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Idaho Accelerator Home Dr. Khalid Chouffani
Associate Research Professor
 
Idaho State University
Idaho Accelerator Center
921 So. 8th Avenue, Stop 8263
Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8263
Phone: (208) 282-6396
Fax: (208) 282-5878
e-mail: khalid@physics.isu.edu
Bio

Catholic University of America Physics (PhD) 1996
Current Research Work & Interest

  • Exotic X-ray sources: Electron beam interaction with high power lasers and crystals.
    (Laser-Compton scattering, channeling radiation, parametric X-radiation).
  • Electron beam diagnostic techniques:
    Laser-Compton scattering, Optical transition radiation
  • Photo-injector LINACS.
  • Optical logic gates (Design and testing)


    Research Interest
  • X-ray sources and application to bio-medical and industrial field.
  • Laser-Compton Scattering, OTRI/ODTRI, Diffracted Channeling Radiation, Laser-plasma interaction, laser-acceleration.
  • Smith-Purcell Free Electron Lasers (FEL).

  • Professional Experience

    2002-Present    Idaho State University, Associate Research professor
    2004-2006 Director of COLD project optics laboratory
    2001-2002 Idaho Accelerator Center, Postdoctoral position
    1997-2000 VBL Department of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Research Physicist
    1996-1997 Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory Stanford University, Postdoctoral Position
    1994- 1995 National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg MD
    (Radiation Ionization division), Guest Researcher
    Selected Publications

  • K. Chouffani, H. Überall, R. Dougherty, R. Fusina, H. Genz, P. Hoffmann-Stascheck, U. Nething, and A. Richter,, "A Comparative Study of Coherent Bremsstrahlung and Channeling Radiation", Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. Phys. Research B90 (1994) 133.

  • K. Chouffani and H. Überall "Spot Curing of Epoxy Resins by Electron Beams", Journal of Radiation Curing 21, (1994) 5.

  • K. Chouffani, M. Y. Andreyashkin, I. Endo, T. Takahashi, "Parametric X-radiation preliminary results", Workshop on Beam Physics, November 4-6 (1998) 593.
    Spring-8, Hyogo, Japan

  • K. Chouffani and H. Überall, "Theory of Low Energy Channeling Radiation: Application to a Germanium Crystal", Phys. Stat. Sol. B 213 (1999) 107.

  • K. Chouffani, H. Überall, H. Genz, P. Hoffmann-Stascheck, U. Nething, and A. Richter, "Low Energy Channeling Radiation experiments in a Germanium Crystal", Nucl. Instrum. And Meth. Phys. Research B 152 (1999) 479.

  • K. Chouffani "Electron Gun Cathode pulse measurement", RIKEN Beam physics and Engineering internal report (June 2000).

  • K. Chouffani, M. Y. Andreyashkin, I. Endo, J. Masuda, T. Takahashi, Y. Takashima, "Paramatric X-Radiation and Diffracted Transition Radiation at REFER Electron Ring", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phys. Research B 173, (2001) 241.

  • K. Chouffani, I. Endo and H. Überall "Planar and axial Coherent Bremsstrahlung of type A from a 17 MeV electron beam in a Diamond crystal". Phys. Rev. B 64, (2001) 014304.

  • K. Chouffani, D. Wells, F. Harmon, G. Lancaster "Laser-Compton Scattering from a 20 MeV Electron beam", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phys. Research A 495 (2002) 95.

  • K. Chouffani, D. Wells, F. Harmon, G. Lancaster "Laser-Compton Scattering as a potential electron beam monitor", AIP proceedings, beam instrumentation workshop, (2002) 497.

  • K. Chouffani, D. Wells, F. Harmon, G. Lancaster "Laser-Compton Scattering as a Bright monochromatic X-ray Source", Advances in X-ray Analysis, proceedings of the 2002 Denver X-ray Conference 46 (2003) 74.

  • K. Chouffani, I. Endo and H. Überall "Axial Coherent Bremsstrahlung of type A", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phys. Research B 201, (2003) 16.

  • K. Chouffani, D. Wells, F. Harmon, G. Lancaster "Exotic X-ray Sources from Intermediate Energy Electron beams", 17th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry CAARI 2002, AIP proceedings (2003) 804.

  • K. Chouffani, D. Wells, F. Harmon, G. Lancaster "Potential applications of Laser-Compton Scattering", Accelerator Applications in a Nuclear Renaissance, AccApp'03, (2004) 946.

  • K. Chouffani, F. Harmon, D. Wells, J. Jones, G. Lancaster "Determination of Electron Beam Parameters by Means of Laser Compton Scattering", Phys. Rev. Spec. Top. AB 9, 050701 (2006).

  • K. Chouffani, F. Harmon. D. Wells, J. Jones, G. Lancaster "Laser-Compton Scattering as a Tool for Electron beam diagnostics", Laser Part. Beams 24, (2006) 411.

  • K. Chouffani, F. Harmon, D. Wells, J. Jones, G. Lancaster "Generation and Application of Laser-Compton Scattering", unpublished, to be submitted.

  • Invited Talks

  • "Channeling Radiation as an x-ray source", JAER, FEL center, Jan. 22, 1998, Tokyo, Japan. "New x-ray sources: Parametric Radiation and Diffracted Transition Radiation", March 16, 1999. Kyoto, Japan.

  • "Axial Coherent Bremsstrahlung of type A in a Diamond Crystal" and "Laser-Compton Experiments at IAC", Workshop on Novel Photon Sources From Relativistic Electron Beams, Nov. 29 -30, 2001. Idaho Accelerator Center, Pocatello Idaho.

  • "Exotic X-ray Sources", seventeenth International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Nov. 12-16, 2002. Denton, Texas.

  • "Laser-Compton Scattering from 20-22 MeV Electron Beams" International Symposium on Radiation of Relativistic Electrons in Periodical Structures (RREPS-03), Sept. 8-11, 2003, Tomsk, Russia.

  • "Determination of Electron Beam Parameters by Means of Laser Compton Scattering". The 11th Advanced Accelerator Concept Workshop 2004, Stony Brook, NY June 21-26 (Beam diagnostics group).


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