Research Interests

Physics of intense laser-plasma interactions in the fs to ns regimes.

Ph.D., Physics, The Ohio State University, 2013

M.Sc., Physics, The Ohio State University, 2009

B.S., Applied Physics, Purdue University, 2007

• G. E. Kemp, A. Link, Y. Ping, D. W. Schumacher, R. R. Freeman and P. K. Patel, Coupling of laser energy into hot-electrons in high-contrast relativistic laser-plasma interactions, Phys. Plasmas 20, 033104 (2013); doi: 10.1063/1.4794961
• Y. Ping, A. J. Kemp, L. Divol, M. H. Key, P. K. Patel, K. U. Akli, F. N. Beg, S. Chawla, C. D. Chen, R. R. Freeman, D. Hey, D. P. Higginson, L. C. Jarrott, G. E. Kemp, A. Link, H. S. McLean, H. Sawada, R. B. Stephens, D. Turnbull, B. Westover and S. C. Wilks, Dynamics of Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interaction on Solid Targets, PRL 109, 145006 (2012); doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.145006
• D. W. Schumacher, G. E. Kemp, A. Link, R. R. Freeman, and L. D. Van Woerkom, The shaped critical surface in high intensity laser plasma interactions, Phys. Plasmas 18, 013102 (2011). doi: 10.1063/1.3532958
• V. M. Ovchinnikov, G. E. Kemp, D. W. Schumacher, R. R. Freeman and L. D. Van Woerkom, How well do time-integrated Kα images represent hot electron spatial distributions?, Phys. Plasmas 18, 072704 (2011); doi: 10.1063/1.3609819
• V. M. Ovchinnikov, D. W. Schumacher, G. E. Kemp, A. G. Krygier, L. D. Van Woerkom, K. U. Akli, R. R. Freeman, R. B. Stephens and A. Link, Using time-integrated Kα images to study refluxing and the extent of pre-plasmas in intense laser-plasma experiment, Phys. Plasmas 18, 112702 (2011); doi: 10.1063/1.3656957

Lawrence Scholar, 2011-2013