Publications

Journal Publications

  • Florian Condamine, No´emie Jourdain, Juan-Carlos Hernandez, Matthew Taylor, Hannes Bohlin, Antonin Fajstavr, Tae Moon Jeong, Deepak Kumar, Tomaˇs Laˇstoviˇcka, Oldrich Renner, and Stefan Weber. High-repetition rate solid target delivery system for PW-class laser-matter interaction at ELI Beamlines. Review of Scientific Instruments, 92, 063504 (2021).
  • S. Borneis, T. Laˇstoviˇcka, M. Sokol, T.-M. Jeong, F. Condamine, O. Renner, V. Tikhonchuk, H. Bohlin, A. Fajstavr, J. C. Hernandez, N. Jourdain, D. Kumar, D. Modˇransk´y, A. Pokorn´y, A. Wolf, S. Zhai, G. Korn, S. Weber. Design, installation and commissioning of the ELI-Beamlines highpower, high-repetition rate HAPLS laser beam transport system to P3. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 9, e30 (2021).
  • H. Bohlin, F.-E. Brack, M. Cervenak, T. Chodukowski, J. Cikhardt, J. Dost´al, R. Dudˇz´ak, J. Hubner, W. Huo, S. Jelinek, D. Kl´ır, F. Kroll, M. Krupka, M. Kr˚us, T. Pisarczyk, Z. Rusiniak, U. Schramm, T.- H. Nguyen-Bui, S. Weber, A. Zara´s-Szyd lowska, K. Zeil, D. Kumar, T. Schlegel, and V. Tikhonchuk. Radiative characterization of supersonic jets and shocks in a laser-plasma experiment. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion., 63, 045026 (2021).
  • S. Singh, C. D. Armstrong, N. Kang, L. Ren, H. Liu, N. Hua, D. R. Rusby, O. Klimo, R. Versaci, Y. Zhang, M. Sun, B. Zhu, A. Lei, X. Ouyang, L. Lancia, A. L. Garcia, A. Wagner, T. Cowan, J. Zhu, T. Schlegel, S. Weber, P. McKenna, D. Neely, V. Tikhonchuk and D. Kumar. Bremsstrahlung emission and plasma characterization driven by moderately relativistic laser-plasma interactions. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion., 63, 035004 (2021).
  • N. Jourdain, U. Chaulagain, M. Havl´ık, D. Kramer, D. Kumar, Irena Majerov´a, V. Tikhonchuk, G. Korn, S. Weber. The L4n laser beamline of the P3-installation: towards high-repetition rate high-energy density physics at ELI-Beamlines. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 6, 015401 (2021).
  • Hamad Ahmed, Prokopis Hadjisolomou, Kealan Naughton, Aaron Alejo, Stephanie Brauckmann, Giada Cantono, Simon Ferguson, Mirela Cerchez, Domenico Doria, James Green, Deborah Gwynne, Thomas Hodge, Deepak Kumar, Andrea Macchi, Rajendra Prasad, Oswald Willi, Marco Borghesi and Satyabrata Kar. High energy implementation of coil-target scheme for guided re-acceleration of laser-driven protons. Scientific Reports, volume 11, article number: 699 (2021).
  • Deepak Kumar, Sushil Singh, Hamad Ahmed, Roman Dudˇz´ak, Jan Dost´al, Tomasz Chodukowski, Curriculum Vitae: Deepak Kumar 3 August 30, 2021 Lorenzo Giuffrida, Prokopis Hadjisolomu, Thomas Hodge, Libor Juha, Eduard Krousk´y, Miroslav Kr˚us, Yuanzhe Li, Piotr Lutoslawski, Massimo De Marco, Miroslav Pfeifer, Zofia Rusiniak, Jiˇr´ı Sk´ala, Jiˇr´ı Ullschmeid, Tadeusz Pisarczyk, Marco Borghesi, Satyabrata Kar. Magnetic field generation using single-plate targets driven by kJ-ns class laser. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion., 62, 125024 (2020).
  • Deepak Kumar, Michal Sm´ıd, Sushil Singh, Alexander Soloviev, Hannes Bohlin, Konstantin Bur- ˇ donov, Gashaw Fente, Alexander Kotov, Livia Lancia, Vit L´edl, Sergey Makarov, Michael Morrissey, Sergey Perevalov, Denis Romanovsky, Sergey Pikuz, Ryousuke Kodama, David Neely, Paul McKenna, Tom´aˇs Laˇstoviˇcka, Mikhail Starodubtsev, Stefan Weber, Motoaki Nakatsutsumi, Julien Fuchs. Alignment of solid targets under extreme tight focus conditions generated by an ellipsoidal plasma mirror. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 4, 024402 (2019).
  • S. Singh, R. Versaci, A. Laso Garcia, L. Morejon, A. Ferrari, M. Molodtsova, R. Schwengner, D. Kumar, T. Cowan. Compact high energy x-ray spectrometer based on forward Compton scattering for high intensity laser plasma experiments. Review of Scientific Instruments, 89, 085118 (2018).
  • S. Weber, S. Bechet, S. Borneis, L. Brabec, M. Buˇcka, E. Chacon-Golcher, M. Ciappina, M. DeMarco, A. Fajstavr, K. Falk, E. R. Garcia, J. Grosz, Y. J. Gu, J. C. Hernandez, M. Holec, P. Janeˇcka, M. Jantaˇc, M. Jirka, H. Kadlecova, D. Khikhlukha, O. Klimo, G. Korn, D. Kramer, D. Kumar, T. Lastoviˇcka, P. Lutoslawski, L. Morejon, V. Olˇsovcov´a, M. Rajdl, O. Renner, B. Rus, S. Singh, M. Smid, M. Sokol, R. Versaci, R. Vr´ana, M. Vranic, J. Vyskoˇcil, A. Wolf, Q. Yu. P3: An installation for ˇ high-energy density plasma physics and ultra-high intensity laser–matter interaction at ELI-Beamlines. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2, 4, 149-176 (2017).
