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Dr. Michael E. Read Michael E. Read, Ph.D.
Dr. Read received his Ph.D. in 1976 from Cornell University in Electrical Engineering and Plasma Physics. His graduate work was on the generation and propagation of Intense Relativistic Electron Beams (IREB). During 18 months of postdoctoral work at Cornell, he utilized IREB's for the generation of microwaves via space charge and cyclotron modes. Following his postdoctoral work, Dr. Read worked at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and from 1983 to 1986 was head of the Gyrotron Oscillators and Plasma Interactions Section of Plasma Physics Division. While at NRL, he performed and managed fundamental research on electron cyclotron masers (gyrotrons), plasma heating, the effects of high-power microwaves on materials and systems, and the use of highpower microwave and millimeter wave sources in applications such as radar and EW. In October 1986, he became a Principal Research Engineer with Physical Sciences Inc., where he was responsible for research programs on microwave and electron beam generation and their applications. In 1992, he became Manager of the Electromagnetic Technology Area, where he oversaw research on a wide range of technologies. One of his achievements was the development of a microwave-driven plasma torch that formed the basis for a number of research programs at PSI, and continues to result in commercial sales. Dr. Read joined Calabazas Creek Research in 1999, where he is responsible for electron gun and high-power microwave device research. Dr. Read is the author of more than 50 papers in refereed journals and a contributor to two books. He also is the author of a patent on a cavity commonly used in gyrotrons and a patent on a microwave-driven plasma torch. He has been a reviewer for DOE, AFOSR, and ONR and has served as guest editor for the International Journal of Electronics, and was a member of the DOD High Power Microwave Effects study group in 1982.
Patents

  1. "Microwave-Driven Plasma Spraying Apparatus and Method for Spraying," with J. Davis and M. Micci, US Patent #'s 5,973,289 and 5,793,013 issued October 26, 1999 and Aug 11, 1998, respectively. (International patents also obtained.)

  2. "Complex Cavity Gyrotron," with Y. Carmel, K.R. Chu, and A.K. Ganguly, US Patent #4,554,484, November 19, 1985.

  3. "Free Electron and Cyclotron Resonance Distributed Feedback Lasers and Masers," with A. Gover, US Patent #4,661,783, April 28, 1987.
Technical Publications (Partial Listing)

Book Contributions

  1. "Measured Performance of Gyrotron Oscillators and Amplifiers," with V.L. Granatstein and L.R. Barnett, Infrared and Millimeter Waves Vol. 5 (1980).

  2. "Sources for Electron Cyclotron Heating in Fusion Devices," with V.L. Granatstein, RF Heating and Current Drive in Magnetic Fusion Plasmas, Gorden and Breach (1985).

Journal Papers

  1. "Limiting Currents in Unneutralized Relativsitic Electron Beams," with J.A. Nation, Applied Physics Letters, 23, 426 (1973).

  2. "Space Charge Limits in Unneutralized Electron Beams," with J.A. Nation, Journal of Plasma Physics, 19, 127 (1975).

  3. "Diode Compression of an Intense Relativistic Electron Beam," with J.A. Nation, Journal of Applied Physics, 47, 5236 (1976).

  4. "A Technique for Measurement of the Amplitude and Phase Velocity of a Slow Space Charge Wave on a Relativistic Electron Beam," with G. Gammel and J.A. Nation, review of Scientific Instruments, 49, 4, 507 (1975).

  5. "Microwave Generation Using Sheet Relativisitic Electron Beams," with G. Providakis and J.A. Nation, IEEE Tran. On Microwave Theory and Tech, MTT-25, 6, 563 (1977).

  6. "Slow Space Charge Waves Propagation on A Relativistic Electron Beam," with G. Gammel and J.A. Nation, Journal of Applied Physics, 50, 9, (1979).

  7. "The Electron Cyclotron Maser as a High Power Traveling Wave Amplifier of Millimeter Waves," with J. Seftor, V.L. Granatstein, K.R. Chu and P. Sprangle, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, QE-15, 9 (1979).

