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2020

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Attosecond electron bunch measurement with coherent nonlinear Thomson scattering, Colton Fruhling, Gregory V. Golovin, and Donald Umstadter

2018

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Electron Trapping from Interactions between Laser-Driven Relativistic Plasma Waves, Grigory Golovin, Wenchao Yan, Ji Luo, Colton Fruhling, Daniel Haden, Baozhen Zhao, Cheng Liu, Min Chen, Shouyuan Chen, Ping Zhang, Sudeep Banerjee, and Donald Umstadter

2017

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Single-shot structural analysis by high-energy X-ray diffraction using an ultrashort all-optical source, R. Rakowski, G. Golovin, J. O'Neal, J. Zhang, P. Zhang, B. Zhao, M. D. Wilson, M. C. Veale, P. Seller, S. Chen, Sudeep Banerjee, Donald Umstadter, and Matthias Fuchs

2016

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Shielded radiography with a laser-driven MeV-energy X-ray source, Shouyuan Chen, Grigory V. Golovin, Cameron Miller, Daniel Haden, Sudeep Banerjee, Ping Zhang, Cheng Liu, Jun Zhang, Baozhen Zhao, Shaun Clarke, Sara Pozzi, and Donald Umstadter

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Control and optimization of a staged laser-wakefield accelerator, Grigory V. Golovin, Sudeep Banerjee, Shouyuan Chen, Nathan D. Powers, Cheng Liu, Wenchao Yan, Jia Zhang, Ping Zhang, Baozhen Zhao, and Donald Umstadter

2015

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Compact source of narrowband and tunable X-rays for radiography, Sudeep Banerjee, Shouyuan Chen, Nathan D. Powers, Daniel Haden, Cheng Liu, Grigory V. Golovin, Jun Zhang, Baozhen Zhao, S. Clarke, Sara Pozzi, Jack Silano, H. Karwowski, and Donald Umstadter

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Tomographic imaging of nonsymmetric multicomponent tailored supersonic flows from structured gas nozzles, Grigory V. Golovin, Sudeep Banerjee, J Zhang, Shouyuan Chen, Cheng Liu, Baozhen Zhao, J Mills, Kevin J. Brown, C Petersen, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Tunable monoenergetic electron beams from independently controllable laser-wakefield acceleration and injection, Grigory V. Golovin, Shouyuan Chen, Nathan D. Powers, Cheng Liu, Sudeep Banerjee, J Zhang, M Zeng, Z Sheng, and Donald P. Umstadter

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All-laser-driven Thomson X-ray sources, Donald Umstadter

2014

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Generation of 9 MeV γ-rays by all-laser-driven Compton scattering with second-harmonic laser light, Cheng Liu, Grigory V. Golovin, Shouyuan Chen, Jun Zhang, Baozhen Zhao, Daniel Haden, Sudeep Banerjee, Jack Silano, Hugon Karwowski, and Donald Umstadter

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Adaptive-feedback spectral-phase control for interactions with transform-limited ultrashort high-power laser pulses, Cheng Liu, Jun Zhang, Shouyuan Chen, Grigory V. Golovin, Sudeep Banerjee, Baozhen Zhao, Nathan D. Powers, Isaac Ghebregziabher, and Donald Umstadter

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LASER-BASED ACCELERATOR FOR INTERROGATION OF REMOTE CONTAINERS, Donald Umstadter and Sudeep Banerjee

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Wavefront-correction for nearly diffraction limited focusing of dual-color laser beams to high intensities, Baozhen Zhao, Jun Zhang, Shouyuan Chen, Cheng Liu, Grigory V. Golovin, Sudeep Banerjee, Kevin J. Brown, Jared Mills, Chad Petersen, and Donald Umstadter

2013

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Stable, tunable, quasimonoenergetic electron beams produced in a laser wakefield near the threshold for self-injection, Sudeep Banerjee, Serguei Y. Kalmykov, Nathan D. Powers, Grigory V. Golovin, Viswanathan Ramanathan, Nathaniel J. Cunningham, Kevin J. Brown, Shouyuan Chen, Isaac A. Ghebregziabher, Bradley Allan Shadwick, Donald Umstadter, B. M. Cowan, D. Bruhwiler, A. Beck, and E. Lefebvre

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Spectral bandwidth reduction of Thomson scattered light by pulse chirping, Isaac A. Ghebregziabher, Bradley Allan Shadwick, and Donald Umstadter

