First results from the E302 efficiency $\unicode {x2013} $ instability experiment at the FACET-II facility OG Finnerud, E Adli, R Ariniello, S Corde, TN Dalichaouch, C Emma, ... arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.06684 , 2026 2026
Evidence of electron microbunching in laser-driven modulated downramp injection and prospects for beam-driven implementation C Zhang, A Farrell, KA Marsh, Q Su, C Joshi Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 68 (1), 015009 , 2026 2026
Plasma-wakefield accelerator simultaneously boosts electron beam energy and brightness C Zhang, D Storey, A Knetsch, BD O’Shea, R Ariniello, GJ Cao, S Corde, ... Nature Communications 16 (1), 10719 , 2025 2025 Citations: 8
Experimental evaluation of the WKB-described spatial extent of Backscattered Stimulated Raman Scattering spectrum from a plasma density ramp. M Sinclair, H Figueroa, FS Tsung, A Farrell, Y Wu, C Zhang, KA Marsh, ... DPP 2025 , 2025 2025
Design initiative for a 10 TeV pCM wakefield collider S Gessner, J Osterhoff, CA Lindstrøm, K Cassou, SP Griso, J List, E Adli, ... arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.20214 , 2025 2025 Citations: 26
Formation and Microfilamentation of Spiral Density Waves in Plasmas Induced by Circularly Polarized Field Ionization CK Huang, C Zhang, KA Marsh, C Joshi, J Wang Physical Review Letters 133 (22), 225101 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Discreteness of the backscattered Stimulated Raman Scattering spectrum from a plasma density ramp. M Sinclair, H Figueroa, F Tsung, A Farrell, Y Wu, C Zhang, K Marsh, ... Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2024 2024
Field mapping of CO2-laser-driven LWFA at low density using electron beam probing A Gaikwad, I Petrushina, I Pogorelsky, K Kusche, W Li, K Miller, ... Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Measuring simultaneous Biermann battery and Weibel instability generated magnetic fields A Farrell, M Sinclair, C Zhang, K Marsh, C Joshi Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2024 2024
Bidirectional cascaded superfluorescent lasing in air enabled by resonant third harmonic photon exchange from nitrogen to argon Z Nie, N Nambu, KA Marsh, D Matteo, CK Patel, C Zhang, Y Wu, ... Physical Review Letters 133 (6), 063201 , 2024 2024 Citations: 13
Correlations between X-rays, visible light and drive-beam energy loss observed in plasma wakefield acceleration experiments at FACET-II C Zhang, D Storey, PSM Claveria, Z Nie, KA Marsh, WB Mori, E Adli, W An, ... Journal of Plasma Physics 90 (4), 965900401 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Thermal Weibel instability induced magnetic fields co-exist with linear wakes in laser-ionized plasmas Y Wu, A Farrell, M Sinclair, C Zhang, I Petrushina, N Vafaei-Najafabadi, ... Physics of Plasmas 31 (7) , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
High-efficiency wake excitation in meter-scale beam-ionized hydrogen plasmas at FACET-II C Zhang, D Storey, PSM Claveria, M Hogan, C Joshi 2024 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), 1-1 , 2024 2024
Plasma electron acceleration driven by a long-wave-infrared laser R Zgadzaj, J Welch, Y Cao, LD Amorim, A Cheng, A Gaikwad, ... Nature Communications 15 (1), 4037 , 2024 2024 Citations: 21
Wakefield generation in hydrogen and lithium plasmas at FACET-II: Diagnostics and first beam-plasma interaction results D Storey, C Zhang, P San Miguel Claveria, GJ Cao, E Adli, L Alsberg, ... Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 27 (5), 051302 , 2024 2024 Citations: 25
Generation of meter-scale hydrogen plasmas and efficient, pump-depletion-limited wakefield excitation using 10 GeV electron bunches C Zhang, D Storey, P San Miguel Claveria, Z Nie, KA Marsh, M Hogan, ... Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 66 (2), 025013 , 2024 2024 Citations: 11
Efficient generation and amplification of intense vortex and vector laser pulses via strongly-coupled stimulated Brillouin scattering in plasmas Y Wu, C Zhang, Z Nie, M Sinclair, A Farrell, KA Marsh, EP Alves, F Tsung, ... Communications Physics 7 (1), 18 , 2024 2024 Citations: 10
Self-organization of photoionized plasmas via kinetic instabilities C Zhang, CK Huang, C Joshi Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics 7 (1), 34 , 2023 2023 Citations: 12
Efficient generation of intense spatial and spatiotemporal vortex harmonics using plasma mirrors Y Wu, Z Nie, F Li, C Zhang, KA Marsh, WB Mori, C Joshi arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.13907 , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
Plasma electron acceleration driven by a long-wave-infrared laser M Downer, R Zgadzaj, J Welch, Y Cao, L Amorim, A Cheng, AP Gaikwad, ... 2023
