYSICS LETTERS A. 382 (2-3) :94-98.
Batysta F, Antipenkov R, Borger T, Kissinger A, Green JT, Kananavicius R, Cheriaux G, Hidinger D, Kolenda J, Gaul E, et al. Spectral pulse shaping of a 5 Hz, multi-joule, broadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplification frontend for a 10 PW laser system. OPTICS LETTERS. 43 (16) :3866-3869.
2017
Shaw JM, Bernstein AC, Hannasch A, LaBerge M, Chang Y-Y, Weichman K, Welch J, Zgadzaj R, Henderson W, Tsai H-E, et al. Generation of Tens-of-MeV Photons by Compton Backscatter from Laser-Plasma-Accelerated GeV Electrons, in ADVANCED ACCELERATOR CONCEPTS. Vol 1812. Natl Sci Fdn; Off High Energy Phys, U S Dept Energy; Euclid Techlabs; Radiabeam Technologies; Coherent Inc; Amphos; RadiaSoft.
Rus B, Bakule P, Kramer D, Naylon J, Thoma J, Fibrich M, Green JT, Lagron C, Antipenkov R, Bartonicek J, et al. ELI-Beamlines: Progress in development of next generation short-pulse laser systems, in RESEARCH USING EXTREME LIGHT: ENTERING NEW FRONTIERS WITH PETAWATT-CLASS LASERS III. Vol 10241. SPIE.
Chang YY, Shaw JM, Welch J, Weichman K, Hannasch A, LaBerge M, Henderson W, Zgadzaj R, Bernstein A, Wagner C, et al. Faraday Rotation Probe of Laser-Plasma Bubble Structures in Petawatt-Driven Wakes, in 2017 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO). IEEE.
Grant S, Ao T, Bernstein A, Ditmire T, Dolan D, Lin J-F, Seagle C, Davis J-P. Implementation of Single-Shot Ellipsometry on Gas Gun Experiments, in SHOCK COMPRESSION OF CONDENSED MATTER - 2015. Vol 1793. Amer Phys Soc; DTRA; AFOSR; ONR; USF.
Riley NJ, Lewis SM, Wisher ML, Kimmel MW, Struve KW, Porter JL, Bengtson RD, Ditmire T. Improved experimental resolution of the Vishniac overstability in scaled late-stage supernova remnants. HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS. 22 :64-72.
Ostermayr TM, Kreuzer C, Englbrecht F, Hartmann J, Gebhard J, Speicher M, Haffa D, Hilz P, Bin J, McCary E, et al. Laser interactions with micro-targets for imaging applications, in 2017 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS EUROPE & EUROPEAN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC).
Feldman S, Dyer G, Kuk D, Ditmire T. Measurement of the equation of state of solid-density copper heated with laser-accelerated protons. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 95 (3).
Zhang G, Quevedo HJ, Bonasera A, Donovan M, Dyer G, Gaul E, Guardo GL, Gulino M, La Cognata M, Lattuada D, et al. Range of plasma ions in cold cluster gases near the critical point. PHYSICS LETTERS A. 381 (19) :1682-1686.
2016
Fazel N, Wang X, Zgadzaj R, Li Z, Zhang X, Henderson W, Quevedo H, Dyer G, Gaul E, Martinez M, et al. Betatron x-rays from GeV laser-plasma-accelerated electrons, in ADVANCED ACCELERATOR CONCEPTS, (AAC 2014). Vol 1777. U S Dept Energy, Off High Energy Phys; Bergoz Instrumentat; Coherent; Radiabeam Technologies; THORLABS; Continuum; Amplitude Technologies; U S Dept Energy; Imagine Opt; Spectra Phys; Northrop Grumman; LEO.
Peebles J, McGuffey C, Krauland CM, Jarrott LC, Sorokovikova A, Wei MS, Park J, Chen H, McLean HS, Wagner C, et al. Impact of pre-plasma on fast electron generation and transport from short pulse, high intensity lasers. NUCLEAR FUSION. 56 (1).
Gaul E, Toncian T, Martinez M, Gordon J, Spinks M, Dyer G, Truong N, Wagner C, Tiwari G, Donovan ME, et al. Improved pulse contrast on the Texas Petawatt Laser, in 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INERTIAL FUSION SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS (IFSA 2015). Vol 717. Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab; Inst Lasers & Plasmas; Inst Laser Engn; Los Alamos Natl Lab; LCLS; NIF&PS; Phys & Life Sci; UR LLE; Sandia Natl Lab.
Lattuada D, Barbarino M, Bonasera A, Bang W, Quevedo HJ, Warren M, Consoli F, De Angelis R, Andreoli P, Kimura S, et al. Model-independent determination of the astrophysical S factor in laser-induced fusion plasmas. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 93 (4).
Toncian T, Wang C, McCary E, Meadows A, Arefiev, V A, Blakeney J, Serratto K, Kuk D, Chester C, Roycroft R, et al. Non-Maxwellian electron distributions resulting from direct laser acceleration in near-critical plasmas. MATTER AND RADIATION AT EXTREMES. 1 (1) :82-87.
Shaw JM, Bernstein AC, Chang YY, Zgadzaj R, Hannasch A, Weichmann K, Welch J, LaBerge M, Henderson W, Tsai HE, et al. Generation of tens-of-MeV photons by Compton backscatter from laser-plasma-accelerated GeV electrons, in 2016 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Ostermayr TM, Haffa D, Hilz P, Pauw V, Allinger K, Bamberg K-U, Boehl P, Boemer C, Bolton PR, Deutschmann F, et al. Proton acceleration by irradiation of isolated spheres with an intense laser pulse. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 94 (3).
Quevedo HJ, McCormick M, Wisher M, Bengtson RD, Ditmire T. Simultaneous streak and frame interferometry for electron density measurements of laser produced plasmas. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. 87 (1).
Barbarino M, Warrens M, Bonasera A, Lattuada D, Bang W, Quevedo HJ, Consoli F, De Angelis R, Andreoli P, Kimura S, et al. Thermal and log-normal distributions of plasma in laser driven Coulomb explosions of deuterium clusters. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS E-NUCLEAR PHYSICS. 25 (9).
2015
Serratto K, Aymond F, Simon B, Bernstein A, Ditmire T. Electron Heating by Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Intense Laser Irradiation of Wavelength-Scale Wires, in 2015 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Rus B, Bakule P, Kramer D, Naylon J, Thoma J, Green JT, Antipenkov R, Fibrich M, Novak J, Batysta F, et al. ELI-Beamlines: Development of next generation short-pulse laser systems, in RESEARCH USING EXTREME LIGHT: ENTERING NEW FRONTIERS WITH PETAWATT-CLASS LASERS II. Vol 9515. SPIE.
