Loss-free shaping of few-cycle terawatt laser pulses
L. M. Railing, M. S. Le, C. M. Lazzarini, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Letters 49, 1433 (2024). [PDF]
Spatiotemporal Torquing of Light
S. Hanock, S. Zahedpour, A. Goffin, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review X 14, 011031 (2024). [PDF]
Control of intense light with avalanche-ionization plasma gratings
M. R. Edwards, S. Waczynski, E. Rockafellow, L. Manzo, A. Zingale, P. Michel, and H. M. Milchberg
Optica 10, 1587 (2023). [PDF]
Roadmap on structured waves
J. Opt. 25 103001 (2023). [PDF]
Electrons see the guiding light
Bo Miao, Jaron Shrock, and Howard Milchberg
Physics Today 76, 54–55 (2023). [PDF]
Atmospheric effects on the laser-driven avalanche-based remote detection of radiation
A. Zingale, S. Waczynski, J. Sears, R. E. Lakis, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Letters 48, 2480 (2023). [PDF]
Quasi-steady-state air waveguide
A. Goffin, A. Tartaro, and H. M. Milchberg.
Optica 10, 505 (2023). [PDF]
Spatio-temporal optical vortex STOV) pulses
S. Hancock, S. Zahedpour, A. Goffin, H. Milchberg.
Proc. of SPIE Vol. 12436, 1243605 (2023). [PDF]
Optical Guiding in 50-Meter-Scale Air Waveguides
A. Goffin, I. Larkin, A. Tartaro, A. Schweinsberg, A. Valenzuela, E.W. Rosenthal, and H. M. Milchberg.
Physical Review X 13, 011006 (2023). [PDF]
Multi-GeV electron bunches from an all-optical laser wakefield accelerator
B. Miao, J.E. Shrock, L. Feder, R. C. Hollinger, J. Morrison, R. Nedbailo, A. Picksley, H. Song, S. Wang, J. J. Rocca, and H. M. Milchberg.
Physical Review X 12, 031038 (2022). [PDF]
Meter-scale plasma waveguides for multi-GeV laser wakefield acceleration
J. E. Shrock, B. Miao, L. Feder, and H. M. Milchberg.
Phys Plasmas 29, 073101 (2022). [ PDF ]
Atmospheric Aerosol Clearing by Femtosecond Filaments
A. Goffin, J. Griff-McMahon, I. Larkin, and H. M. Milchberg.
Physical Review Applied 18, 014017 (2022). [ PDF ]
Phase front retrieval and correction of Bessel beams
B. Miao, L. Feder, J. E. Shrock, and H. M. Milchberg.
Optics Express 30, 11360 (2022). [ PDF ]
Extreme sensitivity charge detection
D. Woodbury, R. Schwartz, and H. M. Milchberg.
Physics Today (February 2022) p. 62. [ PDF ]
Mode Structure and Orbital Angular Momentum
of Spatiotemporal Optical Vortex Pulses
S.W. Hancock, S. Zahedpour, and H. M. Milchberg.
Physical Review Letters 127, 193901 (2021). [ PDF ]
Laser-Accelerated, Low-Divergence 15-MeV Quasimonoenergetic Electron Bunches at 1 kHz
F. Salehi, M. Le, L. Railing, M. Koleski, and H. M. Milchberg.
Physical Review X 11, 021055 (2021). [ PDF ]
Second-harmonic generation of spatiotemporal
optical vortices and conservation of orbital angular
momentum
S. W. Hancock, S. Zahedpour, and H. M. Milchberg.
Optica 8, 594 (2021). [ PDF ]
Transient-grating single-shot supercontinuum
spectral interferometry (TG-SSSI)
S. W. Hancock, S. Zahedpour, and H. M. Milchberg.
Optics Letters 46, 1013 (2021). [ PDF ]