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Quasi-monoenergetic and tunable X-rays from a laser-driven Compton light source, Nathan D. Powers, Isaac A. Ghebregziabher, Grigory V. Golovin, Cheng Liu, Shouyuan Chen, Sudeep Banerjee, Jun Zhang, and Donald P. Umstadter

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MeV-Energy X Rays from Inverse Compton Scattering with Laser-Wakefield Accelerated Electrons, Donald Umstadter, Shouyuan Chen, Nathan D. Powers, I. Ghebregziabher, C. Maharjan, Cheng Liu, Grigory V. Golovin, Sudeep Banerjee, J. Zhang, N. Cunningham, A. Moorti, S. Clarke, and Sara Pozzi

2012

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Generation of tunable, 100–800 MeV quasi-monoenergetic electron beams from a laser-wakefield accelerator in the blowout regime, Sudeep Banerjee, Nathan D. Powers, Viswanathan Ramanathan, I. Ghebregziabher, Kevin J. Brown, C. Maharjan, Shouyuan Chen, A. Beck, E. Lefebvre, Serguei Y. Kalmykov, Bradley Allan Shadwick, and Donald Umstadter

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Computationally efficient methods for modelling laser wakefield acceleration in the blowout regime, B. M. Cowan, Serguei Y. Kalmykov, A. Beck, X. Davoine, K. Bunkers, A. F. Lifschitz, E. Lefebvre, D. Bruhwiler, Bradley Allan Shadwick, and Donald Umstadter

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Improved particle statistics for laser-plasma self-injection simulations, B W. Cowan, Serguei Y. Kalmykov, Bradley Allan Shadwick, K Bunkers, D L. Bruhwiler, and Donald Umstadter

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Viewpoint: Extreme X Rays Probe Extreme Matter, Donald Umstadter

2011

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Background-Free, Quasi-Monoenergetic Electron Beams from a Self-Injected Laser Wakefield Accelerator, Sudeep Banerjee, Serguei Y. Kalmykov, Nathan D. Powers, Viswanathan Ramanathan, Nathan A. Chandler-Smith, Kevin J. Brown, Shuo Chen, A. Moorthi, I. Ghebregziabher, C. Maharjan, Bradley Allan Shadwick, Donald Umstadter, A. Beck, E. Lefebvre, A. Cowan, and D. Bruhwiler

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Electron self-injection into an evolving plasma bubble: Quasi-monoenergetic laser-plasma acceleration in the blowout regime, Serguei Y. Kalmykov, A. Beck, S. A. Yi, V. N. Khudik, Michael C. Downer, E. Lefebvre, Bradley Allan Shadwick, and Donald Umstadter

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Laser-Wakefield Accelerators: Glass-guiding benefits, Donald P. Umstadter

2010

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Submillimeter-resolution radiography of shielded structures with laser-accelerated electron beams, Viswanathan Ramanathan, Sudeep Banerjee, Nathan D. Powers, Nathaniel Cunningham, Nathan A. Chandler-Smith, Kun Zhao, Kevin J. Brown, Donald Umstadter, Shaun Clarke, Sara Pozzi, James Beene, Randy Vane, and David Schultz

2009

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High-energy Laser-accelerated Electron Beans for Long-range Interrogation, Nathaniel Cunningham, Sudeep Banerjee, Viswanathan Ramanathan, Nathan D. Powers, Nathan A. Chandler-Smith, Randy Vane, David Schultz, Sara Pozzi, Shaun Clark, James Beene, and Donald Umstadter

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Development of a Source of Quasi-Monochromatic MeV Energy Photons, Donald Umstadter, Sudeep Banerjee, Viswanathan Ramanathan, Nathan D. Powers, Nathaniel Cunningham, and Nathan A. Chandler-Smith

2006

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Observation of relativistic cross-phase modulation in high-intensity laser-plasma interactions, Shouyuan Chen, Matthew Rever, P. Zhang, W. Theobald, and Donald Umstadter

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Experimental observation of nonlinear Thomson scattering, Szu-yuan Chen, Anatoly Maksimchuk, and Donald Umstadter

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Analytical solutions for the electromagnetic fields of tightly focused laser beams of arbitrary pulse length, Scott M. Sepke and Donald Umstadter

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Exact analytical solution for the vector electromagnetic field of Gaussian, flattened Gaussian, and annular Gaussian laser modes, Scott M. Sepke and Donald Umstadter

