Professor Zheng-Ming Sheng
Visiting Professor
Physics
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Area of Expertise
- Physics of laser plasma interactions
- Laser plasma based particle acceleration and radiation
- Physics of inertial confined fusion
- Theory and numerical simulation
Prize And Awards
- Fellow of Institute of Physics
- Recipient
- 10/2015
- Fellow of American Physical Society
- Recipient
- 10/2013
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Publications
- Anomalous hot electron generation via stimulated Raman scattering in plasma with up-ramp density profiles
- Jiang XY, Weng SM, Ma HH, Wu CF, Liu Z, Chen M, Eliasson B, Sheng ZM
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Vol 66 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ad230a
- 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
- Self-focusing, compression and collapse of ultrashort weakly-relativistic Laguerre Gaussian lasers in near-critical plasma
- Wilson T C, Sheng Z-M, McKenna P, Hidding B
- Journal of Physics Communications Vol 7 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/acbf05
- Luminous, relativistic, directional electron bunches from an intense laser driven grating plasma
- Lad Amit D, Mishima Y, Singh Prashant Kumar, Li Boyuan, Adak Amitava, Chatterjee Gourab, Brijesh P, Dalui Malay, Inoue M, Jha J, Tata Sheroy, Trivikram M, Krishnamurthy M, Chen Min, Sheng Z M, Tanaka K A, Kumar G Ravindra, Habara H
- Scientific Reports Vol 12 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21210-7
- Control of electron beam polarization in the bubble regime of laser-wakefield acceleration
- Fan H C, Liu X Y, Li X F, Qu J F, Yu Q, Kong Q, Weng S M, Chen M, Büscher M, Gibbon P, Kawata S, Sheng Z M
- New Journal of Physics Vol 24 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac8951
- Ion acoustic shock wave formation and ion acceleration in the interactions of pair jets with electron–ion plasmas
- Huang Jian, Weng Su-Ming, Wang Xin, Zhong Jia-Yong, Zhu Xing-Long, Li Xiao-Feng, Chen Min, Murakami Masakatsu, Sheng Zheng-Ming
- The Astrophysical Journal Vol 931 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac66e1
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Teaching
I am involved in teaching the course of "Laser driven plasma acceleration" both in the department of physics and SUPA and the 3rd year lab teaching.
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Research Interests
Relativistic laser-plasma interaction, laser-driven particle acceleration, novel radiation from terahertz to X and gamma-ray radiations, laser-driven high energy density physics (including laboratory astrophysics).
Professional Activities
- Multistage coupling of laser wakefield accelerators
- Speaker
- 17/12/2018
- Relativistic laser plasma for physics at extreme: from attosecond light sources to nonlinear QED physics
- Speaker
- 5/11/2018
- Plasma photonics for applications: from laser particle accelerator to laser fusion
- Speaker
- 21/10/2018
- Suppression of parametric instabilities with decoupled broadband lasers in plasma and fast ignition of ICF with magnetized targets
- Speaker
- 20/3/2018
- Summary of Laser Plasma Sessions
- Speaker
- 22/9/2017
- Studies of laser plasma based electron acceleration and radiation
- Speaker
- 17/7/2017
Projects
- Production of high quality electron bunches in AWAKE Run 2 2023-
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator) Hidding, Bernhard (Co-investigator) Sheng, Zheng-Ming (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- Cockcroft Phase 4
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator) Cross, Adrian (Co-investigator) Hidding, Bernhard (Co-investigator) McNeil, Brian (Co-investigator) Ronald, Kevin (Co-investigator) Sheng, Zheng-Ming (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2025
- Production of high quality electron bunches in AWAKE Run 2
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator) Hidding, Bernhard (Co-investigator) Sheng, Zheng-Ming (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2024
- DESY Contribution of Studentship Evangelos Matzoukas
- Sheng, Zheng-Ming (Principal Investigator)
- 31-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2022
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Matzoukas, Evangelos
- Sheng, Zheng-Ming (Principal Investigator) Hidding, Bernhard (Co-investigator) Matzoukas, Evangelos (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2021
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Boulton, Lewis
- Hidding, Bernhard (Principal Investigator) Sheng, Zheng-Ming (Co-investigator) Boulton, Lewis (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 08-Jan-2024
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Contact
Professor
Zheng-Ming
Sheng
Visiting Professor
Physics
Email: z.sheng@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted