Bio

Mike Dunne is an expert in the design, construction and operation of a wide range of large-scale research facilities and their associated science and technology programs.

He is the Director of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), an internationally leading research facility, operated by Stanford University on behalf of the US Department of Energy, open to users from around the world. He is an Associate Laboratory Director of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and a full Professor of Photon Science at Stanford University.

LCLS represents a revolution in x-ray science. The x-rays produced by LCLS are a billion times brighter than can be produced by conventional sources, such as a synchrotron, and are delivered in ultrafast bursts - typically a few tens of femtoseconds (10^-15 seconds). This opens up transformational opportunities for the study of structural biology, quantum materials, ultrafast chemistry, and novel states of matter. Since its initial operation in 2009, LCLS has enabled a remarkable series of studies, via its ability to provide atomic resolution information, with freeze-frame ‘movies’ of how atomic, chemical and biological systems evolve on ultrafast timescales.

From 2010-2014, Mike was the Director for Laser Fusion Energy at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). His role was to ensure full advantage is taken of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a $3.5 billion investment designed to demonstrate net fusion energy production. At LLNL, Mike also held the role of Program Director for high average power laser development, initiating a number of projects including the High Average power Petawatt Laser System (HAPLS), for the newly constructed ELI-Beamlines laser facility near Prague.

Mike was Director of the United Kingdom’s Central Laser Facility (CLF) from 2005-2010, working for the Science and Technology Facilities Council. The CLF is home to the world's most intense laser facilities, with science programs ranging from biomedical research and ultrafast material science, to the pursuit of a new generation of miniaturized particle accelerators. In 2008 he took on additional responsibility as Director of the Photon Science Department, developing coupled laser and accelerator facilities; pursuit of next-generation Free Electron Laser sources; and oversight of the final phase of the UK’s Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS). This entailed senior management of a staff of ~150 people at both the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Daresbury Laboratory. Mike was the International Project Leader for the European project ‘HiPER’, for which he created a consortium of 26 institutions across 10 countries.

Prior to this he worked for the UK Government at AWE Aldermaston, leading their plasma science research group. He played a major role in establishing the scope and mission of AWE’s new “ORION” laser facility (~250 M$) to preserve the UK’s national capability in this important area of strategic deterrence. From there he moved into a position developing the organization’s strategy and assessment of the overall national technical capability to meet the demands of future missions.

Mike’s personal research focuses on the development and application of X-ray science across a broad range of research activities, including the development and application of high power lasers to high energy-density science and nuclear fusion.

Mike obtained his doctorate in plasma physics from Imperial College, London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, has received a number of international awards and is the author of over 180 technical papers, 11 patent applications, 60 invited talks, and over 80 press/media reports for the general public.

Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Photon Science Directorate

Administrative Appointments

  • Director, Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2014 - Present)
  • Associate Laboratory Director (ALD), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2014 - Present)

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow (FRSA), Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (2009-present)
  • Awardee, US Secretary of Energy’s Achievement Award, National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory Team (2021)

Professional Education

  • PhD, Imperial College, London, Plasma Physics (1995)

Patents

  • Mike Dunne. "United States Patent 11387007 Inertial Confinement Fusion system which decouples life-limited components from plant availability", Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Jul 12, 2022

Contact

  • Academic
    mdunne@slac.stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Energy Sciences Position: Professor
    • LCLS
    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    • Menlo Park,  California  94025 
    University - Faculty Department: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Position: Professor
    • 2575 Sand Hill Rd
    • Mailstop 0019
    • Menlo Park,  California  94025 

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Current Research and Scholarly Interests

The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is the world's first X-Ray Free Electron Laser. It represents a revolution in x-ray science. The x-rays produced by LCLS are a billion times brighter than can be produced by conventional sources, such as a synchrotron, and are delivered in ultrafast bursts - typically a few tens of femtoseconds (10^-15 seconds).

This opens up transformational opportunities for the study of structural biology, quantum materials, ultrafast chemistry, and novel states of matter. Since its initial operation in 2009, LCLS has enabled a remarkable series of studies, via its ability to provide atomic resolution information, with freeze-frame ‘movies’ of how atomic, chemical and biological systems evolve on ultrafast timescales.

