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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, CornellVivek Anil, Cornell Elena Echeverria, Cornell
Oksana Chubenko, Northern Illinois UBariana Bowman, U FloridaMansoure Reini Rizi, ASU
Siddharth Karkare, Arizona State UniversitySam Dong, U Florida 
Senior Investigators: Dan 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, CornellSam Levenson, CornellMonika Yadav, UCLA
Pietro Musumeci, UCLAJoshua Mann, UCLA 
James Rosenzweig, UCLA Anagha Ullattuparambil, ASU 
Kyle Shen, CornellTyler Wu, Cornell  
 Charlie Zhang, Cornell  

PI / Postdoc or Grad Student   Project Titles:

  • Arias / Wu  Ab initio theory of many-body photoemission and of photomaterials
  • Chubenko / Franklin  Monte Carlo modeling of photoemission from semiconductors
  • Chubenko / Hasan  Photocathodes under realistic accelerator conditions
  • Hennig / Dong  Machine learning for accelerated simulations for the synthesis and growth of photocathodes and superconducting thin films
  • Hennig / Bowman Machine learning potentials for multi-component systems and the enhancement of superconducting properties for topological materials
  • Karkare / Rizi  Development of nanostructured photoemission electron sources
  • Karkare / Ullattuparambil  Cathode characterization in PEEM
  • Maxson / Zhang  Measuring the mean transverse energy of atomically ordered photocathodes
  • Maxson / Levenson  Demonstration of improved robustness of CsI surface-treated GaAs photocathodes in a high average current DC electron gun
  • Maxson / Echeverria  Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of Na- and K-containing Alkali Antimonide photocathodes
  • Musemeci / Garcia  Testing of advanced photocathodes at UCLA Pegasus photoinjector
  • Rosenzweig / Mann  Extreme High Brightness Electron Source from Intense Laser Illumination of Nano-Blades
  • Shen / Anil  Atomically Ordered & Engineered Materials for Photocathodes