Helal A, Bruce S, Quevedo H, Bernstein A, Keto J, Ditmire T. Explosion Dynamics of Methane Clusters Irradiated by 38 nm XUV Laser Pulses, in 2015 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Liang E, Clarke T, Henderson A, Fu W, Lo W, Taylor D, Chaguine P, Zhou S, Hua Y, Cen X, et al. High e plus /e- Ratio Dense Pair Creation with 10(21)W.cm(-2) Laser Irradiating Solid Targets. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 5.
Bruce S, Helal A, Ha T, Quevedo H, Bernstein A, Keto J, Ditmire T. Interaction of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Generated via Microparticle Ablation, with Intense XUV Pulses, in 2015 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Riley N, Wisher M, Lewis S, Wagner C, Minello V, Bengtson R, Ditmire T. Laser Generation of Scaled Astrophysical Blast Waves in a Dynamically-Significant Magnetic Field, in 2015 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Pomerantz I, McCary E, Meadows AR, Arefiev, V A, Bernstein AC, Chester C, Cortez J, Donovan ME, Dyer G, Gaul EW, et al. Laser Generation of Ultra-Short Neutron Bursts From High Atomic Number Converters, in LASER ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS, PROTONS, AND IONS III; AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF LASER-GENERATED BEAMS OF PARTICLES III. Vol 9514. SPIE.
Wagner C, Bernstein A, Dyer G, Ditmire T. Time Resolved Measurements of Relativistic Laser Hole Boring Using Broadband Relay Imaged GRENOUILLE, in 2015 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
2014
Bang W, Quevedo HJ, Bernstein AC, Dyer G, Ihn YS, Cortez J, Aymond F, Gaul E, Donovan ME, Barbui M, et al. Characterization of deuterium clusters mixed with helium gas for an application in beam-target-fusion experiments. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 90 (6).
Dreesen W, Green JA, Browder M, Wood J, Schwellenbach D, Ditmire T, Tiwari G, Wagner C. Detection of Petawatt Laser-Induced Muon Source for Rapid High-Z Material Detection, in 2014 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM AND MEDICAL IMAGING CONFERENCE (NSS/MIC). IEEE.
Wang X, Zgadzaj R, Fazel N, Li L, Henderson W, Chang Y-Y, Korzekwa R, Yi SA, Ithudik V, Zhang X, et al. GeV Electrons and High brightness Betatron X-rays from Petawatt-Laser-Driven Plasma Accelerators, in 2014 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Ditmire T, Gaul E, Martinez M, Donovan M, White W, Frederickson C, Grigsby W, Dyer G, Bernstein A, Schill A, et al. High Repetition Rate kJ-class Nanosecond to Femtosecond Lasers, in 2014 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Storm M, Eichman B, Orban C, Jiang S, Fiksel G, Stoeckl C, Dyer G, Ditmire T, Stephens R, Theobald W, et al. K-alpha x-ray imaging of laser-irradiated, limited-mass zirconium foils. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 21 (7).
Barbui M, Bang W, Bonasera A, Hagel K, Schmidt K, Zheng H, Burch R, Barbarino M, Natowitz JB, Dyer G, et al. A Laser Application to Nuclear Astrophysics, in SEVENTH EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL ON EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS. Vol 1595. ; :168-172.
McCormick M, Arefiev AV, Quevedo HJ, Bengtson RD, Ditmire T. Observation of Self-Sustaining Relativistic Ionization Wave Launched by a Sheath Field. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 112 (4).
Pomerantz I, McCary E, Meadows AR, Arefiev, V A, Bernstein AC, Chester C, Cortez J, Donovan ME, Dyer G, Gaul EW, et al. Ultrashort Pulsed Neutron Source. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 113 (18).
2013
Banerjee S, Baudisch M, Biegert J, Borot A, Borzsonyi A, Charalambidis D, Ditmire T, Diveki Z, Dombi P, Ertel K, et al. Conceptual Design of the Laser Systems for the Attosecond Light Pulse Source, in 2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Consoli F, De Angelis R, Andreoli P, Cristofari G, Di Giorgio G, Bonasera A, Barbui M, Mazzocco M, Bang W, Dyer G, et al. Diagnostics improvement in the ABC facility and preliminary tests on laser interaction with light-atom clusters and p+B-11 targets. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. 720 :149-152.
Storm M, Jiang S, Wertepny D, Orban C, Morrison J, Willis C, McCary E, Balencourt P, Snyder J, Chowdhury E, et al. Fast neutron production from lithium converters and laser driven protons. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 20 (5).
Timneanu N, Iwan B, Andreasson J, Bergh M, Seibert M, Bostedt C, Schorb S, Thomas H, Rupp D, Gorkhover T, et al. Fragmentation of clusters and recombination induced by intense and ultrashort X-ray laser pulses, in DAMAGE TO VUV, EUV, AND X-RAY OPTICS IV; AND EUV AND X-RAY OPTICS: SYNERGY BETWEEN LABORATORY AND SPACE III. Vol 8777. SPIE.
Wang X, Zgadzaj R, Fazel N, Li Z, Henderson W, Chang Y-Y, Korzekwa R, Yi SA, Khudik V, Zhang X, et al. Generation of Quasi-monoenergetic 2 GeV Electrons by Laser Wakefield Acceleration, in 2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Taylor D, Liang E, Clarke T, Henderson A, Chaguine P, Wang X, Dyer G, Serratto K, Riley N, Donovan M, et al. Hot electron production using the Texas Petawatt Laser irradiating thick gold targets. HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS. 9 (2) :363-368.
Pomerantz I, Blakeney J, Dyer G, Fuller L, Gaul E, Gautier DC, Jung D, Meadows AR, Shah R, Wang C, et al. Laser Driven Neutron Generation at the Texas Petawatt, in 2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Kuk D, Dyer G, Feldman S, Wagner C, Wang C, Hegelich BM, Ditmire T. Laser Driven Proton Acceleration Experiment with Micro-Structured Target at the Texas Petawatt Laser Facility, in 2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Hegelich BM, Pomerantz I, Yin L, Wu HC, Jung D, Albright BJ, Gautier DC, Letzring S, Palaniyappan S, Shah R, et al. Laser-driven ion acceleration from relativistically transparent nanotargets. NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 15.
Pomerantz I, Blakeney J, Dyer G, Fuller L, Gaul E, Gautier DC, Jung D, Meadows AR, Shah R, Wang C, et al. Laser-Ion Acceleration from Transparent Overdense Plasmas at the Texas Petawatt, in LASER ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS, PROTONS, AND IONS II; AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF LASER-GENERATED BEAMS OF PARTICLES II; AND HARNESSING RELATIVISTIC PLASMA WAVES III. Vol 8779. SPIE.
Bang W, Dyer G, Quevedo HJ, Bernstein AC, Gaul E, Donovan M, Ditmire T. Optimization of the neutron yield in fusion plasmas produced by Coulomb explosions of deuterium clusters irradiated by a petawatt laser. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 87 (2).
