Faculty of Science and Health

Biographical Details:

Professor John Costello is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Health, a member of the School of Physics (Physical Sciences) and is a founding member of the National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology. He served as Head of the School of Physics from 2004 to 2009 and (Acting) Associate Dean (Research) in Science and Health from 2009 to 2011. He obtained his Ph.D. (1986) from University College Dublin in laser plasma spectroscopy under the direction of Prof. P K Carroll. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a Chartered Physicist. His research interests lie mainly in intense laser matter interaction with a special interest in photoionization processes, most recently in XUV Free Electron Laser fields. He is a member of EPSRC Peer Review College, the advisory boards of a number of international research institutes and conferences and has served on the EPS-EGAS board and a number of Institute of Physics committees in addition to the Irish Government Task Force for the Physical Sciences. He was formerly Chair of the Euratom Fusion Development Association for Ireland.

Research Interests:

RESEARCH INTERESTS 1. Fast and ultrafast laser matter interaction (especially laser produced plasmas) 2. Optical plasma diagnostics 3. Vis/ UV, Extreme-UV and soft x-ray imaging and spectroscopy 4. Fundamental photoionization processes with synchrotron and free electron laser radiation

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• C. R. Calvert, L. Belshaw, M. J. Duffy, O. Kelly, R. B. King, A. G. Smyth, T. J. Kelly, J. T. Costello, D. J. Timson, W. A. Bryan, T. Kierspel, P. Rice, I. C. E. Turcu, C. M. Cacho, E. Springate, I. D. Williams and J. B. Greenwood. 2012. LIAD-fs scheme for studies of ultrafast laser interactions with gas phase biomolecules. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14,, pp6289-6297.
• I Grguras, A R Maier, C Behrens, T Mazza, T J Kelly, P Radcliffe, S Duesterer, A K Kazansky, N M Kabachnik, Th Tschentscher, J T Costello, M Meyer, M C Hoffmann1, H Schlarb and A L Cavalieri. 2012. Ultrafast X-ray pulse temporal characterization for free-electron lasers. Nature Photonics, 6,, pp852-857.
• M Meyer, P Radcliffe, T Tschentscher, J T Costello, A Cavalieri, I Grguras, A R Maier, R Kienberger, J Bozek, C Bostedt, S Schorb, R Coffee, M Messerschmidt, C Roedig, E Sistrunk, L F Di Mauro, G Doumy, K Ueda, S Wada, S Duesterer, A K Kazansky and N M Kabachnik. 2012. Angle-resolved electron spectroscopy of laser-assisted Auger decay induced by a few-femtosecond x-ray pulse. Physical Review Letters, 108,, pp063007-.
• N. Gambino, P. Hayden, D. Mascali, J. T. Costello, C. Fallon, P. Hough, P. Yeates, A. Anzalone, F. Musumeci, S.Tudisco. 2012. Dynamics of colliding aluminium plasmas produced by laser ablation. Applied Surface Science,
• P Hough, T Kelly, C Fallon, C McLoughlin, P Hayden, E Kennedy, J-P Mosnier, S Harilal and J T Costello. 2012. Enhanced Shock wave Detection Sensitivity for Laser Produced Plasmas in Low Pressure Ambient Gases using Interferometry. Measurement Science & Technology, 23,, pp125204-.
• P Radcliffe, M Arbeiter, W B Li, S Duesterer, H Redlin, P Hayden, P Hough, V Richardson, J T Costello, T Fennel and M Meyer. 2012. Atomic photoionization in combined intense XUV free-electron and infrared laser fields. New Journal Of Physics, 14,, pp043008-.
• T Mazza, K G Papamihail, P Radcliffe, W B Li, T J Kelly, J T Costello, S Duesterer, P Lambropoulos and M Meyer. 2012. Controlling core hole relaxation dynamics via intense optical fields. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 45,, pp141001-.
• V Richardson, W B Li, T J Kelly, J T Costello, L A A Nikolopoulos, S Duesterer, D Cubaynes and M Meyer. 2012. Dichroism in the above-threshold two-colour photoionization of singly charged neon. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 45,, pp085601-.
• L A A Nikolopoulos, T J Kelly, and J T Costello. 2011. Theory of ac-Stark splitting in core-resonant Auger decay in strong x-ray fields. Physical Review A, 84,, pp063419-.
• P. Hough, P. Hayden, C. Fallon, T. J. Kelly, C. McLoughin, P. Yeates, J-P. Mosnier, E. T. Kennedy, S. S. Harilal and J. T. Costello. 2011. Ion emission in collisions between two laser-produced plasmas. Journal Of Physics D-applied Physics, 44,, pp355203-.
• P. Yeates, C. Fallon, E. T. Kennedy and J. T. Costello,. 2011. Charge resolved electrostatic diagnostic of colliding copper laser plasma plumes. Physics Of Plasmas, 18,, pp103104-.
• P. Yeates, J. T. Costello and E. T. Kennedy. 2011. Charged particle dynamics in a 'high-pressure' laser ion source. Journal Of Physics D-applied Physics, 44, , pp135204-.