Based on this success, a billion-dollar upgrade project is now underway that will increase the repetition rate by 4 orders of magnitude (from 120 Hz to 1 MHz), opening up entirely new scientific opportunities.

Access to LCLS is open to everyone, based purely on the scientific merit of the proposed experiments.

2024-25 Courses

Stanford Advisees

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  • Free Electron Lasers for X-ray Scattering and Diffraction Structural Dynamics with X-ray and Electron Scattering Dunne, M., Schoenlein, R. W., Cryan, J. C., Wolf, T. J. Royal Society of Chemistry. 2023: 301-343

    View details for DOI 10.1039/BK9781837671564-00301

  • Inertial Confinement Fusion Power Plants Encyclopedia of Nuclear Energy Dunne, M., Anklam, T., Meier, W. Elsevier. 2021

    View details for DOI 10.1016/B978-0-12-819725-7.00170-7

  • X-ray free-electron lasers light up materials science NATURE REVIEWS MATERIALS Dunne, M. 2018; 3 (9): 290–92

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41578-018-0048-1

    View details for Web of Science ID 000443742400005

  • The Linac Coherent Light Source: Recent Developments and Future Plans APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL Schoenlein, R. W., Boutet, S., Minitti, M. P., Dunne, A. M. 2017; 7 (8)

    View details for DOI 10.3390/app7080850

    View details for Web of Science ID 000408905900100

  • The Linac Coherent Light Source JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION White, W. E., Robert, A., Dunne, M. 2015; 22: 472-476

    Abstract

    The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory was the first hard X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) to operate as a user facility. After five years of operation, LCLS is now a mature FEL user facility. Our personal views about opportunities and challenges inherent to these unique light sources are discussed.

    View details for DOI 10.1107/S1600577515005196

    View details for Web of Science ID 000353920300002

    View details for PubMedID 25931055

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  • TIMELY DELIVERY OF LASER INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY (LIFE) FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Dunne, M., Moses, E. I., Amendt, P., Anklam, T., Bayramian, A., Bliss, E., Debs, B., DERI, R., de la Rubia, T. D., El-Dasher, B., Farmer, J. C., Flowers, D., Kramer, K. J., LAGIN, L., Latkowski, J. F., Lindl, J., Meier, W., Miles, R., MOSES, G. A., Reyes, S., Roberts, V., Sawicki, R., Spaeth, M., Storm, E. 2011; 60 (1): 19-27

    View details for Web of Science ID 000293420200004

  • Targeted materials discovery using Bayesian algorithm execution NPJ COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS Chitturi, S. R., Ramdas, A., Wu, Y., Rohr, B., Ermon, S., Dionne, J., da Jornada, F. H., Dunne, M., Tassone, C., Neiswanger, W., Ratner, D. 2024; 10 (1)

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41524-024-01326-2

    View details for Web of Science ID 001271730700002

  • Capturing dynamical correlations using implicit neural representations. Nature communications Chitturi, S. R., Ji, Z., Petsch, A. N., Peng, C., Chen, Z., Plumley, R., Dunne, M., Mardanya, S., Chowdhury, S., Chen, H., Bansil, A., Feiguin, A., Kolesnikov, A. I., Prabhakaran, D., Hayden, S. M., Ratner, D., Jia, C., Nashed, Y., Turner, J. J. 2023; 14 (1): 5852

    Abstract

    Understanding the nature and origin of collective excitations in materials is of fundamental importance for unraveling the underlying physics of a many-body system. Excitation spectra are usually obtained by measuring the dynamical structure factor, S(Q, ω), using inelastic neutron or x-ray scattering techniques and are analyzed by comparing the experimental results against calculated predictions. We introduce a data-driven analysis tool which leverages 'neural implicit representations' that are specifically tailored for handling spectrographic measurements and are able to efficiently obtain unknown parameters from experimental data via automatic differentiation. In this work, we employ linear spin wave theory simulations to train a machine learning platform, enabling precise exchange parameter extraction from inelastic neutron scattering data on the square-lattice spin-1 antiferromagnet La2NiO4, showcasing a viable pathway towards automatic refinement of advanced models for ordered magnetic systems.

