Plasma Accelerators and Ultrafast X-rays

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Simon Hooker

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Simon Hooker

Professor of Atomic and Laser Physics
Peter Norreys

Professor of Inertial Fusion Science
David Lloyd

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Christopher Arran

DPhil Particle Physics
Gavin Cheung

Graduate student
Robert Shalloo

DPhil Student
Kevin O'Keeffe

Postdoctoral Researcher
Laura Corner

Research Fellow

Publications

Quasi-phase-matched high-order harmonic generation using tunable pulse trains.
Optics express 22 (2014) 7722-7732
K O'Keeffe, DT Lloyd, SM Hooker
Fibre lasers for gamma colliders
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS 223 (2014) 1207-1211
L Corner
Producing bright X-rays for imaging applications using a laser wakefield accelerator
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2014)
SPD Mangles, MS Bloom, J Bryant et al.
High power fiber laser system for a high repetition rate laserwire
PHYSICAL REVIEW SPECIAL TOPICS-ACCELERATORS AND BEAMS 17 (2014) ARTN 072801
LJ Nevay, R Walczak, L Corner
General analytic solution for far-field phase and amplitude control, with a phase-only spatial light modu...
Optics letters 39 (2014) 2137-2140
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, DT Lloyd et al.
Producing bright X-rays for imaging applications using a laser wakefield accelerator
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2014)
SPD Mangles, MS Bloom, J Bryant et al.
Compact laser accelerators for X-ray phase-contrast imaging
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 372 (2014)
Z Najmudin, S Kneip, MS Bloom et al.
Order dependent spatial properties of high harmonic generation
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2014)
DT Lloyd, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Laserwire: A high resolution non-invasive beam profiling diagnostic
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 740 (2014) 226-228
L Corner, A Aryshev, GA Blair et al.
Multi-pulse laser wakefield acceleration
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 47 (2014) ARTN 234003
SM Hooker, R Bartolini, SPD Mangles et al.
Developments in laser-driven plasma accelerators
Nature Photonics 7 (2013) 775-782
SM Hooker
Quasi-phase-matching of high harmonic generation using counter-propagating pulses
EPJ Web of Conferences 41 (2013)
K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Two-Pulse Ionization Injection into Quasilinear Laser Wakefields
Physics Review Letters 111 (2013) 155004
N Bourgeois, J Cowley, SM Hooker
Implosion and heating experiments of fast ignition targets by Gekko-XII and LFEX lasers
EPJ Web of Conferences 59 (2013)
H Shiraga, S Fujioka, M Nakai et al.
Polarization-controlled quasi-phase matching for linearly and circularly polarized high harmonic generati...
2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and International Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-IQEC 2013 (2013)
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Sub-micrometre resolution laserwire transverse beam size measurement system
IBIC 2013: Proceedings of the 2nd International Beam Instrumentation Conference (2013) 243-246
LJ Nevay, ST Boogert, P Karataev et al.
Longitudinal electron bunch profile reconstruction by performing phase retrieval on coherent transition r...
PHYSICAL REVIEW SPECIAL TOPICS-ACCELERATORS AND BEAMS 16 (2013) ARTN 040701
SI Bajlekov, M Heigoldt, A Popp et al.
Laminar shocks in high power laser interactions
40th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2013 2 (2013) 850-853
RA Cairns, R Bingham, PA Norreys et al.
Quasi-phase-matching of high-order-harmonic generation using multimode polarization beating
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 87 (2013)
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Measuring fast electron spectra and laser absorption in relativistic laser-solid interactions using diffe...
Rev Sci Instrum 84 (2013) 083505-
RHH Scott, EL Clark, F Pérez et al.
Sub-micrometre resolution laser wire transverse beam size measurement system
IPAC 2013: Proceedings of the 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference (2013) 795-797
LJ Nevay, GA Blair, ST Boogert et al.
Polarization-controlled quasi-phase matching for linearly and circularly polarized high harmonic generati...
2013 CONFERENCE ON AND INTERNATIONAL QUANTUM ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS EUROPE (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC) (2013)
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker et al.
Polarization-controlled quasi-phase matching for linearly and circularly polarized high harmonic generati...
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2013)
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Complete Spatial Characterization of an Optical Wavefront Using a Variable-Separation Pinhole Pair
2013 CONFERENCE ON AND INTERNATIONAL QUANTUM ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS EUROPE (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC) (2013)
