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The Center for Bright Beams, A National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center

Beam Production Team and Projects

Our Team:

Theme Leaders:Graduate Students:Post Docs:
Tomás Arias, CornellCecilia Abbamonte*, Cornell Elena Echeverria, Cornell
Oksana Chubenko, Northern Illinois UVivek Anil, Cornell Mansoure Reini Rizi, ASU
Siddharth Karkare, Arizona State UniversitySam Dong, U Florida 
Senior Investigators: Daniel Franklin, NIUAffiliates:
Tomás Arias, CornellDavid Garcia, UCLADaniele Filippetto, Berkeley Lab
Oksana Chubenko, NIUTariqul Hasan, NIUDwayne Miller, Toronto U
Richard Hennig, U FloridaTruman Idso*, ASUAndreas Schroeder, UIC
Siddharth Karkare, ASUJak Knefel*, ASULarry Wang, Clark Atlanta
Jared Maxson, CornellAnagha Ullattuparambil, ASU 
Pietro Musumeci, UCLATyler Wu, Cornell  
James Rosenzweig, UCLA Charlie Zhang, Cornell  
Kyle Shen, Cornell  
 *indicates Tigner Traineeship Fellow 

 

PROJECT TITLEPI/Postdoc or Grad Student
Ab initio theory of photoemission and of photomaterialsArias / Wu
Monte Carlo modeling of photoemission from semiconductorsChubenko / Franklin
Photocathodes under realistic accelerator conditionsChubenko / Hasan
Development of nanostructured photoemission electron sourcesKarkare / Rizi
Cathode characterization in PEEMKarkare / Ullatuparambil
Characterization of Alkali-antimonides and Measure sub-nm emittance at the ASU DC cryogunKarkare / Owusu
Operation of Alkali-antimonide cathodes in photoinjectors Karkare / Knefel*
Generation of bright electron beams using cryocooled cathodesKarkare / Idso*
Characterization of Timing Jitter in RF and Laser-Based Longitudinal Phase Space manipulations MaxsonMaxson / Abbamonte*
Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of Na- and K-containing Alkali Antimonide photocathodesMaxson / Echeverria and Flint
Measuring the mean transverse energy of atomically ordered photocathodesMaxson / Zhang
Testing of advanced photocathodes at UCLA Pegasus photoinjectorMusumeci / Garcia
Atomically Ordered & Engineered Materials for PhotocathodesShen / Anil
*Indicates Tigner Traineeship Fellow