2005

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Optical Deflection and Temporal Characterization of an Ultrafast Laser-Produced Electron Beam, Sudeep Banerjee, Scott Sepke, Rahul Shah, Anthony Valenzuela, Anatoly Maksimchuk, and Donald P. Umstadter

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH ENERGY GENERATION AND FOR INDUCING NUCLEAR REACTIONS, Anatoly Maksimuchuk, Koshichi Nemoto, Kirk Flippo, Shaoting Gu, Sudeep Banerjee, Donald Umstadter, Gerard Mourou, and Valery Bychenkov

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Laser based synchrotron radiation, Kim Ta Phuoc, Frederic Burgy, Jean-Philippe Rousseau, Victor Malka, Antoine Rousse, Rahul Shah, Donald P. Umstadter, Alexander Puhkov, and Sergei Kiselev

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Thomson scattering and ponderomotive intermodulation within standing laser beat waves in plasma, Scott Sepke, Y.Y. Lau, James Paul Holloway, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Einstein’s impact on optics at the frontier, Donald Umstadter

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ULTRA-SHORT WAVELENGTH X-RAY SYSTEM, Donald Umstadter, Fei He, and Y. Y. Lau

2004

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Simulation of ultrashort electron pulse generation from optical injection into wake-field plasma waves, D.S. Dodd, J.K. Kim, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Mechanism and Control of High-Intensity-Laser-Driven Proton Acceleration, T. Lin, K. Flippo, M. Rever, Anatoly Maksimchuk, and Donald P. Umstadter

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High-Energy Ion Generation by Short Laser Pulses, Anatoly Maksimchuk, K. Flippo, H. Krause, G. Mourou, K. Nemoto, D. Schultz, Donald P. Umstadter, R. Vane, V. Yu. Bychenkov, G.I. Dudnikova, V.F. Kovalev, K. Mima, V.N. Novikov, Y. Sentoku, and S.V. Tolokonnikov

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Production of a keV X-Ray Beam from Synchrotron Radiation in Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interaction, Antoine Rousse, Kim Ta Phuoc, Rahul Shah, Alexander Pukhov, Eric Lefebvre, Victor Malka, Sergey Kiselev, Frederic Burgy, Jean-Philippe Rousseau, Donald P. Umstadter, and Daniele Hulin

2003

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Backscattering of an Intense Laser Beam by an Electron, Fei He, Y.Y. Lau, Donald P. Umstadter, and Richard Kowalczyk

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Erratum: ‘‘Phase dependence of Thomson scattering in an ultraintense laser field’’ Phys. Plasmas 9, 4325 [2002], Fei He, Y. Y. Lau, Donald P. Umstadter, and Trevor Strickler

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X-Ray Radiation from Nonlinear Thomson Scattering of an Intense Femtosecond Laser on Relativistic Electrons in a Helium Plasma, K. Ta Phuoc, A. Rousse, M. Pittman, J.P. Rousseau, Victor Malka, S. Fritzler, Donald P. Umstadter, and D. Hulin

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Plasma density gratings induced by intersecting laser pulses in underdense plasmas, Z.-M. Sheng, Jiandi Zhang, and Donald Umstadter

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Relativistic laser–plasma interactions, Donald Umstadter

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An optical trap for relativistic plasma, Ping Zhang, Ned Saleh, Shouyuan Chen, Zhengming Sheng, and Donald Umstadter

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Criss-crossing Laser Beams Zoom Electrons Along, P. Zhang, N. Saleh, Shouyuan Chen, Z.M. Sheng, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Laser-Energy Transfer and Enhancement of Plasma Waves and Electron Beams by Interfering High-Intensity Laser Pulses, P. Zhang, N. Saleh, Shouyuan Chen, Z.M. Sheng, and Donald P. Umstadter

2002

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Study of Energetic Ion Generation from High-Intensity-Laser Dense-Plasma Interactions, K. Flippo, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Sudeep Banerjee, K. Nash, V. Wong, T. Lin, K. Nemoto, V. Yu. Bychenkov, Y. Sentoku, G. Mourou, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Phase dependence of Thomson scattering in an ultraintense laser field, Fei He, Y. Y. Lau, Donald P. Umstadter, and Trevor Strickler

