Area of research
Nuclear and High Energy Physics · Mechanics of Materials
Research interest
Research focused on Plasma and National Ignition Facility, with related work in Weibel instability, Laser, Ignition system. Notable publications include 'Observation of magnetic field generation via the Weibel instability in interpenetrating plasma flows', 'Laboratory evidence of dynamo amplification of magnetic fields in a turbulent plasma', and 'Optical diagnostics of laser-produced plasmas'.
Trends in relativistic laser–matter interaction: the promises of structured light
Ion and electron acoustic bursts during anti-parallel magnetic reconnection driven by lasers
Dephasingless laser wakefield acceleration in the bubble regime
Major Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding Magnetic Reconnection and Related Explosive Phenomena in Heliophysics and Beyond
Optical diagnostics of laser-produced plasmas
Strong suppression of heat conduction in a laboratory replica of galaxy-cluster turbulent plasmas
Towards the optimisation of direct laser acceleration
Time-resolved turbulent dynamo in a laser plasma
Transport of High-energy Charged Particles through Spatially Intermittent Turbulent Magnetic Fields
Laboratory evidence of dynamo amplification of magnetic fields in a turbulent plasma
Transition from Collisional to Collisionless Regimes in Interpenetrating Plasma Flows on the National Ignition Facility
Plasma: at the frontier of scientific discovery
Demonstration of Fuel Hot-Spot Pressure in Excess of 50 Gbar for Direct-Drive, Layered Deuterium-Tritium Implosions on OMEGA
Scaled laboratory experiments explain the kink behaviour of the Crab Nebula jet
National direct-drive program on OMEGA and the National Ignition Facility
Observation of magnetic field generation via the Weibel instability in interpenetrating plasma flows
Collisionless shock experiments with lasers and observation of Weibel instabilities
Polar-direct-drive experiments on the National Ignition Facilitya)