S. C. Wilks

21.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
171 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

S. C. Wilks is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, S. C. Wilks has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 100 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 86 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in S. C. Wilks's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (132 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (85 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (65 papers). S. C. Wilks is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (132 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (85 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (65 papers). S. C. Wilks collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. S. C. Wilks's co-authors include M. Tabak, W. L. Kruer, M. D. Perry, A. B. Langdon, E. M. Campbell, S. P. Hatchett, J. H. Hammer, R. A. Snavely, Deanna M. Pennington and T. E. Cowan and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

S. C. Wilks

162 papers receiving 12.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Ignition and high gain with ultrapowerful lasers*

1994 2.3k citations M. Tabak, S. C. Wilks et al. Physics of Plasmas profile →
Absorption of ultra-intense laser pulses

1992 1.4k citations S. C. Wilks, M. Tabak et al. profile →
Energetic proton generation in ultra-intense laser–solid interactions

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

2000 1.2k citations S. C. Wilks, A. J. Mackinnon et al. profile →
Fast Ignition by Intense Laser-Accelerated Proton Beams

2001 1.0k citations S. C. Wilks, S. V. Bulanov et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. C. Wilks

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Laser based 100 GeV electron acceleration scheme for muon production 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·Jan Ludwig, S. C. Wilks, A. Kemp, G. J. Williams, N. Lemos, (unknown), Bin Miao, (unknown), H. M. Milchberg, Jean-Luc Vay, Axel Huebl, Remi Lehé, A. Cimmino, R. Versaci, S. V. Bulanov, (unknown), V. Tang, Brendan A. Reagan	5
2	Maximizing MeV x-ray dose in relativistic laser-solid interactions 2023 ·Physical Review Research ·Kyle G. Miller, D. Rusby, A. Kemp, S. C. Wilks, W. B. Mori	2
3	Transfer learning and multi-fidelity modeling of laser-driven particle acceleration 2023 ·Physics of Plasmas ·B. Z. Djordjević, J. Kim, S. C. Wilks, Jan Ludwig, (unknown), A. Kemp, (unknown), G. Zeraouli, Elizabeth Grace, Raspberry Simpson, D. Rusby, (unknown), Peer‐Timo Bremer, Jayaraman J. Thiagarajan, Rushil Anirudh, G. J. Williams, T. Ma, D. Mariscal	6
4	Experimental and calculational investigation of laser-heated additive manufactured foams 2021 ·Physics of Plasmas ·O. S. Jones, G. E. Kemp, S. Langer, B. J. Winjum, R. L. Berger, James S. Oakdale, M. A. Belyaev, Juergen Biener, Monika M. Biener, D. Mariscal, J. L. Milovich, Michael Stadermann, P. A. Sterne, S. C. Wilks	15
5	Absorption of relativistic multi-picosecond laser pulses in wire arrays 2021 ·Physics of Plasmas ·A. Kemp, S. C. Wilks, (unknown), S. Kerr, Jaebum Park, G. P. Grim, R. Tommasini	3
6	Enhanced laser–plasma interactions using non-imaging optical concentrator targets 2020 ·Optica ·A. G. MacPhee, D. Alessi, Hui Chen, (unknown), M. R. Hermann, D. H. Kalantar, A. Kemp, S. Kerr, A. Link, T. Ma, A. J. Mackinnon, D. Mariscal, D. J. Schlossberg, R. Tommasini, S. Vonhof, C. Widmayer, S. C. Wilks, G. J. Williams, Wade H. Williams, K. P. Youngblood	17
7	Time-resolved measurement of power transfer in plasma amplifier optic 2020 ·APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts ·Patrick Poole, R. K. Kirkwood, Tom Chapman, S. C. Wilks, D. Kalantar, Matthew R. Edwards, P. Michel, L. Divol, J. Bude, B. E. Blue, K. B. Fournier, B. Van Wonterghem, (unknown), (unknown), W. Rozmus	1
8	Continuous Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration through Two-Stage Boosting 2020 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Joohwan Kim, D. Mariscal, S. C. Wilks, A. Kemp, (unknown), F. N. Beg	1
9	Measurements of ion velocity separation and ionization in multi-species plasma shocks 2018 ·Physics of Plasmas ·H. G. Rinderknecht, H.‐S. Park, J. S. Ross, Peter Amendt, S. C. Wilks, J. Katz, N. M. Hoffman, Grigory Kagan, Erik Vold, Brett Keenan, Andrei N. Simakov, Luis Chacòn	6
10	Computational modeling of proton acceleration with multi-picosecond and high energy, kilojoule, lasers 2018 ·Physics of Plasmas ·J. Kim, A. Kemp, S. C. Wilks, D. H. Kalantar, S. Kerr, D. Mariscal, F. N. Beg, C. McGuffey, T. Ma	22
11	Study of self-generated fields in strongly-shocked, low-density systems using broadband proton radiography 2017 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Rui Hua, H. Sio, S. C. Wilks, F. N. Beg, C. McGuffey, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, G. W. Collins, Y. Ping	7
12	Initial Tests of a Plasma Beam Combiner at NIF 2016 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·R. K. Kirkwood, D. Turnbull, T. Chapman, S. C. Wilks, R. A. London, R. L. Berger, P. Michel, L. Divol, (unknown), B. J. MacGowan, K. B. Fournier, B. E. Blue	1
13	Measurements of shock-front structure in multi-species plasmas on OMEGA 2016 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·H. G. Rinderknecht, (unknown), J. S. Ross, S. C. Wilks, Peter Amendt, R. F. Heeter, J. Katz, N. M. Hoffman, Erik Vold, William Taitano, Andrei N. Simakov, Luis Chacòn	1
14	QED-driven laser absorption 2016 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·M. C. Levy, Tom Blackburn, (unknown), James Sadler, (unknown), Muhammad Kasim, (unknown), J. Holloway, Matthew G. Baring, A. R. Bell, S. H. Glenzer, G. Gregori, Anton Ilderton, M. Marklund, M. Tabak, S. C. Wilks, P. A. Norreys	1
15	On the Potential Role of Species Separation in DT Fuels on Implosion Performance 2012 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Peter Amendt, C. Bellei, S. C. Wilks, M. G. Haines, (unknown), (unknown), R. D. Petrasso	1
16	Plasma Effects in Spherical Implosions 2011 ·APS ·C. Bellei, Peter Amendt, S. C. Wilks	1
17	Nonequilibrium Conditions in a Shock Front 2007 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·D. E. Fratanduono, (unknown), T. R. Boehly, D. D. Meyerhofer, D. G. Hicks, P. M. Celliers, S. C. Wilks, James E. Miller	1
18	Collisional Relaxation of Super Thermal Electrons Generated by Relativistic Laser Pulses in Dense Plasma 2006 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·A. Kemp, Y. Sentoku, V. I. Sotnikov, S. C. Wilks	0
19	Beam Loading in Plasma Accelerators 1987 ·Particle accelerators ·T. Katsouleas, J. J. Su, S. C. Wilks, John M. Dawson, (unknown)	108
20	Beam Loading Efficiency in Plasma Accelerators 1987 ·CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·S. C. Wilks, John M. Dawson, T. Katsouleas, J. J. Su	4

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