List of works - Wolfgang Theobald

A dual-channel, curved-crystal spectrograph for petawatt laser, x-ray backlighter source studies

scientific article

A gated liquid-scintillator-based neutron detector for fast-ignitor experiments and down-scattered neutron measurements ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2010

A high-resolution coherent transition radiation diagnostic for laser-produced electron transport studies (invited).

scientific article published in October 2008

A high-resolving-power x-ray spectrometer for the OMEGA EP Laser (invited).

scientific article

A novel zirconium Kα imager for high energy density physics research.

scientific article

A spherical crystal imager for OMEGA EP ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

A ten-inch manipulator (TIM) based fast-electron spectrometer with multiple viewing angles (OU-ESM)

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Absorption and hot electron production by high intensity femtosecond uv-laser pulses in solid targets

scientific article

An x-ray backlit Talbot-Lau deflectometer for high-energy-density electron density diagnostics

scientific article

Bulk heating of solid-density plasmas during high-intensity-laser plasma interactions

scientific article

Calibration of a time-resolved hard-x-ray detector using radioactive sources

scientific article

Channel optimization of high-intensity laser beams in millimeter-scale plasmas

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Channeling of multikilojoule high-intensity laser beams in an inhomogeneous plasma

scientific article published on 4 May 2015

Characterization of shaped Bragg crystal assemblies for narrowband x-ray imaging

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Core conditions for alpha heating attained in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion.

scientific article

Demonstration of Fuel Hot-Spot Pressure in Excess of 50 Gbar for Direct-Drive, Layered Deuterium-Tritium Implosions on OMEGA

scientific article published on 07 July 2016

Demonstration of imaging X-ray Thomson scattering on OMEGA EP.

scientific article

Developing a long-duration Zn K- source for x-ray scattering experiments

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Direct-drive double-shell implosion: A platform for burning-plasma physics studies

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Direct-drive measurements of laser-imprint-induced shock velocity nonuniformities

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Effect of laser intensity on fast-electron-beam divergence in solid-density plasmas.

scientific article published on 11 January 2008

Effect of reentrant cone geometry on energy transport in intense laser-plasma interactions.

scientific article

Electron Shock Ignition of Inertial Fusion Targets.

scientific article published on 7 November 2017

Generation of high-order spatially coherent harmonics from solid targets by femtosecond laser pulses

Gigabar Spherical Shock Generation on the OMEGA Laser

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

High energy electron transport in solids

High-current, relativistic electron-beam transport in metals and the role of magnetic collimation

scientific article published on 11 June 2009

High-efficiency dielectric reflection gratings: design, fabrication, and analysis

scientific article

High-order harmonics from solid targets as a probe for high-density plasmas

scientific article

High-order-harmonic generation: towards laser-induced phase-matching control and relativistic effects

High-rhoR implosions for fast-ignition fuel assembly

scientific article published on 11 January 2007

Hot electron generation and transport using Kα emission

Hybrid target design for imprint mitigation in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Impact of extended preplasma on energy coupling in kilojoule energy relativistic laser interaction with cone wire targets relevant to fast ignition

Inferred UV fluence focal-spot profiles from soft x-ray pinhole-camera measurements on OMEGA

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Interaction of subpicosecond KrF laser pulses with a preformed carbon plasma

scientific article

Laser heating of solid matter by light-pressure-driven shocks at ultrarelativistic intensities.

scientific article published on 23 April 2008

Measuring the strong electrostatic and magnetic fields with proton radiography for ultra-high intensity laser channeling on fast ignition

scientific article

Monochromatic Imaging of 8.0-keV Cu $\hbox{K}\alpha$ Emission Induced by Energetic Electrons Generated at OMEGA EP

Note: Characterization of a high-photon-energy X-ray imager

scientific article

Observation of relativistic cross-phase modulation in high-intensity laser-plasma interactions.

scientific article published on 18 October 2006

Optical diagnostic suite (schlieren, interferometry, and grid image refractometry) on OMEGA EP using a 10-ps, 263-nm probe beam.

scientific article

Performance and Mix Measurements of Indirect Drive Cu-Doped Be Implosions

scientific article published on 19 May 2015

Phase modulation of intense ultrashort laser pulses reflected from steep, dense plasmas

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Physics issues for shock ignition

