Matt Turner

I am a student in the Physics PhD program at the University of Washington, where I am working with the Eöt-Wash group at CENPA, studying short-range gravity. My undergraduate work was in high-intensity optics, specifically high-harmonics generation. The picture at right was taken while I was on NASA's "Vomit Comet", their microgravity testbed, investigating radiometric particle levitation. (And yes, I did lose my breakfast in the name of science.)


Contact Info
University of Washington, Department of Physics, Box 351560, Seattle, WA 98195-1560
Email
Senior thesis
"Simulating Laser Pulse Propagation under Optimized Conditions for High-Harmonic Generation" [PDF]
Advisor: Justin Peatross
First-author Publications
M. Turner, N. Brimhall, M. Ware, and J. Peatross, "Simulated laser-pulse evolution for high-order harmonic generation in a semi-infinite gas cell," Opt. Express 16, 1571-1576 (2008).
M. Turner, N. Brimhall, M. Ware, and J. Peatross, "Reply to Comment on "Direct observation of laser filamentation in high-order harmonic generation"," Opt. Lett. 32, 2709-2710 (2007).
Major Talks
M. Turner, N. Brimhall, M. Ware, and J. Peatross, "Modeling Laser-Pulse Evolution during Production of High-Harmonics in a Semi-Infinite Gas Cell," in Frontiers in Optics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2008), paper FThH2.
M. D. Turner, J. J. Campbell, K. Farnsworth, M. Martin, R. Petersen, N. D. Powers, and J. B. Peatross, "Characterization of Radiometric Particle Levitation in a Laser Beam," in Frontiers in Optics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper FThG3.
Other Publications
N. Brimhall, M. Turner, N. Herrick, D.D. Allred, R.S. Turley, M. Ware, J. Peatross, "Extreme-ultraviolet polarimeter utilizing laser-generated high-order harmonics," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 103108 (2008).
N. Brimhall, J. C. Painter, N. Powers, G. Giraud, M. Turner, M. Ware, and J. Peatross, "Measured laser-beam evolution during high-order harmonic generation in a semi-infinite gas cell," Opt. Express 15, 1684-1689 (2007).
J. C. Painter, M. Adams, N. Brimhall, E. Christensen, G. Giraud, N. Powers, M. Turner, M. Ware, and J. Peatross, "Direct observation of laser filamentation in high-order harmonic generation," Opt. Lett. 31, 3471-3473 (2006).