A. Modena

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

A. Modena 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. Modena has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 19 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in A. Modena's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (20 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (19 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (18 papers). A. Modena is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (20 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (19 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (18 papers). A. Modena collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. A. Modena's co-authors include V. Malka, Z. Najmudin, C. Danson, D. Neely, C. Joshi, K. A. Marsh, A. E. Dangor, Florian Walsh, C. E. Clayton and C. B. Darrow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

A. Modena

21 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Electron acceleration from the breaking of relativistic plasma waves

1995 647 citations A. Modena, Z. Najmudin et al. Nature profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
A. Modena	1.3k	1.1k	953	213	168	22	1.5k
J.-R. Marquès	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	820 0.9×	171 0.8×	197 1.2×	50	1.4k
Thomas Sokollik	1.5k 1.1×	981 0.9×	937 1.0×	425 2.0×	198 1.2×	47	1.6k
Alexei Zhidkov	784 0.6×	609 0.5×	634 0.7×	171 0.8×	100 0.6×	61	935
P. E. Young	985 0.7×	842 0.8×	793 0.8×	188 0.9×	98 0.6×	48	1.2k
M. Yeung	963 0.7×	817 0.7×	425 0.4×	141 0.7×	158 0.9×	43	1.1k
J. M. Mikhailova	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	543 0.6×	110 0.5×	291 1.7×	47	1.4k
M. H. Key	881 0.7×	699 0.6×	639 0.7×	288 1.4×	109 0.6×	32	1.2k
L. M. Gorbunov	912 0.7×	788 0.7×	617 0.6×	127 0.6×	171 1.0×	69	1.1k
V. Yanovsky	1.2k 0.9×	972 0.9×	526 0.6×	258 1.2×	268 1.6×	34	1.4k
N. M. Naumova	2.0k 1.5×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	415 1.9×	172 1.0×	30	2.1k

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Malka, V., Philippe Mounaix, S. Hüller, et al.. (2003). Extra ion feature of Thomson scattered light in the interaction of a 600 ps laser with helium gas jet. Physics of Plasmas. 10(2). 495–501. 3 indexed citations

Clayton, C. E., K. A. Marsh, C. Joshi, et al.. (2002). A broadband electron spectrometer and electron detectors for laser accelerator experiments. Proceedings Particle Accelerator Conference. 1. 637–639.

Najmudin, Z., A. E. Dangor, A. Modena, et al.. (2000). Investigation of a channeling high-intensity laser beam in underdense plasmas. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 28(4). 1057–1070. 20 indexed citations

Malka, V., S. Hüller, D. Pesme, et al.. (2000). Strong self-focusing in quasi-stationary laser plasmas. Physics of Plasmas. 7(10). 4259–4265. 11 indexed citations

Malka, V., S. Hüller, F. Amiranoff, et al.. (1999). Formation of plasma channels in the interaction of a nanosecond laser pulse at moderate intensities with helium gas jets. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(6). 7110–7120. 11 indexed citations

Dorchies, F., F. Amiranoff, V. Malka, et al.. (1999). Acceleration of injected electrons in a laser wakefield experiment. Physics of Plasmas. 6(7). 2903–2913. 43 indexed citations

Dorchies, F., F. Amiranoff, S. D. Baton, et al.. (1999). Electron acceleration in laser wakefield experiment at Ecole Polytechnique. Laser and Particle Beams. 17(2). 299–305. 2 indexed citations

Amiranoff, F., S. D. Baton, D. Bernard, et al.. (1998). Observation of Laser Wakefield Acceleration of Electrons. Physical Review Letters. 81(5). 995–998. 170 indexed citations

Raoult, F., D. Husson, C. Sauteret, et al.. (1998). Efficient generation of narrow-bandwidth picosecond pulses by frequency doubling of femtosecond chirped pulses. Optics Letters. 23(14). 1117–1117. 73 indexed citations

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Amiranoff, F., D. Bernard, B. Cros, et al.. (1998). The laser wakefield acceleration experiment at Ecole Polytechnique. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 410(3). 364–366. 7 indexed citations

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Gordon, D., K. C. Tzeng, C. E. Clayton, et al.. (1998). Observation of Electron Energies Beyond the Linear Dephasing Limit from a Laser-Excited Relativistic Plasma Wave. Physical Review Letters. 80(10). 2133–2136. 178 indexed citations

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Baton, S. D., F. Amiranoff, V. Malka, et al.. (1998). Measurement of the stimulated Brillouin scattering reflectivity from a spatially smoothed laser beam in a homogeneous large scale plasma. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 57(5). R4895–R4898. 23 indexed citations

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Clayton, C. E., K. C. Tzeng, D. Gordon, et al.. (1998). Plasma Wave Generation in a Self-Focused Channel of a Relativistically Intense Laser Pulse. Physical Review Letters. 81(1). 100–103. 70 indexed citations

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Malka, V., F. Amiranoff, S. D. Baton, et al.. (1997). Channel Formation in Long Laser Pulse Interaction with a Helium Gas Jet. Physical Review Letters. 79(16). 2979–2982. 39 indexed citations

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Malka, V., A. Modena, Z. Najmudin, et al.. (1997). Second harmonic generation and its interaction with relativistic plasma waves driven by forward Raman instability in underdense plasmas. Physics of Plasmas. 4(4). 1127–1131. 53 indexed citations

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Modena, A., Z. Najmudin, A. E. Dangor, et al.. (1996). Observation of Raman forward scattering and electron acceleration in the relativistic regime. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 24(2). 289–295. 56 indexed citations

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Amiranoff, F., A. Antonetti, P. Audebert, et al.. (1996). Laser particle acceleration: beat-wave and wakefield experiments. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 38(12A). A295–A300. 9 indexed citations

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Offenberger, A. A., J. S. Wark, M. H. Key, et al.. (1995). Optical ionization and heating of gases by intense picosecond KrF laser radiation. Laser and Particle Beams. 13(1). 19–31. 3 indexed citations

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Modena, A., Z. Najmudin, A. E. Dangor, et al.. (1995). Electron acceleration from the breaking of relativistic plasma waves. Nature. 377(6550). 606–608. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

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Offenberger, A. A., M. H. Key, J. S. Wark, et al.. (1995). Plasma Temperature in Optical Field Ionization of Gases by Intense Ultrashort Pulses of Ultraviolet Radiation. Physical Review Letters. 74(4). 554–557. 45 indexed citations

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