Journal Papers

Applied Nuclear Science Group/Publications/Journal Papers
  1. C. Graham, J. Bae, S. Clarke, S. Pozzi, and I. Jovanovic, “Measurement of Neutron Active Interrogation Contraband Signatures Using Organic Scintillators,” under review.
  2. O. Searfus, C. Meert, S. Clarke, S. Pozzi, and I. Jovanovic “Detection of uranium photofission neutrons with a 4He scintillation detector,” under review.
  3. Y. Lee, R. Foster, H. Kim, L. Garrett, B. Morgan, M. Burger, I. Jovanovic, and S. Choi, “Data fusion of acoustic and optical emission from laser-produced plasma for in-situ measurement of rare earth elements in molten LiCl-KCl,” under review.
  4. O. Searfus, P. Marleau, and I. Jovanovic, “Response of a high-pressure 4He scintillation detector to nuclear recoils up to 9 MeV,” under review.
  5. N. Peskosky, J. Murphy, C. Graham, I. Jovanovic, J. A. Nees, and K. Krushelnik, “High-repetition electrohydrodynamic liquid microtargets for femtosecond laser driven fusion,” under review.
  6. A.R.L. Kavner, I. Jovanovic, I. Kim, C. Lee, M.K. Lee, T. Parsons-Davis, J.W. Song, X. Zhang, and G.B. Kim, “Efficiency Studies for MAGNETO-ν Experiment,” under review.
  7. C. Graham,M. P. Selwood, C. D. Murphy, J. Mir, and I. Jovanovic, “Resolution Optimization of Recoil Proton Converters for Fast Neutron Imaging,” under review.
  8. B. Helz, L. Barrowes, I. Jovanovic, D. Price, B. Kochunas, and J. Wells, “Nuclear Reactor Safeguarding with Neutrino Detection for MOX Loading Verification,” under review. arXiv:2308.08627 [physics.soc-ph]
  9. J. Bae, C. Graham, S. Clarke, S. Pozzi, and I. Jovanovic, “Pile-up Correction for Inelastic Gamma-Ray Detection in Pulsed Fast Neutron Analysis,” under review.
  10. L. Garrett, M. Burger, Y. Lee, H. Kim, P. Sabharwall, S. Choi, and I. Jovanovic, “Trace xenon detection in ambient helium by double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,” under review.
  11. A.R.L. Kavner, Q.R. Shollenberger, K.N. Kmak, L.E. Borg, S.T.P. Boyd, J.D. Despotopulos, O.B. Drury, I. Jovanovic, S. Friedrich, A.T. Gallant, I. Kim, Y.H. Kim, P. Kunz, A.A. Kwiatkowski, D.H. Kwon, D. Lee, N.D. Scielzo, and G.B. Kim, “Absolute Decay Counting of 146Sm with 4π Cryogenic Microcalorimetry,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, in press.
  12. O. Searfus, P. Marleau, E. Uribe, H. Reedy, and I. Jovanovic, “Passive and active neutron signatures of 233U for nondestructive assay,” Physical Review Applied 20, 064038 (2023).
  13. M. Burger, K. S. Latty, L. Frigerio, T. Arnaud, K. C. Hartig, and I. Jovanovic, “Ultrafast laser-excited optical emission of Xe under loose-focusing conditions,” Sensors 23, 9374 (2023).
  14. T. C. Wu, F. Sutanto, V. A. Li, S. Dazeley, and I. Jovanovic, “Calibration of a compact ASIC-based data acquisition system for neutron/gamma discrimination and spectroscopy with organic scintillators,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1057, 168699 (2023).
  15. K. S. Latty, M. Burger, J. Borrero, I. Jovanovic, and K. C. Hartig, “Emission characteristics of bulk aerosols excited by externally focused femtosecond filaments,” Optics Express 31, 24652–24666 (2023).
  16. S. Pozzi, Z. He, J. Hutchinson, I. Jovanovic, R. Lopez, K. Ogren, J. Nattress, D. Shy, and S. Clarke, “Detecting and Characterizing Special Nuclear Material for Nuclear Nonproliferation Applications,” Scientific Reports 13, 10432 (2023).
  17. B. W. Morgan, M. P. Van Zile, C. M. Petrie, P. Sabharwall, M. Burger, and I. Jovanovic, “Radiation-Induced Negative Optical Nonlinearities in Fused Silica, Sapphire, and Borosilicate Glass,” Journal of Nuclear Materials 582, 154486 (2023).
  18. L. J. Garrett, M. Burger, A. Burak, X. Sun, P. Sabharwall, and I. Jovanovic, “Monte Carlo analysis of coolant stream impurity gamma emissions in gas-cooled fast reactors,” Nuclear Technology, 209:8, 1189-1196 (2023).
  19. Y. Cui, H. Huang, Y. Bai, W. Du, M. Chen, B. Zhou, I. Jovanovic, and A. Galvanauskas, “Long-wave-infrared pulse production at 11 µm via difference-frequency generation driven by femtosecond mid-infrared all-fluoride fiber laser,” Optics Letters 48, 1890–1893 (2023).
  20. A. Wilhelm, G. Wendel, B. Collins, D. Cowen, and I. Jovanovic, “Evaluation of Light Collection from Highly Scattering Media using Wavelength-Shifting Fibers,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1049, 168085 (2023).
  21. J. W. Bae, T. C. Wu, and I. Jovanovic, “Reconstruction of Fast Neutron Direction in Segmented Organic Detectors using Deep Learning,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1049, 168024 (2023).
  22. L. Garrett, B. W. Morgan, M. Burger, Y. Lee, H. Kim, S. Choi, P. Sabharwall, and I. Jovanovic, “Impact of Glass Irradiation on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Data Analysis,” Sensors 23, 691 (2023).
