Gil Travish, Ph.D. has worked in beam physics, radiation production and accelerator technology for the past 20 years. He is a Principle Investigator and Researcher at UCLA working with the Particle Beam Physics Laboratory (PBPL). Dr. Travish received his B.S. in Physics from UC Berkeley in 1990 and his Ph.D. in Physics from UCLA in 1996. Dr. Travish has authored over 150 scientific publications. Gil’s work has straddled the border between science and technology. His accomplishments have included: the first high-gain Free Electron Laser (FEL) experiments (UCLA); first saturation of a visible high-gain FEL (ANL); first design and simulations of the LCLS X-ray FEL (SLAC); development and operation of numerous RF photoinjectors; extensive development of drive lasers, diagnostics and magnet systems for high-brightness beams; and, the design, construction and integration of new accelerator projects in multiple laboratories worldwide. His current work includes the Micro Accelerator Platform, a laser-driven optical-scale accelerator, as well as other dielectric-based accelerator-structures and studies. Dr. Travish has been the PI and co-PI and manger on multiple grants from the DARPA, NNSA, DOE, NSF, NRO, and other DOD agencies. Dr. Travish has also been involved with commercialization of technology and medical devices through three past and two current companies, and multiple patents.
PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
- E. A. Peralta, K. Soong, R. J. England, E. R. Colby, Z. Wu, B. Montazeri, C.McGuinness, J. McNeur, K. J. Leedle, D. Walz, E. B. Sozer, B. Cowan, B. Schwartz, R. Byer, and G. Travish, “Demonstration of electron acceleration in a laser-driven dielectric microstructure,” Nature, vol. 503, pp. 91–94, 2013.,http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v503/n7474/full/nature12664.html
- J. B. Rosenzweig, G. Andonian, P. Bucksbaum, M. Ferrario, S. Full, A.Fukusawa, E. Hemsing, B. Hidding, M. Hogan, P. Krejcik, P. Muggli, G. Marcus, A. Marinelli, P. Musumeci, B. O’Shea, C. Pellegrini, D. Schiller, and G. Travish, “Teravolt-per-meter beam and plasma fields from low-charge femtosecond electron beams,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, vol. 653, no. 1, pp. 98–102, Oct. 2011.,http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900211001513
- G. Travish and R. B. Yoder, “Laser-powered dielectric-structures for the production of high-brightness electron and x-ray beams,” Laser Acceleration of Electrons, vol. 8079, p. 6, May 2011.,http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1271823
- A. M. Cook, R. Tikhoplav, S. Tochitsky, G. Travish, O. Williams, and J. B.Rosenzweig, “Observation of Narrow-Band Terahertz Coherent Cherenkov Radiation from a Cylindrical Dielectric-Lined Waveguide,” Phys Rev Lett, vol. 103, no. 9, Aug. 2009.,http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v103/i9/e095003
- M. C. Thompson, H. Badakov, A. M. Cook, J. B. Rosenzweig, R. Tikhoplav, G.Travish, I. Blumenfeld, M. Hogan, R. Ischebeck, N. Kirby, R. Siemann, D. Walz, P. Muggli, A. Scott, and R. B. Yoder, “Breakdown Limits on Gigavolt-per-Meter Electron-Beam-Driven Wakefields in Dielectric Structures,” Phys Rev Lett, vol. 100, no. 21, pp. 214801–1–4, May 2008., http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v100/i21/e214801