Professor Simon Hooker: Publications

Order Dependent Spatial Properties of High Harmonic Generation

Optica Publishing Group (2014) jw2a.11

Authors:

David Lloyd, Simon M Hooker, Kevin O'Keeffe

Complete spatial characterization of an optical wavefront using a variable-separation pinhole pair

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2013)

Authors:

DT Lloyd, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker

Polarization-controlled quasi-phase matching for linearly and circularly polarized high harmonic generation

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2013)

Authors:

LZ Liu, K O'Keeffe, SM Hooker

Two-Pulse Ionization Injection into Quasilinear Laser Wakefields

Physics Review Letters 111 (2013) 155004

Authors:

N Bourgeois, J Cowley, SM Hooker

Developments in laser-driven plasma accelerators

Nature Photonics 7:10 (2013) 775-782

Abstract:

Laser-driven plasma accelerators provide acceleration gradients that are three orders of magnitude greater than those generated by conventional accelerators, offering the potential to shrink the length of accelerators by the same factor. To date, laser acceleration of electron beams to produce particle energies comparable to those offered by synchrotron light sources has been demonstrated with plasma acceleration stages that are only a few centimetres long. This Review describes the operation principles of laser-driven plasma accelerators, and gives an overview of their development from their proposal in 1979 to recent demonstrations. Potential applications of plasma accelerators are described, and the challenges that must be overcome before they can become practical tools are discussed. © 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited.

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