Mdecamp:About

Assistant Professor Matthew DeCamp Education 2002 Ph.D., Physics, University of Michigan 1996 B. A. Physics (Honors,) Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts Professional Experience 2006-Present Assistant Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Delaware 2003-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2002-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow FOCUS Research Center and Physics Department, University of Michigan Publications ``Damping modulated Terahertz emission for ferromagnetic films excited by ultrafast laser pulses, J. Shen, X. Fan, Z. Chen, \textbf{M. F. DeCamp}, H. Zhang, J.Q.Xiao In press \emph{Applied Physics Letters} (2012). ``Generation of acoustic pulses from a photo-acoustic transducer measured by time-resolved x-ray diffraction Y. Gao and \textbf{M.F. DeCamp} \emph{Applied Physics Letters} \textbf{100} 191903 (2012). ``Measurement of optical phonon dynamics in a bismuth thin film through a surface plasmon resonance Z. Chen and \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, In press \emph{J. Applied Physics} (2012). ``Time-domain optical and terahertz spectroscopy of bismuth germinate, Z. Chen, Y. Gao, B.C. Minch, and \textbf{M.F. DeCamp} J. Physics: Condensed Matter \textbf{23} 385402 (2011). ``Retrieval of terahertz spectra through ultrafast electro-optic modulation, Z. Chen, Y. Gao, and \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, \emph{Applied Physics Letters}, \textbf{99} 011106 (2011). B.L. Wen, A.M. Watts, L.E. Howard, M. Videtto, C. Mancuso, S.J. Wells, T. Stanev, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, and B.C. Walker ``Polarization Dependence of Carbon Fragments from Methane in a Strong Laser Field, \emph{J. of Phys. B}, \textbf{44} 045604 (2011). ``Ionization of Ethane, Butane, and Octane in Strong Laser Fields, S. Palaniyappan, R. Mitchell, N. Ekanayake, A.M. Watts, S.L. White, Rob Sauer, L.E. Howard, M. Videtto, C. Mancuso, S.J. Wells, T. Stanev, B.L. Wen, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, and B.C. Walker, \emph{Phys. Rev. A} \textbf{82} 043433 (2010). ``High wavevector optical phonons in microstructured Bismuth films, Z. Chen, B.C. Minch, and \textbf{M.F. DeCamp} \emph{Optics Express} \textbf{18} 4365 (2010). ``Half-Cycle-Pulse Terahertz emission from an ultrafast laser-plasma in a solid target, Y. Gao, Z. Chen, T. Drake, and \textbf{M.F. DeCamp} \emph{Optics Letters}, \textbf{33}, 2776 (2008). ``Ionization of Methane in Strong and Ultrastrong Relativistic Fields, S. Palaniyappan, R. Mitchell, R. Sauer, I. Ghebregziabher, S.L. White, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, and B.C. Walker. \emph{Phys. Rev. Lett.}, \textbf{100}, 183001 (2008). ``Single-shot two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, K.C. Jones, L. DeFlores, and A. Tokmakoff, \emph{Optics Express} \textbf{15} 233 (2007). ``Single-shot two-dimensional spectrometer, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp} and A. Tokmakoff, \emph{Optics Letters} \textbf{31} 113 (2006). ``Simulations of Time-Resolved X-ray diffraction in the Laue Geometry, B.F. Lings, J. S. Wark, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, D.A. Reis, and S. Fahy, \emph{J. Phys: Condensed Matter} \textbf{18} 9231 (2006). ``The Phonon-Assisted Relaxation Dynamics of DNA-wrapped Carbon Nanotubes, S.G. Chou, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, J. Jiang, G.G. Samsonidze, E.B. Barros, F. Plentz, A. Jorio, M. Zheng, G.B. Onoa, E.D. Semke, R. Saito, G. Dresselhaus, and M.S. Dresselhaus, \emph{Phys. Rev. B}, \textbf{72} 195415 (2005). ``Upconversion multichannel Infrared spectrometer, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp} and A. Tokmakoff, \emph{Opt. Lett.