  23. S. B. Ali Reza, M. Burger, P. Bassène, T. Nutting, I. Jovanovic, and M. N’Gom, “Generation of Multiple Obstruction-Free Channels for Free Space Optical Communication,” Optics Express 31, 3168 (2023).
  24. O. F. Searfus, K. Ogren, and I. Jovanovic, “Digital pulse analysis for fast neutron recoil spectroscopy with a 4He scintillation detector,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1046, 167703 (2023).
  25. V. A. Li, F. Sutanto, T. M. Classen, S. A. Dazeley, I. Jovanovic, and T. C. Wu, “Evaluation of a Positron-Emission-Tomography-based SiPM readout for Compact Segmented Neutron Imagers,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1046, 167624 (2023).
  26. A. E. Hussein, J. D. Ludwig, Y. Ma, P.-E. Masson-Laborde, P.J. Skrodzki, J. Hinojosa, E. Peterson, I. Jovanovic, A. Maksimchuk, J. Nees, A.G.R. Thomas, W. Rozmus, and K. Krushelnick, “Direct spectral measurements of mid-infrared radiation from a laser wakefield accelerator,” Physical Review A 106, 063505 (2022).
  27. L. A. Finney, P. A. Skrodzki, N. Peskosky, M. Burger, J. Nees, K. Krushelnick, and I. Jovanovic, “Ultrafast laser filament-induced fluorescence for detecting uranium stress in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii,” Scientific Reports 12, 17205 (2022).
  28. B. W. Morgan, M. P. Van Zile, C. M. Petrie, P. Sabharwall, M. Burger, and I. Jovanovic, “Optical Absorption of Fused Silica and Sapphire Exposed to Neutron and Gamma Radiation with Simultaneous Thermal Annealing,” Journal of Nuclear Materials 570, 153945 (2022).
  29. Y. Lee, S. Yoon, H. Kim, N. Kim, W. Yang, D. Kang, M. Burger, I. Jovanovic, and S. Choi, “In-situ measurement of Ce concentration in high-temperature molten salts using acoustic-assisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with gas protective layer,” Nuclear Engineering and Technology 12, 4431-4440 (2022).
  30. P. Sabharwall, K. Weaver, N. K. Anand, C. Ellis, X. Sun, D. Chen, R. Christensen, H. Choi, B. M. Fronk, J. Gess, Y. Hassan, I. Jovanovic, A. Manera, V. Petrov, R. Vaghetto, S. Balderrama-Prieto, A. J. Burak, M. Burger, A. Cardenas-Melgar, L. Garrett, G. L. Gaudin, N. Sutton, K. Willams, and J. Young, “Preconceptual Design of Multifunctional Gas-Cooled Cartridge Loop for the Versatile Test Reactor: Instrumentation and Measurement—Part I,” Nuclear Science and Engineering 196:sup1, S183-S214 (2022).
  31. P. Sabharwall, K. Weaver, N. K. Anand, C. Ellis, X. Sun, D. Chen, R. Christensen, H. Choi, B. M. Fronk, J. Gess, Y. Hassan, I. Jovanovic, A. Manera, V. Petrov, R. Vaghetto, S. Balderrama-Prieto, A. J. Burak, M. Burger, A. Cardenas-Melgar, L. Garrett, G. L. Gaudin, N. Sutton, K. Willams, and J. Young, “Preconceptual Design of Multifunctional Gas-Cooled Cartridge Loop for the Versatile Test Reactor: Instrumentation and Measurement—Part II,” Nuclear Science and Engineering 196:sup1, S215-S233 (2022).
  32. G. B. Kim, L. E. Borg, S. T. P. Boyd, R. Cantor, J. D. Despotopulos, O. B. Drury, S. Friedrich, A. Gallant, N. R. Hines, A. Jacobs, I. Jovanovic, K. N. Kmak, A. R. L. Kavner, Y. H. Kim, P. Kunz, A. Kwiatkowski, D. H. Kwon, D. Lee, T. Murböck, N. D. Scielzo, Q. R. Shollenberger, C. K. I. Sio, K. J. Thomas, T. Woody, and C. Walls, “Absolute Decay Counting of 146Sm and 147Sm for Early Solar System Chronology,” Journal of Low Temperature Physics 209, 824–831 (2022).
  33. A. R. L. Kavner, D. Lee, S. T. P. Boyd, S. Friedrich, I. Jovanovic, and G. B. Kim, “Study of Pile-Up Effects in Decay Energy Spectroscopy,” Journal of Low Temperature Physics 209, 1070–1078 (2022).
  34. M. Burger, J. M. Murphy, L. A. Finney, N. Peskosky, J. A. Nees, K. Krushelnick, and I. Jovanovic, “Iterative wavefront optimization of ultrafast laser beams carrying orbital angular momentum,” Optics Express 30, 26315-26323 (2022).
  35. H. Huang, X. Xiao, J. Nees, and I. Jovanovic, “Ultra-broadband long-wave-infrared pulse production using chirped-pulse difference-frequency generation,” Optics Letters 47, 3159 (2022).
  36. T. Pershing, J. Xu, E. Bernard, J. Kingston, E. Mizrachi, J. Brodsky, A. Razeto, P. Kachru, A. Bernstein, E. Pantic, and I. Jovanovic, “Performance of Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPMs for detecting liquid argon scintillation,” Journal of Instrumentation 17, P04017 (2022). arXiv:2202.02977 [physics.ins-det]
  37. K. Ogren, A. Kavner, S. Dazeley, and I. Jovanovic, “Development of 17N as a time-tagged neutron source for calibration of large antineutrino detectors,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1033, 166654 (2022).
  38. A. Wilhelm and I. Jovanovic, “Gamma-ray spectroscopy using angular distribution of Compton scattering,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1031, 166502 (2022).
