Bruce Carlsten Explained

Bruce Eric Carlsten
Birth Date:1 June 1958
Nationality:American
Workplaces:Stanford University, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Known For:Beam physics

Bruce Carlsten is a senior research and development engineer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

In 1985 Carlsten received his PhD from Stanford University following a BS from UCLA in 1979, then was a Fellow of the IEEE, the American Physical Society, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.[1]

He was the leader of the High-Power Electrodynamics group at LANL From 2005 to 2012. In this role he oversaw this group's projects researching free-electron lasers, high-power and high-frequency microwave sources and effects, and accelerator components.[2] then became the chief scientist for LANL's Navy-funded Free Electron Laser oscillator project[3] and is director of design at the Laboratory's future X-ray Free Electron Laser, the MaRIE (Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes) facility.[4] [5]

In 2016 Carlsten was named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) [6] for his contributions to the development of high-brightness electron beams and vacuum electron devices. In 2020, he will receive the American Physical Society's Division of the Physics of Beams' Wilson Prize.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 HEPAP Membership. US Department of Energy. 23 January 2018.
  2. Web site: The High Power Electrodynamics Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. 23 January 2018.
  3. Web site: BESSY FEL Technical Design Report. 23 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Current Status of the MaRIE: (Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes). 23 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Bright lights, big science: Joel Williams helping unleash some of the world's brightest X-rays - SOURCE. SOURCE. 23 January 2018. 15 February 2017.
  6. Web site: 2016 elevated fellow. https://web.archive.org/web/20151223105649/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2016_elevated_fellows.pdf. dead. December 23, 2015. IEEE Fellows Directory.