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-41378-4

    View details for PubMedID 37730824

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  • Femtosecond-Terawatt Hard X-Ray Pulse Generation with Chirped Pulse Amplification on a Free Electron Laser. Physical review letters Li, H., MacArthur, J., Littleton, S., Dunne, M., Huang, Z., Zhu, D. 2022; 129 (21): 213901

    Abstract

    Advances of high intensity lasers have opened up the field of strong field physics and led to a broad range of technological applications. Recent x-ray laser sources and optics development makes it possible to obtain extremely high intensity and brightness at x-ray wavelengths. In this Letter, we present a system design that implements chirped pulse amplification for hard x-ray free electron lasers. Numerical modeling with realistic experimental parameters shows that near-transform-limit single-femtosecond hard x-ray laser pulses with peak power exceeding 1TW and brightness exceeding 4*10^{35}s^{-1}mm^{-2}mrad^{-2}0.1%bandwdith^{-1} can be consistently generated. Realization of such beam qualities is essential for establishing systematic and quantitative understanding of strong field x-ray physics and nonlinear x-ray optics phenomena.

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.213901

    View details for PubMedID 36461971

  • CryoAI: Amortized Inference of Poses for Ab Initio Reconstruction of 3D Molecular Volumes from Real Cryo-EM Images. Computer vision - ECCV ... : ... European Conference on Computer Vision : proceedings. European Conference on Computer Vision Levy, A., Poitevin, F., Martel, J., Nashed, Y., Peck, A., Miolane, N., Ratner, D., Dunne, M., Wetzstein, G. 2022; 13681: 540-557

    Abstract

    Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has become a tool of fundamental importance in structural biology, helping us understand the basic building blocks of life. The algorithmic challenge of cryo-EM is to jointly estimate the unknown 3D poses and the 3D electron scattering potential of a biomolecule from millions of extremely noisy 2D images. Existing reconstruction algorithms, however, cannot easily keep pace with the rapidly growing size of cryo-EM datasets due to their high computational and memory cost. We introduce cryoAI, an ab initio reconstruction algorithm for homogeneous conformations that uses direct gradient-based optimization of particle poses and the electron scattering potential from single-particle cryo-EM data. CryoAI combines a learned encoder that predicts the poses of each particle image with a physics-based decoder to aggregate each particle image into an implicit representation of the scattering potential volume. This volume is stored in the Fourier domain for computational efficiency and leverages a modern coordinate network architecture for memory efficiency. Combined with a symmetrized loss function, this framework achieves results of a quality on par with state-of-the-art cryo-EM solvers for both simulated and experimental data, one order of magnitude faster for large datasets and with significantly lower memory requirements than existing methods.

    View details for DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-19803-8_32

    View details for PubMedID 36745134

  • A machine learning photon detection algorithm for coherent x-ray ultrafast fluctuation analysis STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS-US Chitturi, S. R., Burdet, N. G., Nashed, Y., Ratner, D., Mishra, A., Lane, T. J., Seaberg, M., Esposito, V., Yoon, C., Dunne, M., Turner, J. J. 2022; 9 (5): 054302

    Abstract

    X-ray free electron laser experiments have brought unique capabilities and opened new directions in research, such as creating new states of matter or directly measuring atomic motion. One such area is the ability to use finely spaced sets of coherent x-ray pulses to be compared after scattering from a dynamic system at different times. This enables the study of fluctuations in many-body quantum systems at the level of the ultrafast pulse durations, but this method has been limited to a select number of examples and required complex and advanced analytical tools. By applying a new methodology to this problem, we have made qualitative advances in three separate areas that will likely also find application to new fields. As compared to the "droplet-type" models, which typically are used to estimate the photon distributions on pixelated detectors to obtain the coherent x-ray speckle patterns, our algorithm achieves an order of magnitude speedup on CPU hardware and two orders of magnitude improvement on GPU hardware. We also find that it retains accuracy in low-contrast conditions, which is the typical regime for many experiments in structural dynamics. Finally, it can predict photon distributions in high average-intensity applications, a regime which up until now has not been accessible. Our artificial intelligence-assisted algorithm will enable a wider adoption of x-ray coherence spectroscopies, by both automating previously challenging analyses and enabling new experiments that were not otherwise feasible without the developments described in this work.