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Physics of phase space matching for staging plasma and traditional accelerator components using longitudinally tailored plasma profiles XL Xu, JF Hua, YP Wu, CJ Zhang, F Li, Y Wan, CH Pai, W Lu, W An, P Yu, ... Physical review letters 116 (12), 124801 , 2016 2016 Citations: 144
Generating high-brightness electron beams via ionization injection by transverse colliding lasers in a plasma-wakefield accelerator F Li, JF Hua, XL Xu, CJ Zhang, LX Yan, YC Du, WH Huang, HB Chen, ... Physical review letters 111 (1), 015003 , 2013 2013 Citations: 139
Relativistic single-cycle tunable infrared pulses generated from a tailored plasma density structure Z Nie, CH Pai, J Hua, C Zhang, Y Wu, Y Wan, F Li, J Zhang, Z Cheng, ... Nature Photonics 12 (8), 489-494 , 2018 2018 Citations: 99
Phase-space dynamics of ionization injection in plasma-based accelerators XL Xu, JF Hua, F Li, CJ Zhang, LX Yan, YC Du, WH Huang, HB Chen, ... Physical review letters 112 (3), 035003 , 2014 2014 Citations: 93
Femtosecond probing of plasma wakefields and observation of the plasma wake reversal using a relativistic electron bunch CJ Zhang, JF Hua, Y Wan, CH Pai, B Guo, J Zhang, Y Ma, F Li, YP Wu, ... Physical review letters 119 (6), 064801 , 2017 2017 Citations: 83
Low emittance electron beam generation from a laser wakefield accelerator using two laser pulses with different wavelengths XL Xu, YP Wu, CJ Zhang, F Li, Y Wan, JF Hua, CH Pai, W Lu, P Yu, ... Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams 17 (6), 061301 , 2014 2014 Citations: 77
Extremely dense gamma-ray pulses in electron beam-multifoil collisions A Sampath, X Davoine, S Corde, L Gremillet, M Gilljohann, M Sangal, ... Physical Review Letters 126 (6), 064801 , 2021 2021 Citations: 67
Phase space dynamics of a plasma wakefield dechirper for energy spread reduction YP Wu, JF Hua, Z Zhou, J Zhang, S Liu, B Peng, Y Fang, Z Nie, XN Ning, ... Physical review letters 122 (20), 204804 , 2019 2019 Citations: 64
Photon deceleration in plasma wakes generates single-cycle relativistic tunable infrared pulses Z Nie, CH Pai, J Zhang, X Ning, J Hua, Y He, Y Wu, Q Su, S Liu, Y Ma, ... Nature Communications 11 (1), 2787 , 2020 2020 Citations: 58
Physical mechanism of the transverse instability in radiation pressure ion acceleration Y Wan, CH Pai, CJ Zhang, F Li, YP Wu, JF Hua, W Lu, YQ Gu, LO Silva, ... Physical review letters 117 (23), 234801 , 2016 2016 Citations: 52
Capturing relativistic wakefield structures in plasmas using ultrashort high-energy electrons as a probe CJ Zhang, JF Hua, XL Xu, F Li, CH Pai, Y Wan, YP Wu, YQ Gu, WB Mori, ... Scientific reports 6 (1), 29485 , 2016 2016 Citations: 52
High-throughput injection–acceleration of electron bunches from a linear accelerator to a laser wakefield accelerator Y Wu, J Hua, Z Zhou, J Zhang, S Liu, B Peng, Y Fang, X Ning, Z Nie, F Li, ... Nature Physics 17 (7), 801-806 , 2021 2021 Citations: 44
High-resolution phase-contrast imaging of biological specimens using a stable betatron X-ray source in the multiple-exposure mode B Guo, X Zhang, J Zhang, J Hua, CH Pai, C Zhang, HH Chu, W Mori, ... Scientific reports 9 (1), 7796 , 2019 2019 Citations: 42
Nanoscale electron bunching in laser-triggered ionization injection in plasma accelerators XL Xu, CH Pai, CJ Zhang, F Li, Y Wan, YP Wu, JF Hua, W Lu, W An, P Yu, ... Physical review letters 117 (3), 034801 , 2016 2016 Citations: 41
Ultrafast optical field–ionized gases—A laboratory platform for studying kinetic plasma instabilities C Zhang, CK Huang, KA Marsh, CE Clayton, WB Mori, C Joshi Science Advances 5 (9), eaax4545 , 2019 2019 Citations: 39
Measurements of the growth and saturation of electron Weibel instability in optical-field ionized plasmas C Zhang, J Hua, Y Wu, Y Fang, Y Ma, T Zhang, S Liu, B Peng, Y He, ... Physical Review Letters 125 (25), 255001 , 2020 2020 Citations: 36
Ionization induced plasma grating and its applications in strong-field ionization measurements C Zhang, Z Nie, Y Wu, M Sinclair, CK Huang, KA Marsh, C Joshi Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 63 (9), 095011 , 2021 2021 Citations: 31
Design initiative for a 10 TeV pCM wakefield collider S Gessner, J Osterhoff, CA Lindstrøm, K Cassou, SP Griso, J List, E Adli, ... arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.20214 , 2025 2025 Citations: 26
Wakefield generation in hydrogen and lithium plasmas at FACET-II: Diagnostics and first beam-plasma interaction results D Storey, C Zhang, P San Miguel Claveria, GJ Cao, E Adli, L Alsberg, ... Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 27 (5), 051302 , 2024 2024 Citations: 25
Highly spin-polarized multi-GeV electron beams generated by single-species plasma photocathodes Z Nie, F Li, F Morales, S Patchkovskii, O Smirnova, W An, C Zhang, Y Wu, ... Physical Review Research 4 (3), 033015 , 2022 2022 Citations: 25
