Berkeley Lab

2016 Publications

Publishing technical papers in the refereed literature and making presentations at conferences and workshops are among the vital ways in which ATAP Division researchers communicate their results.

In general, the corresponding or principal author is listed first. Indicating the broad collaborative nature of our work, some entries (noted in italics) have a corresponding author outside LBNL.

Accelerator Physics for the Advanced Light Source; Advanced Photoinjector Experiment; and Free-Electron Laser Programs

Byrd, J., S. De Santis, T. Luo, and C. Steier, “Experience and future trends of harmonic rf systems,” Advanced Low Emittance Rings Technology (ALERT) Workshop (Trieste, Italy, 14-16 September 2016), https://indico.cern.ch/event/518497/contributions/2284641/ (slides only; no Proceedings published).

De Santis, S., K. Baptiste, J. Byrd, S. Kwiatkowski, T. Luo, E. San Mateo, C. Steier, C. Swenson, and F. Marcellini, “Multimodal Interaction in the ALS longitudinal feedback kicker rf cavity,” in unrefereed Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference (Busan, Korea, 8-13 May 2016), doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-WEPOW052 (JAC0W, 2016).

R. Huang (LBNL and NSRL, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, PRC); C. Mitchell, C. Papadopoulos, H. Qian, M. Venturini, J. Qiang, D. Filippetto, J. Staples; Q. Jia (NSRL, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, PRC); and F. Sannibale, “Off-axis beam dynamics in rf-gun-based electron photoinjectors,” Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 19, 113401 (22 Nov. 2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.113401


R-X Huang (NSRL, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, PRC); C. Mitchell; Q-K Jia (NSRL, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, PRC); C. Papadopoulos, F. Sannibale, “Simulation study on the emittance compensation of off-axis emitted beam in rf photoinjector,” Chinese Physics C 40, 117004 (20 Oct. 2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/40/11/117004

D. Filippetto and H. Qian, “Design of a high-flux instrument for ultrafast electron diffraction and microscopy”, Journal of Physics B 49, 10 (27 April 2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/49/10/104003.

Pappas, C., S. De Santis, J. Jung, T. Luo, C. Steier, C. Swenson, and W. Waldron, “Prototyping of the ALS-U fast kickers,” in unrefereed Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference (Busan, Korea, 8-13 May 2016), doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-THPMW038 (JAC0W, 2016).

Steier, C., W. Waldron, C. Pappas, C. Swenson, S. De Santis, and T. Luo, “Stripline kicker development at ALS,” Advanced Low Emittance Rings Technology (ALERT) Workshop (Trieste, Italy, 14-16 September 2016), https://indico.cern.ch/event/518497/contributions/2281805/ (slides only; no Proceedings published).

Steier, Christoph, John Byrd, Stefano De Santis, Hiroshi Nishimura, David Robin, Fernando Sannibale, Changchun Sun, Marco Venturini, and Weishi Wan, “Physics design progress towards a diffraction limited upgrade of the ALS,” in unrefereed Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference (Busan, Korea, 8-13 May 2016), doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-WEPOW049 (JAC0W, 2016).

Sun, C., H. Nishimura, D. Robin, F. Sannibale, C. Steier, M. Venturini, and W. Wan, “Optimization of the ALS-U storage ring lattice,” in unrefereed Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference (Busan, Korea, 8-13 May 2016), doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-WEPOW050 (JAC0W, 2016).

Swenson, C., D. Arbelaez, J. Jung, J. Osborn, S. Prestemon, E. Wallen, R. Schlueter, C. Steier, C. Sun, and D. Robin, “Conceptual design of storage ring magnets for a diffraction limited light source upgrade of ALS, ALS-U,” in unrefereed Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference (Busan, Korea, 8-13 May 2016), doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPMB025 (JAC0W, 2016).

R.P. Wells, W. Ghiorso, J. Staples, T.M. Huang, F. Sannibale, and T.D. Kramasz, “Mechanical design and fabrication of the VHF−Gun, the Berkeley normal-conducting continuous-wave high-brightness electron source,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 2 (February 2016) 023302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4941836.

Presentations without publication:
F. Sannibale, “The Pursuit of Brightness,” Advanced Light Source/Center for X-Ray Optics seminar, LBNL, 2 Nov. 2016.

F. Sannibale, “Overview of Electron Source Development for High Repetition Rate FEL Facilities” (invited talk), 2016 North America Particle Accelerator Conference, Chicago IL, USA, 11 Oct. 2016.