    View details for DOI 10.1063/4.0000161

    View details for Web of Science ID 000870543600002

    View details for PubMedID 36276194

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  • Testing the data framework for an AI algorithm in preparation for high data rate X-ray facilities Chen, H., Chitturi, S. R., Plumley, R., Shen, L., Drucker, N. C., Burdet, N., Peng, C., Mardanya, S., Ratner, D., Mishra, A., Yoon, C., Song, S., Chollet, M., Fabbris, G., Dunne, M., Nelson, S., Li, M., Lindenberg, A., Jia, C., Nashed, Y., Bansil, A., Chowdhury, S., Feiguin, A. E., Turner, J. J., Thayer, J. B., IEEE IEEE. 2022: 1-9

    View details for DOI 10.1109/XLOOP56614.2022.00006

    View details for Web of Science ID 000968746500001

  • Automated prediction of lattice parameters from X-ray powder diffraction patterns JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY Chitturi, S. R., Ratner, D., Walroth, R. C., Thampy, V., Reed, E. J., Dunne, M., Tassone, C. J., Stone, K. H. 2021; 54: 1799-1810

    View details for DOI 10.1107/S1600576721010840

    View details for Web of Science ID 000727770700027

  • Automated prediction of lattice parameters from X-ray powder diffraction patterns. Journal of applied crystallography Chitturi, S. R., Ratner, D., Walroth, R. C., Thampy, V., Reed, E. J., Dunne, M., Tassone, C. J., Stone, K. H. 2021; 54 (Pt 6): 1799-1810

    Abstract

    A key step in the analysis of powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data is the accurate determination of unit-cell lattice parameters. This step often requires significant human intervention and is a bottleneck that hinders efforts towards automated analysis. This work develops a series of one-dimensional convolutional neural networks (1D-CNNs) trained to provide lattice parameter estimates for each crystal system. A mean absolute percentage error of approximately 10% is achieved for each crystal system, which corresponds to a 100- to 1000-fold reduction in lattice parameter search space volume. The models learn from nearly one million crystal structures contained within the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database and the Cambridge Structural Database and, due to the nature of these two complimentary databases, the models generalize well across chemistries. A key component of this work is a systematic analysis of the effect of different realistic experimental non-idealities on model performance. It is found that the addition of impurity phases, baseline noise and peak broadening present the greatest challenges to learning, while zero-offset error and random intensity modulations have little effect. However, appropriate data modification schemes can be used to bolster model performance and yield reasonable predictions, even for data which simulate realistic experimental non-idealities. In order to obtain accurate results, a new approach is introduced which uses the initial machine learning estimates with existing iterative whole-pattern refinement schemes to tackle automated unit-cell solution.

    View details for DOI 10.1107/S1600576721010840

    View details for PubMedID 34963768

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  • Generation of highly mutually coherent hard-x-ray pulse pairs with an amplitude-splitting delay line PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH Li, H., Sun, Y., Vila-Comamala, J., Sato, T., Song, S., Sun, P., Seaberg, M. H., Wang, N., Hastings, J. B., Dunne, M., Fuoss, P., David, C., Sutton, M., Zhu, D. 2021; 3 (4)

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.043050

    View details for Web of Science ID 000708677100006

  • Realizing split-pulse x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy to measure ultrafast dynamics in complex matter PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH Sun, Y., Dunne, M., Fuoss, P., Robert, A., Zhu, D., Osaka, T., Yabashi, M., Sutton, M. 2020; 2 (2)

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023099

    View details for Web of Science ID 000602777500004

  • LIFE TRITIUM PROCESSING: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION FOR CLOSING THE FUSION FUEL CYCLE FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Reyes, S., Anklam, T., Babineau, D., Becnel, J., Davis, R., Dunne, M., Farmer, J., Flowers, D., Kramer, K., Martinez-Frias, J., Miles, R., TAYLOR, C. 2013; 64 (2): 187-193

    View details for Web of Science ID 000322939200018

  • LIFE: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION FOR DEVELOPING SAFE, CLEAN FUSION POWER HEALTH PHYSICS Reyes, S., Dunne, M., Kramer, K., Anklam, T., Havstad, M., Mazuecos, A. L., Miles, R., Martinez-Frias, J., Deri, B. 2013; 104 (6): 641-647

