Matt Poelker Staff scientist Injector Group leader

Contact:

• Center for Advanced Studies of Accelerators
  Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
  12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606
• 757 269-7357 (office)
  757-269-7856 (lab)
  757-269-5520 (fax)
• poelker@jlab.org

Education:

• B.S., Engineering Physics,, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, December 1983.
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, June 1988.
• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, June 1992.

Career:

• Postdoctoral research scientist, Physics Division, Argonne National Lab. January 1992 to May 1994.
• Staff scientist and Injector Group leader., Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. May 1994 to present

Research Interests:

Photocathode electron guns, polarized electrons and drive laser technology.

Selected Recent Publications

• “Injection Modelocked Ti-Sapphire Laser with Discreetly Variable Pulse Repetition Rates to 1.56 GHz,” C. Hovater and M. Poelker, Nucl. Instr. And Meth. A418, 280 (1998).
  
  
• “High Power Gain Switched Diode Laser Master Oscillator and Amplifier,” M. Poelker, Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 2762 (1995).

(and complete list of papers)