F. Sannibale, “APEX, the Advanced Photo-injector EXperiment at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory” (seminar), SINAP Zhangjiang campus, Shanghai, China, 13 Sept. 2016.

BELLA Center

J. Luo, M. Chen, G.-B. Zhang, T. Yuan, J.-Y. Yu, Z.-C. Shen, L.-L. Yu, S.-M. Weng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China); C. B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, “Dynamics of boundary layer electrons around a laser wakefield bubble,” Physics of Plasmas 23, 103112 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4966047

S.G. Rykovanov, J.W. Wang, V. Yu. Kharin, B. Lei (Helmholtz Institute, Jena); C.B. Schroeder, C.G.R. Geddes, E. Esarey, W.P. Leemans, “Tunable polarization plasma channel undulator for narrow bandwidth photon emission,” Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 19, 090703 (2016), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.090703


I. Dornmair (Univ. of Hamburg); C.B. Schroeder (LBNL); K. Floettmann, B. Marchetti (DESY); A.R. Maier (Univ. of Hamburg), “Plasma-driven ultrashort bunch diagnostic,” Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 19, 6 (10 June 2016), 062801; http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.062801.


Audet, T.L. (CNRS); Hansson, M. (Lund University); Lee, P., Desforges, F.G., and Maynard, G. (CNRS); Dobosz Dufrénoy, S. (CEA Saclay); Lehe, R., and Vay, J.-L. (LBNL); Aurand, B., Persson, A., and Gallardo González, I. (Lund University); Maitrallain, A. and Monot, P. (CEA Saclay); Wahlström, C.-G., and Lundh, O. (Lund University); and Cros, B. (CNRS), “Investigation of ionization-induced electron injection in a wakefield driven by laser inside a gas cell”, Physics of Plasmas 23, 023110 (16 February 2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4942033

S.S. Bulanov, E. Esarey, C.B. Schroeder; S.V. Bulanov (KPSI, Kyoto, and A.M. Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, RAS, Moscow; T. Zh. Esirkepov, M. Kando ( Prokhorov Institute); F. Pegoraro (University of Pisa and Istituto Nazionale di Ottica); and W.P. Leemans (LBNL and UC-Berkeley), “Radiation pressure acceleration: The factors limiting maximum attainable ion energy,” Physics of Plasmas 23, 056703 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4946025; after invited talk TI3 by S.S. Bulanov, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 60, 306 (2015).

A.J. Gonsalves; F. Liu (Euclid TechLabs); N.A. Bobrova, P. V. Sasorov (Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow); C. Pieronek J. Daniels; S. Antipov, J.E. Butler (Euclid TechLabs); S. S. Bulanov, W.L. Waldron, D.E. Mittelberger and W. P. Leemans, “Demonstration of a high repetition rate capillary discharge waveguide,” J. Appl. Physics 119, 033302 (20 January 2016), aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4940121.

P. Lee, T.L. Audet, R. Lehe, J.-L. Vay, G. Maynard, B. Cros, “Modeling laser-driven electron acceleration using WARP with Fourier decomposition,” in Proceedings of the 2nd European Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (Isola d’Elba, Italy, 13-19 September 2015), Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A (in press), corrected proof available online 31 December 2015, ISSN 0168-9002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.12.036

Wim Leemans, “Limits and Possibilities of Laser Wakefield Accelerators,” invited oral, 2016 International Particle Accelerator Conference (Busan, Korea, 8-13 May 2016).

W. Leemans, “Towards laser plasma accelerators for future light sources and colliders,” invited talk, session I-3, 15th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers (Nara, Japan, May 22-27, 2016).

W. Leemans, “LWFA Research Roadmap and Milestones,” invited talk, DOE Advanced Accelerator Concepts Research Roadmap Workshop (Gaithersburg, MD, February 2-3, 2016).

R. Lehe, M. Kirchen (Univ. of Hamburg), I.A. Andriyash (CNRS), B.B. Godfrey (LBNL and University of Maryland), J.-L. Vay, “A spectral, quasi-cylindrical and dispersion-free Particle-In-Cell algorithm”, Computer Physics Communications, available online 17 February 2016; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2016.02.007.


K.V. Lotov (Novosibirsk State University and BINP), J.-L. Vay, “Summary of working group 6: Theory and simulations,” in Proceedings of the 2nd European Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (Isola d’Elba, Italy, 13-19 September 2015), Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A (in press), corrected proof available online 18 December 2015, ISSN 0168-9002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.12.014.

