A. J. Gonsalves

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

A. J. Gonsalves is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. J. Gonsalves has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 41 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 35 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in A. J. Gonsalves's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (83 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (41 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (32 papers). A. J. Gonsalves is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (83 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (41 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (32 papers). A. J. Gonsalves collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Germany. A. J. Gonsalves's co-authors include Wim Leemans, K. Nakamura, C. B. Schroeder, Csaba Tóth, E. Esarey, C. G. R. Geddes, S. M. Hooker, Bob Nagler, C. Benedetti and J. Daniëls and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

A. J. Gonsalves

84 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

GeV electron beams from a centimetre-scale accelerator

2006 1.2k citations Wim Leemans, Bob Nagler et al. profile →
Multi-GeV Electron Beams from Capillary-Discharge-Guided Subpetawatt Laser Pulses in the Self-Trapping Regime

2014 615 citations Wim Leemans, A. J. Gonsalves et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. J. Gonsalves United States	19	3.3k	1.8k	1.7k	895	580	97	3.5k
C. G. R. Geddes United States	20	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	682 0.8×	540 0.9×	47	3.1k
J. Vieira Portugal	30	2.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	722 0.8×	431 0.7×	113	3.3k
W. Lu United States	30	3.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	520 0.9×	133	4.0k
F. S. Tsung United States	28	4.9k 1.5×	2.9k 1.6×	2.8k 1.7×	898 1.0×	1.0k 1.8×	90	5.1k
Y. Glinec France	18	2.9k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	457 0.5×	553 1.0×	40	3.2k
K. Ta Phuoc France	26	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	629 0.7×	740 1.3×	47	3.3k
A. Lifschitz France	27	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	455 0.5×	391 0.7×	90	2.5k
David Bruhwiler United States	17	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	634 0.7×	324 0.6×	101	2.4k
C. E. Clayton United States	25	2.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	785 0.9×	389 0.7×	89	3.1k
Chengkun Huang United States	25	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	940 1.1×	385 0.7×	97	2.8k

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Wang, Dan, Hai-En Tsai, Qing Ji, et al.. (2025). Pointing stabilization of a 1 Hz high-power laser via machine learning. High Power Laser Science and Engineering. 13. 1 indexed citations

Nakamura, K., Qing Ji, Lieselotte Obst-Huebl, et al.. (2025). Modeling and design of compact, permanent-magnet transport systems for highly divergent, broad energy spread laser-driven proton beams. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. 28(3).

Benedetti, C., F. Filippi, Joy Stackhouse, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal tapering in gas jets for increased efficiency of 10-GeV class laser plasma accelerators. Review of Scientific Instruments. 96(4). 1 indexed citations

Stackhouse, Joy, K. Nakamura, Hai-En Tsai, et al.. (2024). Matched Guiding and Controlled Injection in Dark-Current-Free, 10-GeV-Class, Channel-Guided Laser-Plasma Accelerators. Physical Review Letters. 133(25). 255001–255001. 27 indexed citations

Ivanov, Vsevolod, Debanjan Polley, Wei Liu, et al.. (2024). Programmable quantum emitter formation in silicon. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4497–4497. 15 indexed citations

Feister, Scott, K. Cassou, A. Döpp, et al.. (2023). Control systems and data management for high-power laser facilities. High Power Laser Science and Engineering. 11. 7 indexed citations

Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte, K. Nakamura, Antoine M. Snijders, et al.. (2023). High power commissioning of BELLA iP2 up to 17 J. 3 indexed citations

Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte, Axel Huebl, K. Nakamura, et al.. (2022). Laser–solid interaction studies enabled by the new capabilities of the iP2 BELLA PW beamline. Physics of Plasmas. 29(8). 14 indexed citations

Barber, Sam, Jianhui Bin, A. J. Gonsalves, et al.. (2020). A compact, high resolution energy, and emittance diagnostic for electron beams using active plasma lenses. Applied Physics Letters. 116(23). 6 indexed citations

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Schumacher, Douglass, Lieselotte Obst-Huebl, Jianhui Bin, et al.. (2020). High Throughput and Contrast Enhancement from Ultrathin Liquid Crystal Films in a Double Plasma Mirror Configuration.. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2020. 1 indexed citations

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Sasorov, P. V., N. A. Bobrova, G. A. Bagdasarov, et al.. (2018). Simulations of plasma channel formation by knife-like nanosecond laser beam. Keldysh Institute Preprints. 1–39. 1 indexed citations

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Gonsalves, A. J., K. Nakamura, J. Daniëls, et al.. (2018). Progress on Petawatt level experiments at BELLA Center for electron acceleration. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018.

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Bagdasarov, G. A., N. A. Bobrova, A. S. Boldarev, et al.. (2017). On production and asymmetric focusing of flat electron beams using rectangular capillary discharge plasmas. Physics of Plasmas. 24(12). 4 indexed citations

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Bagdasarov, G. A., P. V. Sasorov, В. А. Гасилов, et al.. (2017). Laser beam coupling with capillary discharge plasma for laser wakefield acceleration applications. Physics of Plasmas. 24(8). 22 indexed citations

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Bagdasarov, G. A., P. V. Sasorov, A. S. Boldarev, et al.. (2017). Plasma equilibrium inside various cross-section capillary discharges. Physics of Plasmas. 24(5). 10 indexed citations

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Matlis, Nicholas H., A. J. Gonsalves, Sven Steinke, et al.. (2016). Transient behavior of a supersonic three-dimensional micronozzle with an intersecting capillary. Journal of Applied Physics. 119(7). 2 indexed citations

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Matlis, Nicholas H., A. J. Gonsalves, Sven Steinke, et al.. (2015). Dynamics and density distributions in a capillary-discharge waveguide with an embedded supersonic jet. Journal of Applied Physics. 118(20). 4 indexed citations

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Nakamura, K., Thomas Sokollik, J. van Tilborg, et al.. (2012). Beam transport and monitoring for laser plasma accelerators. AIP conference proceedings. 728–733. 2 indexed citations

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Gonsalves, A. J.. (2010). Longitudinal Density Tailoring for the Enhancement of Electron Beams in theCapillary-discharge Laser-guidedWakefield Accelerator. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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Geddes, C. G. R., E. Esarey, P. Michel, et al.. (2006). Low energy spread 100 MeV-1 GeV electron bunches from laser wakefiel d acceleration at LOASIS. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

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