T. J. Kessler

3.4k citations

40 papers · 2.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 16

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 1%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Geophysics top 5%
- High-pressure geophysics and materials

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 26
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications 17
- Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics 7
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 22
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 22

Co-authors: R. S. Craxton (9 shared papers)S. Letzring (4 shared papers)R. W. Short (6 shared papers)J. M. Soures (5 shared papers)S. Skupsky (5 shared papers)J. H. Kelly (7 shared papers)Samuel Finley Breese Morse (4 shared papers)J. P. Knauer (9 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Applied Physics (4 papers)Laser and Particle Beams (4 papers)Physics of Plasmas (2 papers)Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2 papers)Fusion Science & Technology (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Portugal

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T. J. Kessler

37 papers receiving 2.2k citations

T. J. Kessler's Hit Papers

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Initial performance results of the OMEGA laser system 1997 · 798 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.

1997 Optics Communications
1989 Journal of Applied Physics

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1	Initial performance results of the OMEGA laser system Optics Communications ·T. R. Boehly, David L. Brown, R. S. Craxton, R. L. Keck, J. P. Knauer, J. H. Kelly, T. J. Kessler, Steve Kumpan, S. J. Loucks, S. Letzring, F. J. Marshall, R. L. McCrory, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, W. Seka, J. M. Soures, C. P. Verdon Hit paper breakdown →	1997	798
2	Improved laser-beam uniformity using the angular dispersion of frequency-modulated light Journal of Applied Physics ·S. Skupsky, R. W. Short, T. J. Kessler, R. S. Craxton, S. Letzring, J. M. Soures Hit paper breakdown →	1989	585
3	High-Energy Petawatt Capability for the Omega Laser Optics and Photonics News ·L. J. Waxer, Drew N. Maywar, J. H. Kelly, T. J. Kessler, B. E. Kruschwitz, S. J. Loucks, R. L. McCrory, D. D. Meyerhofer, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, C. Stöeckl, J. D. Zuegel	2005	166
4	Reduction of laser imprinting using polarization smoothing on a solid-state fusion laser Journal of Applied Physics ·T. R. Boehly, V. A. Smalyuk, D. D. Meyerhofer, J. P. Knauer, D. K. Bradley, R. S. Craxton, M. J. Guardalben, S. Skupsky, T. J. Kessler	1999	161
5	The Upgrade to the OMEGA Laser System Fusion Technology ·T. R. Boehly, R. S. Craxton, T. H. Hinterman, P. A. Jaanimagi, J. H. Kelly, T. J. Kessler, R. L. Kremens, S. Kumpan, S. Letzring, R. L. McCrory, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, W. Seka, S. Skupsky, J. M. Soures, C. P. Verdon	1994	131
6	Laser Challenges for Fast Ignition Fusion Science & Technology ·J. D. Zuegel, S. Borneis, C. P. J. Barty, Bruno LeGarrec, C. Danson, N. Miyanaga, Patrick K. Rambo, Christophe Leblanc, T. J. Kessler, Ansgar W. Schmid, L. J. Waxer, J. H. Kelly, B. E. Kruschwitz, R. Jungquist, E. I. Moses, Jerald A. Britten, Igor Jovanovic, J. Dawson, N. Blanchot	2006	74
7	High-Energy Petawatt Project at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics Fusion Science & Technology ·C. Stöeckl, J. A. Delettrez, J. H. Kelly, T. J. Kessler, B. E. Kruschwitz, S. J. Loucks, R. L. McCrory, D. D. Meyerhofer, Drew N. Maywar, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, J. F. Myatt, Amy L. Rigatti, L. J. Waxer, J. D. Zuegel, R. B. Stephens	2006	33
8	Laser-Beam Zooming to Mitigate Crossed-Beam Energy Losses in Direct-Drive Implosions Physical Review Letters ·I. V. Igumenshchev, D. H. Froula, D. H. Edgell, V. N. Goncharov, T. J. Kessler, F. J. Marshall, R. L. McCrory, P. W. McKenty, D. D. Meyerhofer, D. T. Michel, T. C. Sangster, W. Seka, S. Skupsky	2013	32
9	Laser–plasma interactions in direct-drive ignition plasmas Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·D. H. Froula, D. T. Michel, I. V. Igumenshchev, S. X. Hu, B. Yaakobi, J. F. Myatt, D. H. Edgell, R. K. Follett, V. Yu. Glebov, V. N. Goncharov, T. J. Kessler, A. V. Maximov, P. B. Radha, T. C. Sangster, W. Seka, R. W. Short, A. A. Solodov, C. Sorce, C. Stöeckl	2012	29