• S. Duesterer, P. Radcliffe, C. Bostedt, J. Bozek, A. L. Cavalieri, R. Coffee, J. T. Costello, D. Cubaynes, L. F. DiMauro, Y. Ding, G. Doumy, F. Gruener, W. Helml, W. Schweinberger, R. Kienberger, A. R. Maier, M. Messerschmidt, V. Richardson, C. Roedig, T. Tschentscher and M. Meyer. 2011. Femtosecond x-ray pulse length characterization at the Linac Coherent Light Source free-electron laser. New Journal Of Physics, 13,, pp093024-.
• J. Dardis and J. T. Costello. 2010. Stagnation layers at the collision front between two laser-induced plasmas: A study using time resolved imaging and spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 65, , pp627-635.
• M. Meyer, D. Cubaynes, J. Dardis, P. Hayden, P. Hough, V. Richardson, E. T. Kennedy, J. T. Costello, S. Duesterer, W. B. Li, P. Radcliffe, H. Redlin, J. Feldhaus, S. I. Strakhova, E. V. Gryzlova, A. N. Grum-Grzhimailo, R. Taieb and A. Maquet. 2010. Two-Color Experiments in the Gas Phase at FLASH. Journal Of Electron Spectroscopy And Related Phenomena, 181, , pp111-115.
• M. Meyer, D. Cubaynes, V. Richardson, J. T. Costello, P. Radcliffe, W. B. Li, S. Duesterer, S. Fritzsche, A. Mihelic, K. G. Papamihail and P. Lambropoulos. 2010. Two-Photon Excitation and Relaxation of the 3d-4d Resonance in Atomic Kr. Physical Review Letters, 104, , pp213001-.
• M. Meyer, J. T. Costello, S. Duesterer, W. B. Li and P. Radcliffe. 2010. Two-colour experiments in the gas phase. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 43, , pp194006-.
• N. Berrah, J. Bozek, J. T. Costello, S. Duesterer, L. Fang, J. Feldhaus, H. Fukuzawa, M. Hoener, Y. H. Jiang, P. Johnsson, E. T. Kennedy, M. Meyer, R. Moshammer, P. Radcliffe, M. Richter, A. Rouzee, A. Rudenko, A. Sorokin, K. Tiedtke, K. Ueda, J. Ullrich and M. J. J. Vrakking. 2010. Non-linear processes in the interaction of atoms and molecules with intense EUV and X-ray fields from SASE free electron lasers (FELs). Journal Of Modern Optics, 57, , pp1015-1040.
• P. Hough, C. McLoughlin, S. S. Harilal, J-P. Mosnier and J. T. Costello. 2010. Emission characteristics and dynamics of the stagnation layer in colliding laser produced plasmas. Journal Of Applied Physics, 107, , pp024904-.
• P. Yeates, J. T. Costello and E. T. Kennedy. 2010. Perveance and ion bunch structure from a compact, high-pressure laser ion source. Physics Of Plasmas, 17, , pp123115-.
• P. Yeates, J. T. Costello and E. T. Kennedy. 2010. The DCU laser Ion Source. Review Of Scientific Instruments, 81, , pp043305-.
• P. Yeates, J. T. Costello and E. T. Kennedy. 2010. Characterization of a high-pressure laser ion source with dc and pulsed extraction. Plasma Sources Science & Technology, 19, , pp065007-.
• V. Richardson, J. T. Costello, D. Cubaynes, S. Duesterer, J. Feldhaus, H. W. van der Hart, P. Juranic, W. B. Li, M. Meyer, M. Richter, A. A. Sorokin and K. Tiedtke. 2010. Two-Photon Inner-Shell Ionization in the Extreme-Ultraviolet. Physical Review Letters, 105, , pp013001-.
• A. Azima, S. Duesterer, P. Radcliffe, H. Redlin, N. Stojanovic, W. Li, H. Schlarb, J. Feldhaus, D. Cubaynes, M. Meyer, J. Dardis, P. Hayden, P. Hough, V Richardson, E. T. Kennedy and J. T. Costello. 2009. Time-resolved pump-probe experiments beyond the jitter limitations at FLASH. Applied Physics Letters, 94, , pp144102-.
• C. Banahan, J. T. Costello, D. Kilbane and P. van Kampen. 2009. 4p-inner-shell and double-excitation spectrum of Sr II. Physical Review A, 79, , pp022509-.
• C. Bostedt, H. N. Chapman, J. T. Costello, J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia, S. Düsterer, S. W. Epp, J. Feldhaus, A. Föhlisch, M. Meyer, T. Möller, R. Moshammer, M. Richter, K. Sokolowski-Tinten, A. Sorokin, K. Tiedtke, J. Ullrich and W. Wurth. 2009. Experiments at FLASH. Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research Section A,
• C. McLoughlin, P. Hough, J. T. Costello and J-P. Mosnier. 2009. Particle Diagnostics Of A Zno Laser Ablation Plume For Nanostructured Material Deposition. Applied Surface Science, 255, , pp5338-5341.
• C. McLoughlin, P. Hough, J. T. Costello, J-P. Mosnier. 2009. Growth and Field Emission Properties of ZnO Nanostructures Deposited by a Novel Pulsed Laser Ablation Source on Silicon Substrates. Ultramicroscopy,
• P. Hough, C. McLoughin, T. J. Kelly, S. S. Harilal, J. P. Mosnier and J. T. Costello. 2009. Electron and Ion Stagnation at the Collision Front Between Two Laser Produced Plasmas. Journal Of Physics D-applied Physics, 42, , pp055211-.
