S. M. Hooker

6.0k citations

102 papers · 4.0k · 3 hit papers · h-index 26

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 1%
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 72
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications 66
- Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies 21
- Atomic and Molecular Physics 7
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 67
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 67

Co-authors: David J. Spence (14 shared papers)A. J. Gonsalves (11 shared papers)C. B. Schroeder (7 shared papers)Wim Leemans (8 shared papers)Csaba Tóth (6 shared papers)Bob Nagler (5 shared papers)E. Esarey (3 shared papers)C. G. R. Geddes (3 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review Letters (11 papers)Physical review. E (7 papers)Journal of the Optical Society of America B (7 papers)Optics Letters (7 papers)Optics Express (5 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Germany United States

In The Last Decade

S. M. Hooker

98 papers receiving 3.9k citations

S. M. Hooker's Hit Papers

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Laser-driven soft-X-ray undulator source 2009 · 272 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2009 Nature Physics
2008 Physical Review Letters
2006 Nature Physics

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1	GeV electron beams from a centimetre-scale accelerator Nature Physics ·Wim Leemans, Bob Nagler, A. J. Gonsalves, Csaba Tóth, (unknown), C. G. R. Geddes, E. Esarey, C. B. Schroeder, S. M. Hooker Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1240
2	Laser-driven soft-X-ray undulator source Nature Physics ·M. Fuchs, R. Weingartner, A. Popp, Zsuzsanna Major, Stefan Becker, Jens Osterhoff, Isabella Cortrie, Benno Zeitler, R. Hörlein, G. D. Tsakiris, U. Schramm, T. P. Rowlands-Rees, S. M. Hooker, D. Habs, Ferenc Krausz, S. Karsch, F. Grüner Hit paper breakdown →	2009	272
3	Developments in laser-driven plasma accelerators Nature Photonics ·S. M. Hooker	2013	236
4	Guiding of High-Intensity Laser Pulses with a Hydrogen-Filled Capillary Discharge Waveguide Physical Review Letters ·Alison Butler, David J. Spence, S. M. Hooker	2002	180
5	Generation of Stable, Low-Divergence Electron Beams by Laser-Wakefield Acceleration in a Steady-State-Flow Gas Cell Physical Review Letters ·Jens Osterhoff, A. Popp, Zs. Major, Benjamin Marx, T. P. Rowlands-Rees, M. Fuchs, M. Geissler, R. Hörlein, B. Hidding, Stefan Becker, E. A. Peralta, U. Schramm, F. Grüner, D. Habs, Ferenc Krausz, S. M. Hooker, S. Karsch Hit paper breakdown →	2008	174
6	Investigation of a hydrogen plasma waveguide Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·David J. Spence, S. M. Hooker	2000	154
7	Simulations of a hydrogen-filled capillary discharge waveguide Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·N. A. Bobrova, A. A. Esaulov, Jun-ichi Sakai, P. V. Sasorov, David J. Spence, Alison Butler, S. M. Hooker, S. V. Bulanov	2001	151
8	GeV-scale electron acceleration in a gas-filled capillary discharge waveguide New Journal of Physics ·S. Karsch, Jens Osterhoff, A. Popp, T. P. Rowlands-Rees, Zs. Major, M. Fuchs, Brian P. Marx, R. Hörlein, Karl Schmid, L. Veisz, Stefan Becker, U. Schramm, B. Hidding, G. Pretzler, D. Habs, F. Grüner, F. Krausz, S. M. Hooker	2007	112
9	Bright Quasi-Phase-Matched Soft-X-Ray Harmonic Radiation from Argon Ions Physical Review Letters ·M. Zepf, B. Dromey, Matt Landreman, P. S. Foster, S. M. Hooker	2007	100
10	GeV electron beams from a centimeter-scale channel guided laser wakefield accelerator Physics of Plasmas ·(unknown), Bob Nagler, Csaba Tóth, C. G. R. Geddes, C. B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, Wim Leemans, A. J. Gonsalves, S. M. Hooker	2007	91
