2026 D. D. Meyerhofer: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	86	2530	2405	1254	1169	691	26240

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Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his significant contributions and leadership in the areas of directdrive inertial confinement fusion and highintensity lasermatter interactions, including the observation of photonphoton pair production

Overview

D. D. Meyerhofer is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Meyerhofer's research focuses on the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with particular emphasis on subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics such as Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Laser-induced Spectroscopy and Plasma, Nuclear Physics and Applications, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, and Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae.

Meyerhofer has published extensively in several peer-reviewed venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

Physics of Plasmas
arXiv (Cornell University)
Review of Scientific Instruments
Physical review. B.
High Energy Density Physics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Meyerhofer are:

Measurement of the sound velocity and Grüneisen parameter of polystyrene at inertial confinement fusion conditions, 2020, Physical review. B.
Same-sided successive-shock HED instability experiments, 2023, Physics of Plasmas
Demonstration of low-mode shape control in indirect-drive double shell implosions at the NIF, 2024, Physics of Plasmas
Inferring the temperature profile of the radiative shock in the COAX experiment with shock radiography, Dante, and spectral temperature diagnostics, 2022, Physics of Plasmas
Major Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding Magnetic Reconnection and Related Explosive Phenomena throughout the Universe, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators include H. F. Robey, Tom Byvank, Chris L. Fryer, Christopher J. Fontes, and Pawel Kozłowski, each having co-authored multiple publications alongside Meyerhofer.

Meyerhofer received recognition as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2002 for contributions in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion and high-intensity laser-matter interactions, including the observation of photon-photon pair production.

Best Publications

Positron Production in Multiphoton Light-by-Light Scattering

D. L. Burke;R. C. Field;G. Horton-Smith;J. E. Spencer

1095
Citations
Tunneling ionization of noble gases in a high-intensity laser field.

S. Augst;D. Strickland;D. D. Meyerhofer;S. L. Chin

934
Citations
Laser ionization of noble gases by Coulomb-barrier suppression

S. Augst;D. D. Meyerhofer;D. Strickland;S. L. Chin

790
Citations
Observation of Nonlinear Effects in Compton Scattering

C. Bula;K. T. McDonald;E. J. Prebys;C. Bamber

782
Citations
Point design targets, specifications, and requirements for the 2010 ignition campaign on the National Ignition Facility

S. W. Haan;J. D. Lindl;D. A. Callahan;D. S. Clark

726
Citations
Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion: A review

R. S. Craxton;K. S. Anderson;T. R. Boehly;V. N. Goncharov

669
Citations
Studies of nonlinear QED in collisions of 46.6-GeV electrons with intense laser pulses

C. Bamber;S. J. Boege;T. Koffas;T. Kotseroglou

547
Citations
Making relativistic positrons using ultraintense short pulse lasers

Hui Chen;S. C. Wilks;J. D. Bonlie;S. N. Chen

450
Citations
Spectrometry of charged particles from inertial-confinement-fusion plasmas

F. H. Séguin;J. A. Frenje;C. K. Li;D. G. Hicks

309
Citations
High-Energy Petawatt Capability for the Omega Laser

L.J. Waxer;D.N. Maywar;J.H. Kelly;T.J. Kessler

267
Citations
Direct‐drive laser‐fusion experiments with the OMEGA, 60‐beam, >40 kJ, ultraviolet laser system

J. M. Soures;R. L. McCrory;C. P. Verdon;A. Babushkin

263
Citations
Reduction of laser imprinting using polarization smoothing on a solid-state fusion laser

T. R. Boehly;V. A. Smalyuk;D. D. Meyerhofer;J. P. Knauer

248
Citations
Spatial Coherence Measurement of Soft X-Ray Radiation Produced by High Order Harmonic Generation.

Todd Ditmire;E. T. Gumbrell;R. A. Smith;J. W.G. Tisch

236
Citations
Relativistic quasimonoenergetic positron jets from intense laser-solid interactions.

Hui Chen;S. C. Wilks;D. D. Meyerhofer;J. Bonlie

225
Citations
Proton Radiography of Inertial Fusion Implosions

J. R. Rygg;F. H. Séguin;C. K. Li;J. A. Frenje

219
Citations
Observation of the transition from thomson to Compton scattering in multiphoton interactions with low-energy electrons.

C. I. Moore;J. P. Knauer;D. D. Meyerhofer

217
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X-ray Thomson-scattering measurements of density and temperature in shock-compressed beryllium.

H. J. Lee;P. Neumayer;J. Castor;T. Döppner

207
Citations
Laser-driven single shock compression of fluid deuterium from 45 to 220 GPa

D. G. Hicks;T. R. Boehly;P. M. Celliers;J. H. Eggert

203
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Early stage of implosion in inertial confinement fusion: Shock timing and perturbation evolution

V. N. Goncharov;O. V. Gotchev;E. Vianello;T. R. Boehly

201
Citations
Relativistic Positron Creation Using Ultra-Intense Short Pulse Lasers

H Chen;S Wilks;J Bonlie;E Liang

0
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