Self-waveguiding of relativistic laser pulses in neutral gas channels
L. Feder, B. Miao, J. E. Shrock, A. Goffin, and H. M. Milchberg.
Physical Review Research 2, 043173 (2020). [ PDF ]
Self-Guiding of Long-Wave Infrared Laser Pulses Mediated by Avalanche Ionization
D. Woodbury, A. Goffin, R. M. Schwartz, J. Isaacs, and H. M. Milchberg.
Physical Review Letters 125, 133201 (2020). [ PDF ]
Optical Guiding in Meter-Scale Plasma Waveguides
B. Miao, L. Feder, J. E. Shrock, A. Goffin, and H. M. Milchberg.
Physical Review Letters 125, 074801 (2020). [ PDF]
Dynamics of the femtosecond laser-triggered spark gap
E. W. Rosenthal, I. Larkin, A. Goffin, T. Produit, M. C. Schroeder, J.-P. Wolf, and H. M. Milchberg.
Optics Express 28, 24599 (2020). [ PDF ]
Full path single-shot imaging of femtosecond pulse collapse in air turbulence
I. Larkin, J. Griff-McMahon, A. Schweinsberg, A. Goffin, A. Valenzuela, and H. M. Milchberg.
Optics Letters 45, 2518 (2020). [ PDF ]
Simplified single-shot supercontinuum spectral interferometry
D. Patel, D. Jang, S. W. Hancock, H. M. Milchberg, and K. Y. Kim.
Optics Express 28, 11023 (2020). [ PDF ]
Molecular quantum wakes for clearing fog
M. C. Schroeder, I. Larkin, T. Produit, E. W. Rosenthal, H. M. Milchberg, and J. P. Wolf.
Optics Express 28, 11463 (2020). [ PDF ]
Absolute Measurement of Laser Ionization Yield in Atmospheric Pressure Range Gases over 14 Decades
D. Woodbury, R. M. Schwartz, E. Rockafellow, J. K. Wahltsrand, and H. M. Milchberg.
Physical Review Letters 124, 013201 (2020). [ PDF ]
Supplementary Material
Supplemental File [ PDF ]
Free-space propagation of spatiotemporal optical vortices
S. W. Hancock, S. Zahedpour, A. Goffin, and H. M. Milchberg.
Optica 6, 1547 (2019). [ PDF ]
Efficient terahertz and Brunel harmonic generation from air plasma via mid-infrared coherent control
D. Jang, R. M. Schwartz, D. Woodbury, J. Griff-McMahon, A. H. Younis, H. M. Milchberg, and K. Y. Kim.
Optica 6, 1338 (2019). [ PDF ]
Characterization of a 100 micrometer-scale cryogenically cooled gas jet for near-critical density laser-plasma experiments
F. Salehi, A. J. Goers, L. Feder, B. Miao, D. Woodbury, and H. M. Milchberg.
Rev. Sci. Instr. 90, 103001 (2019). [ PDF ]
Measurement of ultralow radiation-induced charge densities using picosecond mid-IR laser-induced breakdown
D. Woodbury, R. M. Schwartz, and H. M. Milchberg.
Optica 6, 811 (2019). [ PDF ]
Supplementary Material
Supplemental File [ PDF ]
Indestructible plasma optics
H. M. Milchberg.
Physics Today (June 2019) p. 70-71. [ PDF ]
Remote detection of radioactive material using mid-IR laser-driven electron avalanche
R. M. Schwartz, D. Woodbury, J. Isaacs, P. Sprangle, and H. M. Milchberg.
Science Advances 5, eeav6804 (2019). [ PDF ]
Adaptive control of laser-wakefield accelerators driven by mid-IR laser pulses
J. Lin, Y. Ma, R. M. Schwartz, D. Woodbury, J. A. Nees, M. Mathis, A. G. R. Thomas, K. Krushelnick, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Express 27, 10912 (2019). [ PDF ]
Ultrashort infrared 2.5-11 micron pulses: spatiotemporal profiles and absolute nonlinear response of air constituents