• P. Hough, C. McLoughlin, T. J. Kelly, S. S. Harilal, J-P. Mosnier and J. T. Costello. 2009. Time Resolved Nomarski Interferometery of Laser Produced Plasma Plumes. Applied Surface Science, 255, , pp5167-5171.
• C. Banahan, C. McGuinness, J. T. Costello, D. Kilbane, J-P. Mosnier, E. T. Kennedy, G. 92. OÕSullivan and P. van Kampen. 2008. The 5d photoabsorption spectra of Pb III and Bi IV. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 41, , pp205001-.
• John T Costello. 2008. Extreme-ultraviolet lasers: From tiny seeds to coherent beams. Nature Photonics, 2, , pp67-68.
• M. Meyer, D. Cubaynes, D. Glijer, J. Dardis, P. Hayden, P. Hough, V. Richardson, E. T. Kennedy, J. T. Costello, P. Radcliffe, S. Dusterer, A. Azima, W. Li, H. Redlin, J. Feldhaus, R. Taõeb, A. Maquet, A. N. Grum-Grzhimailo, E. V. Gryzlova, and S. I. Strakhova. 2008. Polarization control in atomic two-color above threshold ionization. Physical Review Letters, 101, , pp193001-.
• D. Kilbane, F. Folkmann, J.-M. Bizau, C. Banahan, S. Scully, H. Kjeldsen, P. van Kampen, M. W. D. Mansfield, J. T. Costello and J. B. West. 2007. Absolute photoionization cross section measurements of the Kr I-isoelectronic sequence. Physical Review A, 75, , pp032711-.
• D. Kilbane, R. Mayo, P. van Kampen, J-P. Mosnier, E. T. Kennedy and J. T. Costello. 2007. 3p photoabsorption spectra of Mn2+ and Mn3+. Physical Review A, 75, , pp062503-.
• H Luna, J Dardis, D Doria, and J T Costello. 2007. Analysis of Time-Resolved Laser Plasma Ablation using an Imaging Spectra Technique. 37, , pp1301-1305.
• H. de Luna, K. D. Kavanagh and J. T. Costello. 2007. Study of a colliding laser-produced plasma by analysis of time- and space-resolved image spectra. Journal Of Applied Physics, 101, , pp033302-.
• J T Costello. 2007. Photoionization Experiments with the Ultrafast EUV Laser `FLASH¿ ¿ Free Electron Laser in Hamburg. Journal Of Physics : Conference Series, 88, , pp012057-.
• P. Radcliffe, S. Duesterer, A. Azima, W.B. Li, E. Ploenjes, H. Redlin, J. Feldhaus, P. Nicolosi, L. Poletto, J. Dardis, J.P. Gutierrez, P. Hough, K.D. Kavanagh, E.T. Kennedy, H. Luna, P. Yeates, J.T. Costello, A. Delserieys, C.L.S. Lewis, D. Glijer, D. Cubaynes and M. Meyer. 2007. An experiment for two-color photoionization using high intensity extreme-UV free electron and near-IR laser pulses. Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research Section A, 583, , pp516-525.
• P. Radcliffe, S. Düsterer, A. Azima, H. Redlin, and J. Feldhaus, J. Dardis, K. Kavanagh, H. Luna, J. Pedregosa Gutierrez, P. Yeates, E. T. Kennedy, J. T. Costello, A. Delserieys, C. L. S. Lewis, R. Taïeb, A. Maquet, D. Cubaynes and M. Meyer. 2007. Single-shot characterization of independent femtosecond extreme ultraviolet free electron and infrared laser pulses. Applied Physics Letters, 90, , pp131108-.
• Ph. V. Demekhin, I. D. Petrov, B. M. Lagutin, V. L. Sukhorukov, A. Neogi, P. Yeates, E. T. Kennedy, M. W. D. Mansfield and J. T. Costello. 2007. Theoretical Study of Photoionization of the Isoelectronic Sequence Rb+, Sr2+ and Y3+. Optics And Spectroscopy, 102, , pp149-158.
• W. Ackermann et al. 2007. Operation of a free electron laser from the extreme ultraviolet to the water window. Nature Photonics, 1, , pp336-342.
• D Doria, K D Kavanagh, J T Costello and H Luna. 2006. Plasma parametrization by analysis of time-resolved laser plasma image spectra. Measurement Science & Technology, 17, , pp670-.
• D Kilbane, J-P Mosnier, E T Kennedy, J T Costello and P van Kampen. 2006. 4d photoabsorption spectra of Indium (In II to In IV). Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 39, , pp773-.
• M. Meyer, D. Cubaynes, P. O¿Keeffe, H. Luna, P. Yeates, E. T. Kennedy, J. T. Costello, P. Orr, R. Taieb, A. Maquet, S. Düsterer, P. Radcliffe, H. Redlin,A. Azima, E. Plönjes and J. Feldhaus. 2006. Two-color photoionization in xuv free-electron and visible laser fields. Physical Review A, 74, , pp011401-.
