Recent Publications

 

“Spatiospectral Conditioning of Laser-Plasma-Accelerated Beams Using Electromagnetic Solenoids,” M. V. Ambat, H. G. Rinderknecht, J. L. Peebles, D. Fess, R. McEvoy, C. D. Arrowsmith, G. Bruhaug, I. A. LaBelle, M. A. VanDusen-Gross, and J. L. Shaw (2026).

 

“Diamond survival in hydrocarbon fluids under warm dense matter conditions from first principles and machine-learned molecular dynamics,” M. Ghosh, S. Zhang, S. X. Hu, A. Bergermann, A. Gleason, and S. Glenzer (2026).

 

“Controlling Supercontinuum Generation with Tandem-Neural-Network Based Models,” R. Holcomb, C. Feng, and J. Bromage (2026).

 

“Updating the Gas Chromatography Methodology for Measuring Hydrogen Isotopologues at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics,” M. Sharpe (2026)

 

“X-Ray Conversion Efficiency of Laser-Driven Solid Plastic Capsules,” D. H. Barnak, M. J. Bonino, J. R. Davies, R. Epstein, V. N. Goncharov, J. P. Knauer, C. Sorce, S. P. Regan, and K. Widmann (2026).

 

“Generalized Multi-Dimensional Conservation Laws for Stimulated Raman and Brillouin Scattering in a Density Gradient,” V. Patel, S. Chase, F. S. Tsung, J. P. Palastro, D. E. Hinkel, and W. B. Mori (2026).

 

“Temperature and X-Ray Diffraction Measurements of Shock-Released Tantalum,” D. N. Polsin, Z. Liu, J. R. Rygg, M. Ginnane, X. Gong, C. J. Wu, G. W. Collins, and M. C. Marshall (2026).

 

“Emergent Slowly Rotating Polarization State Suppresses Cross Beam Energy Transfer in Laser Driven Fusion Plasmas,” G. Raj, A. Sunahara, T. Cohen, S. Gandrothula, R. K. Follett, P. M. Pattison, P. Rudy, and S. Nakamura (2026).

 

“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).

 

“Superpermeation and Compression Through Vanadium Foil,” J. Ruby, Z. Robinson, W. Udo. Schröder, and M. Sharpe. (2026)

 

“Atomic Layer Deposition of Alumina Films on Reduced-Activation Ferritic-Martensitic Steel for Nuclear Fusion Applications,” S. Bentley,  J. Johnson, A. C. Kozen, J. M. Woodward, J. Sun, R. Ahmadov, J. Ruby, M. D. Wittman, S. Scarantino, G. Amos, M. Sharpe, and Z. R. Robinson, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 44, 062401 (2026).

 

“Characterization and Optimization of a Laser-Produced X-Ray Source for X-Ray Radiography,” Y. Benkadoum, E. Filippov, S. Pikuz, P. Mabey, G. Boutoux, X. Vaisseau, A. Grolleau, M. Bonneau, P. Renaudin, G. Rigon, A. Triantafyllidis, L. Ceurvorst, M. Koenig, and B. Albertazzi, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 97, 103510 (2026).

 

“Proton Probing Measurements of Filamentary Electromagnetic Structure in Laser Ablation of Solids,” J. L. Peebles, P. V. Heuer, D. H. Barnak, Y. V. Zhang, and J. R. Davies, Phys. Plasmas 33, 102703 (2026).

 

“Colloquium: Laboratory Exploration of Planetary Interiors,” G. W. Collins, S. Seager, J. Eggert, X. Gong, M. Huff, J. R. Rygg, T.-A. Suer, and R. Jeanloz, Rev. Mod. Phys. 98, 031004 (2026).

 

“Identification of Distortions to the Ni Atomic Potential at 100 GPa with Temperature Measurements,” A. Chin, G. Hess, E. A. Smith, M. E. Signor, D. T. Bishel, G. Bunker, S. Boccato, R. Torchio, S. Bonev, Y. Ping, H. Sio, S. Anzellini, T. Irifune, N. Abdolrahim, P. M. Nilson, J. R. Rygg, and G. W. Collins, Phys. Rev. Research 8, 033372 (2026).

 

“Initial Swept Performance Assessment of the BHx Streak Tube,” A. E. Raymond, J. Hassett, S. McPoyle, N. Pelepchan, H. G. Rinderknecht, and R. Boni, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 97, 093513 (2026).

 

“Dephasingless Laser Wakefield Acceleration in a Plasma Waveguide,” J. P. Palastro, K. G. Miller, C. D. Arrowsmith, R. Almeida, M. R. Edwards, A. L. Elliot, A. Kiewel, A. Konzel, L. S. Mack, D. Ramsey, D. Singh, A. G. R. Thomas, and J. Viera, Phys. Rev. Research 8, 033364.

 

“Separation of Light Ion Species in the Transition from Shock-Dominated to Compressive Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions,” N. V. Kabadi, C. J. Forrest, V. Yu. Glebov, R. T. Janezic, C. Stoeckl, P. J. Adrian, T. Evans, M. Gatu Johnson, C. K. Li, F. H. Seguin, G. D. Sutcliffe, R. D. Petrasso, and J. A. Frenje, Phys. Rev. Research 8, 033356 (2026).