N.H. Matlis, A.J. Gonsalves, S. Steinke, J. van Tilborg, B. Shaw, D.E. Mittelberger, C.G.R. Geddes, W.P. Leemans, “Transient behavior of a supersonic three-dimensional micronozzle with an intersecting capillary”, J. Appl. Phys. 119, 074501 (2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4940956

N.H. Matlis (Univ. of Texas-Austin, LBNL, and DESY); A. Maksimchuk, V. Yanovsky (Univ. of Michigan); W.P. Leemans (LBNL); M.C. Downer (Univ. of Texas-Austin), “Analysis of sinusoidally modulated chirped laser pulses by temporally encoded spectral shifting”, Optics Letters 41, 23 (01 Dec 2016), pp. 5503-5506, https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.005503

K. Nakamura, D.E. Mittelberger, A. J. Gonsalves, J. Daniels, H.-S. Mao, F. Stulle, J. Bergoz, W.P. Leemans, “Pico-coulomb charge measured at BELLA to percent-level precision using a Turbo-ICT”, Proc. Laser Plasma Accelerator Workshop (Guadeloupe, FR, 10-15 May 2015), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 58, 034010 (9 February 2016).

S.G. Rykovanov, C.G.R. Geddes, C. B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, W.P. Leemans, “Controlling the spectral shape of nonlinear Thomson scattering with proper laser chirping,” Phys. Rev. Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams 19, 030701 (18 March 2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.030701.

S.G. Rykovanov, C.G.R. Geddes, C. B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, W.P. Leemans, “Reply to “Comment on ‘Controlling the spectral shape of nonlinear Thomson scattering with proper laser chirping’,” Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 19, 9 (01 September 2016), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.098002
C.B. Schroeder, C. Benedetti, E. Esarey, W.P. Leemans, “Laser-plasma-based linear collider using hollow plasma channels,” Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A (in press; available online 3 March 2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.03.001.

S. Steinke, J. van Tilborg, C. Benedetti, C.G.R. Geddes, J. Daniels, K.K. Swanson, A.J. Gonsalves, K. Nakamura, B.H. Shaw, C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, W. P. Leemans, “Staging of Laser Plasma Accelerators,” Phys. Plasmas (accepted, 2016).

S. Steinke, J. van Tilborg, C. Benedetti, C.G.R. Geddes, C.B. Schroeder, J. Daniels, K.K. Swanson, A.J. Gonsalves, K. Nakamura, N.H. Matlis, B. H. Shaw, E. Esarey, and W.P. Leemans, “Multistage coupling of independent laser plasma accelerators,” Nature, available online 1 February 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16525

H. Vincenti, J.-L. Vay, “Detailed analysis of the effects of stencil spatial variations with arbitrary high-order finite-difference Maxwell solver,” Computer Physics Communications 200, 147 (March 2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2015.11.009.


Guo-Bo Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University and National University of Defense Technology); Min Chen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University); C. B. Schroeder (LBNL); Ji Luo, Ming Zeng ((Shanghai Jiao Tong University); Fei-Yu Li (University of Strathclyde); Lu-Le Yu, Su-Ming Weng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University and National University of Defense Technology); Yan-Yun Ma, Tong-Pu Yu (National University of Defense Technology); Zheng-Ming Sheng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National University of Defense Technology, and University of Strathclyde); E. Esarey (LBNL), “Acceleration and evolution of a hollow electron beam in wakefields driven by a Laguerre-Gaussian laser pulse,” Phys. Plasmas 23, 033114 (March 2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4943892.

Berkeley Center for Magnet Technology,
U.S. Magnet Development Program, and
ATAP Superconducting Magnet Program

S.A. Gourlay, S.O. Prestemon (LBNL); A.V. Zlobin and L. Cooley (Fermilab); D. Larbalestier (Florida State University and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory), The U.S. Magnet Development Program Plan (June 2016).

Luca Bottura (CERN), Stephen A. Gourlay (LBNL), Akira Yamamoto (KEK), and Alexander V. Zobin (FNAL), “Superconducting magnets for particle accelerators,” IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 63, 2 (April 2016), pp. 751-776.

Swenson, C., D. Arbelaez, J. Jung, J. Osborn, S. Prestemon, E. Wallen, R. Schlueter, C. Steier, C. Sun, and D. Robin, “Conceptual design of storage ring magnets for a diffraction limited light source upgrade of ALS, ALS-U,” in unrefereed Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference (Busan, Korea, 8-13 May 2016), doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPMB025 (JAC0W, 2016).

