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  1. Using lasers to understand properties of plasmas out of thermal equilibrium

    Article • AIP Advances, November 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  2. Laser-driven, ion-scale magnetospheres in laboratory plasmas. I. Experimental platform and first results

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, April 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer, Fábio Cruz

  3. Measurements of electron temperature in high-energy-density plasmas using gated x-ray pinhole imaging

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, April 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  4. Laser-produced plasmas as drivers of laboratory collisionless quasi-parallel shocks

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, April 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Peter V. Heuer, Derek Schaeffer

  5. Kinetic simulations of piston-driven collisionless shock formation in magnetized laboratory plasmas

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, April 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  6. Laboratory Observations of Ultra-low-frequency Analog Waves Driven by the Right-hand Resonant Ion Beam Instability

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal Letters, February 2020, American Astronomical Society

    Derek Schaeffer

  7. Direct Observations of Particle Dynamics in Magnetized Collisionless Shock Precursors in Laser-Produced Plasmas

    Article • Physical Review Letters, June 2019, American Physical Society (APS)

    Derek Schaeffer

  8. Kinetic simulation of magnetic field generation and collisionless shock formation in expanding laboratory plasmas

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, October 2018, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  9. Regimes of magnetic reconnection in colliding laser-produced magnetized plasma bubbles

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, September 2018, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  10. Biermann-Battery-Mediated Magnetic Reconnection in 3D Colliding Plasmas

    Article • Physical Review Letters, August 2018, American Physical Society (APS)

    Derek Schaeffer

  11. Observations of a field-aligned ion/ion-beam instability in a magnetized laboratory plasma

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, March 2018, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  12. A platform for high-repetition-rate laser experiments on the Large Plasma Device

    Article • High Power Laser Science and Engineering, January 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Derek Schaeffer

  13. High-Mach number, laser-driven magnetized collisionless shocks

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, December 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  14. Bias Voltage Control in Pulsed Applications for Mach–Zehnder Electrooptic Intensity Modulators

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, September 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Derek Schaeffer

  15. Towards a parallel collisionless shock in LAPD

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, September 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Derek Schaeffer

  16. Laboratory study of collisionless coupling between explosive debris plasma and magnetized ambient plasma

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, August 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  17. Generation and Evolution of High-Mach-Number Laser-Driven Magnetized Collisionless Shocks in the Laboratory

    Article • Physical Review Letters, July 2017, American Physical Society (APS)

    Derek Schaeffer

  18. On the generation of magnetized collisionless shocks in the large plasma device

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, April 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  19. Fast gated imaging of the collisionless interaction of a laser-produced and magnetized ambient plasma

    Article • High Energy Density Physics, March 2017, Elsevier

    Derek Schaeffer

  20. Collisionless momentum transfer in space and astrophysical explosions

    Article • Nature Physics, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Derek Schaeffer

  21. Characterization of laser-produced carbon plasmas relevant to laboratory astrophysics

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, July 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  22. Spatially resolved Thomson scattering measurements of the transition from the collective to the non-collective regime in a laser-produced plasma

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, July 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  23. Experimental study of subcritical laboratory magnetized collisionless shocks using a laser-driven magnetic piston

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, November 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  24. Spectroscopic measurement of high-frequency electric fields in the interaction of explosive debris plasma with magnetized background plasma

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, December 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  25. Observation of collisionless shocks in a large current-free laboratory plasma

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, November 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Derek Schaeffer

  26. Enhanced collisionless shock formation in a magnetized plasma containing a density gradient

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2014, American Physical Society (APS)

    Derek Schaeffer

  27. Laser-driven, magnetized quasi-perpendicular collisionless shocks on the Large Plasma Device

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, May 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  28. Hybrid simulation of shock formation for super-Alfvénic expansion of laser ablated debris through an ambient, magnetized plasma

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, August 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  29. Dynamics of exploding plasmas in a large magnetized plasma

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, January 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  30. Feasibility of characterizing laser-ablated carbon plasmas via planar laser induced fluorescence

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, July 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  31. Demonstration of a low electromagnetic pulse laser-driven argon gas jet x-ray source

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, July 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  32. Generation of magnetized collisionless shocks by a novel, laser-driven magnetic piston

    Article • Physics of Plasmas, July 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  33. Magnetic field measurements in low density plasmas using paramagnetic Faraday rotator glass

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, June 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  34. High-energy Nd:glass laser facility for collisionless laboratory astrophysics

    Article • Journal of Instrumentation, March 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Derek Schaeffer

  35. Thomson Scattering Measurements of Temperature and Density in a Low-Density, Laser-Driven Magnetized Plasma

    Article • Journal of Instrumentation, February 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Derek Schaeffer

  36. Collisionless Shocks in a Large Magnetized Laser-Plasma Plume

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, November 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Derek Schaeffer

  37. A scalable multipass laser cavity based on injection by frequency conversion for noncollective Thomson scattering

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, October 2010, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  38. Mapping the ionization state of laser-irradiated Ar gas jets with multiwavelength monochromatic x-ray imaging

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, October 2010, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  39. Ion velocity distribution measurements in a magnetized laser plasma expansion

    Article • Journal of Instrumentation, June 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Derek Schaeffer

  40. Design, construction, and calibration of a three-axis, high-frequency magnetic probe (B-dot probe) as a diagnostic for exploding plasmas

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, November 2009, American Institute of Physics

    Derek Schaeffer

  41. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Color Imager (MARCI): Instrument description, calibration, and performance

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, August 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Derek Schaeffer

  42. Collisionless interaction of an energetic laser produced plasma with a large magnetoplasma

    Article • Astrophysics and Space Science, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Derek Schaeffer