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).
Other Publications
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).