Progress in the shock-ignition inertial confinement fusion concept

Proton Radiography of Intense-Laser-Irradiated Wire-Attached Cone Targets

Proton radiography of inertial fusion implosions

scientific article published in Science

Publisher's Note: "Talbot-Lau x-ray deflectometer electron density diagnostic for laser and pulsed power high energy density plasma experiments (invited)" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 11D501 (2016)].

scientific article

Recent fast electron energy transport experiments relevant to fast ignition inertial fusion

Scaling hot-electron generation to high-power, kilojoule-class laser-solid interactions

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Shock ignition of thermonuclear fuel with high areal density

scientific article published on 12 April 2007

Shock-ignition relevant experiments with planar targets on OMEGA

Soft x-ray backlighting of cryogenic implosions using a narrowband crystal imaging system (invited).

scientific article

Soft x-ray backlighting of direct-drive implosions using a spherical crystal imager on OMEGA ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2012

Soft-x-ray radiation from plasmas produced by obliquely incident subpicosecond laser pulses

scientific article

Spherical shock-ignition experiments with the 40 + 20-beam configuration on OMEGA

Spherical strong-shock generation for shock-ignition inertial fusiona)

Study of electron and proton isochoric heating for fast ignition

Sub-nanosecond single line-of-sight (SLOS) x-ray imagers (invited)

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Talbot-Lau x-ray deflectometer electron density diagnostic for laser and pulsed power high energy density plasma experiments (invited).

scientific article

Temporal behavior of x-ray radiation emitted by subpicosecond KrF-laser-heated carbon preplasmas

scientific article

Temporally Resolved Measurement of Electron Densities (>10(23) cm-3) with High Harmonics

scientific article published on 01 July 1996

The National Ignition Facility neutron time-of-flight system and its initial performance (invited) ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2010

The single-line-of-sight, time-resolved x-ray imager diagnostic on OMEGA

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Time-resolved compression of a capsule with a cone to high density for fast-ignition laser fusion

scientific article published on 12 December 2014

Time-resolved measurements of hot-electron equilibration dynamics in high-intensity laser interactions with thin-foil solid targets

scientific article published on 22 February 2012

Transport and spatial energy deposition of relativistic electrons in copper-doped fast ignition plasmas

Tripled yield in direct-drive laser fusion through statistical modelling

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Visualizing fast electron energy transport into laser-compressed high-density fast-ignition targets

scholarly article by L. C. Jarrott et al published 11 January 2016 in Nature Physics

X-ray backlighter requirements for refraction-based electron density diagnostics through Talbot-Lau deflectometry

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

List of works by Wolfgang Theobald

A dual-channel, curved-crystal spectrograph for petawatt laser, x-ray backlighter source studies

A gated liquid-scintillator-based neutron detector for fast-ignitor experiments and down-scattered neutron measurements ⬇️

A high-resolution coherent transition radiation diagnostic for laser-produced electron transport studies (invited).

A high-resolving-power x-ray spectrometer for the OMEGA EP Laser (invited).

A novel zirconium Kα imager for high energy density physics research.

A spherical crystal imager for OMEGA EP ⬇️

A ten-inch manipulator (TIM) based fast-electron spectrometer with multiple viewing angles (OU-ESM)

Absorption and hot electron production by high intensity femtosecond uv-laser pulses in solid targets

An x-ray backlit Talbot-Lau deflectometer for high-energy-density electron density diagnostics

Bulk heating of solid-density plasmas during high-intensity-laser plasma interactions

Calibration of a time-resolved hard-x-ray detector using radioactive sources

Channel optimization of high-intensity laser beams in millimeter-scale plasmas

Channeling of multikilojoule high-intensity laser beams in an inhomogeneous plasma

Characterization of shaped Bragg crystal assemblies for narrowband x-ray imaging

Core conditions for alpha heating attained in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion.

Demonstration of Fuel Hot-Spot Pressure in Excess of 50 Gbar for Direct-Drive, Layered Deuterium-Tritium Implosions on OMEGA

Demonstration of imaging X-ray Thomson scattering on OMEGA EP.

Developing a long-duration Zn K- source for x-ray scattering experiments

Direct-drive double-shell implosion: A platform for burning-plasma physics studies

Direct-drive measurements of laser-imprint-induced shock velocity nonuniformities

Effect of laser intensity on fast-electron-beam divergence in solid-density plasmas.

