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The hard copy of the Annual Report 2016-2017 contains a short synopsis of each article.

Where available, full articles are available to download below. In some cases, a link is provided to the published version.

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Foreword (PDF – 73KB - link opens in a new window)

Overview (PDF – 53KB - link opens in a new window)

Economic Impact (PDF – 41KB - link opens in a new window)

Outreach (PDF – 282KB - link opens in a new window)  

Full articles

High Energy Density & High Intensity Physics (PDF containing synopsis of each article – 489KB - link opens in a new window)

1. High fidelity parameter scans in a 5 Hz plasma wakefield accelerator (01 - Streeter – 800KB - link opens in a new window)
2. Genetic algorithm optimization of x-ray emission from laser-cluster interactions (02 - Eardley - 256KB - link opens in a new window)
3. Influence of laser polarization on collective electron dynamics in ultraintense laser-foil interactions (03 - McKenna 1 - link opens in a new window)
4. Towards optical polarization control of laser-driven proton acceleration in foils undergoing relativistic transparency (04 - McKenna 2 - link opens in a new window)
5. Investigation on material and timing influences on high-reflective double-pulsed plasma mirrors with emphasis on scale length absorption control (05 - Indorf – 707KB - link opens in a new window)
6. 2D hydrodynamic simulations of a variable length gas target for density down-ramp injection of electrons into a gas laser wakefield accelerator (06 - Kononenko - link opens in a new window)
7. Absolute calibration of Thomson Parabola Micro Channel Plate for multi-MeV carbon ions (07 - McIlvenny – 2157KB - link opens in a new window)
8. Spectral and spatial characterisation of laser-driven positron beams (08 - Sarri - link opens in a new window)
9. Angularly resolved characterization of ion beams from laser-ultrathin foil interactions (09 - Borghesi - link opens in a new window)
10. Spin polarization of electrons interacting with ultra-intense laser pulses (10 - Seipt – 477KB - link opens in a new window)
11. Breaking of dynamical adiabaticity in direct laser acceleration of electrons (11 - Robinson - link opens in a new window)
12. Experimental observation of thin-shell instability in a collisionless plasma (12 - Ahmed - link opens in a new window)
13. Numerical study of neutron beam divergence in a beam-fusion scenario employing laser driven ions (13 - Alejo Kar - link opens in a new window)
14. Evaluating laser-driven bremsstrahlung radiation sources for imaging and analysis of nuclear waste packages (14 - Brenner - link opens in a new window)
15. Experimental measurements of the collisional absorption of XUV radiation in warm dense aluminium (15 - Kettle - link opens in a new window)
16. TOF-based diagnosis of high-energy laser-accelerated protons using diamond detectors (16 - Milluzzo - 617KB - link opens in a new window)
17. Intra-pulse transition between ion acceleration mechanisms in intense laser-foil interactions (17 - McKenna 3 - link opens in a new window)
18. Proton probing of the reconnecting magnetic fields surrounding two adjacent, high-intensity laser interactions (18 - Palmer – 3655KB - link opens in a new window)
19. Measurements of electromagnetic pulses generated from ultra-thin targets at Vulcan Petawatt (19 - Raczka – 408KB - link opens in a new window)
20. Escaping electron measurement in laser-solid interactions on Vulcan Target Area West (20 - Zhang – 1374KB – link opens in a new window)

Laser Science & Development (PDF containing synopsis of each article - 429KB - link opens in a new window)

21. Laser shock peening of aluminium and titanium using the DiPOLE laser system (21 - Banerjee – 582KB – link opens in a new window)
22. Impact of gas cluster ion and accelerated neutral atom beam surface treatments on the LIDT of ceramic Yb:YAG (22 - De Vido – 795KB – link opens in a new window)
23. The prospect of a kW-class, multi-TW, ps laser (23 - Ertel – 686KB – link opens in a new window)
24. Frequency conversion at 5.5 J, 10 Hz with an LBO crystal in DiPOLE for greater than 4 hours operation (24 - Phillips – 576KB – link opens in a new window)
25. Engineering upgrades to the DiPOLE-100 laser system for the D100X project (25 - Tomlinson – 509KB – link opens in a new window)
26. Progress on implementation of a cross-polarised wave generation temporal filter for the Gemini laser (26 - Cheklov – 501KB – link opens in a new window)
27. Gemini Facility improvements (27 - Hooker – 556KB – link opens in a new window)
28. Software developments in Gemini (28 - Marshall – 743KB – link opens in a new window)
29. Operation of Gemini Target Area 2 at 5 Hz repetition rate (29 - Symes – 3275KB – link opens in a new window)
30. LIGA and its potential application to High Power Laser Science (30 - Arthur – 945KB – link opens in a new window)
31. Characterisation of the oxide effects on aluminium opacity targets (31 - Haddock – 1089KB – link opens in a new window)
32. LA4/Vulcan pointing mismatch investigation (32 - Ahmed – 323KB – link opens in a new window)
33. Vulcan laser timing system upgrade (33 - Pepler – 460KB – link opens in a new window)
34. Observation of harmonic conversion efficiency clamping for nanosecond pulses due to wavefront distortion in Nd:Glass amplifier systems (34 - Shaikh – 556KB – link opens in a new window)
35. Design and implementation of a test compressor for the Vulcan Front End (35 - Wyatt 1 – 796KB – link opens in a new window)
36. Characterization of highly chirped ultrabroadband optical pulses (36 - Wyatt 2 – 679KB – link opens in a new window)