Wang X, Zgadzaj R, Fazel N, Li Z, Yi SA, Zhang X, Henderson W, Chang Y-Y, Korzekwa R, Tsai H-E, et al. Quasi-monoenergetic laser-plasma acceleration of electrons to 2 GeV. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 4.
Barbui M, Bang W, Bonasera A, Hagel K, Schmidt K, Natowitz J, Giuliani G, Barbarino M, Dyer G, Quevedo H, et al. Study of the yield of D-D, D-He-3 fusion reactions produced by the interaction of intense ultrafast laser pulses with molecular clusters, in 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEUS-NUCLEUS COLLISIONS (NN2012). Vol 420. Texas A&M Univ-Commerce, Dept Phys and Astron.
Voronin AA, Zheltikov AM, Ditmire T, Rus B, Korn G. Subexawatt few-cycle lightwave generation via multipetawatt pulse compression. OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS. 291 :299-303.
Bang W, Barbui M, Bonasera A, Dyer G, Quevedo HJ, Hagel K, Schmidt K, Consoli F, De Angelis R, Andreoli P, et al. Temperature Measurements of Fusion Plasmas Produced by Petawatt-Laser-Irradiated D-2-He-3 or CD4-He-3 Clustering Gases. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 111 (5).
Ditmire T. TEXAS PETAWATT LASER AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS AN EXAWATT LASER, in MODERN TRENDS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. Cairo Univ, Fac Sci, Phys Dept ; :193.
Kim I, Quevedo HJ, Feldman S, Bang W, Serratto K, McCormick M, Aymond F, Dyer G, Bernstein AC, Ditmire T. Double shock front formation in cylindrical radiative blast waves produced by laser irradiation of krypton gas. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 20 (12).
Bang W, Barbui M, Bonasera A, Quevedo HJ, Dyer G, Bernstein AC, Hagel K, Schmidt K, Gaul E, Donovan ME, et al. Experimental study of fusion neutron and proton yields produced by petawatt-laser-irradiated D-2-He-3 or CD4-He-3 clustering gases. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 88 (3).
Barbui M, Bang W, Bonasera A, Hagel K, Schmidt K, Natowitz JB, Burch R, Giuliani G, Barbarino M, Zheng H, et al. Measurement of the Plasma Astrophysical S Factor for the He-3(d, p)He-4 Reaction in Exploding Molecular Clusters. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 111 (8).
Bang W, Dyer G, Quevedo HJ, Bernstein AC, Gaul E, Rougk J, Aymond F, Donovan ME, Ditmire T. Optimum laser intensity for the production of energetic deuterium ions from laser-cluster interaction. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 20 (9).
2012
Pedrazas NA, Worthington DL, Dalton DA, Sherek PA, Steuck SP, Quevedo HJ, Bernstein AC, Taleff EM, Ditmire T. Effects of microstructure and composition on spall fracture in aluminum. MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING. 536 :117-123.
Thomas H, Helal A, Hoffmann K, Kandadai N, Keto J, Andreasson J, Iwan B, Seibert M, Timneanu N, Hajdu J, et al. Explosions of Xenon Clusters in Ultraintense Femtosecond X-Ray Pulses from the LCLS Free Electron Laser. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 108 (13).
Wang X, Zgadzaj R, Henderson W, Fazel N, Chang Y-Y, Korzekwa R, Yi AS, Khudik V, Tsai H-E, Pai C-H, et al. Generation of dark-current-free quasi-monoenergetic 1.25 GeV electrons by laser wakefield acceleration, in 2012 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Brady PC, Quevedo HJ, Valanju PM, Bengtson RD, Ditmire T. Magnetized and collimated millimeter scale plasma jets with astrophysical relevance. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 19 (1).
Wang X, Zgadzaj R, Fazel N, Yi SA, Zhang X, Henderson W, Chang Y-Y, Korzekwa R, Tsai H-E, Pai C-H, et al. Petawatt-laser-driven wakefield acceleration of electrons to 2 GeV in 10(17)cm(-3) plasma, in ADVANCED ACCELERATOR CONCEPTS. Vol 1507. U S Dept Energy, Off High Energy Phys; Univ Texas; Bergoz Instrumentat; Coherent Inc; GMW Associates; RadiaBeam Technologies; Amplitude Technologies; Continuum; CVI Melles Griot; Muons Inc; Natl Energet; Thales Optronique; Tech-X Corp; Tech Mfg Corp; Nano ; :341-344.
Morrison JT, Storm M, Chowdhury E, Akli KU, Feldman S, Willis C, Daskalova RL, Growden T, Berger P, Ditmire T, et al. Selective deuteron production using target normal sheath acceleration. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 19 (3).
Kern J, Feldman S, Kim I, Dyer G, Cho BI, Bernstein AC, Ditmire T. Simultaneous imaging of K-alpha radiation and coherent transition radiation from relativistic-intensity laser-irradiated solid target plasmas. HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS. 8 (1) :60-65.
Bang W, Barbui M, Bonasera A, Dyer G, Quevedo H, Hagel K, Schmidt K, Consoli F, De Angelis R, Andreoli P, et al. Temperature Measurements of Cluster Fusion Plasmas using D-He-3 or CD4-He-3 mixtures on the Texas Petawatt, in 2012 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Martinez M, Bang W, Dyer G, Wang X, Gaul E, Borger T, Ringuette M, Spinks M, Quevedo H, Bernstein A, et al. The Texas Petawatt Laser and Current Experiments, in ADVANCED ACCELERATOR CONCEPTS. Vol 1507. U S Dept Energy, Off High Energy Phys; Univ Texas; Bergoz Instrumentat; Coherent Inc; GMW Associates; RadiaBeam Technologies; Amplitude Technologies; Continuum; CVI Melles Griot; Muons Inc; Natl Energet; Thales Optronique; Tech-X Corp; Tech Mfg Corp; Nano ; :874-878.
Bang W, Quevedo HJ, Dyer G, Rougk J, Kim I, McCormick M, Bernstein AC, Ditmire T. Calibration of the neutron detectors for the cluster fusion experiment on the Texas Petawatt Laser. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. 83 (6).
Milathianaki D, Swift DC, Hawreliak J, El-Dasher BS, McNaney JM, Lorenzana HE, Ditmire T. In situ lattice measurement of the bcc phase boundary in Mg on the principal shock Hugoniot. PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 86 (1).
Wang X, Zgadzaj R, Yi SA, Khudik V, Henderson W, Fazel N, Chang Y-Y, Korzekwa R, Tsai H-E, Pai C-H, et al. Self-injected petawatt laser-driven plasma electron acceleration in 10(17) cm(-3) plasma. JOURNAL OF PLASMA PHYSICS. 78 (4, SI) :413-419.
