Active LDRD Projects
FY19 Important Dates
- Mid-year reviews
June-August, 2019 - New project rankings
June-August, 2019 - Award notifications
Early September, 2019
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Contacts
Despina Milathianaki
LDRD Program Manager
despina@slac.stanford.edu
Elise Poirier
Strategic Planning Coordinator
epoirier@slac.stanford.edu
New LDRD Projects for FY19
Engineering Atomically Controlled Complex Oxide/Aqueous Interfaces
Lead Scientist: Harold Hwang
This project seeks to establish a research platform for developing functional complex oxide/aqueous interfaces using atomic-scale controlled epitaxial heterostructures, in order to atomistically design their photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties. The goal is to establish a flexible experimental and theoretical platform on which to develop new materials systems, controlled on the atomic scale, to enhance the efficiency of hydrogen generation using water and sunlight.
Active Q-switching an X-ray Cavity to Enable a Regenerative Amplifier Free-Electron Laser at LCLS-II
Lead Scientist: Gabriel Marcus
This project focuses on demonstrating that an X-ray Bragg crystal in a relatively simple ringdown cavity can be actively Q-switched with a short-pulsed optical laser providing additional flexibility compared to the standard passive elements. The goal is to develop key enabling technologies to enhance the baseline LCLS-II performance by conducting targeted R&D on the optics needed for an FEL scale RAFEL cavity.
High-Throughput Real-Time Theory
Lead Scientist: Todd Martinez
See The Martinez Group for more research information.
Generation and Manipulation of High Pressure, Low Temperature Plasmas Using High-Power RF Pulse Modulation
Lead Scientist: Brandon Weatherford
This project investigates a new method of generating low temperature plasmas (LTPs) for plasma chemistry, up to atmospheric pressure, using fast-pulsed high power RF structures. The goals are to use SLAC's expertise in HPRF to address two fundamental challenges in LTPs: efficient generation of uniform discharges at high pressures - up to atmosphere, and control of electrion energy distributions using pusle shaping vs. time to 'target' excited species, the latter of which has been identified by FEW as a 'grand challenge' in LTP science.
All Active Projects for FY19
| Lead Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Bare, Simon | Development of Combined XAFS/FTIR In Situ Cell For Insight Into Catalyst Function |
| Bergman, Uwe | Stimulated X-ray Emission Spectroscopy – A Powerful New Tool to Study Transition Metal Centers at XFELs |
| Carbajo, Sergio | Charged Particle Beam Manipulation Using CEP-Stable Coherently Combined Discretely Polarized Laser Pulses |
| Chassin, David | Next Generation Power System Operator Training for Smart Grids |
| Coffee, Ryan | Machine Learning for Data Reduction at LCLS-II: A Path Toward 1 MHz Detection |
| Duris, Joe | Gaussian Process Optimization: Machine Learning for LCLS, LCLS-II, and the FEL Farm of the Future |
| Fiuza, Frederico | Modeling Strong-Field QED at SLAC |
| Hwang, Harold | Engineering Atomically Controlled Complex Oxide/Aqueous Interfaces |
| Hwang, Harold | Emergent Spintronics in Complex Oxide Heterostructures |
| Karunadasa, Hemamala | Lead-Free Perovskites as Solar-Cell Absorbers |
| Lutman, Alberto | Fresh-Slice Beams at the LCLS-Il |
| Marcus, Gabriel | Acitve Q-Switching an X-ray Cavity to Enable a Regenerative Amplifier Free-Electron Laser at LCLS-II |
| Martinez, Todd | High-Throughput Real-Time Theory |
| Sarangi, Ritimukta | Studying Bacterial Dehalogenation in Action |
| van Driel, Tim | Developing Impulsive Nuclear and X-ray Scattering to Study the Structural Dynamics of Liquids |
| Vecchione, Theodore | Novel Photoemissive Materials for Improving the Experimental Reach of Future Hard X-ray FELs |
| Weatherford, Brandon | Generation and Manipulation of High Pressure, Low Temperature Plasmas Using High-Power RF Pulse Modulation |
| Welander, Paul | Optimization and Demonstration of a Parallel-Feed Accelerator Structure for SRF Applications |
| Wolf, Thomas | Development of a High Repetition Rate Soft X-ray Source in Preparation of LCLS-Il Experiments |