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A Proof-of-Principle Experiment of Optical Injection of Electrons in Laser-Driven Plasma Waves, N. Saleh, P. Zhang, Shouyuan Chen, Z.-M. Sheng, Anatoly Maksimchuk, V. Yanovsky, and Donald P. Umstadter

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High-energy ion generation in interaction of short laser pulse with high-density plasma, Y. Sentoku, V. Y. Bychenkov, K. Flippo, Anatoly Maksimchuk, K. Mima, G. Mourou, Z. M. Sheng, and Donald Umstadter

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An All Optical Laser Wakefield Electron Injector, Donald Umstadter

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Developments in Relativistic Nonlinear Optics, Donald P. Umstadter, Sudeep Banerjee, Shouyuan Chen, E. Dodd, K. Flippo, Anatoly Maksimchuk, N. Saleh, A. Valenzuela, and P. Zhang

2001

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Fast Ignitor Concept with Light Ions, V. Yu. Bychenkov, W. Rozmus, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Donald Umstadter, and C.E. Capjack

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Coherent control of stimulated Raman scattering using chirped laser pulses, Evan S. Dodd and Donald P. Umstadter

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Laser Acceleration of Protons from Thin Film Targets, K. Flippo, Sudeep Banerjee, V. Yu. Bychenkov, S. Gu, Anatoly Maksimchuk, G. Mourou, K. Nemoto, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Laser-triggered ion acceleration and table top isotope production, K. Nemoto, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Sudeep Banerjee, K. Flippo, G. Mourou, Donald P. Umstadter, and B. Yu. Bychenkov

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Status of the LILAC Experiment, N. Saleh, P. Han, C. Keppel, P. Gueye, V Yanovsky, and Donald P. Umstadter

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All-Optical Electron Injector, Phil Schewe, James Riordon, Ben Stein, and Donald P. Umstadter

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An All Optical Laser Wakefield Electron Injector, Donald P. Umstadter

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Interactions of Ultrashort, Ultrahigh Intensity Laser Pulses with Underdense Plasmas, Xiaofang Wang, Wei Yu, Sterling Backus, Margaret Murnane, Henry Kapteyn, and Donald P. Umstadter

2000

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Excitation and damping of a self-modulated laser wakefield, Shouyuan Chen, M. Krishnan, Anatoly Maksimchuk, and Donald P. Umstadter

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A Cone of Coherent Light, Shouyuan Chen, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Eric Esarey, and Donald Umstadter

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A Cone of Coherent Light, Shouyuan Chen, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Eric Esarey, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Observation of Phase-Matched Relativistic Harmonic Generation, Shouyuan Chen, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Eric Esarey, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Forward Ion Acceleration in Thin Films Driven by a High-Intensity Laser, Anatoly Maksimchuk, S. Gu, K. Flippo, Donald P. Umstadter, and V. Yu. Bychenkov

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Pulse radiolysis of liquid water using picosecond electron pulses produced by a table-top terawatt laser system, Ned Saleh, Kirk Flippo, Koshichi Nemoto, Donald P. Umstadter, Robert A. Crowell, Charles D. Jonah, and Alexander D. Trifunac

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Tabletop Accelerators are Brighter and Faster, Phil Schewe, Ben Stein, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Photonuclear Physics: Laser Splits Atom, Donald Umstadter

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DENSE AND RELATIVISTIC PLASMAS PRODUCED BY COMPACT HIGH-INTENSITY LASERS, Donald Umstadter, Shouyuan Chen, G. Ma, Anatoly Maksimchuk, G. Mourou, M. Nantel, S. Pikuz, G. Sarkisov, and R. Wagner

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Electron Acceleration and the Propagation of Ultrashort High-Intensity Laser Pulses in Plasmas, Xiaofang Wang, Mohan Krishnan, Ned Saleh, Haiwen Wang, and Donald P. Umstadter

1999

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Acceleration of Electrons in a Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield, Shouyuan Chen, M. Krishnan, Anatoly Maksimchuk, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Detailed dynamics of electron beams self-trapped and accelerated in a self-modulated laser wakefield, Shouyuan Chen, M. Krishnan, Anatoly Maksimchuk, R. Wagner, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Electron Injection by Dephasing Electrons with Laser Fields, E. Dodd, J.K. Kim, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Self-focusing, channel formation, and high-energy ion generation in interaction of an intense short laser pulse with a He jet, G.S. Sarkisov, B. Yu. Bychenkov, V.N. Novikov, V.T. Tikhonchuk, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Shouyuan Chen, R. Wagner, G. Mourou, and Donald Umstadter