Akli KU, Storm MJ, McMahon M, Jiang S, Ovchinnikov V, Schumacher DW, Freeman RR, Dyer G, Ditmire T. Time dependence of fast electron beam divergence in ultraintense laser-plasma interactions. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 86 (2, 2).
2011
Martinez M, Gaul E, Borger T, Aymond F, Hammond D, Ringuette M, Escamilla R, Ditmire T, Caird J, Erlandson A, et al. Adaptive optics on Petawatt lasers; current performance of the Texas Petawatt Laser, in LASER RESONATORS AND BEAM CONTROL XIII. Vol 7913. SPIE.
Blakeney JK, Quevedo HI, Martinez M, Gaul E, Bang W, Kuk D, Kim I, McCormick M, Dyer G, Bernstein AC, et al. All-Reflective Ti:Sa Power Amplifier for Petawatt Laser, in 2011 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Morgan RD, Keto JW, Ditmire T. Colloidal nanoparticles: a promising gain medium for high average power lasers. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS. 28 (11) :2726-2734.
Kandadai N, Hoffmann K, Thomas H, Helal A, Keto J, Ditmire T, Iwan B, Timneanu N, Andreasson J, Seibert M, et al. Explosions of Methane Clusters Driven by Intense X-Ray FEL Pulses, in 2011 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Hoffmann K, Kandadai N, Thomas H, Helal A, Keto J, Ditmire T, Iwan B, Timneanu N, Andreasson J, Seibert M, et al. Explosions of Xenon Doped Methane Clusters in Intense X-Ray FEL Pulses, in 2011 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Dalton DA, Worthington DL, Sherek PA, Pedrazas NA, Quevedo HJ, Bernstein AC, Rambo P, Schwarz J, Edens A, Geissel M, et al. Microstructure dependence of dynamic fracture and yielding in aluminum and an aluminum alloy at strain rates of 2 x 10(6) s(-1) and faster. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. 110 (10).
Erk B, Hoffmann K, Kandadai N, Helal A, Keto J, Ditmire T. Observation of shells in Coulomb explosions of rare-gas clusters. PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 83 (4).
Hoffmann K, Murphy B, Kandadai N, Erk B, Helal A, Keto J, Ditmire T. Rare-gas-cluster explosions under irradiation by intense short XUV pulses. PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 83 (4).
Wang X, Zgadzaj R, Henderson W, Yi AS, Kalmykov S, Khudik V, D'Avignon E, Dong P, Fazel N, Korzekwa R, et al. Self-injected Petawatt Laser-driven Plasma Electron Acceleration in 10(17) cm(-3) Plasma, in 2011 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).
Older Publications
2010
Gaul EW, Martinez M, Blakeney J, Jochmann A, Ringuette M, Hammond D, Borger T, Escamilla R, Douglas S, Henderson W, et al. Demonstration of a 1.1 petawatt laser based on a hybrid optical parametric chirped pulse amplification/mixed Nd:glass amplifier. APPLIED OPTICS. 49 (9) :1676-1681.
Hoffmann K, Kandadai N, Thomas H, Helal A, Keto J, Ditmire T, Iwan B, Timneanu N, Andreasson J, Seibert M, et al. Explosions of Clusters in Intense X-Ray Pulses, in 2010 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (QELS).
Ditmire T. High Energy Density Science with High Peak Power Light Sources, in 2010 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (QELS).
Hoffmann K, Murphy B, Erk B, Helal A, Kandadai N, Keto J, Ditmire T. High intensity femtosecond XUV pulse interactions with atomic clusters. HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS. 6 (2, SI) :185-189.
Ditmire T. High-power Lasers The invention of the laser 50 years ago has led to the latest generation of devices, with power bursts thousands of times that of the nation's entire electrical grid. AMERICAN SCIENTIST. 98 (5) :394-401.
Symes DR, Hohenberger M, Lazarus J, Osterhoff J, Moore AS, Faeustlin RR, Edens AD, Doyle HW, Carley RE, Marocchino A, et al. Investigations of laser-driven radiative blast waves in clustered gases. HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS. 6 (2, SI) :274-279.
Horton W, Ditmire T, Zakharov YP. Laser experiments to simulate coronal mass ejection driven magnetospheres and astrophysical plasma winds on compact magnetized stars. HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS. 6 (2, SI) :190-193.
Kalmykov SY, Reed SA, Yi SA, Beck A, Lifschitz AF, Davoine X, Lefebvre E, Khudik V, Shvets G, Dong P, et al. Laser wakefield electron acceleration on Texas petawatt facility: Towards multi-GeV electron energy in a single self-guided stage. HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS. 6 (2, SI) :200-206.
Wang X, Du D, Yi SA, Kalmykov S, D'Avignon E, Fazel N, Zagdzaj R, Reed S, Dong P, Henderson W, et al. Multi-GeV Electron Generation Using Texas Petawatt Laser, in ADVANCED ACCELERATOR CONCEPTS. Vol 1299. Us Dept Energy, Off High Energy Phys; Univ Maryland ; :209-214.
Kalmykov SY, Yi SA, Beck A, Lifschitz AF, Davoine X, Lefebvre E, Pukhov A, Khudik V, Shvets G, Reed SA, et al. Numerical modelling of a 10-cm-long multi-GeV laser wakefield accelerator driven by a self-guided petawatt pulse. NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 12.
Edens AD, Adams RG, Rambo P, Ruggles L, Smith IC, Porter JL, Ditmire T. Study of high Mach number laser driven blast waves in gases. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 17 (11).
2009
Gaul E, Martinez M, Blakeney J, Ringuette M, Hammond D, Jochmann A, Escamilla R, Borger T, Dyer G, Ditmire T. Activation of a 1.1 Petawatt Hybrid, OPCPA-Nd:glass Laser, in 2009 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2009), VOLS 1-5. ; :3193-3194.
Shim B, Gao X, Wang X, Ditmire T, Downer M. Enhanced Harmonic Generation in Gas Jets with Expanding Clusters, in ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA XVI. Vol 92. ; :18-20.
Feldman SH, Hays G, Belolipetski A, Herrmann D, Schmidt J, Quevedo HJ, Bernstein AC, Ditmire T. Glass Hybrid OPCPA Scale Test bed Laser, in 2009 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2009), VOLS 1-5. ; :2809-2810.
Hoffmann K, Murphy B, Keto J, Ditmire T. High Intensity Femtosecond XUV Pulse Interactions with Atomic Clusters, in ATOMIC PROCESSES IN PLASMAS. Vol 1161. US DOE Off Fus Engergy Sci; Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, NIF & Photon Sci Directorate; Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Phys & Life Sci Directorate; Los Alamos Natl Lab; Univ Calif, Inst Mat Dynam Extreme Condit ; :270-279.
