Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) were proposed more than three decades ago, and
while they promise to deliver compact, high energy particle accelerators, they will also …

The unique plasma-specific features and physical phenomena in the organization of
nanoscale soild-state systems in a broad range of elemental composition, structure, and …

When an ultrashort laser pulse irradiates a metal, energy is absorbed by the electron system
which is driven out of thermal equilibrium on a femtosecond time scale. Due to electron …

We have used a two-temperature nonequilibrium molecular dynamics method for predicting
interfacial thermal resistance across metal-nonmetal interfaces. This method is an extension …

The study of structure, thermodynamic state, equation of state (EOS) and transport properties
of warm dense matter (WDM) has become one of the key aspects of laboratory astrophysics …

Ultrafast spectroscopies can access the dynamics of electrons and nuclei at short
timescales, shedding light on nonequilibrium phenomena in materials. However …

Exploring and understanding ultrafast processes at the atomic level is a scientific challenge.
Femtosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) arises as an essential experimental …

In this article we review the prospects of laser wakefield accelerators as next generation light
sources for applications. This work arose as a result of discussions held at the 2013 Laser …

Transition metals, with their densely confined and strongly coupled valence electrons, are
key constituents of many materials with unconventional properties, such as high …

In this paper, we present ultrafast measurements of the complex refractive index for copper
up to a time delay of 20 ps with an accuracy< 1% at laser fluences in the vicinity of the …