Scientific Commons: MH Key

Temperature sensitivity of Cu K-alpha imaging efficiency using a spherical Bragg reflecting crystal (2007)

Akli, KU, Key, MH, Chung, HK, Hansen, SB, Freeman, RR, Chen, MH, ...

The interaction of a 75 J 10 ps, high intensity laser beam with low-mass, solid Cu targets is investigated. Two instruments were fielded as diagnostics of Cu K-shell emission from the targets: a...

Study of electron and proton isochoric heating for fast ignition (2006)

Key, MH, Akli, K, Beg, F, Chen, MH, Chung, HK, Freeman, RR, ...

Isochoric heating by electrons has been measured in the two limiting cases of small area thin foils with dominant refluxing and cone-long-wire geometry with negligible refluxing in the wire. Imaging...

Proton radiography of a laser-driven implosion (2006)

Mackinnon, AJ, Patel, P, Borghesi, M, Clarke, RC, Freeman, RR, Habara, H, ...

Protons accelerated by a picosecond laser pulse have been used to radiograph a 500 mu m diameter capsule, imploded with 300 J of laser light in 6 symmetrically incident beams of wavelength 1.054 mu m...

Hot surface ionic line emission and cold K-inner shell emission from petawatt-laser-irradiated Cu foil targets (2006)

Theobald, W, Akli, K, Clarke, R, Delettrez, JA, Freeman, RR, Glenzer, S, ...

A hot, 2 to 3 keV electron temperature surface plasma was observed in the interaction of a 0.7 ps petawatt laser beam with solid copper-foil targets at intensities > 10(20) W/cm(2). Copper K-shell...

Fast-electron transport and heating of solid targets in high-intensity laser interactions measured by K alpha fluorescence (2006)

Martinolli, E, Koenig, M, Baton, SD, Santos, JJ, Amiranoff, F, Batani, D, ...

We present experimental results on fast-electron energy deposition into solid targets in ultrahigh intensity laser-matter interaction. X-ray K alpha emission spectroscopy with absolute photon...

Operation of target diagnostics in a petawatt laser environment (invited) (2006)

Stoeckl, C, Glebov, VY, Jaanimagi, PA, Knauer, JP, Meyerhofer, DD, Sangster, TC, ...

The operation of target diagnostics in a high-energy petawatt laser environment is made challenging by the large number of energetic electrons, hard x rays, and energetic particles produced in...

High energy electron transport in solids (2006)

Stephens, RB, Snavely, RPJ, Aglitskii, Y, Akli, KU, Amiranoff, F, Andersen, C, ...

With the addition of recent PW shots, the propagation of short-pulse laser generated electron beams have been studied using laser pulse energies from 30J to 300J, generating currents up to similar...

High-energy K alpha radiography using high-intensity, short-pulse lasers (2006)

Park, HS, Chambers, DM, Chung, HK, Clarke, RJ, Eagleton, R, Giraldez, E, ...

The characteristics of 22-40 keV K alpha x-ray sources are measured. These high-energy sources are produced by 100 TW and petawatt high-intensity lasers and will be used to develop and implement...

Beam tests of ATLAS SCT silicon strip detector modules (2005)

Campabadal, F, Fleta, C, Key, MH, Lozano, M, Martinez, C, Pellegrini, G, ...

TiK alpha radiography of Cu-doped plastic microshell implosions via spherically bent crystal imaging (2005)

King, JA, Akli, K, Zhang, B, Freeman, RR, Key, MH, Chen, CD, ...

Characterization of a picosecond laser generated 4.5 keV TiK-alpha source for pulsed radiography (2005)

King, JA, Akli, K, Snavely, RA, Zhang, B, Key, MH, Chen, CD, ...

K-alpha fluorescence measurement of relativistic electron transport in the context of fast igntion (vol. 69, art no. 066414, 2004) (2005)

Stephen, RB, Snavely, RA, Aglitskiy, Y, Amiranoff, F, Anderson, C, Batani, D, ...

Part 2, March 2005

Ultrafast proton heating as a means of creating high energy density plasma states (2005)

Patel, PK, Mackinnon, AJ, Allen, M, Clarke, RJ, Foord, ME, Heathcote, R, ...