Murphy B, Hoffman K, Belolipetski A, Keto J, Ditmire T. Hydrodynamic Explosion of Xenon Clusters Driven by Intense XUV Light from High Harmonic Generation, in 2009 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2009), VOLS 1-5. ; :2701-2702.
Bernstein AC, McCormick MW, Dyer GM, Sanders JC, Ditmire T. Measurements and calculations of two-beam coupling in air, in 2009 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2009), VOLS 1-5. ; :728-729.
Reed SA, Kalmykov S, Gaul E, Martinez M, Henderson W, Dong P, Gao X, Sanders JC, Wang X, Shvets G, et al. Preparation For Laser Wakefield Experiments Driven by the Texas Petawatt Laser System, in ADVANCED ACCELERATOR CONCEPTS. Vol 1086. US DOE; Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab; Univ Calif Berkeley ; :177+.
Dalton DA, Worthington DL, Sherek PA, Pedrazas NA, Bernstein AC, Quevedo HJ, Rambo P, Schwarz J, Edens A, Geissel M, et al. SPALL AND DYNAMIC YIELDING OF ALUMINUM AND ALUMINUM ALLOYS AT STRAIN RATES OF 3x10(6) s(-1), in SHOCK COMPRESSION OF CONDENSED MATTER - 2009, PTS 1 AND 2. Vol 1195. Amer Phys Soc, Topical Grp ; :969+.
Grigsby W, Ditmire T. Characterization of third-harmonic generation from femtosecond laser-excited silicon. APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS. 94 (3) :389-392.
Cho BI, Osterholz J, Bernstein AC, Dyer GM, Karmakar A, Pukhov A, Ditmire T. Characterization of two distinct, simultaneous hot electron beams in intense laser-solid interactions. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 80 (5, 2).
Higginbotham AP, Semonin O, Bruce S, Chan C, Maindi M, Donnelly TD, Maurer M, Bang W, Churina I, Osterholz J, et al. Generation of Mie size microdroplet aerosols with applications in laser-driven fusion experiments. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. 80 (6).
Renard-Le Galloudec N, d'Humieres E, Cho BI, Osterholz J, Sentoku Y, Ditmire T. Guiding, Focusing, and Collimated Transport of Hot Electrons in a Canal in the Extended Tip of Cone Targets. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 102 (20).
Brady P, Ditmire T, Horton W, Mays ML, Zakharov YP. Laboratory experiments simulating solar wind driven magnetospheres. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 16 (4).
Grigsby W, Bowes BT, Dalton DA, Bernstein AC, Bless S, Downer MC, Taleff E, Colvin J, Ditmire T. Picosecond time scale dynamics of short pulse laser-driven shocks in tin. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. 105 (9).
Osterhoff J, Symes DR, Edens AD, Moore AS, Hellewell E, Ditmire T. Radiative shell thinning in intense laser-driven blast waves. NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 11.
Milathianaki D, Hawreliak J, McNaney JM, El-Dasher BS, Saculla MD, Swift DC, Lorenzana HE, Ditmire T. A Seeman-Bohlin geometry for high-resolution nanosecond x-ray diffraction measurements from shocked polycrystalline and amorphous materials. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. 80 (9).
Churina IV, Cho B-I, Bernstein A, Stoker DS, Dalton A, Symes DR, Ditmire T. Single-shot optical conductivity measurement of dense aluminum plasmas. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 80 (1, 2).
Bernstein AC, McCormick M, Dyer GM, Sanders JC, Ditmire T. Two-Beam Coupling between Filament-Forming Beams in Air. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 102 (12).
2008
Cho BI, Osterholz J, Bernstein AC, Dyer GM, Ditmire T. Observation of Hot Electron Beams in Intense Laser-Solid Interactions Characterized with Coherent Transition Radiation, in 2008 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS & QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-9. ; :2894+.
Galloudec NR-L, Cho B-I, Osterholz J, Ditmire T. Controlled reproducible alignment of cone targets and mitigation of preplasma in high intensity laser interactions. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. 79 (8).
Dyer GM, Bernstein AC, Cho BI, Osterholz J, Grigsby W, Dalton A, Shepherd R, Ping Y, Chen H, Widmann K, et al. Equation-of-state measurement of dense plasmas heated with fast protons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 101 (1).
Murphy BF, Hoffmann K, Belolipetski A, Keto J, Ditmire T. Explosion of Xenon Clusters Driven by Intense Femtosecond Pulses of Extreme Ultraviolet Light. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 101 (20).
Cho BI, Dyer GM, Kneip S, Pikuz S, Symes DR, Bernstein AC, Sentoku Y, Renard-Le Galloudec N, Cowan TE, Ditmire T. Hot electron generation from intense laser irradiation of microtipped cone and wedge targets. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 15 (5).
Ditmire T, Edens AD. Laboratory simulations of astrophysical blast waves with high energy lasers. LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS. 2 (5) :400-416.
Dalton DA, Brewer JL, Bernstein AC, Grigsby W, Milathianaki D, Jackson ED, Adams RG, Rambo P, Schwarz J, Edens A, et al. Laser-induced spallation of aluminum and Al alloys at strain rates above 2x10(6) s(-1). JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. 104 (1).
Dalton DA, Bernstein AC, Sanders JC, Herrmann D, Milathianaki D, Ditmire T. A Non-Interferometric Pulse-stacker for Diagnostic and Energetic Laser Applications, in 2008 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS & QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-9. ; :25-26.
Bernstein AC, McCormick MW, Sanders JC, Ditmire T. Observation of Energy Exchange between Intersecting Filament-Forming Beams Freely Propagating in Air, in 2008 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS & QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-9. ; :1373-1374.
Murphy B, Hoffman K, Keto J, Ditmire T. Photoionization of Xe Clusters Under Intense XUV Irradiation, in 2008 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS & QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-9. ; :2493-2494.
Churina IV, Cho B, Bernstein AC, Ditmire T. Single-shot Measurements of Ultrafast Dynamics in a Dense Plasma, in 2008 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS & QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-9. ; :2505-2506.
Cho BI, Osterholz J, Renard-Le Galloudec N, Bernstein AC, Dyer G, Ditmire T. Study of hot electron transport in foil, wedge, and cone targets irradiated with ultraintense laser pulses. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS. 25 (7) :B50-B56.
Rocca J, Omenetto F, Kane D, Ditmire T. Ultrafast optics and high-field, short-wavelength physics - Introduction. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS. 25 (7).
2007
Grigsby W, Cho BI, Bernstein AC, Quevedo HJ, Colvin J, Downer MC, Ditmire T. Development of third harmonic generation as a short pulse probe of shock heated material, in SHOCK COMPRESSION OF CONDENSED MATTER - 2007, PTS 1 AND 2. Vol 955. Amer Phys Soc, Topical Grp ; :1097+.
