Joshua Luoma

Submitted manuscripts:

J. Luoma, A. Kemp, A. Longman, D. Rusby, G. Shvets. "Efficient laser ion acceleration in near-critical density plasmas in the picosecond pulse regime." Submitted to Physical Review Letters (2026). arXiv:2609.19571

F. Girard, J. Kim, J. Luoma, et al. "High-charge electron acceleration from resonant bubble dynamics in dense, millimeter-scale gas jets." Submitted to Physical Review Accelerators and Beams (2026).

Peer-reviewed publications:

R. Simpson, E. Grace, A. J. Kemp, J. Luoma, N. Lemos, A. Haid, D. Mariscal, J. G. Vazquez, S. Faubel, J. Sicard, S. Tochitsky. "Scaling of 3D printed microstructured targets in the multi-ps, quasi-relativistic regime for high-flux laser-driven ion acceleration." Frontiers in Physics 14, 1864732 (2026). doi:10.3389/fphy.2026.1864732

S. Tochitsky, N. Lemos, R. Simpson, E. Grace, A. Pak, T. Ma, J. Luoma, et al. "High-energy ion beams generated with high efficiency using laser-driven 3D microstructures." Scientific Reports 15, 37860 (2025). doi:10.1038/s41598-025-21798-6

Presentations:

J. Luoma et al. "Nonlinear inverse Compton scattering in microstructured foam targets." Contributed Ph.D. oral presentation, 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Chicago, IL (2026; accepted).

J. Luoma et al. "Nonlinear inverse Compton scattering for high-field and high-energy-density science." Contributed talk, Physics in Intense Fields, Rochester, NY (2026).

J. Luoma et al. "High-flux ion acceleration in structured foam targets." Contributed talk, Innovative Concepts in IFE, Livermore, CA (2026).

J. Luoma, et al. "High-flux ion acceleration in structured foam targets." Contributed talk, 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Long Beach, CA (2025).

J. Luoma. "Structured targets for strong-field and high-energy-density physics." Presentation for M.S. in Applied Physics and admission to Ph.D. candidacy, Ithaca, NY (2024).

Posters:

J. Luoma, et al. "Enhanced ion acceleration in wire array targets." Poster presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, GA (2024).

J. Luoma, et al. "Simulation of x-ray spectra from micro-pinches in Cu-Ti wires." Poster presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, CO (2023).

J. Luoma, N. Bennett. "Power loss in the MAGLIF post-hole convolute." Poster presented at the Z Fundamental Science Workshop, Albuquerque, NM (2022).

J. Luoma, et al. "Two-color interferometry on COBRA." Poster presented at ZNet Conference [Online] (2022).

J. Luoma, C. Nau-Hix, S. Thagard. "Optimization of a plasma spinning disc reactor for water treatment." Poster presented at the AIChE Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, IL (2019).

J. Luoma, H. Evensen. "Aligned and network carbon nanotube transistors for sensing applications." Poster presented at the Regional Materials and Manufacturing Network, Oshkosh, WI (2019).