Hector A. Baldis

Professor of Applied Science

Research Focus:

Research interests include: Plasma physics and ICF, High power laser technology, x-ray laser physics, short pulse laser-plasma physics, plasma diagnotics, cosmic ray physics.

Contact Information:

Office: 3011 Engineering III

Research Interests:

Research interests include: Plasma physics and ICF, High power laser technology, x-ray laser physics, short pulse laser-plasma physics, plasma diagnotics, cosmic ray physics

Recent Publications:

1994 Montgomery, D.S., O.L. Landen, R.P. Drake, K.G. Estabrook, H.A. Baldis, S.H. Batha, K.S. Bradley, and R.J. Procassini. Measurements of Radial Heat Wave propagation in Laser-Produced Exploding-Foil Plasmas. Phys. Rev. Lett. 73:2055.

1995 Drake, R.P., K.S. Bradley, S.H. Batha, H.A. Baldis, D.S. Montgomery, K.Estabrook, R.L. Berger, W.L. Kruer, and R.J. Procassini. Observation of Stimulated Brillouin Backscatter at Far Above Convective Levels in Very-Underdense, inhomogeneous Laser Plasmas. Phys. Rev. Lett. 74:3157.

1995 LaBaune, C., H.A. Baldis, E. Schifano, N. Renard, S.D. Baton, A. Michard, W. Seka, R. Bahr, B. Bauer, K. Baker, K. Estabrook. Strongly Driven Ion Acoustic Waves in Laser Produced Plasmas. Phys. Rev. Lett. 75:248.

1995 Moody, J.D., H.A. Baldis, D.S. Montgomery, R.L. Berger, K. Estabrook W.L. Kruer, B.F. Lasinski, E.A. Williams, S. Dixit and C. Labaune. Beam Smoothing Efects on the SBS Scattering Instability in Nova Exploding Foil Plasmas. Phys., Plasmas (in Press)

1995 Baldis, H.A. and C. Labaune. Temporal Multiplexing of Thomson Scattering in Laser produced Plasmas. Rev. Sci. Instr. In Press.