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List of works by Andrew Mackinnon

4.5- and 8-keV emission and absorption x-ray imaging using spherically bent quartz 203 and 211 crystals (invited)

scientific article published in March 2003

A Bremsstrahlung spectrometer using k-edge and differential filters with image plate dosimeters

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

A compact proton spectrometer for measurement of the absolute DD proton spectrum from which yield and ρR are determined in thin-shell inertial-confinement-fusion implosions

scientific article

A direct-drive exploding-pusher implosion as the first step in development of a monoenergetic charged-particle backlighting platform at the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published in March 2016

A dual channel X-ray spectrometer for fast ignition research

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

scientific article

A hardened gated x-ray imaging diagnostic for inertial confinement fusion experiments at the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published in October 2010

A magnetic particle time-of-flight (MagPTOF) diagnostic for measurements of shock- and compression-bang time at the NIF (invited).

scientific article

A novel particle time of flight diagnostic for measurements of shock- and compression-bang times in D3He and DT implosions at the NIF

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

A picosecond time-resolved electron energy spectrometer based on Cerenkov radiation.

scientific article

Absorption of high-contrast 12-ps uv laser pulses by solid targets.

scientific article

Absorption of subpicosecond UV laser pulses during interaction with solid targets.

scientific article

Assembly of High-Areal-Density Deuterium-Tritium Fuel from Indirectly Driven Cryogenic Implosions

article

Benchmark measurements of the ionization balance of non-local-thermodynamic-equilibrium gold plasmas

scientific article published on 08 November 2007

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

scientific article published in July 2005

Characterization of the preformed plasma for high-intensity laser-plasma interaction

scientific article

Charged-particle spectroscopy for diagnosing shock ρR and strength in NIF implosions

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Comparing neutron and X-ray images from NIF implosions

Demonstration of X-ray Thomson scattering as diagnostics for miscibility in warm dense matter

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Demonstration of ignition radiation temperatures in indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion hohlraums

scientific article published on 25 February 2011

Density measurement of shock compressed foam using two-dimensional x-ray radiography

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Determination of electron-heated temperatures of petawatt laser-irradiated foil targets with 256 and 68 eV extreme ultraviolet imaging

scientific article published in September 2008

Developing a radiative shock experiment relevant to astrophysics

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

Development of backlighting sources for a Compton radiography diagnostic of inertial confinement fusion targets (invited).

scientific article published in October 2008

Diagnosing laser-driven, shock-heated foam target with Al absorption spectroscopy on OMEGA EP

article published in 2012

Diagnostics for fast ignition science (invited).

scientific article published in October 2008

Direct experimental evidence of back-surface ion acceleration from laser-irradiated gold foils.

scientific article published on 29 December 2004

Direct measurement of energetic electrons coupling to an imploding low-adiabat inertial confinement fusion capsule

scientific article published on 30 March 2012

Direct observation of stimulated-Brillouin-scattering detuning by a velocity gradient

scientific article published on 16 April 2003

Divergence of laser-generated hot electrons generated in a cone geometry

Early-time symmetry tuning in the presence of cross-beam energy transfer in ICF experiments on the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published on 2 December 2013

Effect of defocusing on picosecond laser-coupling into gold cones

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

scientific article published on 11 January 2008

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

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Electric field detection in laser-plasma interaction experiments via the proton imaging technique

article published in 2002

Electron heated target temperature measurements in petawatt laser experiments based on extreme ultraviolet imaging and spectroscopy

scientific article published in October 2008

Electron, photon, and ion beams from the relativistic interaction of Petawatt laser pulses with solid targets

scientific article published in May 2000

Empirical assessment of the detection efficiency of CR-39 at high proton fluence and a compact, proton detector for high-fluence applications

scientific article

Energetic Proton Generation in Ultra-Intense Laser-Solid Interactions

scientific article published in March 2000

Energetic proton generation in ultra-intense laser–solid interactions

scientific article published in February 2001

Enhancement of proton acceleration by hot-electron recirculation in thin foils irradiated by ultraintense laser pulses

scientific article published on 14 May 2002

Erratum:Kαfluorescence measurement of relativistic electron transport in the context of fast ignition [Phys. Rev. E69, 066414 (2004)]

scientific article published on 4 March 2005

Evidence for Crystalline Structure in Dynamically-Compressed Polyethylene up to 200 GPa

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Experimental observations of the expansion of an optical-field-induced ionization channel in a gas jet target

scientific article published on 01 February 1994

Experimental study of fast electron propagation in compressed matter

Experimental study of neutron induced background noise on gated x-ray framing cameras

scientific article

Fast electron transport and heating in solid-density matter

scientific article published in April 2002

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

scientific article published on 17 April 2006

Fast-electron transport in cylindrically laser-compressed matter

First High-Convergence Cryogenic Implosion in a Near-Vacuum Hohlraum

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

First implosion experiments with cryogenic thermonuclear fuel on the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published on 21 March 2012

Formation of diamonds in laser-compressed hydrocarbons at planetary interior conditions

Fusion Energy Output Greater than the Kinetic Energy of an Imploding Shell at the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Generation and Beaming of Early Hot Electrons onto the Capsule in Laser-Driven Ignition Hohlraums

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

High energy electron transport in solids

High performance imaging streak camera for the National Ignition Facility.

scientific article published on December 2012

High-density carbon capsule experiments on the national ignition facility

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

High-intensity laser-plasma interaction studies employing laser-driven proton probes

scientific article published on 30 August 2005

High-intensity lasers and controlled fusion

scientific article published in September 2003

High-pressure chemistry of hydrocarbons relevant to planetary interiors and inertial confinement fusion

Hohlraum designs for high velocity implosions on NIF

scientific article published in 2013

Hot electron generation and transport using Kα emission

Hot electron production and heating by hot electrons in fast ignitor research

scientific article published in May 1998

Hot-spot mix in ignition-scale inertial confinement fusion targets

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Ignition tuning for the National Ignition Campaign

scientific article published in 2013

Imaging of high-energy x-ray emission from cryogenic thermonuclear fuel implosions on the NIF.

scientific article published in October 2012

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

Impeding hohlraum plasma stagnation in inertial-confinement fusion

scientific article published on 11 January 2012

Implementation of the foil-on-hohlraum technique for the magnetic recoil spectrometer for time-resolved neutron measurements at the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Indications of flow near maximum compression in layered deuterium-tritium implosions at the National Ignition Facility

scientific article

Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irradiation of Solids

scientific article

Intense electron and proton beams from PetaWatt laser–matter interactions

scientific article published in November 2000

Intensity limits for propagation of 0.527 microm laser beams through large-scale-length plasmas for inertial confinement fusion

scientific article published on 04 March 2005

Investigation of fast-electron-induced Kα x rays in laser-produced blow-off plasma.

scientific article

Investigation of ultrafast laser-driven radiative blast waves

scientific article published on 02 August 2001

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

scientific article published on 29 October 2004

Isochoric heating of solid-density matter with an ultrafast proton beam

scientific article published on 19 September 2003

K(alpha) fluorescence measurement of relativistic electron transport in the context of fast ignition.

scientific article published on 16 June 2004

Kirkpatrick-Baez microscope for hard X-ray imaging of fast ignition experiments.

scientific article

Laser generated proton beam focusing and high temperature isochoric heating of solid matter

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

scientific article published on 23 April 2008

Laser-driven cylindrical compression of targets for fast electron transport study in warm and dense plasmas

article

Laser-driven shock experiments on precompressed water: Implications for "icy" giant planets

scientific article published in July 2006

Laser-driven shock waves for the study of extreme matter states

scientific article

Laser-produced protons and their application as a particle probe

Laser-produced protons and their application as a particle probe

Limitation on prepulse level for cone-guided fast-ignition inertial confinement fusion

scientific article published on 04 February 2010

Liquid Structure of Shock-Compressed Hydrocarbons at Megabar Pressures

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Macroscopic evidence of soliton formation in multiterawatt laser-plasma interaction

scientific article published on 14 March 2002

Magnetically Guided Fast Electrons in Cylindrically Compressed Matter

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Measurement of electron temperature of imploded capsules at the National Ignition Facility.

scientific article published in October 2012

Measurement of highly transient electrical charging following high-intensity laser–solid interaction

Measurements of thermal transport in plasmas produced by picosecond laser pulses

Measuring E and B fields in laser-produced plasmas with monoenergetic proton radiography

scientific article published on 28 September 2006

Measuring the absolute deuterium–tritium neutron yield using the magnetic recoil spectrometer at OMEGA and the NIF

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Multi-MeV proton source investigations in ultraintense laser-foil interactions

scientific article published on 05 February 2004

Neutron Time-of-Flight Measurements of Charged-Particle Energy Loss in Inertial Confinement Fusion Plasmas

