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J. R. dos Santos, A. V. F. Zuffi, N. D. Vieira, E. P. Maldonado, and R. E. Samad. Appl. Opt. 64, 3371 (2025).
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B. Miao, J. E. Shrock, E. Rockafellow, A. J. Sloss, and H. M. Milchberg. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 96, 043003 (2025).
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R. Hollinger, S. Wang, S. Z. Anaraki, J. King, P. Zhang, G. Zeraouli, A. Figueroa Bengoa, M. Sheats, S. Scott, J. Heidemann, J. Hunter, Y. Wang, R. Edwards, M. Faulkner, C. Aedy, J. J. Rocca, and D. C. Gautier. Optica 12, 433 (2025).
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J. De Chant, K. Nakamura, Q. Ji, L. Obst-Huebl, S. Barber, A. M. Snijders, C. G. R. Geddes, J. van Tilborg, A. J. Gonsalves, C. B. Schroeder, and E. Esarey. Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 28, 033501 (2025).
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R. Fitzgarrald, J. A. Cardarelli, P. T. Campbell, S. Fourmaux, M. D. Balcazar, A. F. Antoine, N. F. Beier, Q. Qian, A. E. Hussein, B. Kettle, S. R. Klein, K. Krushelnick, Y. F. Li, S. P. D. Mangles, G. Sarri, D. Seipt, V. Senthilkumaran, M. J. V. Streeter, and A. G. R. Thomas. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 96, 023103 (2025).
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G. Fauvel, K. Tangtartharakul, A. Arefiev, J. De Chant, S. Hakimi, O. Klimo, M. Manuel, A. McIlvenny, K. Nakamura, L. Obst-Huebl, P. Rubovic, S. Weber, and F. P. Condamine. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 96, 023102 (2025).
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J. Strehlow, L. Yin, C.-S. Wong, S.V. Luedtke, S. Palaniyappan, D. J. Stark. C.-K. Huang, A. Bogale, B. Cage, T.A. Coffman, A. Figueroa, R. Fitzgarrald, L.T. Mix, R. Nedbailo, D.R. Rusby, J.L. Schmidt, J. Twardowski, A. Van Pelt, T.H. Day, B.J. Jones, S.A. Bruce, A. Helal, M.M. Spinks, H.J. Quevedo, F.N. Beg, E.A Chowdhury, T. Ditmire, E. Liang, A.G.R. Thomas, J.C. Fernandez, D.C. Gautier, J. Hunter, Y. Kim, K. Meaney, and B.J. Albright
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Z. Shpilman, Y. Amir, R. Hollinger, S. Wang, S. Zahedpour Anaraki, J. J. Rocca, and I. Pomerantz. Enhanced proton acceleration using spiral-phase plasma mirrors. J. Opt. 27, 015401 (2024).
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V. Senthilkumaran, N. F. Beier, S. Fourmaux, P. Shabaninezhad, J. Stinehart, L. Zhou, J. A. Moore, and A. E. Hussein. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 95, 123510 (2024).
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B. F. Kraus, S. P. McPoyle, K. Atay, E. Kriz, R. C. Hollinger, S. N. Benjamin, S. Malko, K. W. Hill, L. Gao, P. C. Efthimion, S. Wang, J. King, S. Zahedpour Anaraki, V. N. Shlyaptsev, and J. J. Rocca. Phys. Plasmas 31, 112702 (2024).
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Schollmeier, M.S., Bekx, J.J., Hartmann, J. et al. Differentiating multi-MeV, multi-ion spectra with CR-39 solid-state nuclear track detectors. Sci Rep 13, 18155 (2023).
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B. F. Kraus, L. Gao, K. W. Hill, M. Bitter, P. C. Efthimion, R. Hollinger, S. Wang, H. Song, R. Nedbailo, J. J. Rocca, R. C. Mancini, C. B. Beatty, M. J. MacDonald, and R. Shepherd. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 93, 103527 (2022).
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A. Doherty, S. Fourmaux, A. Astolfo, et al. Commun. Phys. 6, 288 (2023).
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V. Bouffetier, G. Pérez-Callejo, D. Stutman, C. Stoeckl, I. A. Begishev, W. Theobald, T. Filkins, C. Mileham, L. Ceurvorst, S. R. Klein, T. Goudal, A. Casner, and M. P. Valdivia. Opt. Express 32, 34694 (2024).
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B. F. Kraus, E. Kriz, S. P. McPoyle, K. Atay, S. Malko, K. W. Hill, L. Gao, P. C. Efthimion, R. C. Hollinger, S. Wang, J. King, S. Zahedpour Anaraki, and J. J. Rocca. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 95, 103512 (2024).
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S. Bolaños, M. J.-E. Manuel, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, A. S. Bogale, D. Caprioli, S. R. Klein, D. Michta, P. Tzeferacos, and F. N. Beg. Phys. Rev. E 110, L033201 (2024).
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R. Lelièvre, E. Catrix, S. Vallières, S. Fourmaux, A. Allaoua, V. Anthonippillai, P. Antici, Q. Ducasse, and J. Fuchs. Phys. Plasmas 31, 093106 (2024).
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B. Miao, E. Rockafellow, J. E. Shrock, S. W. Hancock, D. Gordon, and H. M. Milchberg. Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 27, 081302 (2024).
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J. T. De Chant, K. Nakamura, Q. Ji, L. Obst-Huebl, S. K. Barber, et al. Contribution to the 20th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (AAC’22), e-Print: 2408.01502 [physics.acc-ph] (2024).
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J. E. Shrock, E. Rockafellow, B. Miao, M. Le, R. C. Hollinger, S. Wang, A. J. Gonsalves, A. Picksley, J. J. Rocca, and H. M. Milchberg. Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 045002 (2024).