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Ph.D Theses

 

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Student Name Graduation Date Thesis
Dana Tovey September 2021 A Compact CO2 Amplifier Optically Pumped by a Tunable 4.3 μm Fe:ZnSe Laser
Chen-Kang Huang December 2020 Transient Plasma Effects in Optical-field Ionized Helium Gas
Jeremy Pigeon October 2017 Four-wave Mixing of Gigawatt power, Long-wave Infrared Radiation in Gases and Semiconductors
Navid Vafaei August 2016 Experimental Investigations of Beam Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerators
Jessica Shaw July 2016 Direct Laser Acceleration in Laser Wakefield Accelerators
Chao Gong June 2015 Optical Probing of CO2 Laser-Plasma Interactions at Near Critical Density
Dan Haberberger June 2012 Shock Wave Acceleration of Monoenergetic Protons using a Multi-Terawatt CO2 Laser
Arthur Pak September 2010 Injection of Tunnel Ionized Electrons into Laser-Produced Wakes
Tyan-Lin Wang August 2010 Amplification of Short Laser Pulses via Resonant Energy Transfer in Underdense Thermal Plasmas
Joseph Ralph March 2009 Self-Guiding of Relativistically-Intense Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Underdense Plasmas
Chieh Sung June 2008 Interaction of a Relativistic Electron Beam with Radiation in the THz Frequency Range
Fang Fang March 2008 Some Non-linear Aspects of Ultra-intense, Laser-Plasma Interactions
Devon Johnson June 2006 Positron Production by X-rays Emitted from Betatron Motion in a Plasma Wiggler
Ritesh Narang December 2003 Acceleration of Electrons using Relativistic Plasma Waves
Catalin Filip December 2003 Resonant and Non-Resonant Beat-Wave Excitation of Relativistic Plasma Waves
Brent Blue March 2003 Plasma Wakefield Acceleration of an Intense Positron Beam
Shuoqin Wang June 2002 X-ray synchrotron radiation in a plasma wiggler
Daniel Gordon June 1999 Resonant Laser Plasma Interactions and Electron Acceleration
Kenneth Wharton October 1998 Laser-Plasma Interactions Relevant to Inertial Confinement Fusion
Amit Lal December 1996 Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Relativistic Plasma Beat Waves
Robert Brogle December 1996 Studies of Linear and Nonlinear Photoemission Processes in Metals and Semiconductors
Pepe Davis June 1996 Plasma Lenses for Relativistic Electron Beams
Matthew Everett December 1994 The Physics of Beat Excited Plasmas
Ronald Williams September 1992 Interactions of Relativistic Electrons with Relativistic Plasma Waves
Richard Savage September 1992 Frequency Upshifting of Electromagnetic Radiation via an Underdense Relativistic Ionization Front
Youichi Sakawa March 1992 Excitation and Nonlinear Evolution of the Modified Simon-Hoh Instability in an Electron Beam Produced Plasma Column
Wim Leemans September 1991 Topics in High Intensity Laser Plasma Interaction
Donald Umstadter September 1987 Nonlinear Behavior of Electron Plasma Wave Driven by Stimulated Raman Backscattering
Warren Mori March 1987 Theory and Simulations on Beat Wave Excitation of Relativistic Plasma Waves
Chris Darrow December 1986 Electrostatic Mode Coupling of Beat Excited Electron Plasma Waves
Humberto Figueroa September 1986 Investigations of Stimulated Raman Scattering from High Density Underdense Plasmas Irradiated by a 0.35 Micron Laser


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