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).

 

“Spatiotemporal Shaping of Terahertz Radiation Produced by a Two-Color Ultrashort Flying Focus,” J. J. Pigeon, H. S. Markland R. Boni, K. G. Miller, A. I. Elliot, J. Kendrick, M. Lim Pac Chong, P. Estrela, D. J. Gitlin, D. N. Purschke, J. P. Palastro, and D. H. Froula, Nature Communications (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).

 

“Laser–Plasma Amplification of an Ultrabroadband Laser Pulse to 0.3 TW,” J. L. Shaw, M. V. Ambat, K. R. McMillen, J. J. Pigeon, S. Bucht, M. Almanza, S.-W. Bahk, I. A. Begishev, R. Boni, J. Bromage, C. Dorrer, D. Haberberger, J. Katz, I. A. LaBelle, C. Mileham, R. G. Roides, M. A. Romo-Gonzalez, I. A. Settle, M. Spilatro, D. P. Turnbull, J. P. Palastro, E. P. Alves, H. G. Rinderknecht, A. B. Sefkow, and D. H. Froula, Nat. Photonics 20, 1070–1074 (2026).

 

“Fabrication of Freeform Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate Crystals by Belt-on-Wheel Polishing for Spatially Tailored Polarization Control in High-Power Lasers,” N. D. Urban, M. Rinkus, G. Gorbold, J. A. Marozas, M. Stehlik, A. L. Rigatti, B. N. Hoffman, D. Weiner, D. W. Broege, K. L. Marshall, R. Huff, R. Bechtold, M. J. Bechtold, D. H. Froula, and S. G. Demos, Appl. Opt. 65, 8479 (2026).

 

“Multi-Petawatt Physics at New and Future Laser User Facilities,” J. D. Zuegel, A. Di Piazza, K. M. Krushelnick, and D. Margarone, Phys. Plasmas 33, 080401 (2026).

 

“Size Scaling of Acceleration Phase Energetic and Its Effects on Direct-Drive DT-Layered Implosions,” D. Patel, R. Betti, V. Gopalaswamy, A. Lees, D. Cao, and R. C. Shah, Phys. Plasmas 33, 082704 (2026).

 

“Structure of Self-Generated Magnetic Fields in Laser-Solid Interaction from Proton Tomography,” J. Griff-McMahon, C. A. Walsh, V. Valenzuela-Villaseca, S. Malko, B. McClusky, K. Lezhnin, H. Landsberger, L. Berzak Hopkins, G. Fiksel, M. J. Rosenberg, D. B. Schaeffer, and W. Fox, Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 075101 (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, 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, 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).

 

“Vibration-Damping Properties of 3D-Printed Auxetic Structures,” M. Wang and D. R. Harding, Fusion Sci. Technol. 82, 1051–1061 (2026).

 

“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, 073501 (2026).

 

“Evaluation of the Interfacial Bonding Strength Between Hafnia and Silica Layers Deposited by Electron-Beam Evaporation,” D. Broege, B. N. Hoffman, M. Mireles, A. L. Rigatti, S. G. Demos, and J. C. Lambropoulos, Sci. Rep. 16, 21879 (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).

 

“High Speed Laser-Induced Refractive Index Change in Ophthalmic HEMA Hydrogel Using a Line Focus,” Z. A Manning, W. R. Donaldson, and W. H. Fox, Opt. Mater. Express 16, 2282 (2026).

 

“Structural Evolution of Iron Oxides Melts at Earth’s Outer-Core Pressures,” C. Crépisson, M. Fitzgerald, D. Peake, P. G. Heighway, T. Stevens, A. Descamps, D. McGonegle, A. Amouretti, K. K. Alaa El-Din, M. Andrzejewski, S. Azadi, E. Brambrink, C. Camarda, D. A. Chin, S. Di Dio Cafiso, A. C. Dutra, H. Höppner, K. Yamamoto, P. S. Karamched, Z. Konôpková, M. Nakatsutsumi, N. Ozaki, D. N. Polsin, J.-P. Schwinkendorf, G. Shoulga, C. Strohm, M. Tang, H. Taylor, M. Toncian, Y. Wang, J. Yao, G. Gregori, J. S. Wark, K. Appel, M. Harmand and S. M. Vinko, “Structural Evolution of Iron Oxides Melts at Earth’s Outer-Core Pressures,” Nat. Commun. 17, 8527 (2026).