  8. "Heating at the Electron Cyclotron Frequency in the ISX-B Tokamak," with R.M. Gilgenbach, K.E. Hackett, R. Lucey, B. Hui, V.L. Granatstein, K.R. Chu, A.C. England, C.M. Loring, O.C. Eldridge, H.C. Howe, A.G. Kulchar, E. Lararus, M. Murakami, and J.B. Wilgen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 44, 10 (1980).

  9. "Methods of Efficiency Enhancement and Scaling for the Gyrotron Oscillator," with K.R. Chu and A.K. Ganguly, IEEE Trans. On Microwave Theory and Tech., MTT-28, 4 (1980).

  10. "Spatial and Temporal Coherence of a 35 GHz Gyromonotron Using the TE01 Circular Mode," with K.R. Chu, V.L. Granatstein, R.M. Gilgenbach, R. Lucey, and A.T. Drobot, IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Tech., MTT-28 (1980).

  11. "Practical Considerations in the Design of a 240 GHz Gyromonotron," with J. Silverstein and K.R. Chu, IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Tech, MTT-28 (1980).

  12. "Power Limits in Cylindrical Gryomonotrons Using TE0nl Modes," with K.R. Chu and K.J. Kim, Int. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2 (1981).

  13. “Gyrotrons: Using Relativistic Electronics to Produce High Power, High Efficiency Millimeter-Wave Sources,” with L.R. Barnett, IEEE Trans. on Nuc. Sci. NS 28, 2733 (1981).

  14. “Experimental Examination of the Enhancement of Gyrotron Efficiencies by Use of Magnetic Profiling,” with K.R. Chu and A.J. Dudas. IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory & Tech. MTT 30 (1982).

  15. “Electron Cyclotron/Upper Hybrid Resonant Preionization in the ISX-B Tokamak,” with RM. Gilgenbach, R.F. Lucey, V.L. Granatstein, K.E. Hackett, A.C. England, C.M. Loring, J.P. Wilgen, R. Isler, Y-K.M. Peng, P. King, A. Kulchar, M. Murakami, R. Richard, and O.C. Eldridge. Nuc. Fusion 21, 319 (1982) and NRL Report #4248.

  16. "Design Considerations for a Megawatt CW Gyrotron," with K.J. Kim, J.M. Baird, K.R. Chu, A. Drobot, A. Ganguly, and D. Dialetis. International Journal of Electronics, 51, (1981).

  17. “Use of Weakly Irregular Theory to Calculate Eigenfrequencies, Q Values, and RF Field Functions for Gyrotron Oscillators,” with A.W. Fliflet, International Journal of Electronics, 51 pp. 475-484 (1981).

  18. “A High Power Gyrotron Operating in the TE041 Mode,” with B. Arfin, K. R. Chu, and D. Dialetis, IEEE Trans. on Electron Devices ED-29, 12, pp. 1911-1916 (1982).

  19. “Near Millimeter Wave Radiation from a Gyrotron,” with J.D. Silverstein and R.M. Curnutt, International Journal of Electronics, 53, no. 6, pp. 539-546 (1982).

  20. "Mode Competition, Suppression, and Efficiency Enhancement in Over moded Gyrotron Oscillators," with Y. Carmel, K.R. Chu, D. Dialetis, A. Fliflet, K.J. Kim, B. Arfin, and V.L. Granatstein, International Journal of Infrared and mm Waves, 3, 645 (1982).
  21. “A Self-Consistent Field Theory for Gyrotron Oscillators: Application to a Low Q Gyromonotron,” with A.W. Fliflet, K.R. Chu, and R. Seeley, International Journal Electronics 53, no. 6, pp. 505 521 (1982).

  22. "Use of Electrode Synthesis Technique to Design MIG-Type Guns for High Power Gyrotrons," with A.W. Fliflet, A.J. Dudas, and J.M. Baird, International Journal of Infrared of Electronics, 53, no. 6, 743-754 (1982).

  23. "Microwave Sources," in "Microwave Weapons: An Assessment of Systems Vulnerability, Lethality and Weaponization Potential," University of California Document UCID-19612 (CLASSIFIED) (1982).