    Abstract

    The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California is currently in operation with the goal to demonstrate fusion energy gain for the first time in the laboratory-also referred to as "ignition." Based on these demonstration experiments, the Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) power plant is being designed at LLNL in partnership with other institutions with the goal to deliver baseload electricity from safe, secure, sustainable fusion power in a time scale that is consistent with the energy market needs. For this purpose, the LIFE design takes advantage of recent advances in diode-pumped, solid-state laser technology and adopts the paradigm of Line Replaceable Units used on the NIF to provide high levels of availability and maintainability and mitigate the need for advanced materials development. The LIFE market entry plant will demonstrate the feasibility of a closed fusion fuel cycle, including tritium breeding, extraction, processing, refueling, accountability, and safety, in a steady-state power-producing device. While many fusion plant designs require large quantities of tritium for startup and operations, a range of design choices made for the LIFE fuel cycle act to reduce the in-process tritium inventory. This paper presents an overview of the delivery plan and the preconceptual design of the LIFE facility with emphasis on the key safety design principles being adopted. In order to illustrate the favorable safety characteristics of the LIFE design, some initial accident analysis results are presented that indicate potential for a more attractive licensing regime than that of current fission reactors.

    View details for DOI 10.1097/HP.0b013e31828d2fab

    View details for Web of Science ID 000318483900012

    View details for PubMedID 23629070

  • Lead (Pb) Hohlraum: Target for Inertial Fusion Energy SCIENTIFIC REPORTS Ross, J. S., Amendt, P., Atherton, L. J., Dunne, M., Glenzer, S. H., Lindl, J. D., Meeker, D., Moses, E. I., Nikroo, A., Wallace, R. 2013; 3

    Abstract

    Recent progress towards demonstrating inertial confinement fusion (ICF) ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has sparked wide interest in Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) for carbon-free large-scale power generation. A LIFE-based fleet of power plants promises clean energy generation with no greenhouse gas emissions and a virtually limitless, widely available thermonuclear fuel source. For the LIFE concept to be viable, target costs must be minimized while the target material efficiency or x-ray albedo is optimized. Current ICF targets on the NIF utilize a gold or depleted uranium cylindrical radiation cavity (hohlraum) with a plastic capsule at the center that contains the deuterium and tritium fuel. Here we show a direct comparison of gold and lead hohlraums in efficiently ablating deuterium-filled plastic capsules with soft x rays. We report on lead hohlraum performance that is indistinguishable from gold, yet costing only a small fraction.

    View details for DOI 10.1038/srep01453

    View details for Web of Science ID 000316102600003

    View details for PubMedID 23486285

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  • LIFE: THE CASE FOR EARLY COMMERCIALIZATION OF FUSION ENERGY FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Anklam, T. M., Dunne, M., Meier, W. R., Powers, S., Simon, A. J. 2011; 60 (1): 66-71

    View details for Web of Science ID 000293420200009

  • LIFE PURE FUSION TARGET DESIGNS: STATUS AND PROSPECTS FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Amendt, P., Dunne, M., Ho, D. D., Lindl, J. D. 2011; 60 (1): 49-53

    View details for Web of Science ID 000293420200006

  • COMPACT, EFFICIENT LASER SYSTEMS REQUIRED FOR LASER INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Bayramian, A., Aceves, S., Anklam, T., Baker, K., Bliss, E., BOLEY, C., Bullington, A., Caird, J., Chen, D., DERI, R., Dunne, M., Erlandson, A., Flowers, D., Henesian, M., Latkowski, J., Manes, K., Molander, W., Moses, E., Piggott, T., Powers, S., Rana, S., Rodriguez, S., Sawicki, R., Schaffers, K., Seppala, L., Spaeth, M., Sutton, S., Telford, S. 2011; 60 (1): 28-48

    View details for Web of Science ID 000293420200005

  • Investigations of laser-driven radiative blast waves in clustered gases Symes, D. R., Hohenberger, M., Lazarus, J., Osterhoff, J., Moore, A. S., Faeustlin, R. R., Edens, A. D., Doyle, H. W., Carley, R. E., Marocchino, A., Chittenden, J. P., Bernstein, A. C., Gumbrell, E. T., Dunne, M., Smith, R. A., Ditmire, T. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 2010: 274–79