  39. M. A. Burton, A. Auner, J. Crowhurst, P. Boone, L. Finney, D. Weisz, B. Koroglu, I. Jovanovic, H. Radousky, and K. Knight, “The Effect of Oxygen Concentration on the Speciation of Laser Ablated Uranium,” Scientific Reports 12, 4030 (2022).
  40. B. W. Morgan, M. Van Zile, P. Sabharwall, M. Burger, and I. Jovanovic, “Gamma-radiation-induced negative nonlinear absorption in quartz glass,” Optical Materials Express 12, 1188-1197 (2022).
  41. K. Ogren, T. Wu, J. Nattress, and I. Jovanovic, “The effects of low-Z shielding on uranium isotope discrimination using the time-emission profiles of long-lived delayed neutrons,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1019, 165847 (2021).
  42. B. W. Morgan, M. Van Zile, P. Sabharwall, M. Burger, and I. Jovanovic, “Post-Irradiation Examination of Optical Components for Advanced Fission Reactor Instrumentation,” Review of Scientific Instruments 92, 105107 (2021).
  43. L. A. Nagel, P. J. Skrodzki, L. A. Finney, R. Nawara, M. Burger, J. Nees, and I. Jovanovic, “Single-shot, double-pulse determination of the detonation energy in nanosecond-laser ablation using the blast model,” Optics Express 29, 33481–33490 (2021).
  44. P. J. Skrodzki, M. Burger, L. A. Finney, R. Nawara, J. Nees, and I. Jovanovic, “Millisecond-long suppression of spectroscopic optical signals using laser filamentation,” Optics Letters 15, 3777-3780 (2021).
  45. T. Shi, D. Sun, I. Jovanovic, G. Kalinchenko, K. Krushelnick, C. C. Kuranz, A. Maksimchuk, J. Nees, A. G. R. Thomas, and L. Willingale, “Optimization of the Electron Beam Dump for a GeV-class Laser Electron Accelerator,” Applied Radiation and Isotopes 176, 109853 (2021).
  46. F. Sutanto, T. Classen, S. Dazeley, M. Duvall, I. Jovanovic,  V. Li, A. Mabe, E. Reedy, and T. Wu, “SANDD: A directional antineutrino detector with segmented 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 1006, 165409 (2021).
  47. L. A. Finney, J. Lin, P. J. Skrodzki, M. Burger, J. Nees, K. Krushelnick, and I. Jovanovic, “Filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy signal enhancement using optical wavefront control,” Optics Communications 490, 126902 (2021).
  48. X. Xiao, J. Nees, and I. Jovanovic, “High-energy nanosecond parametric source at 2.7 µm,” Applied Optics 60, 3585–3590 (2021).
  49. M. Burger, L. Garrett, A. J. Burak, V. Petrov, A. Manera, P. Sabharwall, X. Sun, and I. Jovanovic, “Trace Xenon Detection in Helium Environment via Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 36, 824–828 (2021).
  50. M. Burger, L. A. Finney, L. Garrett, S. S. Harilal, K. C. Hartig, J. Nees, P. J. Skrodzki, X. Xiao, and I. Jovanovic, “Laser Ablation Spectrometry in Nuclear Security and Safety,” Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 179, 106095 (2021).
  51. M. Burger, P. Polynkin, and I. Jovanovic, “Filament-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy with Structured Beams,” Optics Express 28, 36812-36821 (2020)
  52. F. Sutanto, O. A. Akindele, M. Askins, M. Bergevin, A. Bernstein, N. S. Bowden, S. Dazeley, P. Jaffke, I. Jovanovic, S. Quillin, C. Rocker, and S. D. Rountree, “Measurement of Muon-induced High-energy Neutrons from Rock in an Underground Gd-doped Water Detector,” Physical Review C 102, 034616 (2020).
  53. W. Du, X. Xiao, Y. Cui, J. Nees, I. Jovanovic, and A. Galvanauskas, “Demonstration of 0.67 mJ and 10 ns high energy pulses at 2.72 µm from large core Er:ZBLAN fiber amplifiers,” Optics Letters 45, 5538–5541 (2020). 
  54. J. Nattress, F. Sutanto, P.-W. Fang, Y.-Z. Chen, A. Cheng, K.-Y. Chu, T.-S. Duh, H.-Y. Tsai, M.-W. Lin, and I. Jovanovic, “12C(p,p’)12C Reaction (Ep=19.5–30 MeV) for Active Interrogation of Special Nuclear Material,” Physical Review Applied 14, 034043 (2020). arXiv:1911.05458
  55. K. Ogren, J. Nattress, and I. Jovanovic, “Discriminating Uranium Isotopes Based on Fission Signatures Induced by Delayed Neutrons,” Physical Review Applied 14, 014033 (2020). arXiv:1911.05812
  56. T. C. Wu, T. Shi, and I. Jovanovic, “Compound Pulse Characteristics of a Heterogeneous Composite Scintillator in a Gamma-ray Field,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 976, 164265 (2020).
  57. M. Burger, P. J. Skrodzki, L. A. Finney, J. A. Nees, and I. Jovanovic, “Remote Detection of Uranium using Free-Propagating Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses,” Remote Sensing 12, 1281 (2020).
  58. B. Chatterjee, D. Shoemaker, Y. Song, T. Shi, H.-L. Huang, D. Keum, A. Krishnan, B. Foley, I. Jovanovic, J. Hwang, H. Kim, and S. Choi, “Cumulative Impacts of Proton Irradiation on the Self-Heating of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs”, ACS Electronic Materials 2, 980-991 (2020).
  59. A. Bernstein, N. Bowden, B. L. Goldblum, P. Huber, I. Jovanovic, and J. Mattingly, “Colloquium: Neutrino Detectors as Tools for Nuclear Security,” Reviews of Modern Physics 92, 011003 (2020). arXiv:1908.07113.