  • S. Singh, T. Slavicek, R. Hodak, R. Versaci, P. Pridal, D. Kumar. Absolute calibration of imaging plate detectors for electron kinetic energies between 150 keV and 1.75 MeV. Review of Scientific Instruments, 88, 075105 (2017). • Y. J. Gu, O. Klimo, D. Kumar, Y. Liu, S. K. Singh, T. Zh. Esirkepov, S. V. Bulanov, S. Weber and G. Korn. Fast magnetic field annihilation in the relativistic collisionless regime driven by two ultra-short high-intensity laser pulses. Phys. Rev. E, 93, 013203 (2016).
  • D. Kumar, A. Englesbe, M. Parman, D. Stutman, M. Finkenthal. Charge state distribution and emission characteristics in a table top reflex discharge – Effect of ion confinement and electrons accelerated across the sheath. Phys. Plasmas, 22, 113504 (2015).
  • Y. J. Gu, O. Klimo, D. Kumar, S. V. Bulanov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, S. Weber, and G. Korn. Fast magnetic field annihilation driven by two laser pulses in underdense plasma. Phys. Plasmas, 22, 103113 (2015).
  • E. M. Hollmann, C. Brandt, B. Hudson, D. Kumar, D. Nishijima, and A. Yu. Pigarov. Investigation of mechanisms for He-I emission radial profile broadening in a weakly-ionized cylindrical helium plasma with recombining edge. Phys. Plasmas, 20, 093303 (2013).
  • D. Kumar M. Parman, D. Stutman and M. Finkenthal. Transmission grating based imaging spectrometers in the XUV and VUV for various plasmas. Journal of Instrumentation, 8, T10002 (2013).
  • M. Ono, M. A. Jaworski, R. Kaita, H.W. Kugel, J.-W. Ahn, J. P. Allain, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, D.J. Clayton, J.M. Canik, S. Ding, S. Gerhardt, T.K. Gray, W. Guttenfelder, Y. Hirooka, J. Kallman, S. Kaye, D. Kumar, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, D.K. Mansfield, A. McLean, J. Menard, D. Mueller, R. Nygren, S. Paul, M. Podesta, R. Raman, Y. Ren, S. Sabbagh, F. Scotti, C. H. Skinner, V. Soukhanovskii, V. Surla, C.N. Taylor, J. Timberlake, L.E. Zakharov and the NSTX Research Team. Recent progress in the NSTX/NSTX-U Lithium program and prospects for reactor-relevant liquid-Lithium based divertor development. Nuclear Fusion, 53, 113030 (2013).
  • D. Kumar, D. J. Clayton, M. Parman, D. Stutman, K. Tritz, M. Finkenthal. Dual transmission grating based imaging radiometer for tokamak edge and divertor plasmas. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 83, 10E511 (2012).
  • D. J. Clayton, M. A. Jaworski, D. Kumar, D. Stutman, M. Finkenthal and K. Tritz. Divertor electron temperature and impurity diffusion measurements with a spectrally resolved imaging radiometer. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 83, 10D521 (2012).
  • D. J. Clayton, K. Tritz, D. Stutman, M. Finkenthal, S. M. Kaye, D. Kumar, B. P. LeBlanc, S. Paul and S. A. Sabbagh. Multi-energy soft-x-ray technique for impurity transport measurements in the fusion plasma edge. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 54, 105022 (2012).
  • Featured Article: D. Kumar, M. Finkenthal, D. Stutman, R. E. Bell, D. J. Clayton, A. Diallo, B. P. LeBlanc, M. Podesta and K. Tritz. Impurity analysis of NSTX using a transmission grating-based imaging spectrometer. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 54, 065010 (2012). Curriculum Vitae: Deepak Kumar 4 August 30, 2021
  • D. Kumar, D. Stutman, K. Tritz, M. Finkenthal, C. Tarrio, and S. Grantham. Transmission grating based extreme ultraviolet imaging spectrometer for time and space resolved impurity measurements. Review of Scientific Instruments, 81, 10E507 (2010).
  • D. Kumar, A. Moser, and P. Bellan. Energy efficiency analysis of the discharge circuit of Caltech spheromak experiment. IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 38, 1 (2010).
  • D. Kumar, and P. Bellan. Non-equilibrium Alfv´enic plasma jets associated with spheromak formation. Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 105003(2009). • R. Mason, J. Radford, D. Kumar, R. Walters, B. Fulkerson, E. Jones, D. Caldwell, J. Meltzer, Y. Alon, A. Shashua, H. Hattori, E. Frazzoli, and S. Soatto. The Golem Group/UCLA autonomous ground vehicle in the DARPA grand challenge, Journal of Field Robotics, special issue on DARPA grand challenge 2005, 23, 8, (2006).
  • D. Kumar, and P. Bellan. Heterodyne interferometer with unequal path lengths. Review of Scientific Instruments, 77, 083503 (2006).

