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Thomas Blackburn
Associate Senior Lecturer
Department of PhysicsAbout Thomas Blackburn
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Technical Design Report for the LUXE
experiment
H. Abramowicz, M. Almanza Soto, M. Altarelli, R. Assmann, A. Athanassiadis, G. Avoni, T. Behnke, M. Benettoni, Y. Benhammou, J. Bhatt, Thomas Blackburn, C. Blanch, S. Bonaldo, S. Boogert, O. Borysov, M. Borysova, V. Boudry, D. Breton, R. Brinkmann, M. Bruschi, F. Burkart, K. Buesser, N. Cavanagh, F. Dal Corso, W. Decking, M. Deniaud, O. Diner, U. Dosselli, M. Elad, L. Epshteyn, D. Esperante, T. Ferber, M. Firlej, T. Fiutowski, K. Fleck, N. Fuster-Martinez, K. Gadow, F. Gaede, A. Gallas, H. Garcia Cabrera, E. Gerstmayr, V. Ghenescu, M. Giorato, N. Golubeva, C. Grojean, P. Grutta, G. Grzelak, J. Hallford, L. Hartman, B. Heinemann, T. Heinzl, L. Helary, L. Hendriks, M. Hoffmann, D. Horn, S. Huang, X. Huang, M. Idzik, A. Irles, R. Jacobs, B. King, M. Klute, A. Kropf, E. Kroupp, H. Lahno, F. Lasagni Manghi, J. Lawhorn, A. Levanon, A. Levi, L. Levinson, A. Levy, I. Levy, A. Liberman, B. Liss, B. List, J. List, W. Lohmann, J. Maalmi, T. Madlener, V. Malka, T. Marsault, S. Mattiazzo, F. Meloni, D. Miron, M. Morandin, J. Moron, J. Nanni, A. T. Neagu, E. Negodin, A. Paccagnella, D. Pantano, D. Pietruch, I. Pomerantz, R. Poeschl, P. M. Potlog, R. Prasad, R. Quishpe, E. Ranken, A. Ringwald, A. Roich, F. Salgado, A. Santra, G. Sarri, A. Saevert, A. Sbrizzi, S. Schmitt, I. Schulthess, S. Schuwalow, D. Seipt, G. Simi, Y. Soreq, D. Spataro, M. Streeter, K. Swientek, N. Tal Hod, T. Teter, A. Thiebault, D. Thoden, N. Trevisani, R. Urmanov, S. Vasiukov, S. Walker, M. Warren, M. Wing, Y. C. Yap, N. Zadok, M. Zanetti, A. F. Zarnecki, P. Zbinkowski, K. Zembaczynski, M. Zepf, D. Zerwas, W. Ziegler, M. Zuffa
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS - 2024 -
Analytical solutions for quantum radiation reaction in high-intensity
lasers
Thomas Blackburn
Physical Review A - 2024 -
Unforeseen advantage of looser focusing in vacuum laser
acceleration
Aitor De Andres, Shikha Bhadoria, Javier Tello Marmolejo, Alexander Muschet, Peter Fischer, Hamid Reza Barzegar, Thomas Blackburn, Arkady Gonoskov, Dag Hanstorp, Mattias Marklund, Laszlo Veisz
COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS - 2024 -
Dependence of the number-weighted angular distribution of Compton-scattered photon beams on the laser
intensity
K. Fleck, Thomas Blackburn, E. Gerstmayr, M. Bruschi, P. Grutta, M. Morandin, G. Sarri
PHYSICAL REVIEW A - 2024 -
Signatures of Non-linear Compton Scattering in Scattered Angular
Spectra
Brandon K. Russell, Stepan S. Bulanov, Qian Qian, Sergei V. Bulanov, Gabriele M. Grittani, Daniel Seipt, Christopher Arran, Christopher P. Ridgers, Thomas Blackburn, Alexander G.R. Thomas
Proceedings - Optica Nonlinear Optics Topical Meeting 2023, NLO 2023 - 2023 -
Simulations of laser-driven strong-field QED with Ptarmigan: Resolving wavelength-scale interference and γ-ray
polarization
Thomas Blackburn, B. King, S. Tang
Physics of Plasmas - 2023 -
Parametric study of the polarization dependence of nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair creation process using two laser
pulses
Qian Qian, Daniel Seipt, Marija Vranic, Thomas E. Grismayer, Thomas Blackburn, Christopher P. Ridgers, Alexander G.R. Thomas
Physics of Plasmas - 2023 -
Towards critical and supercritical electromagnetic
fields
Mattias Marklund, Thomas Blackburn, Arkady Gonoskov, Joel Magnusson, S. S. Bulanov, A. Ilderton
High Power Laser Science and Engineering - 2023 -
Relativistic electron acceleration from
nanotips
Laszlo Veisz, Aitor De Andres, Shikha Bhadoria, Arkady Gonoskov, Mattias Marklund, Thomas Blackburn, Javier Tello Marmolejo, Dag Hanstorp
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering - 2023 -
Effect of electron-beam energy chirp on signatures of radiation reaction in laser-based
experiments
Joel Magnusson, Thomas Blackburn, E. Gerstmayr, E. E. Los, Mattias Marklund, C. P. Ridgers, S. P.D. Mangles
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams - 2023 -
Strong field vacuum birefringence in plane wave
pulses
B. King, T. Heinzl, Thomas Blackburn
European Physical Journal C - 2023 -
New physics searches with an optical dump at
LUXE
Z. Bai, Thomas Blackburn, O. Borysov, O. Davidi, A. Hartin, B. Heinemann, T. Ma, G. Perez, A. Santra, Y. Soreq, N. T. Hod
Physical Review D - 2022 -