  60. A. Foster, A. Meddeb, M. Wonders, M. Flaska, M. Sharma, Z. Ounaies, and I. Jovanovic, “On the Fabrication and Characterization of Heterogeneous Composite Neutron Detectors with Triple-Pulse-Shape-Discrimination Capability,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 954, 161681 (2020).
  61. T. Shi, Q. Peng, Z. Bai, F. Gao, and I. Jovanovic, “Proton irradiation damage of graphene: insights from atomistic modeling,” Nanoscale 11, 20754–20765 (2019).
  62. E. J. Kautz, P. J. Skrodzki, M. Burger, B. E. Bernacki, I. Jovanovic, M. C. Phillips, S. S. Harilal, “Time-resolved imaging of atoms and molecules in laser-produced uranium plasmas,” Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 34, 2236 (2019).
  63. M. Burger, P. J. Skrodzki, I. Jovanovic, M. C. Phillips, and S. S. Harilal, “Laser-produced uranium plasma characterization and Stark broadening measurements,” Physics of Plasmas 26, 093103 (2019).
  64. P. J. Skrodzki, M. Burger, I. Jovanovic, M. C. Phillips, J. Yeak, B. E. Brumfield, and S. S. Harilal, “Plume Dynamics and Gas-phase Molecular Formation in Transient Laser-produced Uranium Plasmas,” Physics of Plasmas 26, 084508 (2019). (feature article)
  65. S. S. Harilal, E. J. Kautz, B. E. Bernacki, M. C. Phillips, P. J. Skrodzki, M. Burger, and I. Jovanovic, “The physical conditions for UO formation in laser-produced uranium plasmas,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21, 16161–16169 (2019).
  66. V. A. Li, T. M. Classen, S. A. Dazeley, M. J. Duvall, I. Jovanovic, A. N. Mabe, E. Reedy, and F. Sutanto, “SANDD: A highly-segmented pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator detector incorporating silicon photomultiplier arrays,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 942, 162334 (2019).
  67. L. A. Finney, P. J. Skrodzki, M. Burger, J. Nees, S. S. Harilal, and I. Jovanovic, “Single-shot, multi-signature remote detection of uranium by filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy,” Optics Letters 44, 2783 (2019).
  68. J. Nattress, T. Nolan, S. McGuiness, P. Rose, A. Erickson, G. Peaslee, and I. Jovanovic, “High-contrast Material Identification by Energetic Multi-particle Spectroscopic Transmission Radiography,” Physical Review Applied 11, 044085 (2019).
  69. A. Arnold, T. Shi, I. Jovanovic, and S. Das, “Extraordinary Radiation Hardness of Atomically Thin MoS2,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 11, 8391 (2019).
  70. M. Burger, P. J. Skrodzki, J. Nees, and I. Jovanovic, “Electrical conductance of near-infrared femtosecond air filaments in the multi-filament regime,” Optics Letters 43, 5520-5523 (2018).
  71. L. A. Finney, P. J. Skrodzki, M. Burger, X. Xiao, J. Nees, and I. Jovanovic, “Optical emission from ultrafast laser filament-produced air plasmas in the multiple filament regime,” Optics Express 26, 29110–29122 (2018).
  72. M. K. Sharma, J. Nattress, and I. Jovanovic, “Impact of Neutron Flux Anisotropy from DT Generator on Radiation Shielding Effectiveness,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 911, 37–44 (2018).
  73. P. J. Skrodzki, M. Burger, I. Jovanovic, M. C. Phillips, B. E. Brumfield, and S. S. Harilal, “Tracking of oxide formation in laser-produced uranium plasmas,” Optics Letters 43, 5118–5121 (2018).
  74. F. D. Becchetti, R. O. Torres-Isea, A. Di Fulvio, S. A. Pozzi, J. Nattress, I. Jovanovic, M. Febbraro, N. Zaitseva, and L. Carman, “Deuterated Stilbene (stilbene-d12): An Improved Detector for Fast Neutrons”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 908, 376–382 (2018).
  75. J. Hah, J. Nattress, J. A. Nees, M. D. Hammig, I. Jovanovic, A. G. R. Thomas, and K. Krushelnick, “Efficient neutron generation with sub-Joule short pulse lasers,” Review of Laser Engineering 46, 599–603 (2018).
  76. J. Nattress, K. Ogren, A. Foster, A. Meddeb, Z. Ounaies, and I. Jovanovic, “Discriminating Uranium Isotopes Using the Time-Emission Profiles of Long-Lived Delayed Neutrons,” Physical Review Applied 10, 024049 (2018).
  77. M. Burger, P. J. Skrodzki, L. A. Finney, J. Hermann, J. Nees, and I. Jovanovic, “Isotopic Analysis of Deuterated Water via Single- and Double-pulse Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Physics of Plasmas 25, 083115 (2018).
  78. D. G. Fobar, X. Xiao, M. Burger, S. Le Berre, A. T. Motta, and I. Jovanovic, “Robotic Delivery of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Sensitive Chlorine Measurement in Dry Cask Storage Systems,” Progress in Nuclear Energy 190, 188–194 (2018). 
  79. A. Foster, A. Meddeb, K. Wilhelm, Z. Ounaies, and I. Jovanovic, “Characterization of Lithium-Glass and Polyvinyl Toluene Heterogeneous Composites with Varying Geometries for Fast Neutron Detection,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 905, 29–32 (2018).
  80. P. J. Skrodzki, M. Burger, L. A. Finney, F. Poineau, S. M. Balasekaran, J. Nees, K. R. Czerwinski, and I. Jovanovic, “Ultrafast Laser Filament-induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Uranyl Fluoride,” Scientific Reports 8, 11629 (2018).