S. Zahedpour, S. W. Hancock, and H. M. Milchberg.
Optics Letters 44, 843 (2019). [ PDF ]
Controlling femtosecond filament propagation using externally driven gas motion
J. K. Wahlstrand, N. Jhajj, and H. M. Milchberg.
Optics Letters 44, 199 (2019). [ PDF) ]
Coherent ultra-broadband laser-assisted injection radiation from a laser plasma accelerator
B. Miao, L. Feder, J. Elle, A. J. Goers, D. Woodbury, F. Salehi, J.K. Wahlstrand, and H. M. Milchberg
Phys. Rev. E 98, 043206 (2018). [ PDF ]
Supplementary Material:
Supplemental File [ PDF ]
Trapped electron orbit animation [ MP4 ]
Bound electron nonlinearity beyond the ionization threshold
J. K. Wahlstrand, S. Zahedpour, A. Bahl, M. Kolesik, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review Letters 120, 183901 (2018). [ PDF ]
Supplementary Material:
Supplemental File [ PDF]
Argon transient animation [ MPG (576 KB) ]
Nitrogen transient animation [ MPG (885 KB) ]
Laser wakefield acceleration with mid-IR laser pulses
D. Woodbury, L. Feder, V. Shumakova, C. Gollner, R. Schwartz, B. Miao, F. Salehi, A. Korolov, A. Pugžlys, A. Baltuška, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Letters 43, 1131 (2018). [ PDF ]
Nonlinear optical polarization response and plasma generation in noble gases: Comparison of metastable-electronic-state-approach models to experiments
A. Bahl, J. K. Wahlstrand, S. Zahedpour, H. M. Milchberg, and M. Kolesik
Phys. Rev. A 96, 043867 (2017). [ PDF ]
MeV electron acceleration at 1 kHz with <10mJ laser pulses
F. Salehi, A. J. Goers, G. A. Hine, L. Feder, D. Kuk, B. Miao, D. Woodbury, K. Y. Kim, and H.M. Milchberg
Optics Letters 42, 215 (2017). [ PDF ]
Two-photon vibrational excitation of air by long-wave infrared laser pulses
J. P. Palastro, J. Peñano, L. A. Johnson, B. Hafizi, J. K. Wahlstrand, and H.M. Milchberg
Phys. Rev. A 94, 023816 (2016). [ PDF ]
Spatiotemporal Optical Vortices
N. Jhajj, I. Larkin, E.W. Rosenthal, S. Zahedpour, J.K. Wahlstrand, and H.M. Milchberg
Phys. Rev. X 6, 031037 (2016). [ PDF ]
Supplementary Material:
Vortex Birth [ AVI ]
Vortex Settling [ AVI ]
Energy deposition of single femtosecond filaments in the atmosphere
E. W. Rosenthal, N. Jhajj, I. Larkin, S. Zahedpour, J. K. Wahlstrand, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Letters 41, 3908 (2016). [ PDF ]
Generation of axially modulated plasma waveguides using a spatial light modulator
G. A. Hine, A. J. Goers, L. Feder, J. A. Elle, S. J. Yoon, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Letters 41, 3427 (2016). [ PDF ]
Optimizing the time resolution of supercontinuum spectral interferometry
J. K. Wahlstrand, S. Zahedpour, and H. M. Milchberg
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 33, 1476 (2016). [ PDF ]
Absolute measurement of the ultrafast nonlinear electronic and rovibrational response in H2 and D2
J. K. Wahlstrand, S. Zahedpour, Y.-H. Cheng, J. P. Palastro, and H. M. Milchberg
Phys. Rev. A 92, 063828 (2015). [ PDF ]
Measurement of the nonlinear refractive index of air constituents at mid-infrared wavelengths
S. Zadehpour, J. K. Wahlstrand, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Letters 40, 5794 (2015). [ PDF ]
Multi-MeV Electron Acceleration by Subterawatt Laser Pulses
A. J. Goers, G. A. Hine, L. Feder, B. Miao, F. Salehi, J. K. Wahlstrand, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review Letters 115, 194802 (2015). [ PDF ]