Ion acceleration from the shock front induced by hole boring in ultraintense laser-plasma interactions (2004)

Habara, H, Lancaster, KL, Karsch, S, Murphy, CD, Norreys, PA, Evans, RG, ...

Characterization of Li-7(p,n)Be-7 neutron yields from laser produced ion beams for fast neutron radiography (2004)

Lancaster, KL, Karsch, S, Habara, H, Beg, FN, Clark, EL, Freeman, R, ...

Proton radiography as an electromagnetic field and density perturbation diagnostic (invited) (2004)

Mackinnon, AJ, Patel, PK, Town, RP, Edwards, MJ, Phillips, T, Lerner, SC, ...

Integrated implosion/heating studies for advanced fast ignition (2004)

Norreys, PA, Lancaster, KL, Murphy, CD, Habara, H, Karsch, S, Clarke, RJ, ...

Operation of a single-photon-counting x-ray charge-coupled device camera spectrometer in a petawatt environment (2004)

Stoeckl, C, Theobald, W, Sangster, TG, Key, MH, Patel, P, Zhang, BB, ...

Part 2, Oct 2004

What we know versus what we speculate concering the generation and transport of laser-generated fast electrons in dense materials (2003)

Freeman, R, Amiranoff, F, Anderson, C, Batani, D, Baton, SD, Cowan, T, ...

Advanced fast ignition studies at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (2003)

Norreys, PA, Habara, H, Lancaster, KA, Murphy, C, Karsch, S, Clarke, R, ...

Proton probing of plasmas and shocked materials (2003)

MacKinnon, AK, Patel, PK, Hicks, D, Price, D, Town, RP, Hatchett, S, ...

Studies of electron isochoric heating and its applicability to fast ignition (2002)

Key, MH, Amiranoff, F, Andersen, C, Batani, D, Baton, SD, Cowan, T, ...

American Nuclear Society. Editors: BA Hammel, DD Meyerhofer, J Meyer-ter-Vehn and H Azechi, pp 373-377

Measurements of the XUV mass absorption coefficient of an overdense liquid metal (2001)

Wolfrum, E, Allen, AM, Al'Miev, IR, Barbee, TW, Burnett, PDS, Djaoui, A, ...

Effect of plasma scale length on multi-MeV proton production by intense laser pulses (2001)

Mackinnon, AJ, Borghesi, M, Hatchett, S, Key, MH, Patel, PK, Campbell, H, ...

Studies of the fast ignition route to inertial confinement fusion at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1999)

Norreys, P A, Bakarezos, M, Barringer, L, Borghesi, M, Beg, FN, Castro-Colins, M, ...

Fast electron propagation and energy deposition in laser shock compressed plasmas (1999)

Bernardinello, A, Batani, D, Masella, V, Hall, TA, Ellwi, S, Koenig, M, ...

Well characterized 1019 W cm2 operation of VULCAN - an ultra-high power Nd:glass laser (1998)

Danson, CN, Collier, J, Neely, D, Barzanti, LJ, Damerell, A, Edwards, CB, ...

Generation of bright, extreme-ultraviolet harmonic radiation from a krypton fluoride laser (1998)

Preston, SG, Chambers, DM, Marjoribanks, RS, Norreys, P A, Neely, D, Zepf, M, ...

Measurement of single mode imprint in laser ablative drive of a thin Al foil by extreme ultraviolet laser radiography (1998)

Wolfrum, E, Wark, J, Zhang, J, Kalantar, D, Key, MH, Remington, BA, ...

Fast electron deposition in laser shock compressed plastic targets (1998)

Hall, TA, Ellwi, S, Batani, D, Bernardinello, A, Masella, V, Koenig, M, ...

Petawatt enhancement of the vulcan high power Nd: Glass laser - Phase 1 (1998)

Edwards, CB, Toner, WT, Danson, CN, Allott, R, Angood, S, Barzanti, L, ...

Well characterised 1019 Wcm-2 operation of Vulcan - an ultra-high power Nd: glass laser (1998)

Danson, CN, Collier, J, Barzanti, LJ, Damerell, A, Edwards, CB, Hutchinson, MHR, ...

Well characterised 10 19 Wcm-2 operation of Vulcan - an ultra-high power Nd: glass laser (1998)

Danson, CN, Collier, J, Barzanti, LJ, Damerell, A, Edwards, CB, Hutchinson, MHR, ...

Petawatt enhancement of the Vulcan high power Nd:Glass laser - Phase I (1998)

Edwards, CB, Toner, WT, Danson, C N, Allott, R, Angood, S, Barzanti, L, ...

Energy deposition by hot electrons: Studies related to the fast ignitor concept (1996)

Sauerbrey, R, Feurer, T, Theobald, W, Forster, E, Altenbernd, D, Gibbon, P, ...

Characterisation of the Vulcan CPA beam giving intensities of 1019 W cm-2 (1996)

Danson, CN, Bradwell, N, Barzanti, LJ, Collier, J, Damerell, A, Edwards, CB, ...

REVIEW OF RECENT PROGRESS IN LASER PLASMA INTERACTION AND LASER COMPRESSION WORK AT THE SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL RUTHERFORD LABORATORY CENTRAL LASER FACILITY (1979)

Gibson, AF, Evans, R G, Nicholas, DJ, Rumsby, PT, Raven, A, Ross, I N, ...

IMPLOSION AND COMPRESSION OF GAS FILLED MICROBALLOONS (1977)

Key, MH, Evans, RG, Nicholas, DJ, O'Neill, F, Rumsby, PT, Ross, I N, ...

Design and characterization of the VULCAN Nd:glass laser to give focused intensities of >10 superscript 19 W cm superscript -2

Danson, CN, Angood, S, Barzanti, LJ, Bradwell, N, Collier, J, Damerell, AR, ...

Solid state lasers for application to inertial confinement fusion: second annual international conference, Ed M Andre, SPIE 3047 505-515 (1997)

Characterisation of the Vulcan Nd:glass laser for multi-terawatt operation

Danson, C, Bradwell, N, Barzanti, L, Collier, J, Damerell, A, Edwards, CB, ...

Advances in Laser Interaction with Matter and Inertial Fusion, Proceedings of 24th ECLIM Eds G Velarde, J M Martinez-Val, E Minguez, J M Perlado, publ World Scientific 523-526 (1997)

Numerical modelling of the optical field ionized nitrogen recombinant XUV scheme

Kim, NS, Djaoui, A, Key, MH, Wark, JS, Neely, D, Preston, SG, ...

Advances in Laser Interaction with Matter and Inertial Fusion, Proceedings of 24th ECLIM Eds G Velarde, J M Martinez-Val, E Minguez, J M Perlado, publ World Scientific 511-514 (1997)

X-ray laser enhancement with multipulsing

Tallents, GJ, Lin, JY, Demir, A, Behjat, A, Smith, R, Zhang, J, ...

Soft X-ray lasers and applications II, Eds J J Rocca, L B Da Silva, SPIE 3156 30-41 (1997)

Propagation in compressed matter of hot electrons created by short intense lasers

Batani, D, Bernardinello, A, Masella, V, Pisani, F, Keonig, M, Krishnan, J, ...

Superstrong Fields in Plasmas, Eds M Lontano, G Mourou, F Pegoraro, E Sindoni AIP Conf Proc 426 372-376 (1998)

Implementation of a CPA line focus travelling-wave for highly efficient saturated lasing of Ne-like Ti and Ge

Danson, CN, Nickles, PV, Allott, R, Behjat, A, Collier, J, Demir, A, ...

Eds M Lontano, G Mourou, F Pegoraro, E Sindoni AIP Conf Proc 426 473-478 (1998)

X-ray laser radiography of hydrodynamic perturbations due to laser imprint

Wolfrum, E, Wark, JS, Zhang, J, ORourke, N, Keenan, R, Lewis, CLS, ...

X-ray lasers 1998, Eds Y Kato, H Takuma, H Daido, IOP Conf Series 159 657-664 (1999)