Symes DR, Hohenberger M, Henig A, Ditmire T. Anisotropic explosions of hydrogen clusters under intense femtosecond laser irradiation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 98 (12).
Hays GR, Gaul EW, Martinez MD, Ditmire T. Broad-spectrum neodymium-doped laser glasses for high-energy chirped-pulse amplification. APPLIED OPTICS. 46 (21) :4813-4819.
Sumeruk HA, Kneip S, Symes DR, Churina IV, Belolipetski AV, Donnelly TD, Ditmire T. Control of strong-laser-field coupling to electrons in solid targets with wavelength-scale spheres. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 98 (4).
Shim B, Hays G, Zgadzaj R, Ditmire T, Downer MC. Enhanced harmonic generation from expanding clusters. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 98 (12).
Sumeruk HA, Kneip S, Symes DR, Churina IV, Belolipetski AV, Dyer G, Landry J, Bansal G, Bernstein A, Donnelly TD, et al. Hot electron and x-ray production from intense laser irradiation of wavelength-scale polystyrene spheres. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 14 (6).
Brewer JL, Dalton DA, Jackson ED, Bernstein AC, Grigsby W, Taleff EM, Ditmire T. Influence of microstructure on the spall failure of aluminum materials. METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE. 38A (11) :2666-2673.
Hansen JF, Edwards MJ, Froula DH, Edens AD, Gregori G, Ditmire T. Laboratory observation of secondary shock formation ahead of a strongly radiative blast wave. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. 307 (1-3) :219-225.
Horton W, Chiu C, Ditmire T, Valanju P, Presura R, Ivanov VV, Sentoku Y, Sotnikov VI, Esaulov A, Le Galloudec N, et al. Laboratory simulation of magnetospheric plasma shocks. ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH. 39 (3) :358-369.
Ditmire T, Symes D, Edens A, Osterhoff J, Faeustlin R, Maurer M, Moore AS, Bernstein AC. Laboratory Simulations of Astrophysical Blastwaves Using Intense Laser Interactions, in 2007 CONFERENCE ON LASERS & ELECTRO-OPTICS/QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2007), VOLS 1-5. ; :2717+.
Dalton DA, Brewer J, Bernstein AC, Grigsby W, Milathianaki D, Jackson E, Adams R, Rambo P, Schwarz J, Edens A, et al. Laser-induced spall of aluminum and aluminum alloys at high strain rates, in SHOCK COMPRESSION OF CONDENSED MATTER - 2007, PTS 1 AND 2. Vol 955. Amer Phys Soc, Topical Grp ; :501+.
Edens AD, Adams RG, Rambo PK, Smith IC, Porter JL, Ditmire T. Measurement of the growth of perturbations on blast waves in a mixed gas. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. 307 (1-3) :127-130.
Churina IV, Symes DR, Bernstein AC, Cho B, Ditmire T. Optical Measurements of Heat and Shock Waves Propagating in a Dense Plasma, in 2007 CONFERENCE ON LASERS & ELECTRO-OPTICS/QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2007), VOLS 1-5. ; :2682-2683.
Brady P, Valanju P, Bengtson R, Ditmire T. Optical Probing of Laser-Produced Plasmas for Laboratory Simulations of Magnetic Astrophysical Jets, in 2007 CONFERENCE ON LASERS & ELECTRO-OPTICS/QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2007), VOLS 1-5. ; :2678-2679.
Symes DR, Osterhoff J, Faeustlin R, Maurer M, Bernstein AC, Moore AS, Gumbrell ET, Edens AD, Smith RA, Ditmire T. Production of periodically modulated laser-driven blast waves in a clustering gas. HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS. 3 (3-4) :353-357.
Dyer G, Cho B, Bernstein A, Ditmire T, Shepherd R, Chen H, Ping Y, Patel PK, Elberson L. Single-shot time resolved expansion and emission measurements of proton-heated warm dense matter, in 2007 CONFERENCE ON LASERS & ELECTRO-OPTICS/QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2007), VOLS 1-5. ; :2713+.
Cho B, Osterholz J, Dyer G, Kneip S, Symes D, Bernstein A, Ditmire T. Study of Hot Electron Transportation in Foils and Wedge Targets Irradiated with Ultrashort Laser Pulses, in 2007 CONFERENCE ON LASERS & ELECTRO-OPTICS/QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2007), VOLS 1-5. ; :2721-2722.
Grigsby W, Downer MC, Ditmire T. Time-Resolved Third Harmonic Generation from Laser-Melted Semiconductors, in 2007 CONFERENCE ON LASERS & ELECTRO-OPTICS/QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2007), VOLS 1-5. ; :2141-2142.
Houser JR, Bernstein AC, Ditmire T. A Total Internal Reflection Technique for Time Resolved Measurements of Index of Refraction, in 2007 CONFERENCE ON LASERS & ELECTRO-OPTICS/QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (CLEO/QELS 2007), VOLS 1-5. ; :2430-2431.
Brabec T, Ditmire T, Gordienko V, Krainov V, Marangos J. Untitled. LASER PHYSICS. 17 (5).
2006
Buersgens F, Madison KW, Symes DR, Hartke R, Osterhoff J, Grigsby W, Dyer G, Ditmire T. Angular distribution of neutrons from deuterated cluster explosions driven by femtosecond laser pulses. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 74 (1, 2).
Grigsby W, Bowes BT, Dalton DA, Bless S, Downer MC, Taleff E, Colvin J, Ditmire T. Diagnosis of MIBAR laser produced shocks in tin using short pulse probes, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2005, Pts 1 and 2. Vol 845. Amer Phys Soc, Top Grp Shock Compress Condensed Matter ; :1337-1340.
Ditmire T, Hohenberger A, Symes DR, Madison KW, Buersgens F, Hartke R, Osterhoff J, Henig A, Edens A. Explosions of methane and deuterated methane clusters irradiated by intense femtosecond laser pulses, in SUPERSTRONG FIELDS IN PLASMAS. Vol 827. European Cooperat Field Sci & Tech Res; Univ Milano Bicocca; Int Ctr Promot Sci & ISPP; Plasma Phys Inst P Caldirola, Natl Res Council ; :109+.
Rose DV, Genoni TC, Welch DR, Mehlhorn TA, Porter JL, Ditmire T. Flute instability growth on a magnetized plasma column. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 13 (9).
Hansen JF, Edwards MJ, Froula DH, Gregori G, Edens AD, Ditmire T. Laboratory observation of secondary shock formation ahead of a strongly radiative blast wave. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 13 (2).
Rassuchine J, Dyer G, Cho B, Sentoku Y, Cowan T, Kneip S, Ditmire T, Renard-Le Galloudec N. The production of ultrafast bright K-alpha X-rays from laser produced plasmas for medical imaging. MEDICAL PHYSICS. 33 (6) :2251.