Sensitivity of Propagation and Energy Deposition in Femtosecond Filamentation to the Nonlinear Refractive Index
E. W. Rosenthal,J.P. Palastro, N. Jhajj,S Zahedpour, J. K. Wahlstrand, and H. M. Milchberg
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 48, 094011 (2015). [ PDF ]
Optical Mode Structure of the Air Waveguide
N. Jhajj, J. K. Wahlstrand, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Letters 39, 612 (2014). [ PDF ]
The Extreme Nonlinear Optics of Gases and Femtosecond Filamentation
H. M. Milchberg, Y.-H. Chen, Y.-H. Cheng, N. Jhajj, J. P. Palastro, E. W. Rosenthal, S. Varma, J. K. Wahlstrand,and S. Zahedpour
Physics of Plasmas 21,10091 (2014). [ PDF ]
Collection of Remote Optical Signals by Air Waveguides
E. W. Rosenthal, N. Jhajj, J. K. Wahlstrand, and H. M. Milchberg
Optica 1, 5-9 (2014). [ PDF ]
Laser Wakefield Acceleration of Electrons with Ionization Injection in a Pure N5+ Plasma
A. J. Goers, S. J. Yoon, J. A. Elle, G. A. Hine, and H. M. Milchberg
Applied Physics Letters 104, 214105 (2014). [ PDF ]
Quasi-Phase-Matched Laser Wakefield Acceleration
S. J. Yoon, J. P. Palastro, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review Letters 112, 134803 (2014). [ PDF ]
Quantum Control of Molecular Gas Hydrodynamics
S. Zahedpour, J. K. Wahlstrand, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review Letters 112, 143601 (2014). [ PDF ]
Direct Measurement of the Acoustic Waves Generated by Femtosecond Filaments in Air
J. K. Wahlstrand, N. Jhajj, E. W. Rosenthal, S. Zahedpour, and H.M. Milchberg
Optics Letters 39, 1290 (2014). [ PDF ]
Supplementary Material:
Octuple Filament Experimental [ AVI ]
Ring Filament Simulation [ AVI ]
Quadruple Filament Experimental [ AVI ]
Quadruple Filament Simulation [ AVI ]
Double Filament Experimental [ AVI ]
Double Filament Simulation [ AVI ]
Single Filament Experimental [ AVI ]
Single Filament Simulation [ AVI ]
Demonstration of long-lived high power optical waveguides in air
N. Jhajj, E. W. Rosenthal, R. Birnbaum, J.K. Wahlstrand, and H.M. Milchberg
Phys. Rev. X 4, 011027 (2014) [ PDF ]
Supplementary Material:
Quadruple Filament Evolution [ MOV ]
Filament Guiding Image Plane [ WMV ]
Optical beam dynamics in a gas repetitively heated by femtosecond filaments
N. Jhajj, Y.-H. Cheng, J. K. Wahlstrand, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Express 21, 28980-28986 (2013). [ PDF ]
Shock formation in supersonic cluster jets and its effect on axially modulated laser-produced plasma waveguides
S. J. Yoon, A. J. Goers, G. A. Hine, J. D. Magill, J. A. Elle, Y.-H. Chen, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Express 21, 15878-15887 (2013). [ PDF ]
Effect of two-beam coupling in strong-field optical pump-probe experiments
J. K. Wahlstrand, J. H. Odhner, E. T. McCole, Y.-H. Cheng, J. P. Palastro, R. J. Levis, and H. M. Milchberg
Phys. Rev. A 87, 053801 (2013). [ PDF ]
The effect of long timescale gas dynamics on femtosecond filamentation
Y.-H. Cheng, J. K. Wahlstrand, N. Jhajj, and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Express 21, 4740-4751 (2013). [ PDF ]
Compression, spectral broadening, and collimation in multiple, femtosecond pulse filamentation in atmosphere
J. P. Palastro, T.M. Antonsen, Jr., and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review A 86, 033834 (2012). [ PDF ]