• S. Düsterer, P. Radcliffe, G. Geloni, U. Jastrow, M. Kuhlmann, E. Plönjes, K. Tiedtke, R. Treusch, J. Feldhaus, P. Nicolosi, L. Poletto, P. Yeates, H. Luna, J. T. Costello, D. Cubaynes and M. Meyer. 2006. Spectroscopic characterization of vacuum ultraviolet free electron laser pulses. Optics Letters, 31, , pp1750-.
• D Kilbane, E T Kennedy, J-P Mosnier, P van Kampen and J T Costello. 2005. On the 3p-Subshell Photoabsorption Spectra of Iron-Group Ions: the Case of Mn2+. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 38, , ppL1-.
• D Zhechev, N Bundaleska and J T Costello. 2005. Instrumental contributions to the time-resolved optogalvanic signal in a hollow cathode discharge. Journal Of Physics D-applied Physics, 38, , pp2237-.
• D. Kilbane, J T Costello, E T Kennedy, J-P Mosnier and P van Kampen. 2005. EUV Photoabsorption Spectra of Cd II and Cd III. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 38, , pp83-.
• D. Zhechev, N. Parvanova-Bundaleska, J. T. Costello and D. Todorov. 2005. Photoelectron emission and its instrumental effect on optogalvanic measurements in a hollow cathode discharge. Opto-electronics Review, 13, , pp193-.
• L Gaynor, N Murphy, D Kilbane, A Cummings, G O'Sullivan, J T Costello, P van Kampen and E T Kennedy. 2005. EUV photoabsorption of laser produced tellurium plasmas: Te I to Te IV. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 38, , pp2895-.
• M A Lysaght, D Kilbane, A Cummings, N Murphy, P Dunne, G O' Sullivan, P van Kampen, J T Costello and E T Kennedy. 2005. 4d photoabsorption spectra of Sn II and Sn IV in the 30 to 65 eV region. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 38, , pp4247-.
• E T Kennedy, J T Costello, J-P Mosnier and P van Kampen. 2004. VUV/EUV Ionising Radiation and Atoms and Ions: Dual Laser Plasma Investigations. Radiation Physics And Chemistry, 70, , pp291-.
• J Pedregosa-Gutierrez, P A Orr, J B Greenwood, A Murphy, J T Costello, K Zrost, T Ergler, R Moshammer and J Ullrich. 2004. Experimental Evidence for Re-scattering in Intense, Femtosecond Laser Interactions with a Negative Ion. Physical Review Letters, 93, , pp223001-.
• J. S. Hirsch, Kevin Kavanagh, E. T. Kennedy, P. Nicolosi, L. Poletto and J. T. Costello. 2004. Tracking Ground State Ba+ Ions in an Expanding Laser Plasma Plume using Vacuum-UV Photoionization Imaging. Laser And Particle Beams, 22, , pp207-.
• J. S. Hirsch, Kevin Kavanagh, E. T. Kennedy, P. Nicolosi, L. Poletto and J. T. Costello. 2004. Tracking Ground State Ba+ Ions in an Expanding Laser Plasma Plume using Vacuum-UV Photoionization Imaging. 22, , pp207-.
• P. Yeates, E. T. Kennedy, J-P. Mosnier, P. van Kampen, M. W. D. Mansfield, J. Pedregosa-Gutierrez, J. B. Greenwood, Ph.V. Demekhin, B. M. Lagutin, V. L. Sukhorukov and J.T. Costello. 2004. Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Extreme Ultraviolet Photoabsorption Spectrum of Three Times Ionized Yttrium. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 37, , pp4663-.
• A. Neogi, E. T. Kennedy, J-P. Mosnier, P. van Kampen, G. O¿Sullivan, M. W. D. Mansfield, Ph. V. Demekhin, B.M. Lagutin, I. D. Petrov, and V.L. Sukhorukov and J. T. Costello. 2003. Trends in Autoionization of Rydberg States converging to the 4s Threshold in the Kr-Rb+-Sr2+ Series: Experiment and Theory. Physical Review A, 67, , pp042707-.
• J B Greenwood, G F Collins, J Pedregosa-Guterriez, J McKenna, A Murphy and J T Costello. 2003. Double Ionisation of Atomic Negative Ions in an Intense Laser Field. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, , pp36-L235.
• J. S. Hirsch, E. T. Kennedy, A. Neogi, P. Nicolosi, L. Poletto and J. T. Costello. 2003. Laser Plasma Sourced VUV Photoabsorption Imaging Facility (VPIF). Review Of Scientific Instruments, 74, , pp2992-.
• M. W. D. Mansfield, J. T. Costello, E. T. Kennedy and J-P. Mosnier. 2003. The 4p-subshell Photoabsorption Spectrum of Mo+. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 36, , pp2611-.
• A. Neogi, M. Martins, C. McGuinness, G. O' Sullivan , E. T. Kennedy, J-P. Mosnier, P. van Kampen and J. T. Costello. 2002. Vacuum-UV Absorption Spectrum of the Rb2+ Ion in a Laser Generated Plasma. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 35, , pp1329-.
• M A Khater, J T Costello and E T Kennedy. 2002. Optimisation of the Emission Characteristics of Laser Produced Steel Plasmas in the Vacuum Ultraviolet: Significant Improvements in Carbon Detection Limits. Applied Spectroscopy, 56, , pp970-.
