
Dr Ahmad Fahim Habib
Research Fellow
Physics
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Prize And Awards
- Saltire Emerging Researcher Award
- Recipient
- 24/10/2021
- APS DPP travel award
- Recipient
- 10/2017
- DAAD FIT worldwide Scholarship
- Recipient
- 2015
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Publications
- Single-stage plasma-based correlated energy spread compensation for ultrahigh 6D brightness electron beams
- Manahan GG, Habib AF, Scherkl P, Delinikolas P, Beaton A, Knetsch A, Karger O, Wittig G, Heinemann T, Sheng ZM, Cary JR, Bruhwiler DL, Rosenzweig JB, Hidding B
- Nature Communications Vol 8 (2017)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15705
- Attosecond-Angstrom free-electron-laser towards the cold beam limit
- Habib A F, Manahan GG, Scherkl P, Heinemann T, Sutherland A, Altuiri R, Alotaibi B M, Litos M, Cary J, Raubenheimer T, Hemsing E, Hogan M, Rosenzweig J B, Williams P H, McNeil B W J, Hidding B
- Nature Communications Vol 17 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36592-z
- Generation and acceleration of electron bunches from a plasma photocathode
- Deng A, Karger O S, Heinemann T, Knetsch A, Scherkl P, Manahan G G, Beaton A, Ullmann D, Wittig G, Habib A F, Xi Y, Litos M D, O’Shea B D, Gessner S, Clarke C I, Green S Z, Lindstrøm C A, Adli E, Zgadzaj R, Downer M C, Andonian G, Murokh A, Bruhwiler D L, Cary J R, Hogan M J, Yakimenko V, Rosenzweig J B, Hidding B
- Nature Physics Vol 15, pp. 1156-1160 (2019)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0610-9
- Plasma-driven XFEL near the cold beam limit
- Hidding Bernhard, Habib Fahim
- Coherent and Incoherent Radiation Sources based on Laser-driven Relativistic Plasma Waves SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics 2025 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3060147
- Ice-Cold Plasma Electron Beams Prepare to Power Future Hard X-ray Laser Beams : U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Highlight
- Habib Ahmad Fahim, Hidding Bernhard
- (2024)
- Plasma photocathodes
- Habib Ahmad Fahim, Heinemann Thomas, Manahan Grace G, Ullmann Daniel, Scherkl Paul, Knetsch Alexander, Sutherland Andrew, Beaton Andrew, Campbell David, Rutherford Lorne, Boulton Lewis, Nutter Alastair, Karger Oliver S, Litos Michael D, O’Shea Brendon D, Andonian Gerard, Bruhwiler David L, Pretzler Georg, Wilson Thomas, Sheng Zhengming, Stumpf Michael, Reichwein Lars, Pukhov Alexander, Cary John R, Hogan Mark J, Yakimenko Vitaly, Rosenzweig James B, Hidding Bernhard
- Annalen der Physik Vol 535 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.202200655
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Professional Activities
- Plasma-based energy and brightness booster stages for the UK XFEL
- Speaker
- 9/7/2025
- Energy and brightness-boosted electron beams from plasma-based accelerators
- Speaker
- 19/8/2024
- Energy and brightness-boosted electron beams from plasma-based accelerators
- Speaker
- 19/8/2024
- Towards ultrahigh 6D brightness electron beams from plasma wakefield accelerators
- Speaker
- 21/7/2024
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Visiting researcher
- 5/2024
- Collaboration Board - EuPRAXIA Preparatory Phase (External organisation)
- Member
- 2024
Projects
- High-gradient acceleration of electrons in plasma and dielectric structures
- Habib, Ahmad Fahim (Co-investigator) Rosenzweig, James (Principal Investigator) Bruhwiler, David (Co-investigator) Hidding, Bernhard (Co-investigator)
- DOE Mission Science award for your ERCAP request at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
- 17-Jan-2024 - 20-Jan-2026
- Ultra-high brightness beams from hybrids plasma accelerators
- Habib, Ahmad Fahim (Principal Investigator)
- SUPA Saltire Emerging Researcher Award
- 01-Jan-2022 - 14-Jan-2022
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | Habib, Ahmad Fahim
- Hidding, Bernhard (Principal Investigator) McNeil, Brian (Co-investigator) Habib, Ahmad Fahim (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 11-Jan-2024