XIMAO FENG, Ph.D.

 

Mailing address: 2218 Prairie Glen Pl., Manhattan, KS 66502

Cell: 785-317-4066    

 

Current research interests:

1.      Single isolated attosecond pulse generation, measurement and application;

2.      High-harmonic generation, and interaction with atoms, molecules, and clusters.

 

Research experience:

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, Jan. 2006 – present

Research Associate with Dr. Zenghu Chang

Single isolated attosecond pulse generation, measurement and application:

  1. Producing short pulses from hollow-core fiber;
  2. Building attosecond streak camera;
  3. Generating single  attosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses with double optical gating (polarization gating + two-color gating);
  4. Measuring and utilizing single attosecond pulses with the pump-probe method.

 

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, 2000 – 2005

Research Assistant with Dr. Nora Berrah

Synchrotron radiation interaction with atoms and molecules:

  1. Setting up experiment using the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab;
  2. Collecting and analyzing angle-resolved two-dimensional photoelectron spectra (2DPES: electron intensity as a function of kinetic energy and photon energy) with time-of-flight (TOF) photoelectron spectroscopy;
  3. Studying the photoelectron dynamics and angular distribution.

 

Education

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, 1999 – 2005

Ph.D., Physics (Atomic, Molecular, and Optical), December, 2005

Dissertation: Photoelectron recapture in Ar and study of decay channels in core–excited HBr molecule

Advisor: Dr. Nora Berrah

 

NTT Suzuka Training Center, Suzuka, Japan, May – Aug., 1993

Training subject: Wireless telecommunications.

 

Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China, 1985 – 1989

B.S., Physics (Semiconductor), 1989

 

Honors and recognition:

Graduate Study:

1.      GPA: 3.9 / 4.0;

2.      Recipient, Leo R. Parpart Physics Scholarship, 2002, 2003 and 2005;

3.      Graduate student travel grants, 2005.

 

Undergraduate Study:

1.      Recipient, 1st Class Scholarship (4 out of 80 students)

2.      1st prize winner (1 out of 80 students), annual departmental English competition, 1987, 1988 and 1989.

 

Research skills:

1.      Data analysis: Microsoft Visual C++, LabVIEW, Matlab, Origin, SpecTcl;

2.      Writing, drawing and web design: Microsoft Office, LaTex, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft FrontPage, Javascript, OpenOffice.

 

Teaching experience:

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA, 1999 – 2005

Teaching Assistant:

1.      Taught labs: Phys 103 (Sky and Solar System Laboratory); Phys 114 (Mechanics and Heat Laboratory); Phys 105 (Star and Galaxies Laboratory);

2.      Graded: Phys 309 (Introductory Modern Physics), Phys 205 (University Physics), etc.

Shijiazhuang No.3 Radio Factory, Shijiazhuang, China, 1989 – 1993

Trainer: taught laboratory technicians basic math and electric circuit knowledge.

 

Peer reviewed publications:

1.      Hiroki Mashiko, Steve Gilbertson, Michael Chini, Ximao Feng, Chenxia Yun, He Wang, Sabih D. Khan, Shouyuan Chen, and Zenghu Chang, “XUV supercontinua supporting pulse durations of sub-one atomic unit of time”, Opt. Lett. 34, 3337 (2009).

 

2.      Ximao Feng, Steve Gilbertson, Hiroki Mashiko, He Wang, Sabih D. Khan, Michael Chini, Yi Wu, Kun Zhao, and Zenghu Chang, “Generation of isolated attosecond pulses with 20 to 28 femtosecond lasers”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 183901 (2009).

 

3.      Ximao Feng, Steve Gilbertson, Hiroki Mashiko, He Wang, Sabih D. Khan, Michael Chini, Yi Wu, and Zenghu Chang, “Single Isolated Attosecond Pulses Generation with Double Optical Gating”, (invited) book chapter in Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, Volume VI, Koru Yamanouchi, Andre Bandrauk, Gustav Gerber (Eds), Springer, in press (2009).

 

4.      Steve Gilbertson, Ximao Feng, Sabih Khan, Michael Chini, He Wang, Hiroki Mashiko and Zenghu Chang, “Direct measurement of electric field in femtosecond Bessel-Gaussian beams”, Opt. Lett. 34, 2390 (2009).

 

5.      He Wang, Michael Chini, Sabih D. Khan, Shouyuan Chen, Steve Gilbertson, Ximao Feng, Hiroki Mashiko and Zenghu Chang, “Practical issues of retrieving isolated attosecond pulses”, J. Phys. B 42, 134007 (2009).

 

6.      Shambhu Ghimire, Ximao Feng, and Zenghu Chang, “Measurement of attosecond XUV pulses generated with polarization gating by two-dimensional photoelectron spectroscopy”, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 6703, 67030 (2007).

 

7.      Emma Sokell, Antony A. Wills, Marco Weidenhoeft, Ximao Feng, Daniel Rolles, Nora Berrah, “Inner-shell photoionization of molecules using a two-dimensional imaging technique”. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 88, 012007 (2007).

 

8.      Ximao Feng, Antony A. Wills, Emma Sokell, Marco Wiendenhoeft and Nora Berrah, “Atomic Auger decay in core-excited HBr by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy”, Phys. Rev. A 73, 012716 (2006).

 

  1. Ximao Feng, Antony A. Wills, Emma Sokell, T. Gorczyca, Marco Wiendenhoeft and Nora Berrah, “Photoelectron recapture investigation in Ar using two-dimensional photoelectron spectra”, Phys. Rev. A 72, 042712 (2005).

