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List of works by Zulfikar Najmudin

2D hydrodynamic simulations of a variable length gas target for density down-ramp injection of electrons into a laser wakefield accelerator

scientific article published in September 2016

A laser driven pulsed X-ray backscatter technique for enhanced penetrative imaging.

scientific article published in December 2015

A spectrometer for ultrashort gamma-ray pulses with photon energies greater than 10 MeV

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Author Correction: Laser-wakefield accelerators for high-resolution X-ray imaging of complex microstructures

scientific article published on 10 January 2020

Automation and control of laser wakefield accelerators using Bayesian optimization

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

Bright multi-keV harmonic generation from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces

scientific article published on 23 August 2007

Bright spatially coherent synchrotron X-rays from a table-top source

scientific article published on 24 October 2010

Buffered high charge spectrally-peaked proton beams in the relativistic-transparency regime

Calibration of BAS-TR image plate response to high energy (3-300 MeV) carbon ions.

scientific article published in December 2015

Calibration of Thomson parabola—MCP assembly for multi-MeV ion spectroscopy

article published in 2010

Calibration of time of flight detectors using laser-driven neutron source.

scientific article published on July 2015

Carbon ion acceleration from thin foil targets irradiated by ultrahigh-contrast, ultraintense laser pulses

Characterisation of deuterium spectra from laser driven multi-species sources by employing differentially filtered image plate detectors in Thomson spectrometers

scientific article

Characterization of high-intensity laser propagation in the relativistic transparent regime through measurements of energetic proton beams

scientific article published on 26 March 2009

Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation

Collimated multi-MeV ion beams from high-intensity laser interactions with underdense plasma

scientific article published on 22 June 2006

Compact laser accelerators for X-ray phase-contrast imaging

scientific article published on 27 January 2014

Complete temporal characterization of asymmetric pulse compression in a laser wakefield

scientific article published on 02 December 2010

Controlling the spectrum of x-rays generated in a laser-plasma accelerator by tailoring the laser wavefront

Creation of persistent, straight, 2 mm long laser driven channels in underdense plasmas

Current filamentation instability in laser wakefield accelerators

scientific article published on 08 March 2011

Direct Observation of the Injection Dynamics of a Laser Wakefield Accelerator Using Few-Femtosecond Shadowgraphy

scientific article published on 28 July 2015

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

scientific article published on 11 January 2008

Effect of laser-focusing conditions on propagation and monoenergetic electron production in laser-wakefield accelerators

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Electron acceleration by a wake field forced by an intense ultrashort laser pulse

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Electron temperature of optically ionized gases produced by high intensity 268 nm laser radiation

scientific article published on 01 December 1993

Enhanced proton beam collimation in the ultra-intense short pulse regime

Erratum: “Evidence of photon acceleration by laser wake fields” [Phys. Plasmas 13, 033108 (2006)]

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Erratum: “Magnetic field generation during intense laser channelling in underdense plasma” [Phys. Plasmas 23, 063121 (2016)]

scholarly article published in Physics of Plasmas

Evidence of photon acceleration by laser wake fields

article

Fast advection of magnetic fields by hot electrons

scientific article published on 24 August 2010

Fast ion acceleration from thin foils irradiated by ultra-high intensity, ultra-high contrast laser pulses

Generation of intense quasi-electrostatic fields due to deposition of particles accelerated by petawatt-range laser-matter interactions.

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

Generation of neutral and high-density electron-positron pair plasmas in the laboratory.

scientific article

Generation of ultrahigh-velocity ionizing shocks with petawatt-class laser pulses

scientific article published on 16 December 2009

High brightness keV harmonics from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces

High harmonics from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces—a high brightness attosecond source at keV photon energies

High-resolution μCT of a mouse embryo using a compact laser-driven X-ray betatron source.

scientific article published on 5 June 2018

Hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration as a basis for producing high-energy proton bunches

Increasing energy coupling into plasma waves by tailoring the laser radial focal spot distribution in a laser wakefield accelerator

Influence of realistic parameters on state-of-the-art laser wakefield accelerator experiments

Ion acceleration by collisionless shocks in high-intensity-laser-underdense-plasma interaction

scientific article published on 07 October 2004

Ion acceleration by laser hole-boring into plasmas

Ion acceleration in the radiation pressure regime with ultrashort pulse lasers

Ion source development and radiobiology applications within the LIBRA project

Laser wakefield accelerator based light sources: potential applications and requirements