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.hedp.2009.11.006

    View details for Web of Science ID 000282614600027

  • Fusion's bright new dawn PHYSICS WORLD Dunne, M. 2010; 23 (5): 28–33

    View details for Web of Science ID 000278089300031

  • The New Fast Ignitor Oriented Target Area in the Vulcan Laser at the CLF 2nd International Conference on Ultra-Intense Laser Interaction Science Galimberti, M., Bandyopadhyay, S., Bickerton, R., Blake, S., Burton, C., Clarke, R., Collier, J., Dubrovsky, V., Dunne, M., Frackiewicz, A., Hancock, S., Heathcote, R., Hernandez-Gomez, C., Holligan, P., HOOKE, R. J., Kidd, A., John, C., Lancaster, K., Landowski, B., Musgrave, I., Neely, D., Notley, M., Parry, B., Pepler, D., Pitts, M., Rice, P., Shaikh, W., Merchan, J. S., Winstone, T., Wyborn, B. AMER INST PHYSICS. 2010: 35–38

    View details for Web of Science ID 000283180100009

  • Recent fast electron energy transport experiments relevant to fast ignition inertial fusion NUCLEAR FUSION Norreys, P. A., Scott, R. H., Lancaster, K. L., Green, J. S., Robinson, A. L., Sherlock, M., Evans, R. G., Haines, M. G., Kar, S., Zepf, M., Key, M. H., King, J., Ma, T., Yabuuchi, T., Wei, M. S., Beg, F. N., Nilson, P., Theobald, W., Stephens, R. B., Valente, J., Davies, J. R., Takeda, K., Azechi, H., Nakatsutsumi, M., Tanimoto, T., Kodama, R., Tanaka, K. A. 2009; 49 (10)

    View details for DOI 10.1088/0029-5515/49/10/104023

    View details for Web of Science ID 000270388300024

  • Full-trajectory diagnosis of laser-driven radiative blast waves in search of thermal plasma instabilities PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Moore, A. S., Gumbrell, E. T., Lazarus, J., Hohenberger, M., Robinson, J. S., Smith, R. A., Plant, T. A., Symes, D. R., Dunne, M. 2008; 100 (5): 055001

    Abstract

    Experimental investigations into the dynamics of cylindrical, laser-driven, high-Mach-number shocks are used to study the thermal cooling instability predicted to occur in astrophysical radiative blast waves. A streaked Schlieren technique measures the full blast-wave trajectory on a single-shot basis, which is key for observing shock velocity oscillations. Electron density profiles and deceleration parameters associated with radiative blast waves were recorded, enabling the calculation of important blast-wave parameters including the fraction of radiated energy, epsilon, as a function of time for comparison with radiation-hydrodynamics simulations.

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.055001

    View details for Web of Science ID 000253019600036

    View details for PubMedID 18352379

  • Relativistic laser-matter interaction: from attosecond pulse generation to fast ignition Mourou, G. A., Labaune, C. L., Dunne, M., Naumova, N., Tikhonchuk, V. T. IOP PUBLISHING LTD. 2007: B667–B675

    View details for DOI 10.1088/0741-3335/49/12B/S61

    View details for Web of Science ID 000252745900063

  • A route to the brightest possible neutron source? SCIENCE Taylor, A., Dunne, M., Bennington, S., Ansell, S., Gardner, I., Norreys, P., Broome, T., Findlay, D., Nelmes, R. 2007; 315 (5815): 1092–95

    Abstract

    We review the potential to develop sources for neutron scattering science and propose that a merger with the rapidly developing field of inertial fusion energy could provide a major step-change in performance. In stark contrast to developments in synchrotron and laser science, the past 40 years have seen only a factor of 10 increase in neutron source brightness. With the advent of thermonuclear ignition in the laboratory, coupled to innovative approaches in how this may be achieved, we calculate that a neutron source three orders of magnitude more powerful than any existing facility can be envisaged on a 20- to 30-year time scale. Such a leap in source power would transform neutron scattering science.