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  • P. M. Bellan, D. Kumar, E. V. Stenson, S. K. P. Tripathi, G. S. Yun, and A. L. Moser. Laboratory simulations of astrophysical jets and solar coronal loops: new results. AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 1242 pp. 156-163. Plasmas In The Laboratory And The Universe: Interactions, Patterns, and Turbulence, Como (Italy), 1-4 December 2009.
  • E. Jones, B. Fulkerson, E. Frazzoli, D. Kumar, R. Walters, J. Radford, and R. Mason. Autonomous off-road driving in the DARPA grand challenge. In Proc. of the IEE/ION Position, Location, and Navigation Symp., Apr 2006.
  • S. V. Bonde, D. Kumar, S. R. Devasahayam, and V. M. Gadre. Nonparametric waveform estimation in time and time-frequency domain an application to visual evoked potentials. In Proc. of BioVision 2001, International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Dec 2001.

Non-refereed Conference Proceedings

  • O. Klimo, D. Kumar, J. Limpouch, S. Weber. Resonantly accelerated electrons from a tightly focused laser beam. In Proceedings of the 46th EPS conference on plasma physics, June 2019. P 2.2023.
  • S. Singh, H. Ahmed, R. Dudzak, J. Dostal, T. Chodukowski, L. Giuffrida, P. Hadjisolomu, T. Hodge, J. Hrebicek, L. Juha, Z. Kalinowska, E. Krousky, M. Krus, P. Lutoslawski, M. De Marco, M. Pfeifer, J. Skala, J. Ullschmeid, T. Pisarczyk, M. Borghesi, D. Kumar, S. Kar. Magnetic field generation from a foil – coil target using kJ – ns class lasers. In Proceedings of the 43rd EPS conference on plasma physics, June 2016. P 2.102.
  • D. Kumar, M. Martinkova, D. de Luis, J. Grosz, D. Klir, O. Renner, M. Borghesi, G. Korn, S. Weber. Plasma Physics Platform at ELI-Beamlines. In Proceedings of the 41st EPS conference on plasma physics, June 2014. P 2.092.
  • D. Kumar, D. Stutman, R. E. Bell, M. Finkenthal, D. J. Clayton, K. Tritz, B. P. LeBlanc, A. Diallo and M. Podesta. Impurity analysis using a space resolved transmission grating based imaging spectrometer on NSTX. In Proceedings of the 38th EPS conference on plasma physics, June 2011. P 4.047.
  • D. J. Clayton, K. Tritz, M. Finkenthal, D. Kumar, D. Stutman, R. E. Bell and B.P. LeBlanc. Edge transport measurements with the new multi-energy soft-x-ray diagnostic on NSTX. In Proceedings of the 38th EPS conference on plasma physics, June 2011. P 1.134.
  • D. Stutman, K. Tritz, D. J. Clayton, D. Kumar, M. Finkenthal, R. Bell and B. LeBlanc. Multienergy SXR imaging diagnostics for fusion experiments. In Proceedings of the 38th EPS conference on plasma physics, June 2011. P 5.049.

Invited Presentations (First Author Only)

  • Talk on “Radiative characterization of a laser driven shock” at the IXth international symposium on Modern Problems of Laser Physics. August 2021.
  • Lecture on ”Part 1 – ELI Beamlines an experimental user facility for high intensity research. Part 2 – Laser absorption in relativistic laser matter interaction” at International School on Laser Physics of High Energy Density. Moscow, Russia. March 2019.
  • Talk on ”Plasma Physics and High Intensity Research at ELI Beamlines” at Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, China. January 2019.
  • Talk on ”Generation of sub-MG quasi-stationary magnetic field using cm scale capacitor-coil targets” at workshop on Magnetic Fields in Laboratory High Energy Density Plasmas (LaB), July 22-28, 2017, Russia.
  • Lecture on ”Laboratory Astrophysics” at ELI summer school, Dolni Brezany, Czechia. August 2016.
  • D. Kumar, A. Moser, and P. Bellan. Mechanism of helicity injection in the Caltech spheromak experiment. Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop. February 16-19, 2010. Princeton, NJ.
  • D. Kumar, and P. Bellan. Alfv´enic plasma flow during spheromak preformation stage. Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop. June 24-27, 2008. Reno, Nevada.