  24. "High Power Gyrotrons for DOD Applications," with A. Fliflet, K. Busby, and V.L. Granatstein, 2nd Int. Conf. On High Power Microwave Technology (CLASSISFIED) (1982).

  25. "Realization of a Stable and Highly Efficient Gyrotron for Controlled Fusion Research," with Y. Carmel, K.R. Chu, A. K. Ganguly, D. Dialetis, R. Seeley, J.S. Levine, and V.L. Granatstein, Phys. Rev. Lett., 50, no. 2 (1983).

  26. "High Power Microwave Energy Coupling to Nitrogen During Breakdown,," with M. Bollen, C.L. Lee, A.W. Ali and M.J. Nagurny, Journal of Applied Physics, 53 (1983).

  27. “A Technique to Identify Modes in Oversized Wavequides,” with Y. Carmel, and G. Mourier, IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Technique, MTT-32, 11, pp. 1493-1495 (1983).

  28. "Experimental Study of a Quasi-Optical Gyrotron," with T.A. Hargreaves, K.J. Kim, J.H. McAdoo, S.Y. Park and R.D. Seeley, Int. Journal of Electronics, 57 (1985).

  29. "Observation of Phaselocking in a Single Cavity Gyrotron Oscillator," with R. Seeley and W.M. Manheimer, IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science, PS13, 6, 398 (1985).

  30. “Boundary Integral Method for Computing Eigenfunctions in Slotted Gyrotron Cavities,” with S.W. McDonald, J.M. Finn and W.M. Manheimer, International Journal of Electronics 61, p. 795 (1986).

  31. "Sub-nanosecond Pulselength Millimeter Wave Generation with a Pulse Modulated Quai-Optical Gyrotron," with W.M. Manheimer, Int. Journal of Electronics, 61, 1041 (1986).

  32. “A TE1,3 Gyrotron at 85 GHz,” with M. Rhinewine, International Journal of Electronics 61, 729 (1986).

  33. "Feasibility of the Use of High Energy Electron Beams for Rapid Heating of Materials," with J.A. McKay, A.J. Dudas, and N. Pruit, Final report to DNA TR-709/2023 (1987).

  34. "Self-Consistent Model for the Complex Cavity Gyrotron," with A.W. Fliflet and R. Lee, Int. Journal of Electronics, 65, 3 (1988).

  35. "Operation of a Multimode, 120 GHz Quasi-Optical Gyroklystron," with M.Q. Tran, M. Barsanti, T. Hargreaves, R. Lee and W. Manheimer, International Journal of Electronics, 65, 3, pp. 309-325 (1988).

  36. "Laser-Driven Cathodes for High Power Microwave Tubes," with A.J. Dudas, Final report to U.S. Army Laboratory Command, Electronics Technology and Devices Laboratory, PSI #2037 (1988).

  37. "Free Electron Laser with Small Period Wiggler and Sheet Electron Beam: A Study of the Feasi-bility of Operation at 300 GHz with 1 MW CW Output Power," with J.H. Booske, V.L. Granat-stein, T.M. Antonsen, Jr., W.W. Destler, J.Finn, P.E. Latham, B. Levush, I.D. Mayergoyz, R. Radack, J. Rodgers, and A. Lintz, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A., Accel. Spectrom. Detect. Assoc. Equip. A285, 1-2, pp. 92-6 (1989).

  38. "Depressed Collectors for High-Power Gyrotrons," with W.G. Lawson, A.J. Dudas, and A. Singh, IEEE Trans. on Electron Devices 37, 6, pp. 1579-1589 (1990).

  39. "Experimental Studies Of Stability And Amplification In Four Overmoded, Two-Cavity Gyroklystrons Operating At 9.87 Ghz," with J.P. Calame, W. Lawson, V.L. Granatstein, P.E.Latham, B. Hogan, C.D.Striffler, M. Reiser and W. Main, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.70, no.4, 15 Aug. 1991, pp.2423-34.

  40. "Efficient Operation of A High Power X-Band Gyroklystron," with W. Lawson, J.P. Calame, B. Hogan, P.E. Latham, V.L. Granatstein, M. Reiser, and C.D. Stiffler, Phys. Rev. Lett., 67, 4, 520 (1991).