• A. Cummings, C. McGuinness, and G. O'Sullivan, J. T. Costello, J. P. Mosnier and E. T. Kennedy Phys. 2001. Wavefunction collapse with increasing ionisation: 4d photoabsorption of Cs through Cs4+. Physical Review A, 63,, pp22702-.
• A. Neogi, E. T. Kennedy, J-P. Mosnier, P. van Kampen, C. McGuinness, G. O' Sullivan and J. T. Costello. 2001. Vacuum-UV Absorption Spectrum of the Rb+ Ion in a Laser Generated Plasma. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 34, , ppL651-.
• E T Kennedy, J T Costello, J-P Mosnier and P van Kampen. 2001. Atomic and Ionic Photoionization Data for Astrophysics: Applications of the Dual Laser Plasma Technique. 247, , pp127-.
• M A Khater, J T Costello, J-P Mosnier and P van Kampen and E T Kennedy. 2001. Comparison between Intensified Photodiode Array (IPDA) and Charge Coupled Device (CCD) Detectors in The Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) for Laser Plasma Spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy, 55, , pp1430-.
• M A Khater, J T Costello, J-P Mosnier and P van Kampen and E T Kennedy. 2001. Comparison between Intensified Photodiode Array (IPDA) and Charge Coupled Device (CCD) Detectors in The Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) for Laser Plasma Spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy, 55, , pp1430-.
• C McGuinness, M Martins, P van Kampen, J Hirsch, E T Kennedy, J-P Mosnier, W W Whitty and J T Costello. 2000. Vacuum-UV Absorption Spectrum of a Laser Produced Chromium Plasma: 3p-Subshell Photoabsorption by Cr2+ ions". Journal Of Physical Chemistry B, 33,, pp5077-5090.
• J S Hirsch, O Meighan, J-P Mosnier, P van Kampen, W W Whitty, J T Costello, C L S Lewis, A G MacPhee, G J Hirst, J Westhall and W Shaikh. 2000. VUV Photoabsorption Imaging of Laser Produced Plasmas. Journal Of Applied Physics, 88,, pp4953-4960.
• J-P Mosnier, J T Costello, E T Kennedy and W W Whitty. 2000. The photoabsorption spectrum of laser generated Li+ in the 60 eV to 180 eV photon energy range. Journal Of Physical Chemistry B, 33,, pp5203-5214.
• M A Khater, P van Kampen, J T Costello, J P Mosnier and E T Kennedy. 2000. Time integrated laser-induced plasma spectroscopy (LIPS) in the vacuum ultraviolet for quantitative elemental characterisation of steel alloys. Journal Of Physics D-applied Physics, 33,, pp2252-2262.
• Mah K W, Castro J, Costello J T, Kennedy E T, Lunney J G, McGlynn E, van Kampen P and Mosnoer J P. 2000. Comparative study of the expansion dynamics of Ga+ ions in the laser ablation of Ga and GaN using time resolved extreme-UV absorption spectroscopy. Applied Surface Science, 168,, pp150-153.
• O Meighan, C Danson, L. Dardis, C L S Lewis, A MacPhee, C McGuinness R O'Rourke, W Shaikh, I C E Turcu and J T Costello. 2000. Application of a Picosecond Laser Plasma Continuum Light Source to a Dual Laser Plasma (DLP) Photoabsorption Experiment. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 33,, pp1159-1168.
• P. van Kampen, Ch Gerth, M Martins, P K Carroll, J Hirsch, E T Kennedy, J-P Mosnier, P Zimmermann and J T Costello. 2000. Photoabsorption and photoion spectroscopy of atomic uranium in the region of 6p and 5d excitations. Physical Review A, 61,, pp2706-2712.
• R D'Arcy, J T Costello, E T Kennedy, C McGuinness, J P Mosnier and G O'Sullivan. 2000. The evolution of 4d photoabsorption in Sb with increasing ionization. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 33,, pp1383-1401.
• B Obst, W Benten, A von dem Borne, J T Costello, L Dardis, Ch. Gerth, P Glatzel, A Gray, J E Hansen, O Meighan, E Kennedy, C McGuinness, B Sonntag, A Verweyen, Ph Wernet and P Zimmerman. 1999. High resolution electron spectroscopy of 2p -> 2p53d resonantly excited Ca. Journal Of Electron Spectroscopy And Related Phenomena, 39-42,, pp101-103.
• C McGuinness , M Martins, Ph Wernet, B F Sonntag, P van Kampen, J-P Mosnier, E T Kennedy and J T Costello. 1999. Metastable state contributions to the measured 3p photoabsorption spectrum of Cr+ ions in a laser produced plasma. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 32,, ppL583-591.
• E T Kennedy, J T Costello, A Gray, C McGuinness, J-P Mosnier and P vanKampen, J. Electr. Spectr. and Related Phen. 1999. New Dual Laser-Plasma Investigations of Inner Shell Excitations. Journal Of Electron Spectroscopy And Related Phenomena, 101-103,, pp161-166.
• H S Chakraboty, A Gray, J T Costello, P C Deshmuk, G N Haque, E T Kennedy, S T Manson and J-P Mosnier. 1999. Anomalous behaviour of the near threshold photoionization cross section of the neon isoelectronic sequence: A combined theoretical and experimental study. Physical Review Letters, 83,, pp2151-2154.
