Project highlights (from 2015)
- Communications Physics paper (2021) on focused very high energy electron beams for radiotherapy.
- Physical Review Letter paper (2017) on attosecond electron bunches.
- Physical Review D paper (2016) on radiating electrons.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2015) on Raman backscattering saturation.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2015) on LWFA near-threshold injection.
- Scientific Reports paper (2015) on Raman amplification.
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion paper (2015) on weak collisionless shocks.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2015) on direct ionisation.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2015) on cooling of relativistic electron beams.
- Physical Review Letters paper (2015) on narrow energy spreads using dual colour lasers.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2015) on strong terahertz emission near cutoff.
- Journal of Optics paper (2015) on spatially dispersive media with periodic structure.
Complete list of published papers
- Theory
- Plasma Channels
- Laser Wakefield Acceleration
- Diagnostics
- Free Electron Laser
- Raman Amplification
- Nuclear physics
- RF Photoinjector
EPSRC Critical Mass Grant project highlights
- Physical Review D paper (2016) on radiating electrons.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2015) on Raman backscattering saturation.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2015) on LWFA near-threshold injection.
- Scientific Reports paper (2015) on Raman amplification.
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion paper (2015) on weak collisionless shocks.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2015) on direct ionisation.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2015) on cooling of relativistic electron beams.
- Physical Review Letters paper (2015) on narrow energy spreads using dual colour lasers.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2015) on strong terahertz emission near cutoff.
- Journal of Optics paper (2015) on spatially dispersive media with periodic structure.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2014) on characterising electron bunches with quadrupole magnets and pepper-pot mask.
- New Journal of Physics paper (2014) on the ion channel free-electron laser.
- Optics Express paper (2014) on phase-contrast X-ray imaging.
- Applied Physics Letters paper (2014) on VUV undulator radiation driven by LWFA electron beams.
- Applied Physics Letters paper (2013) on plasma density measurements using Raman amplification.
- Applied Physics Letters paper (2012) on guiding of femtosecond pulses in tapered capillaries.
EPSRC Second Phase Grant project highlights
- Nature Physics paper (2011) on gamma-rays from harmonically resonant betatron oscillations in a plasma wake.
- Physics Letters B paper (2011) on Born-Infeld axion-dilaton electrodynamics and electromagnetic confinement.
- Physical Review Letters paper (2010) on low emittance measurements of LWFA electron beams.
- Physical Review Letters paper (2010) on THz interferometry on LWFA electrons for bunch length measurements.
- Physical Review Letters paper (2008) on the production of monoenergetic electron beams using dual collinear laser pulses.
- Physical Review Letters paper (2008) on the acceleration of electrons in a partially ionised plasma channel.
- Nature Physics paper (2008) on the generation of visible synchrotron radiation pulses using electron bunches from a laser-driven wakefield accelerator.
RCUK BT Grant project highlights
- Nature paper (2004) on experimental realisation of quasi-monoenergetic beams produced using laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA).
- PRL paper (2004) on the electro-optic diagnostic for measuring fs electron bunch profiles.
- PRL paper (2005) on calculations of efficiency and energy spread in LWFA.
- PRL paper (2005) on generation of electrons in excess of 300MeV.
- PRL paper (2006) on production of quasi-monoenergetic beams (50MeV) with somewhat relaxed laser requirements.
- PRL paper (2006) on evidence of monoenergetic beam (150MeV) acceleration in the first plasma wave period.
- Nature Physics paper (2006) on GeV monoenergetic beams accelerated in a plasma channel.
- PRL paper (2007) on measurements and modelling of wave-breaking radiation during the generation of quasi-monoenergetic beams (40MeV).
- PRL paper (2007) on the effects of laser-focusing conditions for monoenergetic beam (60MeV) acceleration.