Recent Publications

“Transforming Water Detritiation: Process Design and AI-Driven Material Selection,” R. Ahmadov, J. Ruby, M. D. Wittman, Z. Robinson, and M. Sharpe, Fusion Science and Technology (2026).

“Dephasingless Laser Wakefield Acceleration of Electrons Using a Flying Focus,” C. D. Arrowsmith, K. G. Miller, M. V. Ambat, S.-W. Bahk, I. A. Begishev, J. Bromage, S. Bucht, N. Dauphin, C. Dorrer, C. Jeon, J. Kendrick, I. A. LaBelle, L. S. Mack, A. Martin, C. Mileham, S. Qin, J. J. Pigeon, A. Raymond, M. Romanofsky, H. G. Rinderknecht, R. G. Roides, J. Szczepanski, I. A. Settle, M. Spilatro, B. Webb, J. L. Shaw, J. P. Palastro, and D. H. Froula, Nature Physics (2026).

“Redefining Precision Interferometry and Spectroscopy with High-Performance Optical Interference Coatings,” G. D. Cole, T. Legero, U. Sterr, D. Lee, J. Ye, A. M. Gretarsson, G. Harry, S. Penn, L. Pinard, C. S. Menoni, M. M. Fejer, J. Wittwer, J. Fleisher, S. G. Demos, and O. H. Heckl, Optica 13 (8), 1488–1507 (2026).

“Expansion-Driven Weibel Instability in Magnetohydrodynamics: Linear Theory for Static Systems,” J. R. Davies, Phys. Plasmas 33, 072706 (2026).

“The Next-Generation Particle X-Ray Temporal Diagnostic for Simultaneous Time-Resolved Measurements of Nuclear-Burn and X-Ray Emission Histories in Support of Basic-Science and Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments at OMEGA,” T. E. Evans, B. L. Reichelt, S. G. Dannhoff, J. Vargas, M. Gatu Johnson, R. D. Petrasso, N. V. Kabadi, C. Stoeckl, A. Sorce, J. Katz, S. T. Ivancic, E. Gallardo-Diaz, and J. Frenje, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 97, 073506 (2026).

“Printed Targets with Micron-Scale Feature Patterns for the Study of Ablator Defects on OMEGA,” S. M. Fess, M. Bonino, D. Wasilewski, N. Redden, L. Ulrich, D. Harding, R. Shah, T. Collins, and S. Regan, Fusion Sci. Technol. 82, 996–1033 (2026).

“Inferring Performance Metrics for Laser Direct Drive Experiments on OMEGA,” V. Gopalaswamy, L. Ceurvorst, A. Lees, D. Patel, J. P. Knauer, R. C. Shah, and R. Betti, Phys. Plasmas 33 (7), 072703 (2026) (invited).

“Optimizing the Smoothness and Thickness Uniformity of Thin-Film Parylene-N Vapor-Deposited Coatings for Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments,”I. P. Knudsen and D. R. Harding, Fusion Sci. Technol. 82, 1014–1022 (2026).

“Robust Direct Laser Acceleration of Electrons with Flying-Focus Laser Pulses,” T. Meir, K. Weichman, A. Arefiev, J. P. Palastro, and I. Pomerantz, Commun. Phys. 9, 244 (2026).

“Intrinsic Nonlocality of Spin- and Polarization-Resolved Probabilities in Strong-Field Quantum Electrodynamics,” S. Montefiori, A. Di Piazza, T. Podszus, C. H. Keitel, and M. Tamburini, Phys. Rev. D 114, 016030 (2026). OSTI ID: 3388659

“Roadmap for Warm Dense Matter Physics,” J. Vorberger, F. Graziani, D. Riley, A. D. Baczewski, I. Baraffe, M. Bethkenhagen, S. Blouin, M. P. Bohme, M. Bonitz, M. Bussmann, A. Casner, W. Cayzac, P. Celliers, G. Chabrier, N. Chamel, D. Chapman, M. Chen, J. Clérouin, G. Collins, F. Coppari, T. Döppner, T. Dornheim, L. B. Fletcher, D. O. Gericke, S. Glenzer, A. F. Goncharov, G. Gregori, S. Hamel, S. B. Hansen, N. J. Hartley, S. X. Hu, O. A. Hurricane, V. V. Karasiev, J. J. Kas, B. Kettle, T. Kluge, M. D. Knudson, A. Kononov, Z. Konôpková, D. Kraus, A. Kritcher, S. Malko, G. Massacrier, B. Militzer, Z. A. Moldabekov, M. S. Murillo, B. Nagler, N. Nettleman, P. Neumayer, B. K. Ofori-Okai, I. I. Oleynik, M. Preising, A. Pribham-Jones, T. Ramazanov, A. Ravasio, R. Redmer, B. Rethfeld, A. P. L. Robinson, G. Röpke, F. Soubiran, C. E. Starrett, G. Steinle-Neumann, P. A. Sterne, S. Tanaka, A. P. Thompson, S. B. Trickey, T. Vinci, S. M. Vinko, L. Wang, A. J. White, T. G. White, U. Zastrau, E. Zurek, and P. Tolias, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 68 (7), 073501 (2026).