S. M. Hooker

5.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
102 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

S. M. Hooker 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, S. M. Hooker has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 67 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. M. Hooker's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (67 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (66 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (33 papers). S. M. Hooker is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (67 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (66 papers) and Laser Design and Applications (33 papers). S. M. Hooker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. S. M. Hooker's co-authors include David J. Spence, A. J. Gonsalves, C. B. Schroeder, Csaba Tóth, Wim Leemans, K. Nakamura, Bob Nagler, E. Esarey, C. G. R. Geddes and Alison Butler and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Nature Photonics.

In The Last Decade

S. M. Hooker

99 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

GeV electron beams from a centimetre-scale accelerator

2006 1.2k citations Wim Leemans, Bob Nagler et al. profile →
Laser-driven soft-X-ray undulator source

2009 270 citations Jens Osterhoff, S. M. Hooker et al. profile →
Generation of Stable, Low-Divergence Electron Beams by Laser-Wakefield Acceleration in a Steady-State-Flow Gas Cell

2008 171 citations Jens Osterhoff, S. M. Hooker et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
S. M. Hooker	3.4k	2.4k	1.9k	1.1k	498	102	4.0k
K. Nakamura	3.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	631 1.3×	120	4.3k
J. van Tilborg	3.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	579 1.2×	121	4.3k
C. G. R. Geddes	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	682 0.6×	419 0.8×	47	3.1k
C. Joshi	3.7k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	843 0.8×	356 0.7×	122	4.0k
F. Burgy	3.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	767 0.7×	780 1.6×	54	4.3k
F. S. Tsung	4.9k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	2.8k 1.5×	898 0.8×	588 1.2×	90	5.1k
J. Vieira	2.8k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	722 0.7×	334 0.7×	113	3.3k
Y. Glinec	2.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	457 0.4×	532 1.1×	40	3.2k
E. Lefebvre	5.1k 1.5×	3.2k 1.3×	3.0k 1.6×	710 0.7×	841 1.7×	71	5.4k
K. Ta Phuoc	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	629 0.6×	944 1.9×	47	3.3k

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Archer, Emily, Bangshan Sun, R. Walczak, Martin J. Booth, & S. M. Hooker. (2025). On the localization of the high-intensity region of simultaneous space-time foci. Optics Express. 33(4). 7645–7645. 1 indexed citations

Hooker, S. M., et al.. (2024). Multi-GeV wakefield acceleration in a plasma-modulated plasma accelerator. Physical review. E. 109(2). 25206–25206. 4 indexed citations

Chappell, J., Emily Archer, Nicolas Bourgeois, et al.. (2024). Resonant excitation of plasma waves in a plasma channel. Physical Review Research. 6(2). 2 indexed citations

Hooker, S. M., et al.. (2023). Stability of the modulator in a plasma-modulated plasma accelerator. Physical review. E. 108(1). 15204–15204. 3 indexed citations

Boyle, G. J., Á. Ferran Pousa, R. J. Shalloo, et al.. (2023). Demonstration of tunability of HOFI waveguides via start-to-end simulations. Physical Review Research. 5(3). 6 indexed citations

Walczak, R., et al.. (2023). Modulational instability in large-amplitude linear laser wakefields. Physical review. E. 107(2). L023201–L023201. 2 indexed citations

Jonnerby, Jakob, J. Holloway, L. Corner, et al.. (2023). Measurement of the decay of laser-driven linear plasma wakefields. Physical review. E. 108(5). 1 indexed citations

Chappell, J., Emily Archer, Nicolas Bourgeois, et al.. (2023). All-Optical GeV Electron Bunch Generation in a Laser-Plasma Accelerator via Truncated-Channel Injection. Physical Review Letters. 131(24). 245001–245001. 11 indexed citations

Alejo, A., et al.. (2022). Demonstration of kilohertz operation of hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. 25(1). 14 indexed citations

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Hooker, S. M., et al.. (2021). GeV-scale accelerators driven by plasma-modulated pulses from kilohertz lasers. arXiv (Cornell University). 16 indexed citations

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Alejo, A., R. J. Shalloo, L. Corner, et al.. (2020). Meter-scale conditioned hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels. Physical review. E. 102(5). 53201–53201. 26 indexed citations

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Wiegandt, Florian, Patrick N. Anderson, Fei Yu, et al.. (2019). Quasi-phase-matched high-harmonic generation in gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optica. 6(4). 442–442. 13 indexed citations

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Wiegandt, Florian, et al.. (2019). Optimised XUV holography using spatially shaped high harmonic beams. Optics Express. 27(20). 29016–29016. 3 indexed citations

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Dyson, A., et al.. (2016). A compact, low cost Marx bank for generating capillary discharge plasmas. Review of Scientific Instruments. 87(9). 93302–93302. 6 indexed citations

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O’Keeffe, Kevin, et al.. (2014). Quasi-phase-matched high-order harmonic generation using tunable pulse trains. Optics Express. 22(7). 7722–7722. 13 indexed citations

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Bourgeois, Nicolas, et al.. (2013). Two-Pulse Ionization Injection into Quasilinear Laser Wakefields. Physical Review Letters. 111(15). 155004–155004. 29 indexed citations

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O’Keeffe, Kevin, et al.. (2012). Quasi-phase-matching high harmonic generation using trains of pulses produced using an array of birefringent plates. Optics Express. 20(6). 6236–6236. 23 indexed citations

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Nakamura, K., Bob Nagler, Csaba Tóth, et al.. (2008). GeV electron beams from cm-scale channel guided laser wakefield accelerator. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 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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Geddes, C. G. R., E. Esarey, P. Michel, et al.. (2006). Low energy spread 100 MeV-1 GeV electron bunches from laser wakefiel d acceleration at LOASIS. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

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