Publications

Plasma channel development in polymineralic and porous rock aggregates

Wong Timothy, Macpherson Ruairidh Worthy, Timoshkin Igor, MacGregor Scott, Zhang Liang, Speirs David, Whyte Colin, MacLachlan Amy Jane, Ronald Kevin, Bingham Bob, Konoplev Ivan V, Eves Stuart, Bamford R

IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference 2025 2025 IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science (PPPS) (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1109/PPPS56198.2025.11248476

Directed energy drilling using high-power microwaves

Zhang L, Bamford R, Ronald K, Timoshkin I, Konoplev I V, Speirs D C, MacLachlan A J, Whyte C G, Wong T, MacGregor S, Bingham B, Eves S

2025 IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science (PPPS) IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference 2025 2025 IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science (PPPS) (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1109/ppps56198.2025.11248698

Efficient 94GHz Cherenkov radiation source with a multistage energy recovery system

MacLachlan Amy J, Zhang Liang, Konoplev Ivan V, Phelps Alan D R, Robertson Craig W, MacInnes Philip, Whyte Colin G, Ronald Kevin, Cross Adrian W, Henderson Mark A

2025 26th International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC) 2025 26th International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), pp. 1-3 (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1109/ivec63678.2025.11115321

Cherenkov THz demonstrator with multistage depressed collector driven by oversized annular electron beam : concept and first steps toward experiment

Konoplev IV, MacLachlan AJ, Zhang Liang, Rowley C, Young L, Bartley E, Ronald K, Phelps ADR, Lewtas H

2025 Photonics North (PN) 2025 Photonics North (PN) Photonics North (PN) Proceedings Vol 2025 (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1109/pn66844.2025.11097165

Plasma channel development in polymineralic and porous rock aggregates

Wong T, MacPherson R, Timoshkin I, MacGregor S, Zhang L, Speirs DC, Whyte CG, MacLachlan AJ, Ronald K, Bingham B, Konoplev IV, Eves S, Bamford R

IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference 2025 (2025)

A Space Age Drill: DIGGER- Drilling and Integrated GigaHertz-Generated Energy Resource for Lunar and Asteroid Applications

Bamford R, Wong Timothy, Macpherson Ruairidh Worthy, Timoshkin Igor, MacGregor Scott, Zhang Liang, Speirs David, Whyte Colin, MacLachlan Amy Jane, Ronald Kevin, Bingham Bob, Konoplev Ivan V, Martin May, Eves Stuart

European Lunar Symposium (2025)

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15629971

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Professional Activities

IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science

Member of programme committee

12/3/2025

Powerful Cherenkov THz sources exploiting grossly oversized structures with periodic subwavelength corrugations

Speaker

5/9/2024

Powerful, efficient Cherenkov oscillators exploiting oversized two-dimensional surface structures

Speaker

11/4/2024

Microwaves in Beams and Plasmas 2022

Organiser

13/12/2022

0.395 THz Surface Wave Oscillator for DNP-NMR Applications

Speaker

15/9/2021

Concept and Modeling of an Efficient, High Power 0.35THz Source

Speaker

14/9/2021

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Projects

APP28795: Coherent superradiant terahertz generation mediated by multidimensional lattices

MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Principal Investigator)

01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027

Prototype Electromagnetic Interaction Structure Manufacture and Characterization for frequencies from X-Band to Ka-Band for High Power Microwaves

MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Principal Investigator)

15-Jan-2025 - 14-Jan-2028

DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Strachan, William

MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Principal Investigator) Ronald, Kevin (Co-investigator) Strachan, William (Research Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028

Drilling and Integrated GigaHertz-Generated Energy Resource DIGGER

Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator) MacGregor, Scott (Co-investigator) MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Co-investigator) Timoshkin, Igor (Co-investigator) Whyte, Colin (Co-investigator) Wilson, Mark (Co-investigator) Speirs, David (Research Co-investigator) Zhang, Liang (Research Co-investigator)

14-Jan-2024 - 13-Jan-2025

Investigation of superradiant overmoded 2 dimensional period surface cavities for high power microwaves

MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Principal Investigator) Cross, Adrian (Co-investigator)

30-Jan-2022 - 29-Jan-2026

Design and simulation of high power (0.5MW to 1MW), high efficiency (>55%), single frequency Surface Wave Source operating in the 70GHz to 170GHz frequency range

Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator) MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Research Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023

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