Publications - High Intensity Laser Science Group

2006          89) J. F. Hansen, G. Luca, D. Froula, M. J. Edwards, A. E. Edens and T. Ditmire,  Laboratory observation of secondary shock formation ahead of a strongly radiative blast wave Phys. Plas. 13, 022105 (2006). [Download]

88) F. Buersgens, K. W. Madison, D. R. Symes, R. Hartke, J. Osterhoff, W. Grigsby, G. Dyer and T. Ditmire , Angular distribution of neutrons from deuterated cluster explosions driven by fs-laser pulses, Phys. Rev. E, 74, 016403 (2006). [Download]

2005          87) A. D. Edens, T. Ditmire, J. F. Hansen, M. J. Edwards, R.G. Adams, P. Rambo, L. Ruggles, I.C. Smith, and J. L. Porter, Measurement of the decay rate of single-frequency perturbations on blast waves Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 244503 (2005). [Download]

                  86) R. Hartke, D. R. Symes, F. Buersgens, L. Ruggles, J. L. Porter, T. Ditmire, Neutron Detector Calibration using a table-top laser heated plasma neutron source Nuc. Inst. And Methods A  540, 464 (2005). [Download]

                  85) T.D. Donnelly, J. Hogan, A. Mugler, M. Schubmehl, N. Schommer, Andrew J. Bernoff, S. Dasnurkar  and T. Ditmire, Using ultrasonic atomization to produce an aerosol of micron-scale particles, Rev. Sci. Instr. 76, 113301 (2005). [Download]

                  84) Hansen S.B., Faenov AY, Pikuz TA, Fournier KB, Shepherd R, Chen H, Widmann K, Wilks SC, Ping Y, Chung HK, Niles A, Hunter JR, Dyer G, and Ditmire T,  Temperature Determination Using K-Alpha Spectra from M-shell Ti Ions, Phys. Rev. E, 72 036408 (2005). [Download]

83) 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 Astrophys. and Space Sci. 298, 39 (2005). [Download]

82) Hansen JF, Edwards MJ, Froula D, Gregori G, Edens A, Ditmire T, Laboratory simulations of supernova shockwave propagation Astrophys. and Space Sci. 298, 61 (2005). [Download]

 81) Presura R, Ivanov VV, Sentoku Y, Sotnikov VI, Laca PJ, Le Galloudec N, Kemp A, Mancini R, Ruhl H, Astanovitskiy AL, Cowan TE, Ditmire T, Chiu C, Horton W, Valanju P, Keely S Laboratory simulation of magnetospheric plasma shocks Astrophys. and Space Sci. 298, 299 (2005). [Download]

 80) Horton W, Chiu C, Ditmire T, Laboratory simulations of bow shocks and magnetospheres Astrophys. and Space Sci. 298, 395 (2005). [Download]

79) M. Hohenberger, D. R. Symes, K. W. Madison, A. Sumeruk, and T. Ditmire, Dynamic Acceleration Effects in Explosions of Laser Irradiated Heteronuclear Clusters, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 195003 (2005). [Download]

2004          78) K. W. Madison, R. Fitzpatrick, P. K. Patel,  D. Price, T. Ditmire, The role of laser pulse duration in Coulomb explosions of deuterium cluster targets Phys. Rev. A 70, 053201 (2004). [Download]

77) A. D. Edens, T. Ditmire, J. F. Hansen, M. J. Edwards, R.G. Adams, P. Rambo, L. Ruggles, I.C. Smith, and J. L. Porter, Study of high Mach number laser driven blast waves Phys. Plas. 11, 4968 (2004). [Download]

76) L. E. Ruggles, J. L. Porter, W. W. Simpson, M. F. Vargas, D. M. Zagar, R. Hartke, F. Buersgens, D. R. Symes, T. Ditmire, High sensitivity neutron detector for Z Rev. Sci Inst. 75, 3595 (2004). [Download]

                  75)  T. Ditmire, S. Bless, G. Dyer, A. Edens, W. Grigsby, G. Hays, K. Madison, A. Maltsev, J. Colvin, M. J. Edwards, R. W. Lee, P. Patel, D. Price, B. A. Remington, R. Sheppherd, A. Wootton, J. Zweiback, E. Liang and K. A. Kielty,  Overview of future directions in high energy-density and high-field science using ultra-intense lasers Rad. Phys. And Chem. 70, 535 (2004). [Download]

 

                  74) K. W. Madison, P. K. Patel,  D. Price, A. Edens, M. Allen, T. E. Cowan, J. Zweiback, and T. Ditmire, Fusion neutron and ion emission from laser induced explosions of deuterium and deuterated methane clusters Phys. Plas.  11, 270 (2004). [Download]

2003          73) A. Maltsev and T. Ditmire, Above Threshold Ionization in Tightly Focused, Strongly Relativistic Laser Fields Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 053002 (2003). [Download]

72) K. W. Madison, P. K. Patel, M. Allen, D. Price, T. Ditmire, An investigation of fusion yield from exploding deuterium cluster plasmas produced by 100 TW laser pulses J. Opt. Soc. Am. B  20, 113 (2003). [Download]

71) G. Dyer, R. Sheppherd, J. Kuba, E. Fill, A. Wootton, P. Patel, D. Price, T. Ditmire, Isochoric heating of solid aluminium with picosecond X-ray pulses, J. Mod. Opt. 50, 2495 (2003). [Download]

70) J. Kuba, A. Wootton, R. M. Bionta, R. Shepherd, E. E. Fill, T. Ditmire, G. Dyer, R. A. London, V. N. Shlyaptsev, J. Dunn, R. Booth, S. Bajt, R. F. Smith, M. D. Feit, R. Levesque, M. McKernan, X-ray optics research for free electron lasers: study of material damage under extreme fluxes, Nuc. Inst. Meth. A – Accelerators, Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 507, 475 (2003). [Download]

69) J. W. G.  Tisch, N. Hay, K. J. Mendham, E. Springate, D. R.  Symes, A. J. Comley, M. B. Mason, E. T.  Gumbrell, T. Ditmire, R. A. Smith, J. P. Marangos, M. H. R. Hutchinson, Interaction of intense laser pulses with atomic clusters: Measurements of ion emission, simulations and applications  Nuc. Inst. Meth. B – Beam Interactins with Materials and Atoms 205, 310 (2003). [Download]

68) T. Ditmire, E. Foester, R. Freeman, Applications of high-field and short-wavelength sources, J. Opt. Soc. B 20, 102 (2003). [Download]

2002          67) H. C. Kapteyn, and T. Ditmire Ultraviolet Upset Nature 420, 467 (2002). [Download]

A full list of papers by Todd Ditmire can be found here