Mapping the power-law decay of high-harmonic spectra from few-cycle laser-solid
interactions
Shikha Bhadoria, Thomas Blackburn, Arkady Gonoskov, Mattias Marklund
Physics of Plasmas - 2022 -
Charged particle motion and radiation in strong electromagnetic
fields
Arkady Gonoskov, Thomas Blackburn, Mattias Marklund, S. S. Bulanov
Reviews of Modern Physics - 2022 -
Achieving pair creation via linear and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler processes in dense plasmas irradiated by high-intensity laser
pulses
Y. He, Thomas Blackburn, T. Toncian, A. Arefiev
Physics of Plasmas - 2022 -
Higher fidelity simulations of nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair creation in intense laser
pulses
Thomas Blackburn, B. King
European Physical Journal C - 2022 -
Self-absorption of synchrotron radiation in a laser-irradiated
plasma
Thomas Blackburn, A. J. MacLeod, A. Ilderton, B. King, S. Tang, Mattias Marklund
Physics of Plasmas - 2021 -
A single-laser scheme for observation of linear Breit-Wheeler electron-positron pair
creation
Y. He, I. L. Yeh, Thomas Blackburn, A. Arefiev
New Journal of Physics - 2021 -
Towards ML-Based Diagnostics of Laser-Plasma
Interactions
Y. Rodimkov, Shikha Bhadoria, V. Volokitin, E. Efimenko, A. Polovinkin, Thomas Blackburn, Mattias Marklund, Arkady Gonoskov, I. Meyerov
Sensors - 2021 -
Effect of laser temporal intensity skew on enhancing pair production in laser-electron-beam
collisions
L. E. Bradley, M. J. V. Streeter, C. D. Murphy, C. Arran, Thomas Blackburn, M. Galletti, S. P. D. Mangles, C. P. Ridgers
New Journal of Physics - 2021 -
From local to nonlocal: higher fidelity simulations of photon emission in intense laser
pulses
Thomas Blackburn, A. J. MacLeod, B. King
New Journal of Physics - 2021 -
Conceptual design report for the LUXE
experiment
H. Abramowicz, U. Acosta, M. Altarelli, R. Assmann, Z. Bai, T. Behnke, Y. Benhammou, Thomas Blackburn, S. Boogert, O. Borysov, M. Borysova, R. Brinkmann, M. Bruschi, F. Burkart, K. Busser, N. Cavanagh, O. Davidi, W. Decking, U. Dosselli, N. Elkina, A. Fedotov, M. Firlej, T. Fiutowski, K. Fleck, M. Gostkin, C. Grojean, J. Hallford, H. Harsh, A. Hartin, B. Heinemann, T. Heinzl, L. Helary, M. Hoffmann, S. Huang, X. Huang, M. Idzik, A. Ilderton, R. Jacobs, B. Kampfer, B. King, H. Lahno, A. Levanon, A. Levy, I. Levy, J. List, W. Lohmann, T. Ma, A. J. Macleod, V. Malka, F. Meloni, A. Mironov, M. Morandin, J. Moron, E. Negodin, G. Perez, I. Pomerantz, R. Poschl, R. Prasad, F. Quere, A. Ringwald, C. Rodel, S. Rykovanov, F. Salgado, A. Santra, G. Sarri, A. Savert, A. Sbrizzi, S. Schmitt, U. Schramm, S. Schuwalow, D. Seipt, L. Shaimerdenova, M. Shchedrolosiev, M. Skakunov, Y. Soreq, M. Streeter, K. Swientek, N. T. Hod, S. Tang, T. Teter, D. Thoden, A. I. Titov, O. Tolbanov, G. Torgrimsson, A. Tyazhev, M. Wing, M. Zanetti, A. Zarubin, K. Zeil, M. Zepf, A. Zhemchukov
European Physical Journal-Special Topics - 2021 -
Dominance of gamma-gamma electron-positron pair creation in a plasma driven by high-intensity
lasers
Y. T. He, Thomas Blackburn, T. Toncian, A. V. Arefiev
Communications Physics - 2021 -
Optimized Computation of Tight Focusing of Short Pulses Using Mapping to Periodic
Space
E. Panova, V. Volokitin, E. Efimenko, Julien Ferri, Thomas Blackburn, Mattias Marklund, A. Muschet, A. D. Gonzalez, P. Fischer, L. Veisz, I. Meyerov, Arkady Gonoskov
Applied Sciences-Basel - 2021 -
Radiation reaction in electron-beam interactions with high-intensity
lasers
Thomas Blackburn
Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics - 2020 -
Model-independent inference of laser
intensity
Thomas Blackburn, E. Gerstmayr, S. P. D. Mangles, Mattias Marklund
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams - 2020 -
Radiation beaming in the quantum
regime
Thomas Blackburn, D. Seipt, S. S. Bulanov, Mattias Marklund
Physical Review A - 2020 -
Realising single-shot measurements of quantum radiation reaction in high-intensity
lasers
C. D. Baird, C. D. Murphy, Thomas Blackburn, A. Ilderton, S. P.D. Mangles, Mattias Marklund, C. P. Ridgers
New Journal of Physics - 2019 -
Reaching supercritical field strengths with intense
lasers
Thomas Blackburn, A. Ilderton, Mattias Marklund, C. P. Ridgers
New Journal of Physics - 2019 -
Optimal parameters for radiation reaction
experiments
C. Arran, J. M. Cole, E. Gerstmayr, Thomas Blackburn, S. P.D. Mangles, C. P. Ridgers
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion - 2019