G. Fubiani, E. Esarey, C.B. Schroeder, and W.P. Leemans, "Laser triggered trapping of electrons in plasmas waves by the collisioin of a drive pulse with a single injection pulse", Phys Rev. E, submitted 2003, LBNL-53506.

C. Toth, J. de Groot, J. van Tilborg, C. G.R. Geddes, J. Faure, P. Catravas, C. Schroeder, B. A. Shadwick, E. Esarey, and W. Leemans, "Evolution of Pulse Shapes During a Conventional Compressor Scan in a Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) System and its Effect on Electron Acceleration in Plasmas", Proc. 13th Intl. Conf. on Ultrafast Phenomena, Vancouver, BC,  2003, LBNL-52183.

D.A. Dimitrov, D.L. Bruhwiler, W. Leemans, E. Esarey, P. Catravas, C. Toth, B. Shadwick, J. R. Cary and R. Giacone, "Simulations of Laser Propagation and Ionization in l’OASIS Experiments", Advanced Accelerator Concepts, edited by C.E. Clayton and P. Muggli, AIP Conf. Proc.  647 (Amer. Inst. Phys., NY, 2002), pp. 192-202, June 2002, LBNL-51589.

W.P. Leemans, C.G.R. Geddes, J. Faure, C.  Toth, J. van Tilborg, C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, G. Fubiani, D. Auerbach, B. Marcelis, M. A. Carnahan, R. A. Kaindl, J. Byrd, and M. C. Martin, "Observation of coherent terahertz emission from ultrashort laser accelerated electron bunches at a plasma boundary", PRL , LBNL-52554.

C. Toth, J. Faure, J. van Tilborg, C. G. R. Geddes, C. Schroeder, E. Esarey, and W.P. Leemans, "Fine-Tuning of Pulse Shapes in Grating-Based Compressors for Optimal Electron Acceleration in Plasmas", Opt. Lett., submitted (2003), LBNL-52178.

D.L. Bruhwiler, D.A. Dimitrov, J.R. Cary, E. Esarey, W. Leemans and R.E. Giacone, "Particle-in-cell simulations of electron-impact and tunneling ionization effects in plasma-based accelerators", Invited Paper, Phys. of Plasmas, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 2022 - 2030, May 2003, LBNL-52177.

C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, C. Toth, J. Faure, C.G.R. Geddes, J. van Tilborg, B.A. Shadwick, and W.P. Leemans, "Laser chirp and pulse shape effects in self-modulated laser wakefield accelerators", Phys. of Plasmas 2002, LBNL-52176.

R.M.G. Trines, L.P.J. Kamp, T.J. Schep, W.P. Leemans, E.H. Esarey, and F.W. Sluijter, "Enhancement of fast-electron generation through suppression of Raman backscattering", Phys.  Rev., 2002, LBNL-52175.

W. P. Leemans, E. Esarey, J. Faure, C. B. Schroeder, B. A. Shadwick, C. Toth, D. Auerbach, G. Fubiani, C. G. Geddes, J. van Tilborg, J. O'Neil, H. Vanbrocklin, D. Rodgers, "Progress towards a 1 GeV laser-driven accelerator", abstract submitted to the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 12 - 16, 2003, December 4, 2002, LBNL-51823 abs.

B. A. Shadwick, E. H. Esarey, W. P. Leemans, C. B. Schroeder, G. M. Tarkenton, "Fluid modeling of intense laser pulses in plasma channels: an optimized accelerator stage", abstract submitted to the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 12 - 16, 2003, December 4, 2002, CBP Note-463, LBNL-51820 abs.

C. Toth, J. Faure, C. Geddes, J. van Tilborg, and W. P. Leemans, "Shaping of pulses in optical grating-based laser systems for optimal control of electrons in laser plasma wakefield accelerator, paper sumbitted the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 12 - 16, 2003, December 4, 2002, LBNL-51819.

C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, B. Shadwick, and W.P. Leemans, "Raman forward scattering of high-intensity chirped laser pulses", Advanced Accelerator Concepts, edited by C.E. Clayton and P. Muggli, AIP Conf. Proc.  647 (Amer. Inst. Phys., NY, 2002), pp. 737-750, June 2002, LBNL-51579.

C. Toth, J. Faure, J. van Tilborg, C.G.R. Geddes, C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, and W.P. Leemans, "Shape-control of ultrashort laser pulses for optimal electron acceleration in plasmas", Advanced Accelerator Concepts, edited by C.E. Clayton and P. Muggli, AIP Conf. Proc.  647 (Amer. Inst. Phys., NY, 2002), pp. 674-680, LBNL-51578.

