Richard J. Temkin Explained

Richard J. Temkin (born 8 January 1945) is a plasma physicist and researcher on plasma-heating gyrotrons and other electromagnetic devices involving high-powered microwaves or terahertz radiation.^[1]

Education and career

Temkin received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1966 and a Ph.D.from MIT in 1971, supervised by Benjamin Lax and Paul M. Raccah with thesis Experimental charge density of copper.^[2]

Dr. Temkin has served as a senior research scientist in the MIT Physics Department since 1985,^[3] and as the associate director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) since 1998.^[4] He is also the division head for the PSFC's Waves and Beams Division. Awards received include the IEEE Plasma Science and Applications Award (2013);^[5] Exceptional Service Award of the International Society of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (2011);^[6] the Robert L. Woods Award of the U. S. Department of Defense for Vacuum Electronics, the Certificate of Recognition from the IEEE Electron Device Society, and the Kenneth J. Button Prize and Medal from the Institute of Physics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, IEEE, and the Institute of Physics.^[1]

Selected publications

• with Bruce Gordon Danly: Generalized nonlinear harmonic gyrotron theory. Physics of Fluids. 29. 2. 1986. 561–567. 10.1063/1.865446. 1986PhFl...29..561D . Danly. B. G.. Temkin. R. J.. 10.1.1.1024.6813.
• with Lino R. Becerra, Gary J. Gerfen, David J. Singel, & Robert G. Griffin: Dynamic nuclear polarization with a cyclotron resonance maser at 5 T. Physical Review Letters. 71. 21. 1993. 3561–3564. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.3561. 1993PhRvL..71.3561B. 10055008 . Becerra . LR . Gerfen . GJ . Temkin . RJ . Singel . DJ . Griffin . RG.
• with Kevin L. Felch, Bruce Danly, Hopward R. Jory, Kenneth E. Kreischer, Wes Lawson, & Baruch Levush: Characteristics and applications of fast-wave gyrodevices. Proceedings of the IEEE. 87. 5. 1999. 752–781. 10.1109/5.757254. Felch. K.L.. Danly. B.G.. Jory. H.R.. Kreischer. K.E.. Lawson. W.. Levush. B.. Temkin. R.J..
• with Melanie Rosay, Jonathan C. Lansing, Kristin C. Haddad, William W. Bachovchin, Judith Herzfeld, R. G. Griffin: High-frequency dynamic nuclear polarization in MAS spectra of membrane and soluble proteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125. 45. 2003. 13626–13627. 10.1021/ja036898k. 14599177 . Rosay . M . Lansing . JC . Haddad . KC . Bachovchin . WW . Herzfeld . J . Temkin . RJ . Griffin . RG. 10.1.1.508.8438.
• with Thorsten Maly, Galia T. Debelouchina, Vikram S. Bajaj, Kan-Nian Hu, Chan-Gyu Joo, Melody L. Mak–Jurkauskas, Jagadishwar R. Sirigiri, P. C. van der Wel, J. Herzfeld, & R. G. Griffin: Dynamic nuclear polarization at high magnetic fields. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 128. 5. 2008. 052211. 10.1063/1.2833582. 2008JChPh.128e2211M. 18266416. 2770872 . Maly . T . Debelouchina . GT . Bajaj . VS . etal .
• with John H. Booske, Richard J. Dobbs, Colin D. Joye, Carol L. Kory, George R. Neil, Gun-Sik Park, & Jaehun Park: Vacuum electronic high power terahertz sources. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology. 1. 1. 2011. 54–75. 10.1109/TTHZ.2011.2151610. 2011ITTST...1...54B. Booske. John H.. Dobbs. Richard J.. Joye. Colin D.. Kory. Carol L.. Neil. George R.. Park. Gun-Sik. Park. Jaehun. Temkin. Richard J..

See also

• ITER

External links

• Dr. Richard Temkin: High Powered Microwaves & Nuclear Fusion Energy, YouTube, 16 December 2014
• Prof. Richard J. Temkin, "High Frequency Gyrotrons and Their Applications", 22 January 2014, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering

Notes and References

1. http://web.mit.edu/fbml/temkin.shtml Richard Temkin, Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, mit.edu
2. Web site: Experimental charge density of copper. Temkin, Richard J.. MIT Libraries' catalog - Barton.

   MIT Ph.D. thesis, 1971

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3. http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/academic/temkin_richard.html Richard Temkin, Academic Staff, MIT Department of Physics
4. https://www.psfc.mit.edu/people/senior-staff/richard-j-temkin Richard J. Temkin | People | MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
5. http://ieee-npss.org/technical-committees/plasma-science-and-applications/ Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society | Plasma Science and Applications
6. http://www.irmmw-thz.org/society-prizes Society Prizes | Irmmw-thz