Laser-driven Thomson scattering for the generation of ultra-bright multi-MeV gamma-ray beams

Laser-driven acceleration of electrons in a partially ionized plasma channel.

scientific article

Laser-driven generation of collimated ultra-relativistic positron beams

article published in 2013

Laser-induced cavities and solitons in overcritical hydrogen plasma

Laser-wakefield acceleration of monoenergetic electron beams in the first plasma-wave period

scientific article published on 30 May 2006

Laser-wakefield accelerators as hard x-ray sources for 3D medical imaging of human bone

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Laser-wakefield accelerators for high-resolution X-ray imaging of complex microstructures

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Lasers As Particle Accelerators In Medicine: From Laser-Driven Protons To Imaging With Thomson Sources

Low-noise time-resolved optical sensing of electromagnetic pulses from petawatt laser-matter interactions

scientific article

Magnetic field generation during intense laser channelling in underdense plasma

Magnetic reconnection and plasma dynamics in two-beam laser-solid interactions

scientific article published on 19 December 2006

Manipulation of laser-generated energetic proton spectra in near critical density plasma

Measurement of magnetic-field structures in a laser-wakefield accelerator

scientific article published on 07 September 2010

Measurements of self-guiding of ultrashort laser pulses over long distances

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Measurements of wave-breaking radiation from a laser-wakefield accelerator

scientific article published on 02 February 2007

Micron-scale fast electron filaments and recirculation determined from rear-side optical emission in high-intensity laser–solid interactions

Modified Thomson spectrometer design for high energy, multi-species ion sources.

scientific article

Monoenergetic Proton Beams Accelerated by a Radiation Pressure Driven Shock

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Monoenergetic electronic beam production using dual collinear laser pulses

scientific article published on 24 June 2008

Near-GeV Acceleration of Electrons by a Nonlinear Plasma Wave Driven by a Self-Guided Laser Pulse

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

New opportunities for strong-field LPI research in the mid-IR

Observation of Laser Power Amplification in a Self-Injecting Laser Wakefield Accelerator

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Observation of Postsoliton Expansion Following Laser Propagation through an Underdense Plasma

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Observation of a hot high-current electron beam from a self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Observation of a long-wavelength hosing modulation of a high-intensity laser pulse in underdense plasma

scientific article published on 26 August 2010

Observation of impurity free monoenergetic proton beams from the interaction of a CO2 laser with a gaseous target

Observation of synchrotron radiation from electrons accelerated in a petawatt-laser-generated plasma cavity

scientific article published on 14 March 2008

Path to AWAKE: Evolution of the concept

scientific article

Plasma Temperature in Optical Field Ionization of Gases by Intense Ultrashort Pulses of Ultraviolet Radiation

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Proton acceleration enhanced by a plasma jet in expanding foils undergoing relativistic transparency

Proton acceleration using 50fs, high intensity ASTRA-Gemini laser pulses

Proton- and x-ray beams generated by ultra-fast CO 2 lasers for medical applications

Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration: a path to the future of high-energy particle physics

Publisher’s Note: Near-GeV Acceleration of Electrons by a Nonlinear Plasma Wave Driven by a Self-Guided Laser Pulse [Phys. Rev. Lett.103, 035002 (2009)]

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Rayleigh-Taylor Instability of an Ultrathin Foil Accelerated by the Radiation Pressure of an Intense Laser

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Relativistic plasma surfaces as an efficient second harmonic generator

Simulation of a radiobiology facility for the Centre for the Clinical Application of Particles

scientific article published on 10 August 2019

Spectral Modification of Shock Accelerated Ions Using a Hydrodynamically Shaped Gas Target

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Study of near-GeV acceleration of electrons in a non-linear plasma wave driven by a self-guided laser pulse

Sub-micron fast electron filamentation in high intensity laser-solid interactions

scientific article published in June 2009

The generation of mono-energetic electron beams from ultrashort pulse laser-plasma interactions.

scientific article

Third harmonic order imaging as a focal spot diagnostic for high intensity laser-solid interactions

Ultrafast CO2 laser technology: Application in ion acceleration

Ultrafast Imaging of Laser Driven Shock Waves using Betatron X-rays from a Laser Wakefield Accelerator

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Ultrahigh Brilliance Multi-MeV γ-Ray Beams from Nonlinear Relativistic Thomson Scattering

scientific article published on 25 November 2014

X-ray phase contrast imaging of biological specimens with femtosecond pulses of betatron radiation from a compact laser plasma wakefield accelerator

scientific article published on 29 August 2011