• N Murphy, J T Costello, E T Kennedy, C McGuinness, J P Mosnier, B Weinmann and G O'Sullivan. 1999. Discrete structure in the 4d photoabsorption spectrum of antimony and its ions. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 32,, pp3905-3922.
• O Meighan, L Dardis, E T Kennedy, T J Morgan, J-P Mosnier, P van Kampen and J T Costello,. 1999. Observation of a 6p-6d giant dipole resonance in the VUV photoabsorption spectrum of a laser-produced thorium plasma. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 32,, ppL285-L290.
• R D'Arcy, J T Costello , C McGuinness and G O'Sullivan. 1999. Discrete structure in the 4d photoabsorption spectrum of antimony and its ions. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 32,, pp4859-4876.
• Kennedy ET Costello JT Gray A McGuinness C Mosnier JP van Kampen P. 1999. New dual laser plasma investigations of inner-shell excitations. Journal Of Electron Spectroscopy And Related Phenomena, 103,, pp161-166.
• Obst B Benten W von dem Borne A Costello J Dardis L Gerth C Glatzel P Gray A Hansen JE Meighan O Kennedy E McGuinness C Sonntag B Verweyen A Wernet P Zimmermann P. 1999. High resolution spectroscopy of 2p(6) -> 2p(5)3d resonantly excited atomic Ca. Journal Of Electron Spectroscopy And Related Phenomena, 103,, pp39-42.
• J T Costello, E T Kennedy, J-P Mosnier and M H Sayyad. 1998. Extreme-UV photoabsorption spectrum of a laser produced silicon plasma: evidence for metastable Si+ ions. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 31,, ppL457-.
• Costello JT Kennedy ET Mosnier JP Sayyad MH McGuinness C. 1998. Extreme-UV photoabsorption spectrum of a laser-produced silicon plasma: Evidence for metastable Si+ ions. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 31,, ppL547-L552.
• Whitty W Costello J Kennedy E Moloney C Mosnier JP. 1998. Absorption spectroscopy of an expanding laser produced lithium plasma in the extreme ultraviolet using the Dual Laser Plasma technique. Applied Surface Science, 129,, pp686-691.
• Wernett P Glatzel P Verweyen A Sonntag B Obst B Benten W Gerth C Zimmerman P Gray A Costello J. 1998. Determination of Ca 2p ionization thresholds by high-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 31,, ppL289-L296.
• Costello JT Kennedy ET Mosnier JP Sayyad MH. 1998. Measurement and analysis of the photoabsorption spectra of laser-produced Al and Si+ in the region of 2p-subshell excitation. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 31,, pp677-688.
• Kiernan LM Costello JT Kennedy ET Mosnier JP Sonntag BF. 1997. Measurement of the XUV photoabsorption spectra of atomic zinc and its ions Znn+: n=1 2 and 3 in the region of 3p-subshell excitation. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 30,, pp4801-4812.
• vanKampen P OSullivan G Ivanov VK Ipatov AN Costello JT Kennedy ET. 1997. Dramatic changes in the 3s autoionization process at the beginning of the Ar I sequence. Physical Review Letters, 78,, pp3082-3085.
• Meighan O Gray A Mosnier JP Whitty W Costello JT Lewis CLS MacPhee A Allott R Turcu ICE Lamb A. 1997. Short-pulse extreme-ultraviolet continuum emission from a table-top laser plasma light source. Applied Physics Letters, 70,, pp1497-1499.
• Kennedy ET Costello JT Mosnier JP. 1996. New experiments in photoabsorption studies of singly and multiply charged ions. Journal Of Electron Spectroscopy And Related Phenomena, 79,, pp283-288.
• Mosnier JP Bac S Barchewitz R Kennedy ET Collins M Costello JT. 1996. Measurements of extreme UV yields from Nd-YAG plasmas using a multilayer monochromator. Journal Of Electron Spectroscopy And Related Phenomena, 80,, pp295-298.
• OSullivan G McGuinness C Costello JT Kennedy ET Weinmann B. 1996. Trends in 4d-subshell photoabsorption along the iodine isonuclear sequence: I I+ and I2+. Physical Review A, 53,, pp3211-3226.
• Kiernan LM Lee MK Sonntag BF Zimmermann P Costello JT Kennedy ET Gray A Ky LV. 1996. Resonant photoionization of atomic lithium in the region of the first and second inner-shell thresholds. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 29,, ppL181-L191.
• E T Kennedy, J T Costello and J-P Mosnier,Proc. 1995. Inner Shell Photoionization of Atoms, Excited Atoms and Ions with Laser Generated Plasmas 4th US-Mexico Symposium on Atomic and Molecular Phusics, Eds. I Alvarez, C Cisneros and TJ Morgan, World Science Publishers., pp406-423.
• VANKAMPEN P KIERNAN L COSTELLO JT KENNEDY ET VANDERMULLEN JAM OSULLIVAN GO. 1995. THE 3P PHOTOABSORPTION SPECTRA OF K-II AND CA-III. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 28,, pp4771-4779.
• SAYYAD MH KENNEDY ET KIERNAN L MOSNIER JP COSTELLO JT. 1995. 2P-SUBSHELL PHOTOABSORPTION BY SI2+ IONS IN A LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 28,, pp1715-1722.