Plasma Diagnostics (PDF containing synopsis of each article - 278KB - link opens in a new window)

37. Plasma scale length effects on an imaging geometry (37 - Huzan - 475KB - link opens in a new window)
38. Shielding effectiveness of a copper box against laser driven electromagnetic pulses (38 - Jones 1 - 1709KB - link opens in a new window)
39. Remote control of delay generators and high voltage output devices from Stanford Research Systems (39 - Jones 2 - 265KB - link opens in a new window)
40. Absolute calibration of Fujifilm BAS-TR image plate response to high energy protons in the range 10-40 MeV (40 - Martin - 699KB - link opens in a new window)
41. Monte Carlo simulations of x-ray generation to analyse scintillator spectrometer (41 - Rusby - 1048KB - link opens in a new window)
42. Time-dependent Nyquist limited Fourier transform analysis of electromagnetic pulse (42 - Selwood - 411KB - link opens in a new window)
43. Ray tracing investigation of plasma gratings (43 - Neely - 3442KB - link opens in a new window)

Ultrafast & XUV Science (PDF containing synopsis of each article - 142KB - link opens in a new window)

44. Spin-resolved electronic dynamics in bulk WSe₂ (44 - Bertoni - 422KB - link opens in a new window)
45. XUV Ptychographic imaging of mouse hippocampal neurons with 50nm resolution using the Artemis HHG source (45 - Brocklesby - 2285KB - link opens in a new window)
46. Observing the complete reaction pathway of CS₂ dissociation (46 - Chapman - 658KB - link opens in a new window)
47. Out-of-equilibrium electronic dynamics of the transition metal dichalcogenides MoTe₂ and WTe₂ (47 - Crepaldi - 637KB - link opens in a new window)
48. UV-pump-VUV-probe photoelectron spectroscopy experiments at ARTEMIS: unravelling the ultrafast relaxation dynamics of aniline (48 - Fielding – 675KB – link opens in a new window)
49. Dynamics of correlation-frozen antinodal quasiparticles in superconducting cuprates (49 - Giannetti – link opens in a new window)
50. Spin and valley control of free carriers in single-layer WS₂ (50 - Miwa 1 – link opens in a new window)
51. Carrier dynamics in a two-dimensional metal (51 - Miwa 2 – 561KB – link opens in a new window)

Imaging & Dynamics for Physical & Life Science (PDF containing synopsis of each article - 183KB - link opens in a new window)

52. Time-resolved studies reveal that DNA photo-oxidation by a Ru(II) polypyridyl complex is highly sensitive to the presence of modified bases (52 - Cardin – 405KB – link opens in a new window)
53. Vibrational sum frequency generation (VSFG) spectroscopy of electrocatalytic mechanisms (53 - Cowan (abstract only))
54. Using ANOVA-PCA to facilitate screening of large 2D-IR datasets (54 - Hunt – 467KB – link opens in a new window)
55. Investigating electron-phonon coupling and re-orientation effects in hybrid lead-halide perovskites (55 - Oliver – 319KB – link opens in a new window)
56. Femtosecond to microsecond observation of photochemical reaction mechanisms (56 - Orr-Ewing – 608KB – link opens in a new window)
57. Using surface plasmon resonance excitation to determine real-time distributions of gold nanoparticles in live cells (57 - Botchway – 497KB – link opens in a new window)

Operational Statistics (PDF - 512KB - link opens in a new window)

Publications (PDF - 147KB - link opens in a new window)

Panel Membership (PDF - 28KB - link opens in a new window)

CLF Structure (PDF - 271KB - link opens in a new window)