11	All-Optical Steering of Laser-Wakefield-Accelerated Electron Beams Physical Review Letters ·A. Popp, J. Vieira, Jens Osterhoff, Zs. Major, R. Hörlein, M. Fuchs, R. Weingartner, T. P. Rowlands-Rees, M. Martí, Ricardo Fonseca, S. F. Martins, L. O. Silva, S. M. Hooker, F. Krausz, F. Grüner, S. Karsch	2010	89
12	Transverse Interferometry of a Hydrogen-Filled Capillary Discharge Waveguide Physical Review Letters ·A. J. Gonsalves, T. P. Rowlands-Rees, B. H. P. Broks, J.J.A.M. van der Mullen, S. M. Hooker	2007	84
13	Laser-Driven Acceleration of Electrons in a Partially Ionized Plasma Channel Physical Review Letters ·T. P. Rowlands-Rees, Christos Kamperidis, S. Kneip, A. J. Gonsalves, S. P. D. Mangles, J. G. Gallacher, E. Brunetti, T. Ibbotson, C. D. Murphy, P. S. Foster, M. J. V. Streeter, F. Budde, P. A. Norreys, D. A. Jaroszynski, K. Krushelnick, Z. Najmudin, S. M. Hooker	2008	73
14	Generation of a train of ultrashort pulses from a compact birefringent crystal array Applied Optics ·B. Dromey, M. Zepf, Matt Landreman, Kevin O’Keeffe, Tom Robinson, S. M. Hooker	2007	66
15	Demonstration of a Collisionally Excited Optical-Field-Ionization XUV Laser Driven in a Plasma Waveguide Physical Review Letters ·Alison Butler, A. J. Gonsalves, C. M. McKenna, David J. Spence, S. M. Hooker, S. Sebban, Tomáš Mocek, I. Bettaïbi, B. Cros	2003	56
16	Gas-filled capillary discharge waveguides Journal of the Optical Society of America B ·David J. Spence, Alison Butler, S. M. Hooker	2003	56
17	Hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels Physical review. E ·R. J. Shalloo, Christopher Arran, L. Corner, J. Holloway, Jakob Jonnerby, R. Walczak, H. M. Milchberg, S. M. Hooker	2018	51
18	Emittance Preservation in an Aberration-Free Active Plasma Lens Physical Review Letters ·C. A. Lindstrøm, E. Adli, G. J. Boyle, R. Corsini, A. Dyson, W. Farabolini, S. M. Hooker, Martin Meisel, Jens Osterhoff, J.-H. Röckemann, L. Schaper, Kyrre Sjobak	2018	45
19	Laser ablation of polymeric materials at 157 nm Journal of Applied Physics ·Á. Costela, Inmaculada García‐Moreno, F. Florido, J.M. Figuera, R. Sastre, S. M. Hooker, Julian S. Cashmore, C. E. Webb	1995	42
20	Excitation and Control of Plasma Wakefields by Multiple Laser Pulses Physical Review Letters ·J. Cowley, C. Thornton, Christopher Arran, R. J. Shalloo, L. Corner, Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung, C. D. Gregory, S. P. D. Mangles, Nicholas H. Matlis, D. R. Symes, R. Walczak, S. M. Hooker	2017	39

About S. M. Hooker

S. M. Hooker is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Radiation, having authored 102 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (67 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (66 papers), Laser Design and Applications (33 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (29 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (21 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (10 papers), Pulsed Power Technology Applications (7 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.4k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.4k citations), Mechanics of Materials (1.9k citations), Radiation (500 citations) and Geophysics (481 citations). S. M. Hooker has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include David J. Spence, A. J. Gonsalves, C. B. Schroeder, Wim Leemans, Csaba Tóth, Bob Nagler, E. Esarey, C. G. R. Geddes, Alison Butler and T. P. Rowlands-Rees. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. E, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Optics Letters and Optics Express.

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