Effect of reentrant cone geometry on energy transport in intense laser-plasma interactions.

Electron Shock Ignition of Inertial Fusion Targets.

Generation of high-order spatially coherent harmonics from solid targets by femtosecond laser pulses

Gigabar Spherical Shock Generation on the OMEGA Laser

High energy electron transport in solids

High-current, relativistic electron-beam transport in metals and the role of magnetic collimation

High-efficiency dielectric reflection gratings: design, fabrication, and analysis

High-order harmonics from solid targets as a probe for high-density plasmas

High-order-harmonic generation: towards laser-induced phase-matching control and relativistic effects

High-rhoR implosions for fast-ignition fuel assembly

Hot electron generation and transport using Kα emission

Hybrid target design for imprint mitigation in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion

Impact of extended preplasma on energy coupling in kilojoule energy relativistic laser interaction with cone wire targets relevant to fast ignition

Inferred UV fluence focal-spot profiles from soft x-ray pinhole-camera measurements on OMEGA

Interaction of subpicosecond KrF laser pulses with a preformed carbon plasma

Laser heating of solid matter by light-pressure-driven shocks at ultrarelativistic intensities.

Measuring the strong electrostatic and magnetic fields with proton radiography for ultra-high intensity laser channeling on fast ignition

Monochromatic Imaging of 8.0-keV Cu $\hbox{K}\alpha$ Emission Induced by Energetic Electrons Generated at OMEGA EP

Note: Characterization of a high-photon-energy X-ray imager

Observation of relativistic cross-phase modulation in high-intensity laser-plasma interactions.

Optical diagnostic suite (schlieren, interferometry, and grid image refractometry) on OMEGA EP using a 10-ps, 263-nm probe beam.

Performance and Mix Measurements of Indirect Drive Cu-Doped Be Implosions

Phase modulation of intense ultrashort laser pulses reflected from steep, dense plasmas

Physics issues for shock ignition

Progress in the shock-ignition inertial confinement fusion concept

Proton Radiography of Intense-Laser-Irradiated Wire-Attached Cone Targets

Proton radiography of inertial fusion implosions

Publisher's Note: "Talbot-Lau x-ray deflectometer electron density diagnostic for laser and pulsed power high energy density plasma experiments (invited)" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 11D501 (2016)].

Recent fast electron energy transport experiments relevant to fast ignition inertial fusion

Scaling hot-electron generation to high-power, kilojoule-class laser-solid interactions

Shock ignition of thermonuclear fuel with high areal density

Shock-ignition relevant experiments with planar targets on OMEGA

Soft x-ray backlighting of cryogenic implosions using a narrowband crystal imaging system (invited).

Soft x-ray backlighting of direct-drive implosions using a spherical crystal imager on OMEGA ⬇️

Soft-x-ray radiation from plasmas produced by obliquely incident subpicosecond laser pulses

Spherical shock-ignition experiments with the 40 + 20-beam configuration on OMEGA

Spherical strong-shock generation for shock-ignition inertial fusiona)

Study of electron and proton isochoric heating for fast ignition

Sub-nanosecond single line-of-sight (SLOS) x-ray imagers (invited)

Talbot-Lau x-ray deflectometer electron density diagnostic for laser and pulsed power high energy density plasma experiments (invited).

Temporal behavior of x-ray radiation emitted by subpicosecond KrF-laser-heated carbon preplasmas

Temporally Resolved Measurement of Electron Densities (>10(23) cm-3) with High Harmonics

The National Ignition Facility neutron time-of-flight system and its initial performance (invited) ⬇️

The single-line-of-sight, time-resolved x-ray imager diagnostic on OMEGA

Time-resolved compression of a capsule with a cone to high density for fast-ignition laser fusion

Time-resolved measurements of hot-electron equilibration dynamics in high-intensity laser interactions with thin-foil solid targets

Transport and spatial energy deposition of relativistic electrons in copper-doped fast ignition plasmas

Tripled yield in direct-drive laser fusion through statistical modelling

Visualizing fast electron energy transport into laser-compressed high-density fast-ignition targets

X-ray backlighter requirements for refraction-based electron density diagnostics through Talbot-Lau deflectometry