Liyang Ye (FNAL, LBNL, and North Carolina State University); Pei Li (FNAL); Jan Jaroszynski (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University); Justin Schwartz (North Carolina State University); and Tengming Shen (FNAL and LBNL), “Strain control of composite superconductors to prevent degradation of superconducting magnets due to a quench. I. Ag/Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox multifilament round wires,” Superconductor Sci. Technol. 30, 2 (1 Dec. 2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-2048/30/2/025005

Center for Beam Physics

M. Ahmadi et al., including J.S. Wurtele, J. Fajans, and L. Evans (ATAP), “An improved limit on the charge of antihydrogen from stochastic acceleration,” Nature 529 (21 January 2016), p. 373, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v529/n7586/pdf/nature16491.pdf

J. Qiang, “Efficient Three-Dimensional Poisson Solvers in Open Rectangular Conducting Pipe,” Computer Physics Communications 203 (June 2016), pp. 122-7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2016.02.012.

Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology

A. Anders, “Plasma diagnostics of sputtering magnetrons from DC to HiPIMS modes,” invited talk (no Proceedings published), MIPSE Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Dec. 2016.

A. Anders, “Plasma diagnostics of sputtering magnetrons from DC to HiPIMS modes,” invited talk (no Proceedings published), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Dec. 2016.

A. Anders, “Pulsed plasmas and ion beams for pump-probe experiments,” invited talk (no Proceedings published), Workshop on Dynamics of Radiation Effects in Materials (LBNL, Berkeley, CA, Dec. 2016).

A. Anders, “Method and apparatus for sputtering with a plasma lens,” U.S. Patent no, 9,455,057 (27 September 2016).

A. Anders, “Magnetron sputtering: New developments of a mature film deposition technique,” plenary talk; no Proceedings published), 7th International Workshop on Thin Films and New Ideas for Pushing the Limits of RF Superconductivity, Jefferson Lab, Newport News, VA, 27-29 July 2016.

A. Anders and Y. Yang, “Observation of breathing modes in high power impulse magnetron sputtering plasmas,” 7th Int. Conf. on HIPIMS, Sheffield, UK, 27-30 June 2016.

A. Anders, “A review of ion energy distributions in physical vapor deposition systems, and indication for the absence of a universal deposition parameter,” 43rd International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), San Diego, CA, May 2016. Invited talk.

Anders, André, “A structure zone diagram including plasma-based deposition and ion etching,” China Surface Engineering 29 (1 February 2016), a translation of Journal of Thin Solid Films 518, 15 (31 May 2010), pp. 4087-90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2009.10.145

A. Anders and Y. Yang, “Non-evaporative getters (NEG) coatings for ultrahigh vacuum applications,” invited talk (unpublished), Northern California Chapter of the American Vacuum Society 37th Symposium & Exhibition (San Jose, CA, 24 February 2016).

A. Anders, C. Toth, Y. Yang, C. Swenson, T. Oliver, C. Steier, W. Leemans, “Non-evaporative getter (NEG) coatings for ultrahigh vacuum in very narrow chambers,” invited talk (no Proceedings published), IUVSTA Workshop on Ultra Low Emittance Light Source Vacuum Systems (Hsinchu, Taiwan 24-28 October 2016).


A. Bienfait, J.J. Pla, Y. Kubo, X. Zhou, M. Stern, C.C. Lo, C.D. Weis, T. Schenkel, D. Vion, D. Esteve, J.J.L. Morton, and P. Bertet, “Controlling spin relaxation with a cavity,” Nature 531, 74 (15 February 2016), pp. 74-77; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16944.
Related media coverage: The work is discussed and set in context in J.L. Miller, “A resonant circuit accelerates spontaneous spin-flip transitions,” Physics Today (March 2016), p. 16. See also J.L. Miller, “Circuit-enhanced spin flips,” Physics Today, 18 February 2016.


A. Bienfait (CEA-Saclay); J.J. Pla (London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London); Y. Kubo (CEA-Saclay and Bar Ilan University); M. Stern and X. Zhou (CEA-Saclay and CNRS); C.C. Lo, C. D. Weis, T. Schenkel; M. Thewalt (Simon Fraser University); D. Vion and D. Esteve (CEA-Saclay); B. Julsgaard and K. Mølmer (Aarhus University); J. Morton (London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London), and P. Bertet (CEA-Saclay), “Reaching the quantum limit of sensitivity in electron spin resonance,” published in hardcopy, Nature Nanotechnology 11, 253–257 (March 2016), published online Dec. 14, 2015, http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nnano.2015.282.html
Related media coverage: “A New Spin on Quantum Computing: Scientists Train Electrons with Microwaves,” Today at Berkeley Lab, 16 February 2016.