 

“Parametric Study on Damage Performance of Ultrafast-Enhanced Metal Mirror Designs,” K. R. P. Kafka, M. Mireles, S. MacNally, D. Sadowski, R. McBride, A. L. Rigatti, and S. G. Demos, Optics Letters 51, 5349-5352 (2026).

 

“Generation of Stable, Reflective Plasma Grating from Structured Solid Surface,” C. Jeon, M. Spilatro, B. Webb, S.-W. Bahk, and J. Bromage, Opt. Express 34, 35,612 (2026).

 

“Hot-Spot Pressure Evolution in Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions,” V. N. Goncharov, D. Cao, T. J. B. Collins, R. C. Shah, and A. Shvydky, Physics of Plasmas 33 , 092702 (2026).

 

“Inference of Thermodynamic Conditions in Convergent High-Energy-Density-Physics Experiments,” E. A. Smith, D. T. Bishel, D. A. Chin, M. E. Signor, T. E. Evans, N. V. Kabadi, J. J. Ruby, and G. W. Collins, Phys. Rev. E 114, 035216 (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).

 

“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, Nat. Phys. 22, 1513 (2026).

 

“Lagrange-Remap Strategy for Multi-Material Fluid-Solid Simulations Using Compressive Limiters,” S. Guisset, L. Tallois, A. Colaïtis, and J. Breil, Comput. Math. Appl. 217, 379 (2026).

 

“Arbitrary-Velocity Volkov Wave Packets,” D. Ramsey, J. McKeown, and J. P. Palastro, Phys. Rev. Research 8, 033322 (2026).

 

“Structure of Niobium to 365 GPa Using Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction and Shock Compression,” M. Lonsdale, J. D. McHardy, C. V. Storm, M. I. McMahon, R. S. McWilliams, N. Jaisle, M. Jones, C. R. Roy, R. F. Smith, A. Descamps, A. Higginbotham, T. M. Hutchinson, S. Pandolfi, A. Sollier, A. Amouretti, M. Andrzejewski, K. Appel, T. Aughey, P. Avery, E. Barraud, A. B. Belonoshko, E. Brambrink, N. Bruzy, K. Buakor, S. D. Di Dio Cafiso, C. Camarda, O. Castelnau, A. Chakraborti, J. Chantel, D. M. Cheshire, G. W. Collins, A. J. Comley, T. E. Cowan, C. Crépisson, Y. Deng, L. Dresselhaus-Marais, X. Fang, M. D. Fitzgerald, S. Galitskiy, E. Galtier, H. Ginestet, J. M. Gonzalez, F. Hanby, A. Hari, M. Harmand, N. J. Hartley, P. G. Heighway, J-A. Hernandez, H. Höppner, D. Khaghani, J. Kim, T. Kim, Z. Konôpková, D. Kraus, A. Krygier, H. J. Lee, S-N. Luo, M. Masruri, E. E. McBride, D. McGonegle, S. Merkel, T. Michelat E. Mijit, M. Nakatsutsumi, A-M. Norton, I. K. Ocampo, I. I. Oleynik, C. Otzen, N. Ozaki, S. E. Parsons, D. J. Peake, A. Pelka, K. A. Pereira, A. Phelipeau, C. Prescher, T. R. Preston, N. Pulver, D. Riley, L. Rogal, J-P. Schwinkendorf, G. Shoulga, S. Singh, C. N. Somarathna, T. Stevens, C. Strohm, T-A. Suer, M. X. Tang, A. Tipeev, M. Toncian, T. Toncian, S. J. Tracy, U. Trdan, J. D. Tunacao, J. D. Umpleby-Thorp, C. E. Vennari, L. Wang, J. S. Wark, C. McGuire, G. Morard, and J. H. Eggert, Physical Review B 114, 154101 (2026).

 

“Generation of Angularly Multiplexed Broadband Incoherent Ultraviolet Pulses for Controlled Spatial Incoherence,” M. A. Spilatro and C. Dorrer, Opt. Express 34, 33,894 (2026).

 

“Generation of 100-J Infrared and Ultraviolet Broadband Incoherent Pulses for Laser-Plasma Instabilities Mitigation,” C. Dorrer, E. M. Hill, S. Sampat, A. Bolognesi, N. Ekanayake, K. Gibney, R. Dean, A. L. Rigatti, M. Spilatro, D. Weiner, and J. D. Zuegel, Opt. Express 34, (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).

 

“Efficient Nonlinear Wavelength Redshifting of Ultrashort Pulses in an Air-Filled Multipass Cell,” C. Feng, C. Dorrer, and J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 43, 2007 (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).

 

“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).

 

“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).

 

“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, Nat. Commun. 17, 9173 (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).

 

“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).

 

“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).

 

“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).

 

“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).

 

“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).

 

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

 

“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).

 

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