Hansen JF, Edwards MJ, Froula DH, Edens AD, Gregori G, Ditmire T. Secondary shock formation in xenon-nitrogen mixtures. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 13 (11).
2005
Hohenberger M, Symes DR, Madison KW, Sumeruk A, Dyer G, Edens A, Grigsby W, Hays G, Teichmann M, Ditmire T. Dynamic acceleration effects in explosions of laser-irradiated heteronuclear clusters. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 95 (19).
Hartke R, Symes DR, Buersgens F, Ruggles LE, Porter JL, Ditmire T. Fusion neutron detector calibration using a table-top laser generated plasma neutron source. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. 540 (2-3) :464-469.
Presura R, Ivanov VV, Sentoku Y, Sotnikov VI, Laca PJ, Le Galloudec N, Kemp A, Mancini R, Ruhl H, Astanovitskiy AL, et al. Laboratory simulation of magnetospheric plasma shocks. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. 298 (1-2) :299-303.
Horton W, Chiu C, Ditmire T. Laboratory simulations of bow shocks and magnetospheres. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. 298 (1-2) :395-401.
Hansen JF, Edwards MJ, Froula D, Gregori G, Edens A, Ditmire T. Laboratory simulations of supernova shockwave propagation. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. 298 (1-2) :61-67.
Edens AD, Ditmire T, Hansen JF, Edwards MJ, Adams RG, Rambo PK, Ruggles L, Smith IC, Porter JL. Measurement of the decay rate of single-frequency perturbations on blast waves. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 95 (24).
Edens AD, Ditmire T, Hansen JF, Edwards MJ, Adams RG, Rambo P, Ruggles L, Smith IC, Porter JL. Studies of laser-driven radiative blast waves. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. 298 (1-2) :39-47.
Hansen SB, Faenov AY, Pikuz TA, Fournier KB, Shepherd R, Chen H, Widmann K, Wilks SC, Ping Y, Chung HK, et al. Temperature determination using K alpha spectra from M-shell Ti ions. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 72 (3, 2).
Martinez M, Gaul E, Ditmire T, Douglas S, Gorski D, Henderson W, Blakeney J, Hammond D, Gerity M, Caird J, et al. The Texas Petawatt Laser - art. no. 59911N, in Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2005. Vol 5991. Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab; Pacific NW Natl Lab; Univ New Mexico, Ctr High Technol Mat; Laser Zentrum Hannover e V; Natl Inst Standards & Technol; QinetiQ; Coll Opt & Photon; CREOL; FPCE; Univ Cent Florida ; :N9911.
Shim B, Hays G, Fomyts'kyi M, Arefiev A, Breizman B, Ditmire T, Downer MC. Time resolved, phase-matched harmonic generation from exploding noble gas clusters, in ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA XIV. Vol 79. Opt Soc Amer ; :897-899.
Donnelly TD, Hogan J, Mugler A, Schubmehl M, Schommer N, Bernoff AJ, Dasnurkar S, Ditmire T. Using ultrasonic atomization to produce an aerosol of micron-scale particles. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. 76 (11).
2004
Madison KW, Patel PK, Price D, Edens A, Allen M, Cowan TE, Zweiback J, Ditmire T. Fusion neutron and ion emission from deuterium and deuterated methane cluster plasmas. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 11 (1) :270-277.
Ruggles LE, Porter JL, Simpson WW, Vargas MF, Zagar DM, Hartke R, Buersgens F, Symes DR, Ditmire T. High sensitivity neutron detector for Z. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. 75 (10, 2) :3595-3597.
Ditmire T, Bless S, Dyer G, Edens A, Grigsby W, Hays G, Madison K, Maltsev A, Colvin J, Edwards MJ, et al. Overview of future directions in high energy-density and high-field science using ultra-intense lasers. RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. 70 (4-5) :535-552.
Nevins WM, Brown M, Chan V, Ditmire T, D'lppolito D, Dubin D, Greenwald M, Glasser A, Kruer W, Mauel M, et al. Report of the first fusion energy sciences IF committee of visitors. JOURNAL OF FUSION ENERGY. 22 (2) :127-138.
Edens AD, Ditmire T, Hansen JF, Edwards MJ, Adams RG, Rambo P, Ruggles L, Smith IC, Porter JL. Study of high Mach number laser driven blast waves. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 11 (11) :4968-4972.
Shim B, Hays G, Fomyts'kyi M, Arefiev A, Breizman B, Ditmire T, Downer MC. Time resolved, phase-matched harmonic generation from exploding noble gas clusters, in ADVANCED ACCELERATOR CONCEPTS. Vol 737. Brookhaven Natl Lab; Dept Energy; Stony Brook Univ; Adv Energy Syst ; :777-782.
Madison KW, Patel PK, Allen M, Price D, Fitzpatrick R, Ditmire T. Role of laser-pulse duration in the neutron yield of deuterium cluster targets. PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 70 (5).
2003
Maltsev A, Ditmire T. Above threshold ionization in tightly focused, strongly relativistic laser fields. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 90 (5).
Ditmire T, Foester E, Freeman R. Applications of high-field and short-wavelength sources. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS. 20 (1) :102.
Tisch JWG, Hay N, Mendham KJ, Springate E, Symes DR, Comley AJ, Mason MB, Gumbrell ET, Ditmire T, Smith RA, et al. Interaction of intense laser pulses with atomic clusters: Measurements of ion emission, simulations and applications. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS. 205 :310-323.
Madison KW, Patel PK, Allen M, Price D, Ditmire T. Investigation of fusion yield from exploding deuterium-cluster plasmas produced by 100-TW laser pulses. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS. 20 (1) :113-117.
Dyer G, Sheppherd R, Kuba J, Fill E, Wootton A, Patel P, Price D, Ditmire T. Isochoric heating of solid aluminium with picosecond X-ray pulses. JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS. 50 (15-17) :2495-2505.
Fittinghoff D, Springer PT, Barty CPJ, Brown W, Crane J, Cross R, Ditmire T, Gibson D, Hartemann F, Le Sage GP, et al. PLEIADES: a subpicosecond Thomson x-ray source for ultrafast materials probing, in COMMERCIAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ULTRAFAST LASERS III. Vol 4978. SPIE; Clark MRX; Coherent; IMRA Amer Inc; Spectra Phys; Positive Light Inc ; :101-111.
Le Sage G, Anderson S, Brown W, Barty C, Cauble R, Crane J, Cynn H, Ebbers C, Fittinghoff D, Gibson D, et al. Ultrafast materials probing with the LLNL Thomson X-ray source, in PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS OF HIGH BRIGHTNESS ELECTRON BEAMS. ICFA ; :320-327.