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LASER LIGHT IN, 50-MEV PROTONS OUT, Phillip F. Schewe, Ben Stein, and Donald P. Umstadter

1998

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Evolution of a Plasma Waveguide Created during Relativistic-Ponderomotive Self-Channeling of an Intense Laser Pulse, Shouyuan Chen, G.S. Sarkisov, Anatoly Maksimchuk, R. Wagner, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Experimental observation of relativistic nonlinear Thomson scattering, Szu-yuan Chen, Anatoly Maksimchuk, and Donald Umstadter

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Cold Relativistic Wavebreaking, J.K. Kim and Donald P. Umstadter

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Laser-Plasma Harmonics with High-Contrast Pulses and Designed Prepulses, R.S. Marjoribanks, L. Zhao, F.W. Budnik, G. Kulcsar, A. Vitcu, H. Higaki, R. Wagner, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Donald P. Umstadter, S.P. Le Blanc, and M.C. Downer

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Temporal Contrast in Ti:Sapphire Lasers: Characterization and Control, Marc Nantel, Jiro Itatani, An-Chun Tien, Jerome Faure, Daniel Kaplan, Marcel Bouvier, Takashi Buma, Paul Van Rompay, John Nees, Peter P. Pronko, Donald P. Umstadter, and Gerald A. Mourou

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Pressure Ionization and Line Merging in Strongly Coupled Plasmas Produced by 100-fs Laser Pulses, M. Nantel, G. Ma, S. Gu, C.Y. Côté, J. Itatani, and Donald Umstadter

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RELATIVISTIC NONLINEAR OPTICS, Phillip F. Schewe, Ben Stein, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Method and Apparatus for Generating and Accelerating Ultrashort Electron Pulses, Donald P. Umstadter, Joon-Koo Kim, and Evan Dodd

1997

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Observation of laser satellites in a plasma produced by a femtosecond laser pulse, S.A. Pikuz, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Donald Umstadter, M. Nantel, I. Yu. Skobelev, A. Ya. Faenov, and A. Osterheld

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Observation of the plasma channel dynamics and Coulomb explosion in the interaction of a high-intensity laser pulse with a He gas jet, G.S. Sarkisov, V. Yu. Bychenkov, V.T. Tikhonchuk, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Shouyuan Chen, R. Wagner, G. Mourou, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Study of Laser Plasma Interactions in the Relativistic Regime, Donald Umstadter

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“Atomic Processes in High Energy Density Plasmas," Summaries of FY 1997 Research in the Chemical Sciences, Donald P. Umstadter

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Electron Acceleration by a Laser Wakefield in a Relativistically Self-Guided Channel, R. Wagner, Shouyuan Chen, Anatoly Maksimchuk, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Application of a picosecond soft x-ray source to time-resolved plasma dynamics, J. Workman, M. Nantel, Anatoly Maksimchuk, and Donald P. Umstadter

1996

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Temporal Characterization of a Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield, S.P. Le Blanc, M.C. Downer, R. Wagner, Shouyuan Chen, Anatoly Maksimchuk, G. Mourou, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Signal averaging x-ray streak camera with picosecond jitter, Anatoly Maksimchuk, M. Kim, J. Workman, G. Korn, J. Squier, D. Du, Donald Umstadter, G. Mourou, and M. Bouvier

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TABLETOP LASER ACCELERATORS ARE ON THE WAY, Phillip F. Schewe, Ben Stein, and Donald P. Umstadter

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Laser Injection of Ultrashort Electron Pulses into Wakefield Plasma Waves, Donald P. Umstadter, J.K. Kim, and E. Dodd

1995

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Nonlinear temporal diffraction and frequency shifts resulting from pulse shaping in chirped-pulse amplification systems, X Liu, R Wagner, Anatoly Maksimchuk, E Goodman, J Workman, Donald P. Umstadter, and A Migus

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Method for Generating a Plasma Wave to Accelerate Electrons, Donald P. Umstadter, Eric Esarey, and Joon K. Kim

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Resonantly laser-driven plasma waves for electron acceleration, Donald P. Umstadter, J. Kim, Eric Esarey, E. Dodd, and T. Neubert

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Method and Apparatus for Generating Laser Plasma X-Rays, Donald P. Umstadter, Jonathan Workman, Anatoly Maksimchuk, and Xinbing Liu