F. Ferreira, C. Sousa, A. Cavaleiro, A. Anders, and J. Oliveira, “Phase tailoring of tantalum thin films deposited in deep oscillation magnetron sputtering mode,” Surf. Coat. Technol., August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.08.017.

Robert Franz (Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, and LBNL) and César Clavero, Jonathan Kolbeck, and André Anders (LBNL), “Influence of ionisation zone motion in high power impulse magnetron sputtering on angular ion flux and NbOx film growth,” Plasma Sources Science and Technology 25, 015022 (21 January 2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/25/1/015022

Q. Ji, P.A. Seidl, W.L. Waldron, J.H. Takakuwa, A. Friedman, D.P. Grote, A. Persaud, J.J. Barnard, and T. Schenkel, “Development and testing of a pulsed helium ion source for probing materials and warm dense matter studies”, in Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Ion Sources (New York, New York, USA, August 2015), Rev. Sci. Instrum 87, 02B707 (2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4932569.

J. Kolbeck, M. Keidar, and A. Anders, “Micro-propulsion based on vacuum arc physics and technology: A Review,” 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, July 2016. Invited talk. No Proceedings.

A. Koniges, W. Liu, S. Lidia, T. Schenkel, J. Barnard, A. Friedman, D. Eder, A. Fisher, N. Masters, “Numerical Modeling of Complex Targets for High-Energy- Density Experiments with Ion Beams and other Drivers”, 8th Int’l Conf. on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA 2013), J. Phys.: Conf. Series 688 (2016) 012053; http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/688/1/012053.


M. Panjan (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) and A. Anders, “Magnetron sputtering: Illuminating physics of spokes in continuous and pulsed discharges,” 43rd International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), San Diego, CA, May 2016. Invited talk.

M. Panjan (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia)and A. Anders, “Magnetron sputtering: Why is magnetron plasma organized in dense, periodic regions?,” 14 European Vacuum Conference (EVC-14) and the 23 Croatian Slovenian International Scientific Meeting on Vacuum Science and Technique, Portorož, Slovenia, 2016. Invited talk.

G. Pica, B.W. Lovett (University of St. Andrews, UK); R.N. Bhatt (Princeton University); T. Schenkel (LBNL); S.A. Lyon Princeton University), “Surface code architecture for donors and dots in silicon with imprecise and non-uniform qubit couplings,” Physical Review B 93 (14 Jan. 2016) 035306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.035306

Peter A. Seidl, John J. Barnard (LLNL), Ronald C. Davidson (PPPL), Alex Friedman (LLNL), Erik P. Gilson (PPPL), David Grote (LLNL), Qing Ji, I.D. Kaganovich (PPPL), Arun Persaud, William L. Waldron, Thomas Schenkel, “Short-Pulse, Compressed Ion Beams at the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment,” in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA 2015), Journal of Physics Conference Series 717, 1 (May 2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012079.

C. Steier, A. Anders, J. Byrd, K. Chow, R. Duarte, J. Jung, T. Luo, H. Nishimura, T. Oliver, J. Osborn, H. Padmore, C. Pappas, D. Robin, F. Sannibale, S. D. Santis, R. Schlueter, C. Sun, C. Swenson, M. Venturini, W. Waldron, E. Wallen, W. Wan, and Y. Yang, “Progress of the R&D towards a diffraction limited upgrade of the ALS,” in unrefereed Proceedings of the Seventh International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2016), Busan, Korea, 8-13 May 2016, http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2016/papers/wepow051.pdf.

Xi Wang (UC Berkeley); Zilun Gong (UC Berkeley and ATAP); Kaichen Dong (UC Berkeley and LBNL Materials Sciences Div.); Shuai Lou (UC Berkeley); Jonathan Slack, Andre Anders (ATAP); and Jie Yao (UC Berkeley and LBNL Materials Sciences Div.), “Tunable Bragg filters with a phase transition material defect layer,” Optics Express 24, 18 (25 August 2016), pp. 20365-20372; http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.020365.

Y. Yang, J. Liu, and A. Anders, “Plasma dynamics of linear magnetron discharges,” 43rd International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), San Diego, CA, May 2016.

Yuchen Yang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology and LBNL), Xue Zhou (LBNL and Harbin Institute of Technology), Jason X. Liu (LBNL and University of California, Berkeley), and André Anders (LBNL), “Evidence for breathing modes in direct current, pulsed, and high power impulse magnetron sputtering plasmas,” Applied Physics Letters 108, 034101 (19 January 2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4939922