Kuba J, Wootton A, Bionta RM, Shepherd R, Fill EE, Ditmire T, Dyer G, London RA, Shlyaptsev VN, Dunn J, et al. X-ray optics research for free electron lasers: study of material damage under extreme fluxes. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. 507 (1-2) :475-478.
2002
Zweiback J, Cowan TE, Hartley JH, Howell R, Wharton KB, Crane JK, Yanovsky VP, Hays G, Smith RA, Ditmire T. Detailed study of nuclear fusion from femtosecond laser-driven explosions of deuterium clusters. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 9 (7) :3108-3120.
Chung HK, Fournier KB, Edwards MJ, Scott HA, Cattolica R, Ditmire T, Lee RW. Spectroscopic characterization of post-cluster argon Plasmas during the blast wave expansion, in ATOMIC PROCESSES IN PLASMAS. Vol 635. US DOE, Off Fus Energy Sci; ORNL Controlled Fus Atom Data Ctr; Los Alamos Natl Lab; ORNL Fus Energy Div; UT/Battelle; ORNL Phys Sci Directorate ; :52-57.
Kapteyn HC, Ditmire T. Ultraviolet upset. NATURE. 420 (6915) :467-468.
Kuba J, Wootton A, Bionta RM, Shepherd R, Fill EE, Dunn J, Smith RF, Ditmire T, Dyer G, London RA, et al. X-ray optics research for Linac coherent light source: Interaction of ultra-short x-ray pulses with matter, in X-RAY LASERS 2002. Vol 641. Natl Sci Fdn; US DOE; Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab; Colorado State Univ; Princeton Univ ; :596-601.
2001
Wharton KB, Boley CD, Komashko AM, Rubenchik AM, Zweiback J, Crane J, Hays G, Cowan TE, Ditmire T. Effects of nonionizing prepulses in high-intensity laser-solid interactions. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 64 (2, 2).
Donnelly TD, Rust M, Weiner I, Allen M, Smith RA, Steinke CA, Wilks S, Zweiback J, Cowan TE, Ditmire T. Hard x-ray and hot electron production from intense laser irradiation of wavelength-scale particles. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS. 34 (10) :L313-L320.
Keilty KA, Liang EP, Ditmire T, Remington BA, Rubenchik AR, Shigemori K. Modeling of radiative blast waves, in YOUNG SUPERNOVA REMNANTS. Vol 565. ; :85-88.
Zweiback J, Smith RA, Cowan TE, Hays G, Hartley J, Howell R, Steinke CA, Wharton KB, Ditmire T. Nuclear fusion driven by Coulomb explosions of deuterium clusters, in ECLIM 2000: 26TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON LASER INTERACTION WITH MATTER. Vol 4424. Czech Tech Univ; Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Phys ; :59-62.
Ditmire T, Zweiback J, Cowan TE, Hays G, Wharton KB, Crane JK, Wilks SC, Smith RA, Donnelly TD, Rust M, et al. Nuclear fusion in gases of deuterium clusters and hot electron generation in droplet sprays under irradiation with an intense femtosecond laser, in SUPER-INTENSE LASER-ATOM PHYSICS. Vol 12. NATO Sci Affairs Div ; :205-218.
Le Sage GP, Anderson SG, Cowan TE, Crane JK, Ditmire T, Rosenzweig JB. RF photoinjector development for a short-pulse, hard X-ray Thomson scattering source, in ADVANCED ACCELERATOR CONCEPTS. Vol 569. Los Alamos Natl Lab; US DOE, High Energy Phys Div ; :391-404.
Zweiback J, Ditmire T. Femtosecond laser energy deposition in strongly absorbing cluster gases diagnosed by blast wave trajectory analysis. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 8 (10) :4545-4550.
Edwards MJ, MacKinnon AJ, Zweiback J, Shigemori K, Ryutov D, Rubenchik AM, Keilty KA, Liang E, Remington BA, Ditmire T. Investigation of ultrafast laser-driven radiative blast waves. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 87 (8).
2000
Zweiback J, Cowan TE, Smith RA, Hartley JH, Howell R, Steinke CA, Hays G, Wharton KB, Crane JK, Ditmire T. Characterization of fusion burn time in exploding deuterium cluster plasmas. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 85 (17) :3640-3643.
Shigemori K, Ditmire T, Remington BA, Yanovsky V, Ryutov D, Estabrook KG, Edwards MJ, MacKinnon AJ, Rubenchik AM, Keilty KA, et al. Developing a radiative shock experiment relevant to astrophysics. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 533 (2, 2) :L159-L162.
Springate E, Hay N, Tisch JWG, Mason MB, Ditmire T, Marangos JP, Hutchinson MHR. Enhanced explosion of atomic clusters irradiated by a sequence of two high-intensity laser pulses. PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 61 (4).
Springate E, Hay N, Tisch JWG, Mason MB, Ditmire T, Hutchinson MHR, Marangos JP. Explosion of atomic clusters irradiated by high-intensity laser pulses: Scaling of ion energies with cluster and laser parameters. PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 61 (6).
Perkins LJ, Logan BG, Rosen MD, Perry MD, de la Rubia TD, Ghoniem NM, Ditmire T, Springer PT, Wilks SC. The investigation of high intensity laser driven micro neutron sources for fusion materials research at high fluence. NUCLEAR FUSION. 40 (1) :1-19.
Keilty KA, Liang EP, Ditmire T, Remington BA, Shigemori K, Rubenchik AM. Modeling of laser-generated radiative blast waves. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 538 (2, 1) :645-652.
Ditmire T, Rubenchik A, Mirnov VV, Ucer D. Modeling of the expansion of ultra-short-pulse laser-produced plasmas in magnetic fields. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES. 127 (2) :293-297.
Zweiback J, Smith RA, Cowan TE, Hays G, Wharton KB, Yanovsky VP, Ditmire T. Nuclear fusion driven by Coulomb explosions of large deuterium clusters. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 84 (12) :2634-2637.
Zweiback J, Smith RA, Yanovsky VP, Cowan TE, Hays G, Wharton KB, Ditmire T. Nuclear fusion from Coulomb explosions of D-2 clusters ionized by a femtosecond laser, in MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES. Vol 525. Univ Calif Davis, Dept Appl Sci; Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Phys Directorate; Natl Sci Fdn; Spectra Phys & Posit Light Corp ; :534-543.
Ditmire T, Zweiback J, Yanovsky VP, Cowan TE, Hays G, Wharton KB. Nuclear fusion in gases of deuterium clusters heated with a femtosecond laser. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 7 (5, 2) :1993-1998.
Ditmire T, Shigemori K, Remington BA, Estabrook K, Smith RA. The production of strong blast waves through intense laser irradiation of atomic clusters. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES. 127 (2) :299-304.
Zweiback J, Ditmire T, Perry MD. Resonance in scattering and absorption from large noble gas clusters. OPTICS EXPRESS. 6 (12) :236-242.