• KIERNAN LM LEE MK SONNTAG BF SLADECZEK P ZIMMERMANN P KENNEDY ET MOSNIER JP COSTELLO JT. 1995. HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOION YIELD MEASUREMENTS OF HOLLOW ATOMIC LITHIUM. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 28,, ppL161-L168.
• KOBLE U KIERNAN L COSTELLO JT MOSNIER JP KENNEDY ET IVANOV VK KUPCHENKO VA SHENDRIK MS. 1995. 4F(P-1) GIANT-DIPOLE RESONANCE IN LA3+. Physical Review Letters, 74,, pp2188-2191.
• KOBLE U COSTELLO JT MOSNIER JP KENNEDY ET MARTINS M. 1995. XUV PHOTOABSORPTION OF LASER-GENERATED AU VAPOR. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 28,, pp181-190.
• M W D Mansfield, J T Costello, E T Kennedy, J -P Mosnier, L Kiernan and U Koble. 1994. Recent Observations of Giant Resonances in Atoms and Ions - Mo and Mo+ Proc. Adriatico Conference on "Co-operative effects in many electron systems and their response to external fields"., pp127-.
• KENNEDY ET COSTELLO JT MOSNIER JP CAFOLLA AA COLLINS M KIERNAN L KOBLE U SAYYAD MH SHAW M SONNTAG BF BARCHEWITZ R. 1994. EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET STUDIES WITH LASER-PRODUCED PLASMAS. Optical Engineering, 33,, pp3984-3992.
• BAIER S SCHULZE M STAIGER H ZIMMERMANN P LORENZ C PAHLER M RUDER J SONNTAG B COSTELLO JT KIERNAN L. 1994. INVESTIGATION OF NA 2P(5)3S3P RESONANCES USING ANGULAR RESOLVED PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY OF LASER-ALIGNED SODIUM ATOMS. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 27,, pp1341-1349.
• KIERNAN LM KENNEDY ET MOSNIER JP COSTELLO JT SONNTAG BF. 1994. 1ST OBSERVATION OF A PHOTON-INDUCED TRIPLY EXCITED-STATE IN ATOMIC LITHIUM. Physical Review Letters, 72,, pp2359-2362.
• MOSNIER JP COSTELLO JT KENNEDY ET KIERNAN L SAYYAD MH. 1994. EVEN-PARITY AUTOIONIZING STATES IN THE EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOABSORPTION SPECTER OF MG AL+ AND SI2+. Physical Review A, 49,, pp755-761.
• COSTELLO JT EVANS D HOPKINS RB KENNEDY ET KIERNAN L MANSFIELD MWD MOSNIER JP SAYYAD MH SONNTAG BF. 1992. THE 2P-SUBSHELL PHOTOABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF AL+ IN A LASER- PRODUCED PLASMA. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 25,, pp5055-5068.
• LYNAM WG CARROLL PK COSTELLO JT EVANS D OSULLIVAN G. 1992. THE 1S-ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF NEUTRAL AND SINGLY IONIZED BORON. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 25,, pp3963-3970.
• M Hartnett, D Diamond, J T Costello and L Kiernan. 1992. A detector based on CCD technology. Analytical Proceedings, 29, , pp52-.
• COSTELLO JT MOSNIER JP KENNEDY ET CARROLL PK OSULLIVAN G. 1991. X-UV ABSORPTION-SPECTROSCOPY WITH LASER-PRODUCED PLASMAS - A REVIEW. Physica Scripta,, pp77-92.
• COSTELLO JT KENNEDY ET SONNTAG BF CROMER CL. 1991. XUV PHOTOABSORPTION OF LASER-GENERATED W-VAPORS AND PT-VAPORS. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 24,, pp5063-5069.
• COSTELLO JT DUNNE P OSULLIVAN G. 1991. IDENTIFICATION OF 4S-4P TRANSITIONS IN RU-X RU-XI RH-XI RH- XII PD-XII AND PD-XIII. Journal Of The Optical Society Of America B-optical Phy, 8,, pp1369-1371.
• COSTELLO JT KENNEDY ET SONNTAG BF CLARK CW. 1991. 3P PHOTOABSORPTION OF FREE AND BOUND CR CR+ MN AND MN+. Physical Review A, 43,, pp1441-1450.
• OSULLIVAN G DUNNE P COSTELLO JT. 1990. 4S-]4P TRANSITIONS IN AS-I LIKE RU-XII RH-XIII AND PD-XIV. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 23,, ppL575-L581.
• DUNNE P CARROLL PK CORCORAN RE COSTELLO JT OSULLIVAN G. 1990. 4S-4P TRANSITIONS IN GE-LIKE RU AND RH. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 23,, ppL239-L245.
• G O'Sullivan, J T Costello, M Kane and P K Carroll. 1988. 4s24p2 -> 4s24p5s transitions in Ru XIII, Rh XIV and Pd XV. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 21,, ppL195-.
• G O'Sullivan, M Kane and J T Costello. 1988. 4s24p4 -> 4s24p35s transitions in Ru XI, Rh XII and Pd XIII. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 21,, pp2399-.
• J T Costello, W G Lynam and P K Caroll, J.Physique.Colloq. 1988. Ultraviolet absorption of refractory elements by a dual laser plasma method Colloq C1, Tome 49., ppC1-243.