High Field Optical Nonlinearity and the Kramers-Kronig Relations
J. K. Wahlstrand, Y.-H. Cheng, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review Letters 109, 113904 (2012). [ PDF ]
Molecular quantum wake-induced pulse shaping and extension of femtosecond air filaments
S. Varma, Y.-H Chen, J. P. Palastro, A. B. Fallahkair, E. W. Rosenthal, T. Antonsen, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review A 86, 023850 (2012). [ PDF ]
Quasi-phase-matched acceleration of electrons in a corrugated plasma channel
S. J. Yoon, J. P. Palastro, D. Gordon, T. M. Antonsen, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review Special Topics — Accelerators and Beams 15, 081305 (2012). [ PDF ]
Simulations of femtosecond atmospheric filaments enhanced by dual pulse molecular alignment
J. P. Palastro, T. M. Antonsen, Jr., S. Varma, Y.-H. Chen, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review A 85, 043843 (2012) [ PDF ]
Absolute measurement of the transient optical nonlinearity in N2, O2, N20, and Ar
J. K. Wahlstrand, Y.-H. Cheng, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review A 85, 043820 (2012). [ PDF ]
Effect of a plasma grating on pump-probe experiments near the ionization threshold in gases
J. K. Wahlstrand and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Letters 36, 3822 (2011). [ PDF ]
Optical Nonlinearity in Ar and N2 near the Ionization Threshold
J.K. Wahlstrand, Y.-H. Cheng, Y.-H Chen, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review Letters 107, 103901 (2011) [ PDF ]
Direct Measurement of the Electron Density of Extended Femtosecond Laser Pulse-Induced Filaments
Y.-H. Chen, S. Varma, T.M. Antonsen, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review Letters 105, 215005 (2010). [ PDF ]
Direct measurements of the nonlinear index of refraction of water at 815 and 407 nm using single-shot supercontinuum spectral interferometry
Z.W. Wilkes, S. Varma, Y.-H. Chen, H.M. Milchberg, T.G. Jones, and A. Ting
Applied Physics Letters 94, 211102 (2009). [ PDF ]
Periodic index-modulated plasma waveguide
B.D. Layer, A.G. York, S. Varma, Y.-H. Chen, and H.M. Milchberg
Optics Express 17, 4263 (2009). [ PDF ]
Quantum molecular lensing of femtosecond laser optical/plasma filaments
S. Varma, Y.-H. Chen, and H. M. Milchberg
Physics of Plasmas 16, 056702 (2009). [ PDF ]
Trapping and Destruction of Long-Range High-Intensity Optical Filaments by Molecular Quantum Wakes in Air
S. Varma, Y.-H. Chen, and H. M. Milchberg
Physical Review Letters 101, 205001 (2008). [ PDF ]
Broadband terahertz lasing in aligned molecules
Andrew G. York and H. M. Milchberg
Optics Express 16, 10559 (2008). [ PDF ]
Ultrahigh-intensity optical slow-wave structure for direct laser electron acceleration
Andrew G. York, B. D. Layer, J. P. Palastro, T. M. Antonsen, and H. M. Milchberg
Journal of the Optical Society of America B 25, B137 (2008). [ PDF ]
Space- and time- resolved measurement of rotational wave packet revivals of linear gas molecules using single-shot supercontinuum spectral interferometry
Y.-H. Chen, S. Varma, and H. M. Milchberg
Journal of the Optical Society of America B 25, B122 (2008). [ PDF ]
Direct Acceleration of Electrons in a Corrugated Plasma Waveguide
A. G. York, H. M. Milchberg, J. P. Palastro, and T. M. Antonsen
Physical Review Letters 100, 195001 (2008). [ PDF ]