  81. M. Burger, P. J. Skrodzki, J. Lin, J. Nees, K. Krushelnick, and I. Jovanovic, “Intense Laser Filament-Solid Interactions from Near-Ultraviolet to Mid-Infrared,” Optics Express 26, 16456 (2018).
  82. X. Xiao, S. Le Berre, D. G. Fobar, M. Burger, P. J. Skrodzki, K. C. Hartig, A. T. Motta, and I. Jovanovic, “Measurement of Chlorine Concentration on Steel Surfaces via Fiber-Optic Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Double-Pulse Configuration,” Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 141, 44-52 (2018).
  83. K. Ogren, J. Nattress, and I. Jovanovic, “Spectroscopic Fast Neutron Transmission Imaging in a Treaty Verification Setting,” AIP Advances 8, 015205 (2018).
  84. P. J. Skrodzki, M. Burger, and I. Jovanovic, “Transition of Femtosecond-Filament-Solid Interactions from Single to Multiple Filament Regime,” Scientific Reports 7, 12740 (2017).
  85. R. C. Walker II, T. Shi, B. Jariwala, I. Jovanovic, and J. A. Robinson, “Stability of the tungsten diselenide and silicon carbide heterostructure against high energy proton exposure,” Applied Physics Letters 111, 143103 (2017).
  86. J. Nattress and I. Jovanovic, “Response and Calibration of Organic Scintillators for Gamma-ray Spectroscopy up to 15-MeV Range,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 871, 1-7 (2017).
  87. F. Sutanto, J. Nattress, and I. Jovanovic, “Scaling Beta-Delayed Neutron Measurements to Large Detector Areas,” Journal of Applied Physics 122, 054901 (2017)
  88. B. K. Sarker, E. Cazalas, T.-F. Chung, I. Childres, I. Jovanovic, and Y. P. Chen, “Position dependent and millimeter-range photodetection in phototransistors with micron-scale graphene on SiC”, Nature Nanotechnology 12, 668-674 
  89. T. Shi, R. C. Walker II, I. Jovanovic, and J. A. Robinson, “Effects of energetic ion irradiation on WSe2/SiC heterostructures,” Scientific Reports  7, 4151 (2017).
  90. M. C. Phillips, B. E. Brumfield, N. LaHaye, S. S. Harilal, K. C. Hartig, and I. Jovanovic, “Two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy of uranium isotopes in femtosecond laser ablation plumes,” Scientific Reports  7, 3784 (2017).
  91. K. C. Hartig, S. S. Harilal, M. C. Phillips, B. E. Brumfield, and I. Jovanovic, “Evolution of uranium monoxide in femtosecond laser-induced uranium plasmas,” Optics Express 10, 11477-11490 (2017).
  92. R. C. Walker II, G. R. Bhimanapati, T. Shi, K. Zhang, S. M. Eichfeld, I. Jovanovic, and J. A. Robinson, “Stability of Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Irradiated by Soft X-Rays and Low Energy Electrons,” Applied Physics Letters 110, 173102 (2017).
  93. M. Sharma, J. Nattress, K. Wilhelm, and I. Jovanovic, “Triple Pulse Shape Discrimination and Capture-Gated Spectroscopy in a Composite Heterogeneous Scintillator,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 857, 75-81 (2017).
  94. K. C. Hartig, I. Ghebregziabher, and I. Jovanovic, “Standoff Detection of Uranium and its Isotopes by Femtosecond Filament Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectrometry,” Scientific Reports 7, 43852 (2017).
  95. J. D. Koglin, J. T. Burke, S. E. Fisher, and I. Jovanovic, “DEATH-STAR: Silicon and Photovoltaic Fission Fragment Detector Arrays for Light-Ion Induced Fission Correlation Studies,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 854, 64-69 (2017).
  96. X. Xiao, S. Le Berre, K. C. Hartig, A. T. Motta, and I. Jovanovic, “Surrogate Measurement of Chlorine Concentration on Steel Surfaces by Alkali Element Detection via Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 130, 67-74 (2017) .
  97. C. J. Lissensen, S. Choi, H. Cho, A. Motta, K. Hartig, X. Xiao, S. Le Berre, S. Brennan, K. Reichard, R. Leary, B. McNelly, and I. Jovanovic, “Robotic Inspection of Dry Storage Casks for Spent Nuclear Fuel,” Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology 139, 031602 (2017).
  98. K. Wilhelm, J. Nattress, and I. Jovanovic, “Development and Operation of a 6LiF:ZnS(Ag) – Scintillating Plastic Capture-Gated Detector,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 842, 54-61 (2017). 
  99. E. Cazalas, B. Sarker, I. Childres, Y. P. Chen, and I. Jovanovic, “Modulation of Graphene Field Effect by Heavy Charge Particle Irradiation,” Applied Physics Letters 109, 253501 (2016).
  100. M.-W. Lin, C.-Y. Hsieh, Y.-L. Liu, S.-H. Chen, and I. Jovanovic, “Effects of the Precursor Electron Bunch on Quasi-Phase Matched Direct Laser Acceleration,” Physics of Plasmas 23, 123110 (2016).
  101. R. C. Walker II, T. Shi, E. C. Silva, I. Jovanovic, and J. A. Robinson, “Radiation Effects on Two-Dimensional Layered Materials,” Physica Status Solidi A: Applications and Materials Science 213, 3065-3077 (2016). – Journal Cover
  102. T. Shi, J. Nattress, M. Mayer, M.-W. Lin, and I. Jovanovic, “Neutron spectroscopy by thermalization light yield measurement in a composite heterogeneous scintillator,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 839, 86–91 (2016).
  103. P. J. Skrodzki, N. P. Shah, N. Taylor, K. C. Hartig, N. L. LaHaye,  B. E. Brumfield, I. Jovanovic, M. C. Phillips, S. S. Harilal, “Significance of Ambient Conditions in U Absorption and Emission Features of Laser Ablation Plasmas,” Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 125, 112-119 (2016).