C.G.R. Geddes, P.E. Catravas, J. Faure, C. Toth, J. van Tilborg, and W.P. Leemans, "Accelerator optimization using a network control and acquisition system, Proceedings of the Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, Mandalay Beach, California, June 23 - 28, 2002, LBNL-51577.

J. Faure, E. Lefebvre, V. Malka, J.R. Marques, F. Amiranoff, A. Solodov,and P. Mora, "Electron acceleration mechanisms in the interaction of ultrashort lasers with underdense plasmas: Experiments and Simulations", Advanced Accelerator Concepts, edited by C.E. Clayton and P. Muggli, AIP Conf. Proc.  647 (Amer. Inst. Phys., NY, 2002), pp. 717-726, June 2002, LBNL-51575.

C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, B.A. Shadwick, and W.P. Leemans, "Raman forward scattering of chirped laser pulses", Phys. of Plasmas, Vol. 10, 285-295, January 2003, LBNL-50729.

A.J.W. Reitsma, W.P. Leemans, E. Esarey, C.B. Schroeder, L.P.J. Kamp, and T.J. Schep, "Simulation of electron post-acceleration in a two-stage laser wakefield accelerator", Phys. Rev. Special Topics Accel. Beams 5, 051302 (2002), May 2002, LBNL-50727.

W.P. Leemans, P. Catravas, E. Esarey, C.G.R. Geddes, C. Toth, R. Trines, C.B. Schroeder, B.A. Shadwick, J. van Tilborg, and J. Faure, "Electron-Yield Enhancement in a Laser-Wakefield Accelerator Driven by Asymmetric Laser Pulses", Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 89, 174802, October 2002, LBNL-49856.

B.A. Shadwick, G.M. Tarkenton, E.H. Esarey, and W.P. Leemans, "Fluid Simulations of Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Sciences, Vol. 30, Issue 1, July 2001, LBNL-48623.

W.P. Leemans, "Laser Wakefield Accelerators:  Status and Applications", Abstract submitted to the CLEO/QELS 2001 Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 6 - 11, 2001, May 2001, LBNL-47933a.

W.P. Leemans, D. Rodgers, P.E. Catravas, G. Fubiani, C.G.R. Geddes, E. Esarey, B.A. Shadwick, G.J.H. Brussard, J. van Tilborg, S. Chattopadhay, J.S. Wurtele, L. Archambault, M.R. Dickinson, S. DiMaggio, R. Short, K.L. Barat, R. Donahue, J. Floyd, A. Smith, and E. Wong, "Laser Wakefield Accelerator Experiments at LBNL", Proceedings of the Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC 2000), June 10 -16, 2000, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 2000, LBNL-46893.

W.P. Leemans, D. Rodgers, P.E. Catravas, G. Fubiani, C.G.R. Geddes, E. Esarey, B.A. Shadwick, J. van Tilborg, S. Chattopadhyay, J.S. Wurtele, L. Archambault, M.R. Dickinson, S. DiMaggio, R. Short, K.L. Barat, R. Donahue, J. Floyd, A. Smith, and E. Wong, "All Optical Accelerator Experiments at LBNL", Proc. of the XX International Linac Conference (LINAC 2000), Aug. 21 - 25, 2000, Monterey, CA, LBNL-46891.

W.P. Leemans, P. Catravas, E. Esarey, G. Fubiani, C. Geddes, B. Shadwick, and J. Wurtele, "Experimental Studies of Self-Modulated and Standard Laser Wakefield Accelerators:, abstract submitted to the 2000 Division of Plasma Physics Meeting of the APS, Oct. 23 - 27, 2000, LBNL-46495a.

D. Bernard, F. Amiranoff, W.P. Leemans, E. Esarey and C. Joshi, "Alternative Interpretation of Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Rev. A 410 (1998) 357 (H. Dewa et al.)", submitted to Elsevier Science, January 1999, LBNL-46121.

W. P. Leemans, P. E. Catravas, E. Esarey, G. Fubiani, M. Pilloff, B. A. Shadwick, J. van Tilborg, J. S. Wurtele, and S. Chattopadhyay, "All-Optical Plasma Based Acceleration", abstract submitted to the XX International Linac Conference (LINAC 2000), Monterey, CA, Aug. 21 - 25, 2000, April 2000, LBNL-45996a.

E. Esarey, W.P. Leemans, "Scaling Laws for Laser Wakefield Accelerators", Proceedings of the 1999 Particle Accelerator Conference,  New York City, March 29 - April 2, 1999 LBNL-43047.

