Eric Esarey

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Eric Esarey 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, Eric Esarey has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 39 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Eric Esarey's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (36 papers), Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers (23 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (19 papers). Eric Esarey is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (36 papers), Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers (23 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (19 papers). Eric Esarey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Eric Esarey's co-authors include C. B. Schroeder, Wim Leemans, J. van Tilborg, C. G. R. Geddes, Csaba Tóth, John R. Cary, David Bruhwiler, C. Nieter, Francesco Rossi and J. Fauré and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Eric Esarey

64 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

High-quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accele... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. High-quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator using plasma-channel guiding
    2004 1.4k citations C. G. R. Geddes, Csaba Tóth et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Esarey United States 10 1.8k 1.2k 974 551 306 69 2.0k
C. Nieter United States 10 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 581 1.1× 307 1.0× 27 2.1k
Kazuhisa Nakajima Japan 25 2.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 479 0.9× 300 1.0× 111 2.3k
J. G. Gallacher United Kingdom 11 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 381 0.7× 344 1.1× 17 2.0k
M. Tzoufras United States 17 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 318 0.6× 454 1.5× 36 2.1k
E. J. Divall United Kingdom 18 1.8k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 421 0.8× 371 1.2× 48 2.3k
P. S. Foster United Kingdom 18 2.3k 1.3× 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.4× 382 0.7× 508 1.7× 38 2.5k
C. Thaury France 25 2.1k 1.2× 1.6k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 429 0.8× 327 1.1× 57 2.5k
V. Chvykov United States 23 2.4k 1.3× 1.8k 1.5× 1.2k 1.2× 524 1.0× 510 1.7× 96 2.7k
Jens Osterhoff Germany 23 1.8k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 821 0.8× 611 1.1× 250 0.8× 102 2.1k
I. Yu. Kostyukov Russia 25 2.3k 1.3× 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 385 0.7× 582 1.9× 92 2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Esarey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte, Jianhui Bin, A. J. Gonsalves, et al.. (2025). A renewable double plasma mirror for Petawatt-class lasers. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 21115–21115.
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Garten, Marco, S. S. Bulanov, Lieselotte Obst-Huebl, et al.. (2024). Laser-plasma ion beam booster based on hollow-channel magnetic vortex acceleration. Physical Review Research. 6(3). 1 indexed citations
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Terzani, Davide, C. Benedetti, S. S. Bulanov, C. B. Schroeder, & Eric Esarey. (2023). Compact, all-optical positron production and collection scheme. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. 26(11). 2 indexed citations
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Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte, K. Nakamura, Antoine M. Snijders, et al.. (2023). High power commissioning of BELLA iP2 up to 17 J. 3 indexed citations
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Nakamura, K., Lieselotte Obst-Huebl, Tobias Ostermayr, et al.. (2021). IP2: High Intensity Experiment Platform at the BELLA Petawatt Laser. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 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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Tilborg, J. van, Sam Barber, Hai-En Tsai, et al.. (2019). Progress towards BELLA Center's Laser-Plasma Accelerator based Free Electron Laser. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 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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Rykovanov, S. G., C. B. Schroeder, Eric Esarey, C. G. R. Geddes, & Wim Leemans. (2015). Plasma Undulator Based on Laser Excitation of Wakefields in a Plasma Channel. Physical Review Letters. 114(14). 145003–145003. 36 indexed citations
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Cormier‐Michel, E., David Bruhwiler, C. G. R. Geddes, et al.. (2010). PREDICTIVE DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION OF COLLIDING PULSE INJECTED LASER WAKEFIELD EXPERIMENTS. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 52. 1 indexed citations
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Schroeder, C. B. & Eric Esarey. (2010). Relativistic warm plasma theory of nonlinear laser-driven electron plasma waves. Physical Review E. 81(5). 56403–56403. 19 indexed citations
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Piot, P., et al.. (2009). Production of Relativistic Electron Bunch with Tunable Current Distribution. AIP conference proceedings. 677–682. 5 indexed citations
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Travish, G., J. B. Rosenzweig, R. B. Yoder, et al.. (2009). Experimental Testing of a Micron-Scale Laser-Powered Accelerator. AIP conference proceedings. 502–507. 1 indexed citations
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Cormier‐Michel, E., B. A. Shadwick, C. G. R. Geddes, et al.. (2008). Unphysical kinetic effects in particle-in-cell modeling of laser wakefield accelerators. Physical Review E. 78(1). 16404–16404. 43 indexed citations
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Gonsalves, A. J., K. Nakamura, Csaba Tóth, et al.. (2007). Experimental Demonstration of 1 GeV Energy Gain in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 49. 1 indexed citations
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Schroeder, C. B., W.M. Fawley, Eric Esarey, & Wim Leemans. (2006). Design of an XUV FEL Driven by the Laser-Plasma Accelerator at the LBNL LOASIS Facility. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 4 indexed citations
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Michel, P., C. B. Schroeder, B. A. Shadwick, Eric Esarey, & Wim Leemans. (2006). Radiative Damping in Plasma-Based Accelerators. AIP conference proceedings. 877. 554–560. 1 indexed citations
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Geddes, C. G. R., Csaba Tóth, J. van Tilborg, et al.. (2005). Guiding of Relativistic Laser Pulses by Preformed Plasma Channels. Physical Review Letters. 95(14). 145002–145002. 61 indexed citations
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Schroeder, C. B., Eric Esarey, J. van Tilborg, & Wim Leemans. (2004). Theory of coherent transition radiation generated at a plasma-vacuum interface. Physical Review E. 69(1). 16501–16501. 128 indexed citations
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Esarey, Eric, et al.. (1989). The laser wakefield accelerator. 12(4). 191–204. 9 indexed citations

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