  104. M.-W. Lin and I. Jovanovic, “Single-Shot Measurement of Temporally-Dependent Polarization State of Femtosecond Pulses by Angle-Multiplexed Spectral-Spatial Interferometry,” Scientific Reports 6, 32839 (2016).
  105. M. Mayer, J. Nattress, and I. Jovanovic, “Detection of Special Nuclear Material from Delayed Neutron Emission Induced by a Dual-Particle Monoenergetic Source,” Applied Physics Letters 108, 264102 (2016).
  106. S. Wandel,  M.-W. Lin, Y. Yin, G. Xu, and I. Jovanovic, “Bandwidth control in 5-µm pulse generation by dual-chirped optical parametric amplification,” Journal of the Optical Society of America B – Optical Physics 33, 1580-1587 (2016). – Editor’s pick. 
  107. P. Rose, A. Erickson, M. Mayer, J. Nattress, and I. Jovanovic, “Uncovering Special Nuclear Materials by Low-energy Nuclear Reaction Imaging,” Scientific Reports 6, 24388 (2016).
  108. J. Nattress, M. Mayer, A. Foster, A. Meddeb, C. Trivelpiece, Z. Ounaies, and I. Jovanovic, “Capture-gated Spectroscopic Measurements of Monoenergetic Neutrons with a Composite Scintillation Detector”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 63, 1-9 (2016).
  109. S. Wandel, M.-W. Lin, Y. Yin, G. Xu, and I. Jovanovic, “Parametric generation and characterization of femtosecond mid-infrared pulses in ZnGeP2,” Optics Express 24, 5287-5299 (2016).
  110. I. Ghebregziabher, K. C. Hartig, and I. Jovanovic, “Propagation distance-resolved characteristics of filament-induced copper plasma,” Optics Express 24, 5263-5276 (2016).
  111. P. K. Morgan, J. R. Scott, and I. Jovanovic, “Hybrid Interferometric/Dispersive Atomic Spectroscopy of Laser-induced Uranium Plasma”, Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 116, 58-62 (2016).
  112. P. Ko, J. Scott, and I. Jovanovic, “High-Resolution Spectroscopy Using a Hybrid Interferometric/Dispersive Method”, Optics Communications 357, 95-99 (2015).
  113. K. Hartig, J. Colgan, D. Kilcrease, J. Barefield II, and I. Jovanovic, “Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using mid-infrared femtosecond pulses”, Journal of Applied Physics 118, 043107 (2015).
  114. E. Cazalas, B. K. Sarker, M. E. Moore, I. Childres, Y. P. Chen, and I. Jovanovic, “Position Sensitivity of Graphene Field Effect Transistors to X-rays”, Applied Physics Letters 106, 223503 (2015).
  115. M. Foxe, C. Hagmann, I. Jovanovic, A. Bernstein, T.H. Joshi, K. Kazkaz, V. Mozin, S.V. Pereverzev, S. Sangiorgio, and P. Sorensen, “Modeling Ionization and Recombination from Low Energy Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Argon”, Astroparticle Physics 69, 24-29 (2015).
  116. M. Mayer, J. Nattress, V. Kukharev, A. Foster, A. Meddeb, C. Trivelpiece, Z. Ounaies, and I. Jovanovic, “Development and Characterization of a Neutron Detector Based on a Lithium Glass–Polymer Composite”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 785, 117-122 (2015).
  117. M. Mayer, J. Nattress, C. Trivelpiece, and I. Jovanovic, “Geometric Optimization of a Neutron Detector Based on a Lithium Glass–Plastic Composite”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 784, 168 (2015).
  118. M. Foxe, C. Hagmann, I. Jovanovic, A. Bernstein, K. Kazkaz, V. Mozin, S.V. Pereverzev, S. Sangiorgio, and P. Sorensen, “Low-Energy (<10 keV) Electron Ionization and Recombination Model for a Liquid Argon Detector”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 771, 88-92 (2015).
  119. E. Cazalas, C. Trivelpiece, and I. Jovanovic, “Spatial Resolution and Efficiency of Microchannel Plate Detectors with Neutron Converter Films”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 767, 421-425 (2014).
  120. M.-W. Lin and I. Jovanovic, “Direct electron acceleration in plasma waveguides for compact high-repetition-rate X-ray sources”, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 47, 234002 (2014).
  121. S. Wandel, G. Xu, Y. Yin and I. Jovanovic, “Parametric generation of energetic femtosecond mid-infrared pulses for dielectric laser acceleration”, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 47, 234016 (2014).
  122. M.-W. Lin, Y.-L. Liu, S.-H. Chen, and I. Jovanovic, “Particle-in-cell simulations for quasi-phase matched direct laser electron acceleration in density-modulated plasma waveguides”, Physics of Plasmas 21, 039109 (2014).
  123. T.H. Joshi, S. Sangiorgio, A. Bernstein, M. Foxe, C. Hagmann, I. Jovanovic, K. Kazkaz, V. Mozin, E.B. Norman, S.V. Pereverzev, F. Rebassoo, and P. Sorensen, “First measurement of the ionization yield of Ar-40 recoils in liquid argon”, Physical Review Letters 112, 171303 (2014).
  124. I. Jovanovic, G. Xu, and S. Wandel, “Mid-Infrared Laser System Development for Dielectric Laser Accelerators”, Physics Procedia 52, 68-74 (2014).
  125. G. Xu, S. Wandel, and I. Jovanovic, “Nondegenerate parametric generation of 2.2-mJ, few-cycle 2.05-μm pulses using a mixed phase matching scheme”, Review of Scientific Instruments 85, 023102 (2014).
  126. P. Ko and I. Jovanovic, “Boron isotopic measurements from spectrally filtered non-gated molecular spectra induced by laser ablation”, Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 90, 68-71 (2013).