    View details for DOI 10.1126/science.1127185

    View details for Web of Science ID 000244387600027

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  • Investigating the astrophysical applicability of radiative and non-radiative blast wave structure in cluster media Moore, A. S., Lazarus, J., Hohenberger, M., Robinson, J. S., Gumbrell, E. T., Dunne, M., Smith, R. A. SPRINGER. 2007: 139–45

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s10509-006-9266-x

    View details for Web of Science ID 000244995100026

  • Colliding blast waves driven by the interaction of a short-pulse laser with a gas of atomic clusters Smith, R. A., Lazarus, J., Hohenberger, M., Moore, A. S., Robinson, J. S., Gumbrell, E. T., Dunne, M. SPRINGER. 2007: 131–37

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s10509-006-9260-3

    View details for Web of Science ID 000244995100025

  • Laser-driven particle accelerators SCIENCE Dunne, M. 2006; 312 (5772): 374–76

    View details for PubMedID 16627728

  • A high-power laser fusion facility for Europe NATURE PHYSICS Dunne, M. 2006; 2 (1): 2–5

    View details for DOI 10.1038/nphys208

    View details for Web of Science ID 000234958900002

  • Multimode seeded Richtmyer-Meshkov mixing in a convergent, compressible, miscible plasma system Lanier, N. E., Barnes, C. W., Batha, S. H., Day, R. D., Magelssen, G. R., Scott, J. M., Dunne, A. M., Parker, K. W., Rothman, S. D. AMER INST PHYSICS. 2003: 1816–21

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.1542886

    View details for Web of Science ID 000182450200039

  • Observation of mix in a compressible plasma in a convergent cylindrical geometry PHYSICS OF PLASMAS Barnes, C. W., Batha, S. H., Dunne, A. M., Magelssen, G. R., Rothman, S., Day, R. D., Elliott, N. E., Haynes, D. A., Holmes, R. L., Scott, J. M., Tubbs, D. L., Youngs, D. L., Boehly, T. R., Jaanimagi, P. 2002; 9 (11): 4431–34

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.1511730

    View details for Web of Science ID 000178789900002

  • Direct observation of strong coupling in a dense plasma PHYSICAL REVIEW E Riley, D., Weaver, McSherry, D., Dunne, M., Neely, D., Notley, M., Nardi, E. 2002; 66 (4): 046408

    Abstract

    We present differential x-ray scattering cross sections for a radiatively heated plasma showing overall consistency, in both form and absolute value, with theoretical simulations. In particular, the evolution of the plasma from a strongly coupled high density phase to a lower density weakly coupled phase is quite clearly shown in both experiment and simulation. The success of this experiment shows that x-ray scattering has the potential to become an extremely useful diagnostic technique for dense plasma physics.

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.046408

    View details for Web of Science ID 000179176300090

    View details for PubMedID 12443331

  • Indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion using highly supersonic, radiatively cooled, plasma slugs PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Chittenden, J. P., Dunne, M., Zepf, M., Lebedev, S. V., Ciardi, A., Bland, S. N. 2002; 88 (23)

    Abstract

    We present a new approach to indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion which makes use of highly supersonic, radiatively cooled, slugs of plasma to energize a hohlraum. 2D resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations of slug formation in shaped liner Z-pinch implosions are presented along with 2D-radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of the slug impacting a converter foil and 3D-view-factor simulations of a double-ended hohlraum. Results for the Z facility at Sandia National Laboratory indicate that two synchronous slugs of 250 kJ kinetic energy could be produced, resulting in a capsule surface temperature of approximately 225 eV.

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.235001

    View details for Web of Science ID 000175860500031

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  • AWE experimental laser plasma program 5th Zababakhin Scientific Meeting Dunne, M., Edwards, J., Graham, P., Evans, A., Rothman, S., Smedley-Stevenson, R., Barnes, C. W., Hsing, W., Goldman, S. R. CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 2000: 213–18

    View details for Web of Science ID 000167290100010

  • Production of enhanced pressure regions due to inhomogeneities in inertial confinement fusion targets Goldman, Barnes, C. W., Caldwell, S. E., Wilson, D. C., Batha, S. H., Grove, J. W., Gittings, M. L., Hsing, W. W., Kares, R. J., Klare, K. A., Kyrala, G. A., Margevicius, R. W., Weaver, R. P., Wilke, M. D., Dunne, A. M., Edwards, M. J., Graham, P., Thomas, B. R. AMER INST PHYSICS. 2000: 2007–13

