Department Publications

2020s

2025

27. Coherent diffraction imaging in the undergraduate laboratory

    J. Nicholas Porter^†, David J. Anderson^‡, Julio Escobedo^‡, David D. Allred, Nathan D. Powers, and Richard L. Sandberg

    Am. J. Phys. 93 (5), 415-421 (2025).
    

2024

26. Leveraging scientific modeling to engage pre-med undergraduates in physics lab courses

    Madeline Harmer^‡, Adam Bennion, Alexandra M. Hopps-McDaniel^‡, Jeannette Lawler, and Nathan Powers

    Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 20 (2), 020150 (2024).
    

2022

25. Student-Created Video Content for Assessment and Experiential Learning

    Ben Graul^‡, Matthew L. Rollins^‡, Nathan Powers, and Dennis Della Corte

    Phys. Teach. 60 (6), 491-495 (2022).
    

2010s

2019

24. Think First, Act Later - A Course Structure for Improving Student Designed Experiments

    Nathan D. Powers, Dallin S. Durfee, and David D. Allred

    2018 Conference on Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year of College, Part of the BFY Conference series, (Baltimore, MD, July, 2018).
    

2016

23. Control and optimization of a staged laser-wakefield accelerator

    G. Golovin, S. Banerjee, S. Chen, N. Powers, C. Liu, W. Yan, … (4 other authors)

    Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A 830, 375-380 (2016).
    

2015

22. Compact source of narrowband and tunable X-rays for radiography

    Sudeep Banerjee, Shouyuan Chen, Nathan Powers, Daniel Haden, Cheng Liu, G. Golovin, … (7 other authors)

    Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. B 350, 106-111 (2015).
    
23. Tunable monoenergetic electron beams from independently controllable laser-wakefield acceleration and injection

    G. Golovin, S. Chen, N. Powers, C. Liu, S. Banerjee, J. Zhang, … (3 other authors)

    Phys. Rev. Spec. Top.-Accel. Beams 18 (1), 011301 (2015).
    

2014

20. Tunable monoenergetic electron beams from staged ionization assisted laser wakefield accelerator

    G. Golovin, S. Chen, N. Powers, C. Liu, S. Banerjee, J. Zhang, … (3 other authors)

    2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, (San Jose, CA, June 2014).
    
21. Adaptive spectral-phase control for laser wakefield electron acceleration

    Cheng Liu, Jun Zhang, Gregory Golovin, Shouyuan Chen, Sudeep Banerjee, Baozhen Zhao, Nathan Powers, … (2 other authors)

    2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, (San Jose, CA, June 2014).
    
22. Quasi Monoenergetic and Tunable X-rays by Laser Compton Scattering from Laser Wakefield e-beam

    Nathan Powers, Isaac Ghebregziabher, Gregory Golovin, Cheng Liu, Shouyuan Chen, Sudeep Banerjee, Jun Zhang, and Donald P. Umstadter

    2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, (San Jose, CA, June 2014).
    
23. Quasi-monoenergetic and tunable X-rays from a laser-driven Compton light source

    N. D. Powers, I. Ghebregziabher, G. Golovin, C. Liu, S. Chen, S. Banerjee, J. Zhang, and D. P. Umstadter

    Nat. Photonics 8 (1), 29-32 (2014).
    
24. Adaptive-feedback spectral-phase control for interactions with transform-limited ultrashort high-power laser pulses

    Cheng Liu, Jun Zhang, Shouyuan Chen, Gregory Golovin, Sudeep Banerjee, Baozhen Zhao, Nathan Powers, … (2 other authors)

    Opt. Lett. 39 (1), 80-83 (2014).
    

2013

15. Selective activation with all-laser-driven Thomson γ-rays

    J. Silano, H. J. Karwowski, S. Banerjee, D. Haden, G. Golovin, S. Chen, … N. Powers, … (8 other authors)

    Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), 2013 IEEE International Conference on (Waltham, MA, November 2013). IEE Proc. H, 429-434 (2013).
    
16. MeV-Energy X Rays from Inverse Compton Scattering with Laser-Wakefield Accelerated Electrons

    S. Chen, N. D. Powers, I. Ghebregziabher, C. M. Maharjan, C. Liu, G. Golovin, … (7 other authors)

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 (15), 155003 (2013).
    
17. Stable, tunable, quasimonoenergetic electron beams produced in a laser wakefield near the threshold for self-injection

    S. Banerjee, S. Y. Kalmykov, N. D. Powers, G. Golovin, V. Ramanathan, N. J. Cunningham, … (9 other authors)

    Phys. Rev. Spec. Top.-Accel. Beams 16 (3), 031302 (2013).
    