 

  1. Emma Sokell, Antony A. Wills, Marco Wiendenhoeft, Ximao Feng, Daniel Rolles and Nora Berrah, “An investigation of dissociative resonant photoionization in HCl and DCl using two-dimensional photoelectron spectroscopy”, J. Phys. B 38, 1535 (2005).

 

  1. Sophie E. Canton, Antony A. Wills, Thomas W. Gorczyca, Emma Sokell, John D. Bozek, Giorgio Turri, Marco Wiendenhoeft, Ximao Feng, and Nora Berrah, “New low-lying mirroring singly and doubly excited resonances in neon”, J. Phys. B Lett. 36, L181 (2003).

 

12.  Antony A. Wills, Emma Sokell, Thomas W. Gorczyca, Ximao Feng, Marco Wiendenhoeft, Sophie E. Canton and Nora Berrah, “Importance of spin–orbit interaction for the He 2lnl’ states revealed by a novel use of angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy”, J. Phys. B Lett. 35, L367 (2002).

 

Conference abstracts and presentations:

1.      Steve Gilbertson, Ximao Feng, Sabih D. Khan, Michael Chini, He Wang, and Zenghu Chang, "Probing Doubly Excited Helium with Isolated Attosecond Pulses", Second International Conference on Attosecond Physics, Manhattan, KS, S22 O10 (July-Aug., 2009).

 

2.      Ximao Feng, Steve Gilbertson, Hiroki Mashiko, He Wang, Sabih D. Khan, Michael Chini, and Zenghu Chang, “Extending upper limit of laser pulse duration for generating single attosecond pulses”, Second International Conference on Attosecond Physics, Manhattan, KS, F01 (July-Aug., 2009).

 

3.      Steve Gilbertson, Ximao Feng, Hiroki Mashiko, He Wang, Sabih D. Khan, Michael Chini, and Zenghu Chang, “Characterization of Isolated Attosecond Pulses from Multi-Cycle Lasers”, Annual meeting of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, MD, JThB3 (June, 2009).

 

4.      Steve Gilbertson, Ximao Feng, Sabih D. Khan, Michael Chini, He Wang, Zenghu Chang, “Probing Laser Disturbed Doubly Excited States with Isolated Attosecond Pulses”, Annual meeting of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, MD, IPDA8 (June, 2009).

 

5.      Sabih D. Khan, He Wang, Ximao Feng, Michael Chini, Zenghu Chang, “Practical issues of retrieving isolated attosecond pulse from CRAB”, Annual meeting of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, MD, CThDD4 (June, 2009).

 

6.      Ximao Feng, Steve Gilbertson, Hiroki Mashiko, He Wang, Sabih D. Khan, Michael Chini, and Zenghu Chang, “Improving count rate of attosecond streak camera”, Annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society (DAMOP), Charletteville, VA, K6.00007 (May, 2009).

 

7.      Ximao Feng, Sabih D. Khan, Steve Gilbertson, Hiroki Mashiko, and Zenghu Chang, “Attosecond Streak Camera -- Generation and Characterization of Attosecond Pulses with Double Optical Gating”, Annual meeting of the Attosecond Science MURI Workshop, College Station, TX (Aug., 2008).

 

8.      Ximao Feng, Antony A. Wills, Emma Sokell, Thomas W. Gorczyca, Marco Wiendenhoeft and Nora Berrah, “Photoelectron recapture investigation in Ar using two-dimensional photoelectron spectra”, Annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society (DAMOP), Lincoln, NE, H6.00091 (May, 2005).

 

9.      Ximao Feng, Antony A. Wills, Emma Sokell, Marco Wiendenhoeft and Nora Berrah, “Auger decay studies of core-excited HBr by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy”, Annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society (DAMOP), Lincoln, Ne, C3.00008 (May, 2005).

 

10.  Emma Sokell, Antony A. Wills, Thomas W. Gorczyca, Ximao Feng, Marco Wiendenhoeft, Sophie E. Canton and Nora Berrah, “Importance of spin-orbit interaction for the He 2lnl’ states revealed by a novel use of angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy”, XXIII International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC), Stockholm, Sweden ( July, 2003).

 

11.  Antony A. Wills, Thomas W. Gorczyca, Ximao Feng, Marco Wiendenhoeft, Sophie E.  Canton, Emma Sokell, and Nora Berrah, “Autoionization of 2lnl’ states in He: Further evidence of spin-orbit effects revealed using angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy”, Annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society (DAMOP), Williamsburg, VA, 47, 23(2002).

 

12.  Sophie E. Canton, Antony A. Wills, Thomas W. Gorczyca, Marco Wiendenhoeft, Emma Sokell, John D. Bozek, Ximao Feng, and Nora Berrah, “Mirroring doubly excited resonances in Ne”, Annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society (DAMOP), Williamsburg, VA (2002).

 

  1. Antony A. Wills, Emma Sokell, Thomas W. Gorczyca, Ximao Feng, Marco Wiendenhoeft, S. E.  Canton and Nora Berrah, “Importance of spin-orbit interaction for the He 2lnl’ states revealed by a novel use of angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy”, International Workshop on Photoionization, IWP 2002, FA05, Hyogo, Japan, August 2002.

 

Colloquium presentation:

Physics Department, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (Dec. 2005).

 

Society membership:

American Physical Society

 

References:

Available upon request.