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.874022

    View details for Web of Science ID 000086511000050

  • Turbulent hydrodynamics experiments using a new plasma piston Edwards, J., Glendinning, S. G., Suter, L. J., Remington, B. A., Landen, O., Turner, R. E., Shepard, T. J., Lasinski, B., Budil, K., Robey, H., Kane, J., Louis, H., Wallace, R., Graham, P., Dunne, M., Thomas, B. R. AMER INST PHYSICS. 2000: 2099–2107

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.874177

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  • Shock structuring due to fabrication joints in targets PHYSICS OF PLASMAS Goldman, Caldwell, S. E., Wilke, M. D., Wilson, D. C., Barnes, C. W., Hsing, W. W., Delamater, N. D., Schappert, G. T., Grove, J. W., Lindman, E. L., Wallace, J. M., Weaver, R. P., Dunne, A. M., Edwards, M. J., Graham, P., Thomas, B. R. 1999; 6 (8): 3327–36

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.873572

    View details for Web of Science ID 000081587100041

  • Computational study of laser imprint mitigation in foam-buffered inertial confinement fusion targets PHYSICS OF PLASMAS Mason, R. J., Kopp, R. A., Vu, H. X., Wilson, D. C., Goldman, Watt, R. G., Dunne, M., Willi, O. 1998; 5 (1): 211–21

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.872690

    View details for Web of Science ID 000071507100027

  • EVALUATION OF A FOAM BUFFER TARGET DESIGN FOR SPATIALLY UNIFORM ABLATION OF LASER-IRRADIATED PLASMAS PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS DUNNE, M., BORGHESI, M., IWASE, A., JONES, M. W., TAYLOR, R., GIBSON, R., GOLDMAN, MACK, J., WATT, R. G. 1995; 75 (21): 3858–61

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3858

    View details for Web of Science ID A1995TF24600019

  • USE OF X-RAY PREHEATED FOAM LAYERS TO REDUCE BEAM STRUCTURE IMPRINT IN LASER-DRIVEN TARGETS PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS DESSELBERGER, M., JONES, M. W., EDWARDS, J., DUNNE, M., WILLI, O. 1995; 74 (15): 2961–64

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2961

    View details for Web of Science ID A1995QR45300028

  • SUPERSONIC PROPAGATION OF AN IONIZATION FRONT IN LOW-DENSITY FOAM TARGETS DRIVEN BY THERMAL-RADIATION PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS AFSHARRAD, T., DESSELBERGER, M., DUNNE, M., EDWARDS, J., FOSTER, J. M., HOARTY, D., JONES, M. W., ROSE, S. J., ROSEN, P. A., TAYLOR, R., WILLI, O. 1994; 73 (1): 74–77

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.74

    View details for Web of Science ID A1994NV63100019

  • EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATIONS OF THE EXPANSION OF AN OPTICAL-FIELD-INDUCED IONIZATION CHANNEL IN A GAS-JET TARGET PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS DUNNE, M., AFSHARRAD, T., EDWARDS, J., MACKINNON, A. J., VIANA, S. M., WILLI, O., PERT, G. 1994; 72 (7): 1024–27

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.1024

    View details for Web of Science ID A1994MW25600020

  • EXPERIMENTAL-MEASUREMENT OF THE DYNAMICS OF FOIL TARGETS UNDER THE IMPACT OF INTENSE PULSES OF SOFT-X RADIATION PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS EDWARDS, J., DUNNE, M., TAYLOR, R., WILLI, O., BACK, C. A., ROSE, S. J. 1993; 71 (21): 3477–80

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.3477

    View details for Web of Science ID A1993MH74500021

  • TIME RESOLVED SOFT-X-RAY IMAGING WITH SUBMICRON SPATIAL-RESOLUTION (INVITED) WILLI, O., AFSHARRAD, T., DESSELBERGER, M., DUNNE, M., EDWARDS, J., KHATTAK, F., TAYLOR, R. AMER INST PHYSICS. 1992: 4818–22

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.1143572

    View details for Web of Science ID A1992JV13300087

  • TIME-RESOLVED MEASUREMENT OF X-RAY HEATING IN PLASTIC FOILS IRRADIATED BY INTENSE SOFT-X-RAY PULSES PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS EDWARDS, J., DUNNE, M., RILEY, D., TAYLOR, R., WILLI, O., ROSE, S. J. 1991; 67 (27): 3780–83

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3780

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