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Matthew Zepf is a researcher affiliated with the Helmholtz Institute Jena in Germany. Their work spans several areas within Physics and Engineering, with a particular focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, and Radiation.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Laser-induced Spectroscopy and Plasma
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies

Notable recent publications by Matthew Zepf and collaborators demonstrate engagement with experimental and theoretical aspects of laser-plasma physics and related fields. These include:

  • "Giant Isolated Attosecond Pulses from Two-Color Laser-Plasma Interactions," 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • "Single particle detection system for strong-field QED experiments," 2021, New Journal of Physics
  • "Stabilized Radiation Pressure Acceleration and Neutron Generation in Ultrathin Deuterated Foils," 2022, Physical Review Letters
  • "Experimental estimates of the photon background in a potential light-by-light scattering study," 2022, New Journal of Physics
  • "Fusion Turns Up the Heat," 2022, Physics

Their frequent co-authors include F. C. Salgado, E. Gerstmayr, Christian Roedel, G. Sarri, and Andreas Seidel, indicating ongoing collaborative research activity within their field.

Matthew Zepf's work has been published predominantly in notable scientific journals such as Physical Review Letters and New Journal of Physics, with additional publications in Physics, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, and arXiv (Cornell University).

The interdisciplinary nature of their research combines aspects of laser technology, plasma physics, nuclear physics, and materials science, bringing together both experimental techniques and theoretical insights. Their contributions involve exploring advanced laser-plasma interactions, particle detection systems relevant to quantum electrodynamics experiments, and investigations into neutron generation as well as photon background estimations in scattering studies.

Best Publications

  • Fast heating of ultrahigh-density plasma as a step towards laser fusion ignition

    R. Kodama;P. A. Norreys;K. Mima;A. E. Dangor

  • Measurements of energetic proton transport through magnetized plasma from intense laser interactions with solids

    E.L. Clark;K. Krushelnick;J.R. Davies;Matthew Zepf

  • Radiation pressure acceleration of thin foils with circularly polarized laser pulses

    A P L Robinson;M Zepf;S Kar;R G Evans;R G Evans

  • Energetic heavy-ion and proton generation from ultraintense laser-plasma interactions with solids

    E. L. Clark;K. Krushelnick;M. Zepf;F. N. Beg

  • Fast heating scalable to laser fusion ignition

    R. Kodama;H. Shiraga;K. Shigemori;Y. Toyama

  • High harmonic generation in the relativistic limit

    B. Dromey;M. Zepf;A. Gopal;K. Lancaster

  • Efficient extreme UV harmonics generated from picosecond laser pulse interactions with solid targets

    PA Norreys;M Zepf;S Moustaizis;AP Fews

  • Scaling of proton acceleration driven by petawatt-laser-plasma interactions

    L. Robson;P.T. Simpson;Rosemary Clarke;Rosemary Clarke;K.W.D. Ledingham

  • Characterization of a gamma-ray source based on a laser-plasma accelerator with applications to radiography

    R.D. Edwards;M.A. Sinclair;T.J. Goldsack;K. Krushelnick

  • Experimental Evidence of Radiation Reaction in the Collision of a High-Intensity Laser Pulse with a Laser-Wakefield Accelerated Electron Beam

    J. M. Cole;K. T. Behm;E. Gerstmayr;Tom Blackburn

  • Stable GeV Ion Beam Acceleration from Thin Foils by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulses

    Bin Qiao;Matthew Zepf;Marco Borghesi;Michael Geissler

  • Photonuclear physics when a multiterawatt laser pulse interacts with solid targets

    K. W. D. Ledingham;I. Spencer;T. McCanny;R. P. Singhal

  • Generation of neutral and high-density electron-positron pair plasmas in the laboratory

    G. Sarri;K. Poder;J. M. Cole;W. Schumaker

  • Experimental Signatures of the Quantum Nature of Radiation Reaction in the Field of an Ultraintense Laser

    K. Poder;M. Tamburini;G. Sarri;A. Di Piazza

  • Ion Acceleration in Multispecies Targets Driven by Intense Laser Radiation Pressure

    S. Kar;K. F. Kakolee;B. Qiao;A. Macchi

  • Relativistically correct hole-boring and ion acceleration by circularly polarized laser pulses

    A.P.L. Robinson;P. Gibbon;Matthew Zepf;Satyabrata Kar

  • Observation of a highly directional γ-ray beam from ultrashort, ultraintense laser pulse interactions with solids

    P.A. Norreys;M. Santala;E. Clark;Matthew Zepf

  • The plasma mirror—A subpicosecond optical switch for ultrahigh power lasers

    B. Dromey;S. Kar;M. Zepf;P. Foster

  • Effect of the plasma density scale length on the direction of fast electrons in relativistic laser-solid interactions

    M. I. K. Santala;M. Zepf;I. Watts;F. N. Beg

  • Enhanced laser-driven ion acceleration in the relativistic transparency regime.

    A. Henig;A. Henig;D. Kiefer;D. Kiefer;K. Markey;D. C. Gautier

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Norreys
Peter Norreys University of Oxford
Karl Krushelnick
Karl Krushelnick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christoph H. Keitel
Christoph H. Keitel Max Planck Society
Markus Roth
Markus Roth Technical University of Darmstadt
C. Stoeckl
C. Stoeckl University of Rochester
Robert Clarke
Robert Clarke University of Oxford

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