dlmatthews@ucdavis.edu
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Academic distinctions, awards
1968 Sigma Pi Sigma
1970-1973 Welch Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow
1985 Fellow of the American Physical Society Citation: For contributions to x-ray spectroscopy of laser-heated plasmas and to the development of XUV lasers
1985 Named as one of the nation’s “top 100 innovators,” Science Digest, December.
1985 U.S. DOE Award for Research Excellence for Demonstration of First X-ray Laser.
1990 Recipient of American Physical Society Prize: Excellence in Plasma Physics.
1996 Fellow of the Optical Society of America.
1998 Recipient of Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer award of excellence
Selected publications
Koch, J.A.; Batson P.J. ; Da Silva, L.B.; MacGowan, B.J.; Matthews, D.L.; Mrowka, S.; Nilsen, J.; Underwood, J.H., “High Resolution Spectroscopy as an X-Ray laser Plasma Diagnostic.” New York, NY (1993)
L. B. DaSilva, B.J. MacGowan, J. A. Koch, S. Mrowka, D. L. Matthews, D. C. Eder, and R. A. London, "Development of Short Pulse X-Ray Lasers, Proceedings of the SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 1860, p. 152-6 (1993)
Da Silva, L.B.; Trebes, J.E.; Mrowka, S.; Macgowan, B.J.; Koch, J.A. ; Matthews, D.L.; Barbee, T.W. Jr.; Balhorn , R. ; Gray, J.;Anderson, E.; Kern, D.; Attwoo D., Imaging Microscopy with X-Ray lasers at LLNL. “ Proceedings of the SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 1741, (1992)
Koch, J.A.; MacGowan, B.J.; Da Silva, L.B. ; Matthews, D.L.; Underwood, J.H.; Batson, P.J.; Mrowka, S. “Observation of gain-narrowing and Saturation behavior in Se X-ray Laser Line Profiles.” June (1992)
H. Baldis et al., incl. D. Matthews, "Diagnostics of x-ray laser plasmas", Proceedings of the SPIE 1551, 114 (1992).
D. Matthews, R. London, and S. Suckewer, "Proceedings of X-ray Laser Applications Workshop" (LLNL Technical Information Department 1992).
L. B. DaSilva, et al., "Imaging Microscopy with X-Ray Lasers at LLNL", Proceedings of the SPIE Technical Conference on Soft X-Ray Microscopy, San Diego, Ca, July 1992, SPIE Proceedings 1741, 154 (1992).
G. Charatis, N. D. Dalamater, G. E. Busch, R. A. Bosch, G. G. Ganger, J. L. Thomburg, J. R. Brundage, D. Sullivan, H. A. Neal, Jr, R. L. Shepard, C. J. Keane, A. L. Osterheld, D. C. Eder, and D. L. Matthews, "Evidence for Population Inversions in Al and Mg by Laser Irradiation at 20-ps Pulse Lengths, Journal of the Optical Society of America B (Optical Physics), vol. 9, no. 8, p. 1278-82 (1992).
R. Balhorn, M. Corzett, M. J. Allen, C. Lee, T. W. Barbee, Jr., J. A. Koch, B. J. MacGowan, D. L. Matthews, S. Mrowka, J. E. Trebes, I. McNulty, L. B. DaSilva, J. W. Gray, E.H. Anderson, D. Kern, and D. T. Attwood, "Application of X-Rays to the Analysis of DNA Packaging in Mammalian Sperm", Jr. Proceedings of the SPIE Technical Conference on Soft X-Ray Microscopy, San Diego, Ca. July 1992, SPIE Proceedings 1741, 374 (1992).
D. J. Fields, R. S. Walling, G. M. Shimkaveg, B. J. MacGowan, L. B. DaSilva, J. H. Scofield, A. L. Osterfield, T.W. Phillips, M. D. Rosen, D. L. Matthews, W. H. Goldstein, and R.E. Stewart, "Observation of High in Ne-Like Ag Lasers, Phys. Rev. A (Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics), vol. 46, no. 3, p. 1606-9 (1992).
B. J. MacGowan et al., incl. D. Matthews, "Short Wavelength X-ray Laser Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory", Phys. Fluids B4, 2326 (1992).
D. L. Matthews, "The LLNL X-ray Laser Program", X-ray Lasers 1992, Proceedings of the 3rd International Colloquium, Schliersee, Germany, ed. by E. Fill (IOP, Bristol, UK, 1992) pp. 31-35
J. Koch et al., incl. D. Matthews, "Selenium X-ray Laser Linewidth Measurements" X-ray Lasers 1992, Proceedings of the 3rd International Colloquium, Schliersee, Germany, ed. by E. Fill (IOP, Bristol, UK, 1992) pp. 67-70.
Osterheld et al., incl. D. Matthews, "Atomic Physics Modelling of X-ray Laser Programs" X-ray Lasers 1992, Proceedings of the 3rd International Colloquium, Schliersee, Germany, ed. by E. Fill (IOP, Bristol, UK, 1992) pp. 309-314
L. Da Silva et al., incl. D. Matthews, "Progress in imaging microscopy with x-ray lasers at LLNL" X-ray Lasers 1992, Proceedings of the 3rd International Colloquium, Schliersee, Germany, ed. by E. Fill (IOP, Bristol, UK, 1992) pp.309-314.
J. Koch et al., incl. D. Matthews, "Observations of Gain-Narrowing and Saturation Behavior in the Se X-ray Laser Line Profiles", Phys. Rev. Letts. 68, 329(1992).
L. Da Silva et al., incl. D. Matthews, "Demonstration of X-ray Microscopy with an X-ray Laser Operating near the Carbon K-edge", Opt. Letts. 17, 754(1992).
L. Da Silva et al., incl. D. Matthews, "X-ray Laser Microscopy with an Rat Sperm Nuclei", Science 258, 269(1992).
J. Trebes et al., incl. D. Matthews, “Measurements of the Spatial Coherence of an X-ray Laser", Phys. Rev. Letts. 68, 588(1992).
B. MacGowan et al., incl. D. Matthews, "Short Wavelength Ni-like X-ray Laser Development ", X-ray Lasers 1990, Proceedings of the 2nd International Colloquium, York, UK, ed. by G. Tallents, (IOP, Bristol, UK, 1991), pp 221-230.
L. Da Silva et al., incl. D. Matthews, "Nonlinear Optics with Focussed X-ray Lasers", X-ray Lasers 1990, Proceedings of the 2nd International Colloquium, York, UK, ed. by G. Tallents (IOP, Bristol, UK, 1991), pp 131-134.
M. Metzger, et al., incl. D. Matthews, “Mechanical properties of mechanical actuator for treating ischemic stroke. Biomedical Microdevices 4, 89-96, 2002.
M Metzger, et al., incl. D. Matthews, “butterfly pitch-angle distributions observed by ISEE-1”, Planetary & Space Science, 51, 205-219, 2003.
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