• P K Carroll and J T Costello. 1987. The XUV photoabsorption spectrum of uranium vapour. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 20,, ppL651-.
• Giant dipole resonance absorption in atomic thorium by a novel two laser technique. 1986. P K Carroll and J T Costello. Physical Review Letters, 57,, pp1581-.
• P K Carroll, J T Costello and G O'Sullivan. 1986. 4p-5s transitions in In XIII, In XIV and In XV. Physica Scripta, 33,, pp226-.
• XUV emission from thorium plasmas: the identification of Th XI and Th XIII. 1986. P K Carroll, J T Costello, E T Kennedy and G O'Sullivan. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 19,, ppL651-.
• G O'Sullivan, J T Costello and P K Carroll. 1984. 4p-5s transitions in Ag XI to Ag XIV in a laser produced plasma. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 17,, pp345-.
• J T Costello and G O'Sullivan. 1984. 4p-5s transitions in Cd XII, Cd XIII and Cd XIV. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 17,, pp4477-.
• P K Carroll, J T Costello, E T Kennedy and G O'Sullivan. 1984. The identification of U XIII and U XV in a laser produced plasma. Journal Of Physics B-atomic Molecular And Optical Physics, 17,, pp2169-.
• J P Blackburn, P K Carroll, J T Costello and G O'Sullivan. 1983. 4d-5p,5p and 4f transitions in Xe VII, Xe VIII and Xe IX J.Opt.Soc.Am. 73,, pp1325-.

Selected Chapters

• John T. Costello and Michael Meyer. 2011. Short-Wavelength Free Electron Lasers. Handbook for Highly Charged Ion Spectroscopic Research

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• John T Costello. 2011. Extreme-ultraviolet sources: Higher harmonics with plasmonics. Nature Photonics, 5, pp646-647.
• Meyer M, Cubaynes D, Glijer, Dusterer S, Li W-B, Azima A, Redlin, Feldhaus J, Dardis J, Hayden P, Hough P, Richardson V, Kennedy E T, Costello J T, Taieb R, Maquet A, Gryzlova E V, Strakhova S I and Grum-Grzhimailo A N. 2011. Characterization of the FLASH XUV-FEL Pulses by Two-Color Photoionization Experiments. UVX 2008, pp113-118.
• Hough P, McLoughlin C, Kelly T J, Hayden P, Harilal S, Mosnier J P. 2009. Colliding laser produced plasmas as novel sources: Optical diagnostics. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 194, pp062003-.
• M Meyer, D Cubaynes, J Dardis, P Hayden, P Hough, V Richardson, E T Kennedy, J T Costello, S Duesterer, W B Li, A Azima, H Redlin, J Feldhaus, R Taïeb, A Maquet, S I Strakhova, E V Gryzlova and A N Grum-Grzhimailo. 2009. Atomic photoionization in weak and strong two-color radiation fields. Journal of Physics: Conference Series - ICPEAC XXVI Proceedings,, 194, pp032035-.
• John T Costello. 2008. Extreme-ultraviolet lasers - from tiny seeds to coherent beams. Nature Photonics, 2, pp67-68.
• John Dardis, Adrian Murphy, Hugo de Luna, Eugene T. Kennedy, Aurelian Seugnet, Philip Orr, Jason Greenwood, Colm McKenna, Ciaran L. S. Lewis, and John T. Costello. 2005. Progress report on compact system for point projection x-ray absorption spectroscopy and imaging of laser produced plasmas. Proc SPIE, 5826, pp363-370.
• Lynn Gaynor, Nicola Murphy, Anthony Cummings, Gerry O'Sullivan, Michael Lysaght, Patrick Hayden, Deirdre Kilbane, John Costello, Eugene Kennedy, and Paul van Kampen. 2005. The evolution of 4d photoabsorption in tellurium with increasing ionization. Proc SPIE, 5826, pp165-172.
• M. Lysaght, D. Kilbane, A. Cummings, N. Murphy, P. Dunne, G. O'Sullivan, L. Gaynor, P. van Kampen, J. T. Costello, and E. T. Kennedy. 2005. Photoabsorption spectra of a laser produced Sn plasma. Proc SPIE, 5826, pp273-280.
• A. Murphy, J. S. Hirsch, D. Kilbane, E. T. Kennedy, M. A. Khater J-P. Mosnier, A. Neogi, G. O¿Sullivan, C. L. S. Lewis, S. Topping, R. Clarke, E. Divall, P. Foster, C. Hooker, A. Langley, D. Neely, P. Dunne, and J. T. Costello. 2003. VUV and Soft X-ray Emission from Pre-plasmas Irradiated with Picosecond and Femtosecond Pulses. Proc SPIE, 4876, pp1196-1202.
• J. S. Hirsch, E. Kennedy, A. Neogi, P. Nicolosi and L. Poletto, and J. T. Costello. 2003. Vacuum-UV Photoabsorption Imaging of Laser Ablated Plumes. Proc SPIE, 4876, pp564-573.
• M. A. Khater, J. T. Costello, J-P. Mosnier, P. van Kampen, E. T. Kennedy. 2003. Low-level measurements of carbon concentrations in steel using laserinduced plasma spectroscopy (LIPS) . Proc SPIE, 4876, pp894-902.

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