Cliff Thomas

911 total citations
31 papers, 273 citations indexed

About

Cliff Thomas is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cliff Thomas has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 273 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Cliff Thomas's work include Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (14 papers), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (10 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (10 papers). Cliff Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (14 papers), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (10 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (10 papers). Cliff Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Cliff Thomas's co-authors include Mark Cappelli, S. Liberman, E. Luc‐Koenig, J. Pinard, P. Cacciani, Nicolas Gascon, C. Delsart, J. Keller, E. Fernández and L. Massé and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics of Plasmas, Nuclear Fusion and Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Cliff Thomas

26 papers receiving 254 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cliff Thomas United States	10	188	102	64	60	29	31	273
Enrique Conejero Jarque Spain	11	380 2.0×	85 0.8×	31 0.5×	120 2.0×	32 1.1×	40	401
M. S. Kaschiev Russia	12	188 1.0×	34 0.3×	42 0.7×	54 0.9×	32 1.1×	31	295
Stephen Paul United States	10	300 1.6×	34 0.3×	9 0.1×	54 0.9×	40 1.4×	25	345
A. Müllers Germany	7	252 1.3×	35 0.3×	28 0.4×	65 1.1×	69 2.4×	12	272
N. Gelfand United States	14	123 0.7×	57 0.6×	37 0.6×	371 6.2×	18 0.6×	46	504
Xing Fan United States	9	202 1.1×	45 0.4×	16 0.3×	144 2.4×	11 0.4×	21	308
M. Q. Tran Switzerland	10	216 1.1×	113 1.1×	77 1.2×	149 2.5×	52 1.8×	24	358
R. R. Schlicher Germany	12	494 2.6×	85 0.8×	46 0.7×	149 2.5×	8 0.3×	19	570
R. Kalra United States	7	232 1.2×	33 0.3×	50 0.8×	85 1.4×	60 2.1×	10	287
K. Katsonis France	10	201 1.1×	111 1.1×	8 0.1×	64 1.1×	84 2.9×	41	288

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Woo, K. M., W. Theobald, R. Betti, et al.. (2025). Three-dimensional reconstruction of inertial confinement fusion hot-spot plasma from x-ray and nuclear diagnostics on OMEGA. Physics of Plasmas. 32(5).

Olson, Richard E., Cliff Thomas, B. M. Haines, & Mark Schmitt. (2025). Physics of laser direct-drive liquid deuterium–tritium wetted foam capsules for inertial confinement fusion. Nuclear Fusion. 66(2). 26002–26002.

Thomas, Cliff, M. Tabak, N. Alexander, et al.. (2024). Hybrid direct drive with a two-sided ultraviolet laser. Physics of Plasmas. 31(11). 3 indexed citations

Scott, R. H. H., Warren Garbett, B. M. Haines, et al.. (2022). Pathways towards break even for low convergence ratio direct-drive inertial confinement fusion. Journal of Plasma Physics. 88(3). 3 indexed citations

Thomas, Cliff. (2019). A Review of Bigfoot Implosion Data at the National Ignition Facility. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

Fitzsimmons, P., Fred Elsner, R. R. Paguio, et al.. (2017). Zinc Oxide–Coated Poly(HIPE) Annular Liners to Advance Laser Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion. Fusion Science & Technology. 73(2). 210–218. 5 indexed citations

Thomas, Cliff. (2016). BigFoot: a program to reduce risk for indirect drive laser fusion. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016.

Koch, Jeffrey A., O. L. Landen, L. J. Suter, et al.. (2013). Refraction-enhanced backlit imaging of axially symmetric inertial confinement fusion plasmas. Applied Optics. 52(15). 3538–3538. 15 indexed citations

Thomas, Cliff. (2010). Abel solution to a bremsstrahlung inverse problem. Physical Review E. 81(3). 36413–36413. 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, Cliff, et al.. (2007). Using view factor analysis to understand symmetry for NIF Indirect Drive. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 49. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, Cliff, et al.. (2007). Shear-Based Model for Electron Transport in 2D Hybrid Hall Thruster Simulations. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, Cliff, Nicolas Gascon, & Mark Cappelli. (2006). Nonintrusive characterization of the azimuthal drift current in a coaxialE×Bdischarge plasma. Physical Review E. 74(5). 56402–56402. 18 indexed citations

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Gascon, Nicolas, et al.. (2006). Operation of a Coaxial High Energy (CHENG) Thruster. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Cliff & Mark Cappelli. (2006). Fluctuation-induced transport in the Hall plasma accelerator. 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, Cliff & Mark Cappelli. (2005). Gradient transport processes in ExB plasmas. 4 indexed citations

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Gascon, Nicolas, et al.. (2005). The Coaxial High Energy Thruster. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Cliff, Nicolas Gascon, & Mark Cappelli. (2003). A Study of the Azimuthal Electron Drift in an E× B Discharge Using a Non-invasive Antenna Array. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, Cliff & Mark Cappelli. (2003). Spatial and Temporal Mapping of Azimuthal Drift Current in a Hall Thruster. 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit. 1 indexed citations

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Cacciani, P., E. Luc‐Koenig, J. Pinard, Cliff Thomas, & S. Liberman. (1986). Anticrossing effects in odd Rydberg states of Li in the presence of a magnetic field. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 19(15). L519–L525. 13 indexed citations

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Delsart, C., J. Keller, & Cliff Thomas. (1981). Optogalvanic detection of krypton Rydberg levels with a two-step pulsed laser excitation. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 14(18). 3355–3361. 27 indexed citations

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