Deanna M. Pennington

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
58 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Deanna M. Pennington is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Deanna M. Pennington has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 30 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Deanna M. Pennington's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (30 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (21 papers) and Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (13 papers). Deanna M. Pennington is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (30 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (21 papers) and Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (13 papers). Deanna M. Pennington collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Deanna M. Pennington's co-authors include S. C. Wilks, S. P. Hatchett, R. A. Snavely, T. E. Cowan, M. H. Key, M. S. Singh, A. J. Mackinnon, M. D. Perry, J. Johnson and C. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Deanna M. Pennington

55 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Energetic proton generation in ultra-intense laser–solid interactions

2001 1.3k citations S. C. Wilks, T. E. Cowan et al. Physics of Plasmas profile →
Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irradiation of Solids

2000 1.2k citations R. A. Snavely, S. P. Hatchett et al. profile →
Fast Ignition by Intense Laser-Accelerated Proton Beams

2001 1.0k citations M. Roth, T. E. Cowan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deanna M. Pennington United States	20	4.5k	2.9k	2.9k	1.7k	560	58	5.2k
O. Willi United Kingdom	41	5.2k 1.2×	3.7k 1.3×	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	408 0.7×	217	5.9k
V. Yu. Bychenkov Russia	35	4.7k 1.0×	3.3k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	499 0.9×	288	5.5k
M. Tatarakis Greece	37	5.1k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	3.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	442 0.8×	143	6.0k
P. Mora France	42	6.4k 1.4×	4.7k 1.6×	4.6k 1.6×	1.7k 1.0×	647 1.2×	141	7.2k
J. Fuchs France	39	5.2k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	3.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	346 0.6×	206	5.7k
M. H. Key United Kingdom	34	4.9k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	3.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	576 1.0×	138	5.8k
J. A. Delettrez United States	39	4.1k 0.9×	2.9k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	312 0.6×	189	4.7k
J. C. Fernández United States	37	4.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	281 0.5×	145	4.4k
P. A. Norreys United Kingdom	45	6.5k 1.4×	4.0k 1.4×	4.2k 1.4×	2.1k 1.2×	482 0.9×	169	7.2k
Y. Sentoku Japan	40	4.9k 1.1×	3.4k 1.2×	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	309 0.6×	189	5.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pennington, Deanna M., Jay W. Dawson, Raymond J. Beach, et al.. (2005). Unique high-power fiber laser technologies. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5653. 262–262. 2 indexed citations

Pennington, Deanna M., J. Dawson, Z. Liao, et al.. (2004). Compact fiber laser approach to 589 nm laser guide stars. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2. 2 indexed citations

Perrin, Marshall D., James R. Graham, Paul Kalas, et al.. (2004). Laser guide star adaptive optics imaging polarimetry of Herbig Ae/Be stars. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5490. 309–309. 4 indexed citations

Molander, William A., A. Komashko, J A Britten, et al.. (2003). Design and Test of Advanced Multi-Layer Dielectric Gratings for High Energy Petawatt. Journal of the American Heart Association. 3(2). e000586–e000586. 3 indexed citations

Pennington, Deanna M., M. R. Hermann, K. Skulina, et al.. (2003). Conceptual design for a high-energy petawatt laser on the national ignition facility. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 88. 1471–1471. 1 indexed citations

Jovanovic, Igor, et al.. (2002). Optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier as an alternative to Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifiers. Applied Optics. 41(15). 2923–2923. 82 indexed citations

Gavel, Donald T., C. E. Max, Scot S. Olivier, et al.. (2002). <title>Science with laser guide stars at Lick Observatory</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4494. 336–342. 6 indexed citations

Koch, Joachim, M. H. Key, R. R. Freeman, et al.. (2001). Experimental measurements of deep directional columnar heating by laser-generated relativistic electrons at near-solid density. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(1). 16410–16410. 69 indexed citations

Roth, M., T. E. Cowan, C. Brown, et al.. (2001). Intense ion beams accelerated by Petawatt-class Lasers. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 464(1-3). 201–205. 6 indexed citations

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Perry, M. D., Ján Šefčı́k, T. E. Cowan, et al.. (1999). Hard x-ray production from high intensity laser solid interactions (invited). Review of Scientific Instruments. 70(1). 265–269. 81 indexed citations

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Kartz, Michael W., et al.. (1999). HIGH RESOLUTION WAVEFRONT CONTROL OF HIGH-POWER LASER SYSTEMS. 16–21. 1 indexed citations

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Budil, K. S., David Gold, K. G. Estabrook, et al.. (1999). Blast wave diagnostic for the Petawatt laser system. Review of Scientific Instruments. 70(1). 806–809. 3 indexed citations

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Kauffman, R. L., S. N. Dixit, S. G. Glendinning, et al.. (1998). Improved gas-filled hohlraum performance on Nova with beam smoothing. Physics of Plasmas. 5(5). 1927–1934. 27 indexed citations

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Key, M. H., E. M. Campbell, T. E. Cowan, et al.. (1998). The Potential of Fast Ignition and Related Experiments with a Petawatt Laser Facility. Journal of Fusion Energy. 17(3). 231–236. 15 indexed citations

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Pennington, Deanna M., Perry, & J A Britten. (1997). The Petawatt Laser System and Targeting Performance. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

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Pennington, Deanna M., et al.. (1997). <title>Implementation and performance of beam smoothing on 10 beams of the Nova laser</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3047. 725–735. 1 indexed citations

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Pennington, Deanna M., et al.. (1993). <title>Effect of bandwidth on beam smoothing and frequency conversion at the third harmonic of the Nova laser</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1870. 175–185. 8 indexed citations

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Pennington, Deanna M. & Charles B. Harris. (1993). <title>Dynamics of surface thermal expansion and diffusivity using two-color reflection transient gratings</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1856. 106–118. 1 indexed citations

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Pennington, Deanna M. & Charles B. Harris. (1992). Dynamics of photothermal surface expansion and diffusivity using laser-induced holographic gratings. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 28(10). 2523–2534. 9 indexed citations

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Pennington, Deanna M., et al.. (1991). Ultrafast measurement of the thermal expansion of a GaAs surface. Optical Society of America Annual Meeting. ThDD2–ThDD2. 1 indexed citations

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