W.P. Leemans, L. Archambault, P. Catravas, S. Chattopadhyay, S. DiMaggio, E. Esarey, K.-Z. Guo, C. B. Schroeder, B. A. Shadwick, P. Volfbeyn and J. S. Wurtele, "Ultrashort Electron Bunches and Laser Channeled Wakefield Acceleration", invited paper, Proceedings of the1999 Particle Accelerator Conference, New York City, March 29 - April 2, 1999, March 1999, LBNL-43046.

W. P. Leemans, E. Esarey, Summary Report:  Working Group 2 on "Plasma Based Acceleration Concepts", 8th Workshop on Advanced Accelerator Concepts, Baltimore, MD, July 5-11, 1998, September 1998, LBNL-42348.

W. P. Leemans, P. Volbeyn, C. B. Schroeder, B. A. Shadwick, K. Z. Guo, P. B. Lee,  S. Chattopadhyay, J. S. Wurtele, and E. Esarey, Laser Driven Plasma Based Accelerators: Wakefield Excitation, Channel Guiding, and Laser Triggered Particle Injection, 39th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 17 - 21, 1997. invited paper, November 1997, LBNL-41122.
 

Laser propagation and channel guiding

E. Esarey, B. A. Shadwick, C. B. Schroeder, J. S. Wurtele, and W. P. Leemans, "Nonparaxial propagation of intense laser pulses in plasmas", 9th Workshop on Advanced Accelerator Concepts, Santa Fe, NM, 2000, Proceedings, edited by P. Colestock (American Institute of Physics), June 2000, LBNL-46715.

E. Esarey, "Non-paraxial Theory of Ultrashort Laser Pulser Propogation in Underdense Plasmas", abstract submitted to the 2000 Division of Plasma Physics Meeting of the APS, Oct.23 - 27, 2000,  LBNL-46496a.

E. Esarey, C. B. Schroeder, B. A. Shadwick, J. S. Wurtele, and W. P. Leemans, "Nonlinear theory of non-paraxial laser pulse propagation in plasma channels", Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 84, No. 14,  p. 3081 (April 2000), April 2000, LBNL-45523.

Carl B. Schroeder, "Plasma-Based Accelerating Structures (Ph. D. Thesis), December 1999, LBNL-44779.

E. Esarey, C. B. Shroeder, B. A. Shadwick, W. P. Leemans, and J. Wurtele, "Non-Paraxial Propagation of Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Underdense Plasma Radiation", Proceedings of the 1999 Particle Accelerator Conference,  New York City, March 29 - April 2, 1999, March 1999, LBNL-43405.

E. Esarey, W. P. Leemans, "Non-paraxial propagation of ultrashort laser pulses in plasma channels", Physical Review E, Vol. 59, No. 1, January 1999, CBP Note-275, LBNL-42346.
 

B. A. Shadwick, G. M. Tarkenton, E. H. Esarey, and W. P. Leemans, "Fluid modeling of intense laser-plasma interactions", 9th Workshop on Advanced Accelerator Concepts, Santa Fe, NM, 2000, June 2000, CBP Note-366, LBNL-46497.

B. Shadwick, W. A. Buell, and J. C. Bowman, "Structure Preserving Integration Algorithms", 2nd International Workshop on Scientific Computing and Applications, May 28 - June 1, 2000, Alberta, Canada, July 2000, LBNL-46503.

B. Shadwick, E. Esarey, W. P. Leemans, and G. M. Tarkenton, "Fluid Modeling of Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Experiments", abstract submitted the 2000 Division of Plasma Physics Meeting of the APS, Oct.23 - 27, 2000, LBNL-46497a.
 

Colliding pulse

E. Esarey, G. Fubiani, C. B. Schroeder, B. A. Shadwick, W. P. Leemans, J. Cary. R. Giacone, "Electron injection by colliding laser pulses in plasmas", abstract submitted to the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 12 - 16, 2003, December 4, 2002, CBP Note-466, LBNL-51824a.

J. Faure, W. P. Leemans, C. G. R. Geddes, C. Toth, J. van Tilborg, E. Esarey, C. B. Schroeder, G. Fubiani, B. A. Shadwick, G. Dugan, J. R. Cary, R. Giacone, C. Nieter, "Laser triggered injection using colliding pulses", abstract submitted to the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 12 - 16, 2003, December 4, 2002, CBP Note-464, LBNL-51822a.

R.E. Giacone, J.R. Cary, E. Esarey, W.P Leemans, D. Bruhwiler, P. Mardahl, and J.P. Verboncoeur, "Simulations of Electron Injection into Plasma Wake Fields by Colliding Laser Pulses Using XOOPIC", Proceedings of the 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference, edited by P. Lucas and S. Webber, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 2001, p. 4023., June 2002, CBP Note-443, LBNL-50716.