18. Repetitive petawatt-class laser with near-diffraction-limited focal spot and transform-limited pulse duration

    Cheng Liu, Sudeep Banerjee, Jun Zhang, Shouyuan Chen, Kevin Brown, Jared Mills, Nathan Powers, … (4 other authors)

    Solid State Lasers XXII: Technology and Devices (San Francisco, CA, February 2013). Proc. SPIE 8599, 859919 (2013).
    

2012

11. Generation of tunable, 100-800 MeV quasi-monoenergetic electron beams from a laser-wakefield accelerator in the blowout regime

    S. Banerjee, N. D. Powers, V. Ramanathan, I. Ghebregziabher, K. J. Brown, C. M. Maharjan, … (6 other authors)

    Phys. Plasmas 19 (5), 056703 (2012).
    

2011

10. Background-Free, Quasi-Monoenergetic Electron Beams from a Self-Injected Laser Wakefield Accelerator

    S. Banerjee, S. Kalmykov, N. Powers, V. Ramanathan, N. C.-Smith, K. Brown, … (10 other authors)

    IQEC/CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 (Sydney, Australia, August 2011). pp. 872-874.
    

2010

9. Submillimeter-resolution radiography of shielded structures with laser-accelerated electron beams

   Vidya Ramanathan, Sudeep Banerjee, Nathan Powers, Nathaniel Cunningham, Nathan A. Chandler-Smith, Kun Zhao, … (7 other authors)

   Phys. Rev. Spec. Top.-Accel. Beams 13 (10), 104701 (2010).
   

2000s

2009

8. Development of a Source of Quasi‐Monochromatic MeV Energy Photons

   Donald Umstadter, Sudeep Banerjee, Vidya Ramanathan, Nathan Powers, Nathaniel Cunningham, and Nate Chandler-Smith

   AIP Conf. Proc. 1099, 606 (2009).
   
9. High-Brightness, Stable Electron Beams from a Laser Wakefield Accelerator Operating in the Matched Regime

   Sudeep Banerjee, Nathan Powers, Vidya Ramanathan, Nate C.-Smith, Kun Zhao, Bradley Shadwick, and Donald P. Umstadter

   International Quantum Electronics Conference, (Baltimore, MD, May 2009).
   
10. Stable, Monoenergetic 50-400 MeV Electron Beams with a Matched Laser Wakefield Accelerator

    Sudeep Banerjee, N. Powers, V. Ramanathan, B. Shadwick, and D. Umstadter

    Proc. PAC09, Part. Accel. Conf. 2009, vol. A14 Advanced Concepts, p. TH4GBC02, 2009.
    
11. High‐energy Laser‐accelerated Electron Beams for Long‐range Interrogation

    Nathaniel J. Cunningham, Sudeep Banerjee, Vidya Ramanathan, Nathan Powers, Nate Chandler-Smith, Randy Vane, … (5 other authors)

    AIP Conf. Proc. 1099, 638 (2009).
    

2008

4. All-laser-driven, MeV-energy X-ray source for detection of SNM

   Sudeep Banerjee, Nathan Powers, Vidya Ramanathan, Nathaniel Cunningham, Nate Chandler-Smith, Shouyuan Chen, Bradley Shadwick, and Donald Umstadter

   IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, 2008, pp. 1–6.
   

2007

3. Measured laser-beam evolution during high-order harmonic generation in a semi-infinite gas cell

   Nicole Brimhall^†, John C. Painter^†, Nathan Powers^‡, Gavin Giraud^†, Matthew Turner^†, Michael Ware, and Justin Peatross

   Opt. Express 15 (4), 1684-1689 (2007).
   

2006

2. Direct observation of laser filamentation in high-order harmonic generation

   John C. Painter^†, Mark Adams^‡, Nicole Brimhall^†, Eric Christensen^‡, Gavin Giraud^†, Nathan Powers^‡, Matthew Turner^†, Michael Ware, and Justin Peatross

   Opt. Lett. 31 (23), 3471-3473 (2006).
   

2004

1. High harmonic generation in a semi-infinite gas cell

   J. R. Sutherland^†, E. L. Christensen^†, N. D. Powers^‡, S. E. Rhynard^†, J. C. Painter^†, and J. Peatross

   Opt. Express 12 (19), 4430-4436 (2004).
   

^‡Undergraduate Student Author

^†Graduate Student Author