DT Lloyd, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker et al.
Complete spatial characterization of an optical wavefront using a variable-separation pinhole pair
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2013)
DT Lloyd, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Complete spatial characterization of an optical wavefront using a variable-separation pinhole Pair
2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and International Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-IQEC 2013 (2013)
DT Lloyd, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Numerical modeling of the sensitivity of x-ray driven implosions to low-mode flux asymmetries
Physical Review Letters 110 (2013)
RHH Scott, DS Clark, DK Bradley et al.
Investigation of GeV-scale electron acceleration in a gas-filled capillary discharge waveguide
New Journal of Physics 15 (2013)
PA Walker, N Bourgeois, W Rittershofer et al.
Polarization-controlled quasi-phase-matching of high harmonic generation
EPJ Web of Conferences 41 (2013)
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Complete spatial characterization of an optical wavefront using a variable-separation pinhole pair.
Opt Lett 38 (2013) 1173-1175
DT Lloyd, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Erratum: Quasi-phase-matching of high-order-harmonic generation using polarization beating in optical wav...
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 87 (2013)
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
A study of fast electron energy transport in relativistically intense laser-plasma interactions with larg...
Physics of Plasmas 19 (2012)
RHH Scott, F Perez, JJ Santos et al.
The study of parametric instabilities relevant to Laser-Plasma interactions in Fast Ignition
39th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2012, EPS 2012 and the 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics 2 (2012) 938-941
KA Humphrey, DC Speirs, R Trines et al.
Transverse beam profile measurements of laser accelerated electrons using coherent optical radiation
AIP Conference Proceedings 1507 (2012) 258-261
N Bourgeois, M Heigoldt, W Rittershofer et al.
Multiple pulse resonantly enhanced laser plasma wakefield acceleration
AIP Conference Proceedings 1507 (2012) 872-873
L Corner, R Walczak, LJ Nevay et al.
Electron acceleration driven in plasma channels at the Astra-Gemini laser facility
AIP Conference Proceedings 1507 (2012) 193-198
PA Walker, N Bourgeois, W Rittershofer et al.
Quasi-phase-matched high harmonic generation using trains of uniformly-spaced ultrafast pulses
High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena, HILAS 2012 (2012)
K O'Keeffe, T Robinson, SM Hooker
Quasi-phase-matching high harmonic generation using trains of pulses produced using an array of birefring...
Opt Express 20 (2012) 6236-6247
K O'Keeffe, T Robinson, SM Hooker
Employing laser-accelerated proton beams to diagnose high intensity laser-plasma interactions
AIP Conference Proceedings 1462 (2012) 149-154
G Sarri, CA Cecchetti, K Quinn et al.
Controlling fast-electron-beam divergence using two laser pulses
Physical Review Letters 109 (2012)
RHH Scott, C Beaucourt, HP Schlenvoigt et al.
High Harmonic Optical Generator (Polarization Beating 2/2)
(2012) UK Patent Application GB1207963.8
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
High Harmonic Optical Generator (Optical Rotation)
(2012) UK Patent Application GB1208753.2
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Quasi-phase-matching of high-order-harmonic generation using polarization beating in optical waveguides
Phys Rev A 85 (2012) 053823
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Quasi-phase-matched high harmonic generation using trains of uniformly-spaced ultrafast pulses
High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena, HILAS 2012 (2012)
K O'Keeffe, T Robinson, SM Hooker
Testing quantum mechanics in non-Minkowski space-time with high power lasers and 4 th generation light so...
Scientific Reports 2 (2012)
BJB Crowley, R Bingham, RG Evans et al.
Optical rotation quasi-phase-matching for circularly polarized high harmonic generation
Optics Letters 37 (2012) 167066
LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker
Time-resolved plasma temperature measurements in a laser-triggered hydrogen-filled capillary discharge wa...
Plasma Sources Science and Technology 20 (2011)
CJ Woolley, K O'Keeffe, HK Chung et al.
Numerical simulation of plasma-based raman amplification of laser pulses to petawatt powers
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 39 (2011) 2622-2623
RMGM Trines, F Fiuza, RA Fonseca et al.
Proton radiography of intense-laser-irradiated wire-attached cone targets
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 39 (2011) 2822-2823
T Yabuuchi, H Sawada, T Bartal et al.
A Vlasov-Fokker-Planck code for high energy density physics
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS 230 (2011) 6475-6494
M Tzoufras, AR Bell, PA Norreys et al.
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Research highlights

Kevin O'Keeffe wins SET for Britain award