E. Esarey, C.B. Schroeder, W.P. Leemans, and B. Hafizi, "Laser-Induced Electron Trapping in Plasma-Based Accelerators", Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 2262-68, May 1999, CBP Note-292, LBNL-43144.

C. B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, P. B. Lee, W. P. Leemans, and J. S. Wurtele, "Generation of Ultrashort Electron Bunches by Colliding Laser Pulses, Phys. Rev. E, Vol. 59, No. 5, May 1999, CBP Note-268, LBNL-42198.

W.P. Leemans, C.B. Schroeder, P.B. Lee, J.S. Wurtele, E. Esarey, "Study of Laser Injection of Electrons into Plasma Wakefields", European Particle Accelerator Conference (EPAC'98), Stockholm, Sweden June 22-26, 1998, June 1998, CBP Note-255, LBNL-41963.

E. Esarey, R. F. Hubbard, W. P. Leemans, A. Ting, and P. Sprangle, Electron Injection into Plasma Wakefields by Colliding Laser Pulses, Phys. Rev. Lett.79  (14), 2682 (1997), April 1997, CBP Note-223, LBNL-40254.
 

C. G. R. Geddes, E. Esarey, J. Faure, W. Leemans, C. Toth, J. van Tilborg, "Laser guiding at 1018w/cm2 in cm-scale gas jets using the ignitor heater method", abstract submitted of the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 12 - 16, 2003, December 4, 2002, CBP Note-471, LBNL-51833a.

P. Volfbeyn, E. Esarey, and W.P. Leemans, "Guiding of Laser Pulses in Plasma Channels Created by the Ignitor-Heater Technique", Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 2269-77, May 1999, CBP Note-291, LBNL- 43143.

W.P. Leemans, C. W. Siders, E. Esarey, N. Andreev, G. Shvets, and W. B. Mori, "Plasma Guiding and Wakefield Generation for Second Generation Experiments", Proceedings of the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear and Plasma Sciences, January 1996, CBP Note-170, LBL-38316.

P. Volfbeyn and W.P. Leemans, "Guiding of High Intensity Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Plasma Channels Produced with the Dual Laser Pulse Ignitor-Heater Technique", Proceedings of the AAC  '98 Workshop, July 1998, CBP Note-266, LBNL-42122.

P. Volfbeyn and W.P. Leemans, "Experimental Studies of Laser Guiding in Plasma Channels",Proceedings of EPAC '98, July 1998, CBP Note-265, LBNL-42121.

Pavel Volfbeyn, "Experimental Studies of Laser Guiding and Wake Excitation in Plasma Channels (Ph.D. Thesis), June 1998, CBP Note-254, LBNL-41892.

P. Volfbeyn, P. B. Lee, J. Wurtele, and W. P. Leemans, "Driving Laser Pulse Evolution in a Hollow Channel Laser Wakefield Accelerator", Physics of Plasmas, 4  (9), 3403 (1997), July 1997, CBP Note-233, LBNL-40590.

P. Volfbeyn, P. B. Lee, J.  Wurtele, and W. Leemans, "Evolution of Laser Pulse in a Hollow Channel Laser Wakefield Accelerator", 1997 Particle Accelerator Conference, Vancouver, B. C., May 12 - 16, 1997, May 1997, CBP Note-214, LBNL-39952.
 

Space charge effects

G. Fubiani, E. Esarey, W. Leemans, R. Ryne, J. Qiang, G. Dugan, "Numerical studies of laser-plasma produced electron beam transport in vacuum", abstract submitted to the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 12 - 16, 2003, December 4, 2002, CBP Note-470, LBNL-51830a.

G. Fubiani, W.P. Leemans, and E. Esarey, "Studies of Space-Charge Effects in Ultrashort Electron Bunches", Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Advanced Accelerator Concepts, Santa Fe, NM, 2000, edited by P. Colestock (American Institute of Physics), June 2000, CBP-369, LBNL-47539.
 

Radio-isotope production

W.P. Leemans, D. Rodgers, P.E. Catravas, C.G.R. Geddes, G. Fubiani, C. Toth, E. Esarey, B.A. Shadwick, R. Donahue, A. Smith, and A. Reitsma, "Radio-Isotope Production Using Laser Wakefield Accelerators", Proceedings of the 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference, Chicago, IL, June 18 - 22, 2001, June 2001, CBP Note-418, LBNL-49862.

W.P. Leemans, D. Rodgers, P. Catravas, C. Geddes, G. Fubiani, E. Esarey, B. Shadwick, R. Donahue, and A. Smith,  "Gamma-Neutron Activation Experiments Using Laser Wakefield Accelerators", Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 8, No. 5, May 2001, pp. 2510 - 2516, May 2001, CBP Note-372, LBNL-47540.