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Neutron spectrometry--an essential tool for diagnosing implosions at the National Ignition Facility (invited).

scientific article published in October 2012

Nuclear Diagnostics at the National Ignition Facility, 2013-2015

Nuclear imaging of the fuel assembly in ignition experiments

article

Observation of a reflected shock in an indirectly driven spherical implosion at the national ignition facility

scientific article published on 04 June 2014

Observation of collisionless shocks in laser-plasma experiments.

scientific article published on 10 July 2008

Observation of the decay dynamics and instabilities of megagauss field structures in laser-produced plasmas

scientific article published on 02 July 2007

Omega EP, laser scalings and the 60 MeV barrier: First observations of ion acceleration performance in the 10 picosecond kilojoule short-pulse regime

scientific article published in August 2010

Onset of hydrodynamic mix in high-velocity, highly compressed inertial confinement fusion implosions.

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

Optimization of high energy x ray production through laser plasma interaction

scholarly article

Performance of high-convergence, layered DT implosions with extended-duration pulses at the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published on 19 November 2013

Petawatt laser system and experiments

scientific article published in July 2000

Plasma conditions generated by interaction of a high brightness, prepulse free Raman amplified KrF laser pulse with solid targets

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Plasma jets driven by ultraintense-laser interaction with thin foils.

scientific article published on 4 June 2008

Precision shock tuning on the national ignition facility

scientific article published on 24 May 2012

Preparing for polar-drive ignition on the National Ignition Facility

Progress of indirect drive inertial confinement fusion in the United States

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Propagation issues and fast particle source characterization in laser-plasma interactions at intensities exceeding 10 19 W/cm 2

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

Proton Radiography of a Laser-Driven Cylindrical Implosion

Proton imaging detection of transient electromagnetic fields in laser-plasma interactions (invited)

article published in 2003

Proton radiography of a cylindrical laser-driven implosion

Proton radiography of a laser-driven implosion

scientific article published on 24 July 2006

Proton radiography of a shock-compressed target

scientific article

Proton radiography of magnetic fields in a laser-produced plasma

scientific article published in December 2010

Quantitative study of the ionization-induced refraction of picosecond laser pulses in gas-jet targets

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Radiation-driven hydrodynamics of high- hohlraums on the national ignition facility

scientific article published on 18 November 2005

Refraction-enhanced backlit imaging of axially symmetric inertial confinement fusion plasmas.

scientific article published in May 2013

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

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Shock timing on the National Ignition Facility: The first precision tuning series

scientific article published in 2013

Simulations of indirectly driven gas-filled capsules at the National Ignition Facility

Soft x-ray images of the laser entrance hole of ignition hohlraums

scientific article

South pole bang-time diagnostic on the National Ignition Facility (invited).

scientific article

Study of electron and proton isochoric heating for fast ignition

Study of hot electron production and transport as a function of preplasma filling of hollow cone targets

Summary of the first neutron image data collected at the National Ignition Facility

article

Temporally resolved characterization of shock-heated foam target with Al absorption spectroscopy for fast electron transport study

The Potential of Fast Ignition and Related Experiments with a Petawatt Laser Facility

scientific article published in 1998

The effect of target thickness, molecular composition and pulse length on the proton beam flux and conversion efficiency

article

The first experiments on the national ignition facility

scientific article published in June 2006

The first target experiments on the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published on 18 May 2006

The magnetic recoil spectrometer for measurements of the absolute neutron spectrum at OMEGA and the NIF.

scientific article

Thin Shell, High Velocity Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions on the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Ti Kα radiography of Cu-doped plastic microshell implosions via spherically bent crystal imaging

scientific article published on 9 May 2005

Time-Resolved Fuel Density Profiles of the Stagnation Phase of Indirect-Drive Inertial Confinement Implosions

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Understanding the role of fast electrons in the heating of dense matter: experimental techniques and recent results

scientific article published in September 2003

Use of GafChromic film to diagnose laser generated proton beams.

scientific article

Using a 2-shock 1D platform at NIF to measure the effect of convergence on mix and symmetry

Using high-intensity laser-generated energetic protons to radiograph directly driven implosions.

scientific article

Using multiple secondary fusion products to evaluate fuel ρR, electron temperature, and mix in deuterium-filled implosions at the NIF

article by H. G. Rinderknecht et al published August 2015 in Physics of Plasmas

X-ray diagnostics of fast electrons propagation in high density plasmas obtained by cylindrical compression