Laser-Plasmas & ICF
- Theoretical & computational
- Fundamental aspects of LPI phenomena
- Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)
- High-power nanosecond duration & ultra-high intensity picosecond duration regimes
- Experimental support: design & analysis
Electron transport
Magnetic-field phenomena in laser-plasmas
- Spontaneous B-field generation & instabilities
- B-field dynamics due to transport (e.g. Nernst advection)
- Interplay of magnetized transport with laser propagation
Inertial Confinement Fusion
- Non-local transport in (magnetized) hohraums
- Cone-guided fast-ignition , polar direct-drive, shock-ignition
Multi-dimensional simulation development
- Vlasov-Fokker-Planck codes; IMPACT , IMPACTA , KALOS
- (Magneto-)Hydrodynamic codes; CTC , PARAMAGNET , ODIN
Orbital angular momentum (OAM) effects in relativistic LPI
- Torque of twisted light & AM transfer to plasma
- Effects due to interaction with dense plasma
Magnetic Confinement Fusion

- Kinetic transport in the tokamak scape-off layer (SOL)
Visiting Positions

- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK.
- National Ignition Facility, LLNL, US.
- Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK.
Funding

Royal Society
Newton International Fellowship, supporting Dr Yin Shi (formerly of SIOM, China) on:
"Laser-plasma interaction with a new twist: Exploring Orbital Angular Momentum effects"
(April 2016, 2 years)
EPSRC
"CCP Flagship: A radiation-hydrodynamics code for the UK laser-plasma community", joint grant between Warwick, Imperial, York and STFC to develop the ODIN code. (April 2015, 3 years).
[Grant no. EP/M01102X/1]
Current Team & Alumni

Current team
- Stefan Mijin – PhD (year 4) – Modelling of Kinetic Effects in Parallel Transport in the Tokamak Scrape-Off Layer
- Abetharan Antony – PhD (year 2) – Rad-Hydro modelling of hohlraum energtics including kinetically treated electrons
- Dominic Power – PhD (year 1) – Incorporating molecular and impurity effects into kinetic parallel electron transport modelling of SOL detachment
- Yinhong Liu – MSc summer project student – PIC simulations of exotic electron transport phenomena in ICF
Alumni
- Henry Watkins – PhD (Nov. 2019) – Studies of Magnetised and Non-Local Transport in Laser- Plasma Interactions
- Dominic Hill – PhD (Dec. 2018) – Kinetic Magnetized Transport in Ablating Laser-Produced Plasmas
- Martin Read – PhD (Mar. 2016) – The role of magnetised transport effects on long-pulse laser-plasma beam dynamics
- Brennig Williams – PhD (Dec. 2012) – Theory and modelling of fast electron transport in laser-plasma interactions
- John Bissell – PhD (Jan. 2012) – Magnetized transport and instability in laser produced plasmas
- William Hornsby – PhD (Jul. 2008) – Kinetic simulation of plasma transport in magnetic turbulence
- Christopher Ridgers – PhD (Jul. 2008) – Magnetic Fields & Non-Local Transport in Laser Plasmas
- Yin Shi – Royal Society Newton International Fellow (Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2018)
- Christopher Ridgers – Postdoctoral Research Assistant (May. 2008 – Sept. 2010)
- Alexander Thomas – Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Oct. 2006 – Mar. 2008)
Guest Lectures
Laser Plasma Physics, Culham Plasma Physics Summer School,Culham Center for Fusion Energy, Oxfordshire, UK, 2010
Research Staff
Lloyd,R
Research Student Supervision
BISSELL,J, Extended Classical Transport Theory & MHD Code Development for Laser-Plasmas
Hornsby,WA, Kinetic Simulation of Plasma Transport in Magnetic turbulence
Ridgers,C, Magnetic Fields and Non-Local Transport in Laser Plasmas
Simpson,A, Kinetic modelling of laser ablation in inertial confinement fusion
WILLIAMS,B, Fast Electron Transport Modelling using a New VFP-PIC Hybrid Code