}, \textbf{30} 1818--1820 (2005). ``Amide I vibrational dynamics of N-methylacetamide in polar solvents: The role of electrostatic interactions, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, L. DeFlores, J.M. McCraken, A. Tokmakoff, K. Kwac, and M. Cho, \emph{J. Phys. Chem. B}, \textbf{109} 11016--11026 (2005). ``X-ray synchrotron studies of ultrafast crystalline dynamics, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, D.A. Reis, D.M. Fritz, P.H. Bucksbaum, E.M. Dufresne, and R. Clarke, \emph{J. Synch. Rad}, \textbf{12}, 177--192 (2005). ``Solvation dynamics of N-methylacetamide in D$_2$O, CDCl$_3$, and DMSO-{D}$_6$,\textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, L.P. DeFlores, J.M.McCraken, and A. Tokmakoff, in \emph{Ultrafast Phenomena XIV}, edited by T. Kobayashi, T. Okada, T. Kobayashi, K.A. Nelson, and S. DeSilvestri, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2005). ``Ultrafast X-ray Physics, D.A. Reis, P.H. Bucksbaum, and \textbf{M. F. DeCamp}, \emph{Radiation Physics and Chemistry}, \textbf{70}, 605--609 (2004). ``Seeing Sound: Measuring acoustic pulse propagation with x-rays, \textbf{M. F. DeCamp}, D. A. Reis, and P. H. Bucksbaum, in \emph{Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics, and Ultrafast Phenomena with X-rays}, Editor B. W. Adams, Kluwer Academic Publishers (2003). ``Laser pump, X-ray probe spectroscopy on GaAs, B. W. Adams, \textbf{M. F. DeCamp}, E. M. Dufresne, and D. A. Reis, in \emph{Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics, and Ultrafast Phenomena with X-rays}, Editor B. W. Adams, Kluwer Academic Publishers (2003). ``Supersonic strain front propagation in a dense electron-hole plasma, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, D.A. Reis, A. Cavalieri, P.H. Bucksbaum, R. Clarke, R. Merlin, E.M. Dufresne, D.A. Arms, A.M. Lindenberg, A.G. MacPhee, Z. Chang, B. Lings, J.S. Wark, and S. Fahy, \emph{Phys. Rev. Lett.}, \textbf{91}, 165602 (2003). ``Picosecond laser pump, x-ray probe spectroscopy of GaAs, B.W. Adams, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, E.M. Dufresne, and D.A. Reis, \emph{Rev. Sci. Inst.}, \textbf{73}, 4150--4156 (2002). ``Coherent control of pulsed x-ray beams, \textbf{M.F. DeCamp}, D.A. Reis, P.H. Bucksbaum, B. Adams, J.M. Caraher, R. Clarke, C.W.S. Conover, E.M. Dufresne, R. Merlin, V. Stoica, and J.K. Wahlstrand, \emph{Nature}, \textbf{413}, 825--828 (2001). ``Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction: Experiments and Limits," J.S. Wark, A.M. Allen, P.C. Ansbro, P.H. Bucksbaum, Z. Chang, \textbf{M. F. DeCamp}, R.W. Falcone, P.A. Heimann, S.L. Johnson, I. Kang, H.C. Kapteyn, J. Larsson, R.W. Lee, A.M. Lindenberg, R. Merlin, T. Missalla, G. Naylor, H.A. Padmore, D.A. Reis, K. Scheidt, A. Sjoegren, P.C. Sondhauss, and M. Wulff, \emph{Proceedings of SPIE} \textbf{4143}, pg. 26--37 (2001). ``Dynamics and coherent control of high-amplitude optical phonons in bismuth, \textbf{M. F. DeCamp}, D. A. Reis, P. H. Bucksbaum, and R. Merlin, \emph{Phys. Rev. B.}, \textbf{64}, 092301 (2001). ``Probing impulsive strain propagation with x-ray pulses, D. A. Reis, \textbf{M. F. DeCamp}, P.H. Bucksbaum, R. Clarke, E. Dufresne, M. Hertlein, R. Merlin, R. Falcone, H. Kapteyn, M.M. Murnane, J. Larsson, Th. Missalla, and J.S. Wark, \emph{Phys. Rev. Lett.}, \textbf{86}, 3072--3075 (2001). ``Temperature dependence of narrow-band terahertz generation from periodically poled Lithium Niobate, Y. -S. Lee, T. Meade, \textbf{M. F. DeCamp}, T. B. Norris, and A. Galvanauskas, \emph{Appl. Phys. Lett.}, \textbf{77}, 1244--1246 (2000). ``THz emission from coherently controlled photocurrents in gallium arsenide, D. Cote, J. M. Fraser, \textbf{M. F. DeCamp}, P. H. Bucksbaum, and H. M. van Driel, \emph{Appl. Phys. Lett.}, \textbf{75}, 3959--3961 (1999). ``Redistribution of atomic Rydberg states by tunable narrow band picosecond far-infrared pulses, C. Raman, \textbf{M. F. DeCamp}, and P. H. Bucksbaum, \emph{Optics Express}, \textbf{1}, 186--196 (1997).