  41. "Evaluation Of Directional Couplers For High Power Gyrotrons," with W. Lawson, W.X. Wang and M. Naiman, International Journal of Electronics, vol.72, no.5-6, May-June 1992, pp.1135-44.

  42. "Scaling Study For A High-Field Magnet For Quasi-Optical Gyrotrons," with W.D. Markiewicz, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol.20, no.3, June 1992, pp.197-204.

  43. "Design And Testing Of An Electron Gun Producing A Segmented Sheet Beam For A Quasi- Optical Gyrotron," with A.J. Dudas, J.J. Petillo and M.Q. Tran, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol.39, no.3, March 1992, pp.720-6.

  44. "Magnetic Shielding By Y1Ba2Cu3O7-Delta Thick Films," with D.B. Opie and S.K. Remillard, IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity vol. 3, no. 1, p2 (1993).

  45. "Theory of Gyrotrons with Coaxial Resonators," IEEE Trans. on Electron Devices, 41, 3, pp. 433-438 (1994), with G. Nusinovich and K.E. Kreischer.

  46. "Design Study Of A G-Band FEL Amplifier For Application To Cyclotron Resonant Heating In Magnetic Fusion Reactors," with H.P. Freund and J.M., Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Phys-ics Research, vol. 358, no. 1 / 3 163 (1995).

  47. "A Free-Electron Laser For Cyclotron Resonant Heating In Magnetic Fusion Reactors," with H.P. Freund, R.H. Jackson, D.E. Pershing, J.M. Taccetti, Physics of Plasmas, vol.2, no.5, pp.1755-9 (1995).

  48. "Design of a 3 Megawatt, 140 GHz Gyrotron Based on a TE21,13 Coaxial Cavity," M.E. Read, et al., IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science, 24 pp. 586-597 (1996).

  49. "A High Flux O and F Atom Beam Tool for Semiconductor Materials Processing," with D.B. Oakes and A.H. Gelb, Final Report to ONR, 1998 "30 kW Microwave Driven Plasma Sprayer," with M. Kremer, H.H. Legner, and A.H. Gelb, Final Report to BMDO, 1999.

  50. "Ultra-Wideband, thin Microwave Absorbers Based on Nanoparticle Clusters," with W.G. Schwarz, O. Wilson, and D. Weibel, Final Report for Contract N00024-97-C-4164 with the Naval Sea Systems Command (1999).

  51. "Theory Of Step-Tunable Gyrotrons Operating At Two Cyclotron Harmonics," with G.S. Nusi-novich, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol.27, no.2, pp.355-62 (1999).

  52. "A submillimeter-wave gyroklystron: theory and design," with G.S. Nusinovich, M.T. Walter, M. Kremer, and D. Boehme, , IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Volume 28 Issue 3, pp. 936-944 (2000 ).

  53. "Experimental investigation of a 140-GHz coaxial gyrotron oscillator," with R. Advani,, J.P. Hogge, K.E. Kreischer,.M.E. Pedrozzi, J.R. Sirigiri, and R.J. Temkin, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science , Volume 29, Issue: 6 ,pp. 943-950 (Dec 2001).

  54. "Design of a 10-MW, 91.4-GHz frequency-doubling gyroklystron for advanced accelerator applications," with W. Lawson, R.L. Ives, M. Mizuhara and J.M. Neilson, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Volume 29 Issue 3, pp. 545-558 (Jun 2001 ).

  55. "Excitation of "monotron" oscillations in klystrons," Gregory Nusinovich, Michael Read, and Liqun Song, Phys. Plasmas 11, October 2004.

  56. "Design of an electron gun using computer optimization," Lewis, B.M.; Tran, H.T.; Read, M.E.; Ives, R.L.; Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on Volume 32, Issue 3, Part 1, June 2004 Page(s):1242 - 1250

  57. "Folded waveguide traveling-wave tube sources for terahertz radiation," Bhattacharjee, S.; Booske, J.H.; Kory, C.L.; van der Weide, D.W.; Limbach, S.; Gallagher, S.; Welter, J.D.; Lopez, M.R.; Gilgenbach, R.M.; Ives, R.L.; Read, M.E.; Divan, R.; Mancini, D.C.; Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on Volume 32, Issue 3, Part 1, Page(s):1002 - 1014, June 2004.