10	Flying focus: Spatial and temporal control of intensity for laser-based applications Physics of Plasmas ·D. H. Froula, J. P. Palastro, D. Turnbull, Andrew Davies, Khanh Linh Nguyen, Andrew J. Howard, D. Ramsey, P. Franke, S.-W. Bahk, I. A. Begishev, R. Boni, J. Bromage, S. Bucht, R. K. Follett, D. Haberberger, G. W. Jenkins, J. Katz, T. J. Kessler, Jessica Shaw, J. Vieira	2019	23
11	Single-beam, ponderomotive-optical trap for free electrons and neutral atoms Optics Letters ·J. L. Chaloupka, Yale L. Fisher, T. J. Kessler, D. D. Meyerhofer	1997	23
12	Free Convection Cooling of Electronic Systems IEEE Transactions on Parts Hybrids and Packaging ·Win Aung, T. J. Kessler, K. I. Beitin	1973	23
13	Cryogenic-laser-fusion target implosion studies performed with the OMEGA uv-laser system Physical review. A, General physics ·F. J. Marshall, S. Letzring, C. P. Verdon, S. Skupsky, R. L. Keck, J. P. Knauer, R. L. Kremens, D. K. Bradley, T. J. Kessler, J. A. Delettrez, H Kim, J. M. Soures, R. L. McCrory	1989	21
14	Efficient harmonic generation with a broad-band laser IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics ·Mark D. Skeldon, R. S. Craxton, T. J. Kessler, W. Seka, R. W. Short, S. Skupsky, J. M. Soures	1992	20
15	OMEGA Upgrade laser for direct-drive target experiments Laser and Particle Beams ·J. M. Soures, R. L. McCrory, T. R. Boehly, R. S. Craxton, Stephen D. Jacobs, J. H. Kelly, T. J. Kessler, J. P. Knauer, R. L. Kremens, S. Kumpan, S. Letzring, W. Seka, R. W. Short, Mark D. Skeldon, S. Skupsky, C. P. Verdon	1993	18
16	Manufacture and development of multilayer diffraction gratings Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Jason Keck, J. B. Oliver, T. J. Kessler, Huaqing Huang, J. Barone, J. Hettrick, Amy L. Rigatti, T. Hoover, K. L. Marshall, Ansgar W. Schmid, А. А. Козлов, T. Z. Kosc	2005	15
17	Observations of modulated shock waves in solid targets driven by spatially modulated laser beams Journal of Applied Physics ·T. R. Boehly, T. J. B. Collins, O. V. Gotchev, T. J. Kessler, J. P. Knauer, T. C. Sangster, D. D. Meyerhofer	2002	12
18	Thin-film design for multilayer diffraction gratings Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·J. B. Oliver, T. J. Kessler, Huaqing Huang, Jason Keck, Amy L. Rigatti, Ansgar W. Schmid, А. А. Козлов, T. Z. Kosc	2005	12
19	Angular dependence of the transverse Raman scattering in KDP and DKDP in geometries suitable for beam polarization control Optics Express ·T. Z. Kosc, Hu Huang, T. J. Kessler, Stavros G. Demos	2022	9
20	Optical smoothing of laser imprinting in planar-target experiments on OMEGA EP using multi-FM 1-D smoothing by spectral dispersion Physics of Plasmas ·M. Hohenberger, A. Shvydky, J. A. Marozas, G. Fiksel, M. J. Bonino, D. Canning, T. J. B. Collins, C. Dorrer, T. J. Kessler, B. E. Kruschwitz, P. W. McKenty, D. D. Meyerhofer, S. P. Regan, T. C. Sangster, J. D. Zuegel	2016	8

About T. J. Kessler

T. J. Kessler is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Computational Mechanics, having authored 40 papers that have together received 2.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (22 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (17 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (12 papers), Laser Design and Applications (9 papers), Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (7 papers), Solid State Laser Technologies (7 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (6 papers) and Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.8k citations), Geophysics (553 citations), Mechanics of Materials (1.0k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.2k citations) and Radiation (264 citations). T. J. Kessler has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Portugal. Frequent co-authors include R. S. Craxton, S. Letzring, R. W. Short, J. M. Soures, S. Skupsky, J. H. Kelly, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, J. P. Knauer, W. Seka and S. J. Loucks. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Laser and Particle Beams, Physics of Plasmas, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion and Fusion Science & Technology.

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