  127. A. Rakhman, M.-w. Lin, and I. Jovanovic, “Angle-multiplexed spatial-spectral interferometry for simultaneous phase and polarization measurement”, Optics Express 21, 26896–26907 (2013).
  128. E. Cazalas, I. Childres, A. Majcher, T.-F. Chung, Y. P. Chen, and I. Jovanovic, “Hysteretic Response of Chemical Vapor Deposition Graphene Field Effect Transistors on SiC Substrates,” Applied Physics Letters 103, 05313 (2013).
  129. S. Sangiorgio, A. Bernstein, J. Coleman, M. Foxe, C. Hagmann, T. H. Joshi, I. Jovanovic, K. Kazkaz, K. Mavrokoridis, V. Mozin, S. Pereverzev, and P. Sorensen, “First demonstration of a sub-keV electron recoil energy threshold in a liquid argon ionization chamber,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 728, 69-72 (2013).
  130. P. Ko, K. Hartig, J. McNutt, R. Schur, T. Jacomb-Hood, and I. Jovanovic, “Adaptive femtosecond laser–induced breakdown spectroscopy of uranium,” Review of Scientific Instruments 84, 013104 (2013).
  131. B. Yee, K.C. Hartig, P. Ko, J. McNutt, and I. Jovanovic, “Measurement of Boron Isotopic Ratio with Non-Gated Molecular Spectroscopy of Femtosecond Laser-Produced Plasma,” Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 79-80, 72-76 (2013).
  132. K.C. Hartig, J.P. McNutt, P. Ko, T.W. Jacomb-Hood, and I. Jovanovic, “Pulse Chirp Effects in Ultrafast Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 296, 135-141 (2013).
  133. S. Sangiorgio, A. Bernstein, J. Coleman, M. Foxe, C. Hagmann, T. H. Joshi, I. Jovanovic, K. Kazkaz, K. Movrokoridis, S. Pereverzev, “R&D for the Observation of Coherent Neutrino-Nucleus Scatter at a Nuclear Reactor with a Dual-Phase Argon Ionization Detector,” Physics Procedia 37, 1266-1272 (2012).
  134. P. Ko, K. Hartig, J. McNutt, and I. Jovanovic, “Uranium Characterization by Shaped Femtosecond Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Journal of Nuclear Materials Management 41, 38 (2012).
  135. R. Tikhoplav,M. Babzien, A. Ovodenko, and I. Jovanovic, “High-power pulse recirculation in a stable pseudo-confocal geometry,” Optics Letters 37, 4717-4719 (2012).
  136. M.-w. Lin and I. Jovanovic, “Test particle simulation of direct laser acceleration in a density-modulated plasma waveguide,” Physics of Plasmas 19, 113104 (2012).
  137. C. Roecker, N. S. Bowden, G. Carosi, M. Heffner, and I. Jovanovic, “Monte Carlo Modeling and Pointing Reconstruction for a Neutron Time Projection Chamber,” Nuclear Technology 180, 231-240 (2012).
  138. Y. Yin and I. Jovanovic, “Optimized Detection of Phase Amplified Light for Imaging Resolution Improvement,” Applied Physics B 107, 385-392 (2012).
  139. M. Foxe, G. Lopez, I. Childres, R. Jalilian, C. Roecker, J. Boguski, I. Jovanovic, and Y.P. Chen, “Graphene Field Effect Transistors on Undoped Semiconductor Substrates for Radiation Detection,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 11, 581 – 587 (2012).
  140. M. Saitta, R. Tikhoplav, and I. Jovanovic, “Effect of irradiation on nonlinear optical recirculation cavity performance”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 664, 294-298 (2012).
  141. R. Tikhoplav, A. Murokh, A. Lentner, and I. Jovanovic, “Ultrafast mid-infrared laser system for ESASE applications,” Physical Review Special Topics – Accelerators and Beams 14, 070704 (2011).
  142. R. Jalilian, L.A. Jauregui, G. Lopez, J. Tian, C. Roecker, G. Lopez, M.M. Yazdanpanah, R.W. Cohn, I. Jovanovic, and Y.P. Chen, “Scanning Gate Microscopy on Graphene: Charge Inhomogeneity and Extrinsic Doping,” Nanotechnology 22, 295705 (2011).
  143. Z. Huang, D. French, H.-Y. Pao, and I. Jovanovic, “Assessment of Resolution Improvement by Transverse Phase Amplification,” Applied Physics B 102, 607-613 (2011).
  144. D. French, R. Peterson, and I. Jovanovic, “Energy-scalable pulsed mid-infrared source using orientation-patterned GaAs,” Optics Letters 36, 496-498 (2011). Also featured in the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics (VJBO).
  145. I. Jovanovic, “Chirped Pulse Amplification: Ultrahigh peak power production from compact short-pulse laser systems” (tutorial), Optik & Photonik 30, 30-33 (2010).
  146. I. Childres, L.A. Jauregui, M. Foxe, J. Tian, R. Jalilian, I. Jovanovic, and Y.P. Chen, “Effect of electron-beam irradiation on graphene field effect devices,” Applied Physics Letters 97, 173109 (2010).
  147. N.S. Bowden, M. Heffner, G. Carosi, D. Carter, J. Mintz, M. Foxe, and I. Jovanovic, “Directional fast neutron detection using a time projection chamber,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 624, 153-161 (2010) .
  148. K. Kazkaz, M. Foxe, A. Bernstein, C. Hagmann, I. Jovanovic, P. Sorensen, W.S. Stoeffl, and C.D. Winant, “Operation of a 1-Liter-Volume Gaseous Argon Scintillation Counter ,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 621, 267-277 (2010).
