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

Bruce Eric Carlsten
Born (1958-06-01) June 1, 1958 (age 66)
NationalityAmerican
Known forBeam physics
Scientific career
InstitutionsStanford University, Los Alamos National Laboratory

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.

References

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  1. ^ "2017 HEPAP Membership". US Department of Energy. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ "The High Power Electrodynamics Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. ^ "BESSY FEL Technical Design Report" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Current Status of the MaRIE: (Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes)" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Bright lights, big science: Joel Williams helping unleash some of the world's brightest X-rays - SOURCE". SOURCE. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. ^ "2016 elevated fellow" (PDF). IEEE Fellows Directory. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 23, 2015.