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Milchberg, Howard

Milchberg, Howard

Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Physics
Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
A.V. Williams Building, Rm. 1415

EDUCATION

B.Eng. (1979, Engineering Physics), McMaster Univ.; Ph.D. (1985, Astrophysical Sciences), Princeton Univ.; AT&T Bell Laboratories (1985-87); Assistant Prof.(1988-1993), Assoc. Prof. (1993-95), Professor (1995-present) Univ. of Maryland.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, 2023
  • OSA Fellow (2012)
  • American Physical Society (APS) John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics (2005)
  • Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award, University of Maryland (2005-2006)
  • Supervisor of American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Dissertation Award Winner (1999, 2004, 2012)
  • American Physical Society Fellow (1995)
  • NSF Presidential Young Investigator (1988)
  • NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship, National Research Council of Canada (1979-84).



  

Google Scholar

Nonlinear optics, laser and optical physics, interaction of intense electromagnetic fields with atoms, solids, and plasmas; generation and application of coherent and incoherent short wavelength radiation.

  • Plasma hydrodynamics of the intense laser-cluster interaction



    H.M. Milchberg, S.J. McNaught, and E. Parra, Phys. Rev. E 64, 056402 (2001).
  • A pump-probe investigation of laser-droplet plasma dynamics



    S. J. McNaught, J. Fan, E. Parra, and H. M. Milchberg, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 4100 (2001).
  • Characterization of a cryogenic, high-pressure gas jet operated in the droplet regime



    E. Parra, S.J. McNaught, and H.M. Milchberg, Rev. Sci. Inst. 73, 468 (2002).
  • Characterization of a cryogenic, high-pressure gas jet operated in the droplet regime



    E. Parra, S.J. McNaught, and H.M. Milchberg, Rev. Sci. Inst. 73, 468 (2002).
  • Resonant self-trapping of high intensity Bessel beams in under-dense plasmas



    J. Fan, E. Parra, K. Y. Kim, I. Alexeev, H. M. Milchberg, J. Cooley and T.M. Antonsen, Phys. Rev. E 65, 056408 (2002).
  • Measurement of the superluminal group velocity of an ultrashort Bessel beam pulse



    I.Alexeev, K.Y. Kim, and H.M. Milchberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 073901 (2002).
  • Single-shot supercontinuum spectral interferometry



    K.Y Kim, I. Alexeev, and H. M. Milchberg, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 4124 (2002).
  • Single-shot measurement of laser-induced double step ionization of helium



    K.Y. Kim, I. Alexeev, and H.M. Milchberg, Optics Express 10, 1563 (2002).
  • Hydrodynamic timescales for intense laser-heated clusters



    E. Parra, I. Alexeev, J. Fan, K. Y. Kim, S. J. McNaught, and H.M. Milchberg, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20, 118 (2003).
  • Time-resolved explosion of intense laser-heated clusters



    K.Y. Kim, I. Alexeev, E. Parra, and H.M. Milchberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 023401 (2003).
  • Self-focusing of intense laser pulses in a clustered gas



    I.Alexeev, T. M. Antonsen, K.Y. Kim, and H.M. Milchberg, Phys. Rev Lett. 90, 103402 (2003).
  • Measurement of the average size and density of clusters in a gas jet



    K. Y. Kim, V. Kumarappan, and H. M. Milchberg, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 3210 (2003).
  • Gases of exploding laser-heated cluster nanoplasmas as a nonlinear optical medium



    K.Y. Kim, I. Alexeev, V. Kumarappan, E. Parra, T. Antonsen, T. Taguchi, A. Gupta, and H.M. Milchberg., Phys. of Plasmas 11, 2882 (2004).
  • Resonant heating of a cluster plasma by intense laser light



    T. Taguchi, T.M. Antonsen, and H.M. Milchberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 205003 (2004).
  • Spectral redshifts in the intense laser-cluster interaction



    K.Y. Kim, I. Alexeev, T.M. Antonsen, A. Gupta, V. Kumarappan, and H.M. Milchberg, Phys. Rev. A 71, R011201 (2005).

New Laser Experiment Spins Light Like a Merry-go-round

Physical Review X Publishes Article by Team Led by Howard Milchberg

Professor Milchberg to Receive APS Award

Honored for Work in Plasma Optics and Laser-Driven Particle Accelerators

Milchberg Lab to Become LaserNetUS Node

Laboratory for Intense Laser-Matter Interctions to Become Major Laser Research Center

Electrons See the Guiding Light

To accelerate electrons to multi-GeV energhies with laser, keep the bright light tight.

Maryland experiment demonstrates continuously operating optical fiber made of thin air

Howard Milchberg and his group featured in Optica Memorandum

Jonathan D. Moreno to Give Milchberg Lecture on April 4.

3rd Irving and Renee Milchberg Endowed Lecture, Tuesday, April 4th.

Milchberg Group - Nearly 50-meter Laser Experiment Sets Record in UMD Hallway

A laser is sent down a UMD hallway in an experiment to corral light as it makes a 45-meter-long journey

Winners of the IREAP GSS Best Presentation Award

Winners of the IREAP Graduate Student Seminar Best Presentation Award for Fall 2022

Compact Electron Accelerator Reaches New Speeds with Light

Compact Electron Accelerator Reaches New Speeds with Nothing but Light

$1.6M Award for New Laser System Received from National Science Foundation

Professor Howard Milchberg will lead implementation of upgraded laser system.

Somersaulting Photons

In a paper published today in Optica, Professor Milchberg’s group demonstrates the surprising result that photons in vacuum can have orbital angular momentum vectors pointing sideways.

Three Science Terps Named 2021 Goldwater Scholars

Three University of Maryland undergraduates were awarded scholarships this year by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which encourages students to pursue advanced study and research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics.

Murphy Named 2020-2021 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher by the University of Maryland

The Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Program honors members of UMD faculty who have demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievements along with equally outstanding accomplishments as teachers.

Radioactive Material Detected Remotely Using Laser-induced Electron Avalanche Breakdown

New method developed by UMD researchers could be scaled up to improve security at ports of entry

Clark School Researchers Represented on Four 2017 MURI Awards

UMD is one of the top universities represented among the highly competitive grants awarded this year.

Waks, Chellappa, Milchberg and Sprangle Participate in Different Department of Defense MURI Projects

Research teams at UMD receive grants for multidisciplinary research initiatives.

Milchberg and Khaligh Receive 2016 Junior and Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Awards

Prof. Milchberg and Prof. Khaligh are the 2016 Senior and Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award recipients for their exceptional and highly influential research accomplishments

UMD Researchers Work to Prevent Radiological Terror Attacks with Lasers

Professors Philip Sprangle and Howard Milchberg Work to Prevent Radiological Terror Attacks with Lasers

UMD Physicists Discover “Smoke Rings” Made of Laser Light

3D ring structures made by high-intensity lasers could aid the design of powerful microscopes and more efficient telecommunication lines

UMD Discovery Could Enable Portable Particle Accelerators

Innovation could hold the key to ultra-compact machines useful for materials science and medical imaging

Milchberg Lab Featured in APS Viewpoint

Intense Laser Matter Interactions Group make science fiction a reality in new paper.

Sprangle Awarded 2013 Maxwell Prize

A. James Clark School of Engineering professor recognized for pioneering contributions in plasma physics.