  149. Y. Yin, D. French, and I. Jovanovic, “Analysis of ultrafast temporal pulse shaping via phase-sensitive three-wave mixing,” Optics Express 18, 18471 (2010).
  150. M. Y. Shverdin, I. Jovanovic, V. A. Semenov, S. M. Betts, C. Brown, D. J. Gibson, R. M. Shuttlesworth, F. V. Hartemann, C. W. Siders, and C. P. J. Barty, “High Power Picosecond Laser Pulse Recirculation,” Optics Letters 35, 2224 (2010).
  151. Y. Wu, D. French, and I. Jovanovic, “Passive beam pointing stabilization”, Optics Letters 35, 250 (2010).
  152. S. Boucher, P. Frigola, A. Murokh, M. Ruelas, I. Jovanovic, J.B. Rosenzweig, and G. Travish, “Inverse Compton scattering gamma ray source,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 608, S54 (2009).
  153. D. French, C. Dorrer, and I. Jovanovic, “Two-beam SPIDER for dual-pulse single-shot characterization,” Optics Letters 34, 3415 (2009).
  154. Z. Huang, D.French, H.-Y. Pao, and I. Jovanovic, “Phase-sensitive multimodal optical parametric amplifier for beam angle amplification”, Physics Letters A 373, 2894 (2009).
  155. I. Jovanovic, M. Heffner, L. Rosenberg, N. S. Bowden, A. Bernstein, D. Carter, M. Foxe, M. Hotz, M. Howe, A. Myers, and C. Winant, “Directional Neutron Detection Using a Time Projection Chamber,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 56, 1218-1223 (2009).
  156. I. Jovanovic, D. French, J.C. Walter, and R.P. Ratowsky, “Numerical studies of multimodal phase-sensitive parametric amplification,” Journal of the Optical Society of America B – Optical Physics 26, 1169 (2009).
  157. D. French, Z. Huang, H.-Y. Pao, and I. Jovanovic, “Imaging Resolution Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Transverse Phase Amplification from Classical Information Theory”, Physics Letters A 373, 999-1000 (2009).
  158. I. Jovanovic, M. Shverdin, D. Gibson, C. Brown, and J. Gronberg, “High-power picosecond pulse recirculation for inverse Compton scattering,” Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 184, 289-294 (2008).
  159. I. Jovanovic, M. Shverdin, D. Gibson, and C. Brown, “High-Power Laser Pulse Recirculation for Inverse Compton Scattering-Produced Gamma-Rays,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 578, 160-171 (2007).
  160. Z. M. Liao, I. Jovanovic, and C. A. Ebbers, “High peak and average power scalable optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification in a YCOB crystal,” Optics Letters, 31, 1277-1279 (2006).
  161. J. Zuegel, S. Borneis, C. Barty, B. LeGarrec, C. Danson, N. Miyanaga, P. K. Rambo, C. LeBlanc, T. J. Kessler, A. W. Schmid, L. J. Waxer, J. H. Kelly, B. Kruschwitz, R. Jungquist, E. Moses, J. Britten, I. Jovanovic, J. Dawson, and N. Blanchot, “Laser challenges for fast ignition,” Fusion Science and Technology 49, 453-482 (2006).
  162. I. Jovanovic, C. Haefner, B. Wattellier, and C. P. J. Barty, “Optical switching and contrast enhancement in intense laser systems by cascaded optical parametric amplification,” Optics Letters 31, 787-789 (2006).
  163. M. C. Rushford, W. A. Molander, J. D. Nissen, I. Jovanovic, J. A. Britten, and C. P. J. Barty, “Diffraction grating eigenvector for translational and rotational motion,” Optics Letters 31, 155-157 (2006).
  164. I. Jovanovic, C. Brown, C. Ebbers, C. P. J. Barty, N. Forget, and C. Le Blanc, “Generation of high-contrast millijoule pulses by optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification in periodically poled KTiOPO4,” Optics Letters 30, 1036-1038 (2005).
  165. C. P. J. Barty, M. Key, J. Britten, R. Beach, G. Beer, C. Brown, S. Bryan, J. Caird, T. Carlson, J. Crane, J. Dawson, A. C. Erlandson, D. Fittinghoff, M. Hermann, C. Hoaglan, A. Iyer, L. Jones II, I. Jovanovic, A. Komashko, O. Landen, Z. Liao, W. Molander, S. Mitchell, E. Moses, N. Nielsen, H-H. Nguyen, J. Nissen, S. Payne, D. Pennington, L. Risinger, M. Rushford, K. Skulina, M. Spaeth, B. Stuart, G. Tietbohl, and B. Wattellier, “An Overview Of High Energy Petawatt Technology For Advanced Radiographic Capability At The National Ignition Facility”, Nuclear Fusion 44, S266-S275 (2004).
  166. I. Jovanovic, C. Brown, B. Wattellier, N. Nielsen, W. Molander, B. Stuart, D. Pennington, and C. P. J. Barty, “Precision short-pulse damage station utilizing optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification,” Review of Scientific Instruments 75, 5193-5202 (2004).
  167. I. Jovanovic, J. R. Schmidt, and C. A. Ebbers, “Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification in periodically-poled KTiOPO4”, Applied Physics Letters 83, 4125-4127 (2003).
  168. I. Jovanovic, C. A. Ebbers, and C. P. J. Barty, “Hybrid chirped-pulse amplification,” Optics Letters 27, 1622 (2002)
  169. I. Jovanovic, B. J. Comaskey, C. A. Ebbers, R. A. Bonner, D. M. Pennington, and E.C. Morse, “Optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier as an alternative to Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifiers”, Applied Optics 41, 2923 (2002).
  170. I. Jovanovic, B. J. Comaskey, and D. M. Pennington, “Angular effects and beam quality in optical parametric amplification”, Journal of Applied Physics 90, 4328-4337 (2001).