  58. “Design of a Gridded Gun and PPM-Focusing Structure for A High Power Sheet Electron Beam,” with Vadim Jabotinski, George Miram and Lawrence Ives, accepted for publication, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science (2005).

  59. "Second-harmonic magnetoresistive imaging to authenticate and recover data from magnetic storage media," with P. Pappas, A. V. Nazarov, D. Stevenson S. Voran, E. M. Gormley, J. Cash K. Marr and J. J. Ryan, Journal of Electron. Imaging, Vol. 14, Published Mar. 30, 2005.

  60. "Computer Optimized Design of Electron Guns," with David, J.; Ives, R.L.; Tran, H.T.; Bui, T.; Read, M.E.;Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on Volume 36, Issue 1, Part 2, Page(s):156 - 168 (Feb. 2008).

  61. "Computational Design of Asymmetric Electron Beam Devices," with R.L. Ives,; Attarian, A.; Bui, T.; David, J.; Tran, H.; Tallis, W.J.; Davis, S.; Gadson, S.E.; Blach, N.; Brown, D.; Kiley, E., IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Volume 56, Issue 5, Page(s):753 - 761 (May 2009).

  62. “Design of Overmoded Interaction Circuit for 1kW, 95 GHz, TWT,” with Carol L. Kory, Michael E. Read, R. Lawrence Ives, John Booske, Philipp Borchard, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, Vol. 56, #5, pp. 713-720 (2009).

Conference Papers (selected)

  1. "A Long-pulse MGH-power Backward Wave Oscillator Read, M.E. Dudas, A.J. Physical Sciences Inc.; This paper appears in: Plasma Science, 1991. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1991 IEEE International Conference on Publication Date: 3-5 Jun 1991 On page(s): 128-128.

  2. "Lamb wave tomographic imaging system for aircraft structural health assessment," WG Schwartz, ME Read, MJ Kremer, MK Hinders, SPIE Conference on Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Aircraft, Airports, and Aerospace Hardware III SPIE Vol. 3586, p. 292 (1999).
  3. "Magnetic scanner for forensic examination of audiotapes," Michael E. Read, Willi G. Schwarz, Lex Malsawma, Robert B. Wallace and James J. Ryan Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3576, 144 (1999).

  4. "Carbon nanotube-based cathodes for microwave tubes," Read, M.E.; Schwarz, W.G.; Kremer, M.J.; Lennhoff, J.D.; Carnahan, D.L.; Kempa, K.; Ren, Z.F.; Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 Volume 2, 18-22 June 2001 Page(s):1026 - 1028 vol.2.

  5. "Development of a 19 kW CW, L-band klystron for CEBAF," Read, M.E.; Mizuhara, A.; Miram, G.; Song, L.; Ives, R.L.; Vacuum Electronics, 2003 4th IEEE International Conference on 28-30 May 2003 Page(s):106 - 107.

  6. "Development of a 25 MW 30 GHz gyroklystron," Read, M.E.; Neilson, J.; Miram, G.; Ives, R.L.; Lawson, W.; Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2005. IRMMW-THz 2005. The Joint 30th International Conference on Volume 2, 19-23 Sept. 2005 Page(s):657 - 658 vol. 2.

  7. "Development of a high power pulse THz gyrotron," Read, M.E.; Neilson, J.; Nusinovich, G.; Borchard, P.; Ives, R.L.; Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2008. IVEC 2008. IEEE International 22-24 April 2008 Page(s):36 - 37.

  8. "Design of electron guns and focusing structures for THz linear beam tubes," Read, M.E.; Kory, C.; Booske, J.; Ives, R.L.; Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2008. IVEC 2008. IEEE International 22-24 April 2008 Page(s):187 - 188.

  9. "Design and Test of a 90 kV, Low Emittance, Gridded Gun," M.E. Read, R.L. Ives, D. Marsden and G. Collins, Conf. International Vacuum Electronics, Rome, 2009.

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