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Michael A. Shapiro

Michael A. Shapiro

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
32
Citations
4564
World Ranking
3138
National Ranking
1067

Overview

Michael A. Shapiro is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics primarily within engineering and physics, with a strong focus on advanced electromagnetic and accelerator technologies.

The main fields of study in Shapiro's work include:

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

The subfields where Shapiro has contributed are:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Key research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research
  • Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
  • Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers

Shapiro's frequent co-authors reflect collaborations within these fields and topics:

  • Richard J. Temkin (16 collaborations)
  • Sudheer Jawla (10 collaborations)
  • Julian Picard (8 collaborations)
  • Guangjiang Li (5 collaborations)
  • J. Genoud (4 collaborations)

Publication venues in which Shapiro has contributed frequently include:

  • Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (4 publications)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (3 publications)
  • Applied Physics Letters (2 publications)
  • Physical Review Accelerators and Beams (2 publications)
  • IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology (1 publication)

Selected recent papers by Michael A. Shapiro include:

  • "Coherent high-power RF wakefield generation by electron bunch trains in a metamaterial structure" (2020) published in Applied Physics Letters
  • "Generation of nanosecond THz pulses using a high gain ring resonator with a semiconductor switch" (2022) published in Applied Physics Letters
  • "Measurement of Time Dependent Reflection, Transmission, and Absorption in Laser Driven Silicon and GaAs Switches for 250 GHz Radiation" (2023) published in IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
  • "Generation of 565 MW of X-band power using a metamaterial power extractor for structure-based wakefield acceleration" (2022) published in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
  • "Study of the Effect of Reflections on High-Power, 110-GHz Pulsed Gyrotron Operation" (2021) published in Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves

Best Publications

  • Second harmonic operation at 460 GHz and broadband continuous frequency tuning of a gyrotron oscillator

    M.K. Hornstein;V.S. Bajaj;R.G. Griffin;K.E. Kreischer

  • Continuous-Wave Operation of a Frequency-Tunable 460-GHz Second-Harmonic Gyrotron for Enhanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

    Antonio C Torrezan;Seong-Tae Han;Ivan Mastovsky;Michael A Shapiro

  • Operation of a Continuously Frequency-Tunable Second-Harmonic CW 330-GHz Gyrotron for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization

    A. C. Torrezan;M. A. Shapiro;J. R. Sirigiri;R. J. Temkin

  • Observation of Large Arrays of Plasma Filaments in Air Breakdown by 1.5-MW 110-GHz Gyrotron Pulses

    Yoshiteru Hidaka;EunMi Choi;I. Mastovsky;M. A. Shapiro

  • Taylor dispersion of chemically reactive species: Irreversible first-order reactions in bulk and on boundaries

    Michael Shapiro;Howard Brenner

  • Plasma structures observed in gas breakdown using a 1.5 MW, 110 GHz pulsed gyrotron

    Yoshiteru Hidaka;E. M. Choi;I. Mastovsky;M. A. Shapiro

  • Overview of the ITER EC H&CD system and its capabilities

    T. Omori;M. A. Henderson;F. Albajar;S. Alberti

  • Operational characteristics of a 14-W 140-GHz gyrotron for dynamic nuclear polarization

    C.D. Joye;R.G. Griffin;M.K. Hornstein;Kan-Nian Hu

  • Linearly Polarized Modes of a Corrugated Metallic Waveguide

    E J Kowalski;D S Tax;M A Shapiro;J R Sirigiri

  • Design of a Metamaterial-Based Backward-Wave Oscillator

    Jason Samuel Hummelt;Samantha M. Lewis;Michael A. Shapiro;Richard J. Temkin

  • Spatial dispersion in metamaterials with negative dielectric permittivity and its effect on surface waves

    M. A. Shapiro;Gennady Shvets;J. R. Sirigiri;R. J. Temkin

  • 140-GHz gyrotron experiments based on a confocal cavity

    W. Hu;M.A. Shapiro;K.E. Kriescher;R.J. Temkin

  • Demonstration of a 140-GHz 1-kW Confocal Gyro-Traveling-Wave Amplifier

    C.D. Joye;M.A. Shapiro;J.R. Sirigiri;R.J. Temkin

  • Sub-wavelength waveguide loaded by a complementary electric metamaterial for vacuum electron devices

    Zhaoyun Duan;Zhaoyun Duan;Jason Samuel Hummelt;Michael Shapiro;Richard J Temkin

  • THE EC H&CD TRANSMISSION LINE FOR ITER

    F. Gandini;T. S. Bigelow;B. Becket;J. B. Caughman

  • Metamaterial-Inspired Vacuum Electron Devices and Accelerators

    Zhaoyun Duan;Michael A. Shapiro;Edl Schamiloglu;Nader Behdad

  • Chemically reactive generalized Taylor dispersion phenomena

    Michael Shapiro;Howard Brenner

  • Second Harmonic 527-GHz Gyrotron for DNP-NMR: Design and Experimental Results

    Sudheer K. Jawla;Robert G. Griffin;Ivan A. Mastovsky;Michael A. Shapiro

  • Gyrotron internal mode converter reflector shaping from measured field intensity

    D.R. Denison;T.S. Chu;M.A. Shapiro;R.J. Temkin

  • LOSS ESTIMATE FOR ITER ECH TRANSMISSION LINE INCLUDING MULTIMODE PROPAGATION

    M. A. Shapiro;E. J. Kowalski;J. R. Sirigiri;D. S. Tax

  • Experimental observation of the effect of aftercavity interaction in a depressed collector gyrotron oscillator

    EunMi Choi;M. A. Shapiro;J. R. Sirigiri;R. J. Temkin

  • Fabrication and cold test of photonic band gap resonators and accelerator structures

    Evgenya I. Smirnova;Ivan Mastovsky;Michael A. Shapiro;Richard J. Temkin

  • Experimental Study of the Start-Up Scenario of a 1.5-MW, 110-GHz Gyrotron

    D. S. Tax;O. V. Sinitsyn;W. C. Guss;G. S. Nusinovich

  • Theory of Linear and Nonlinear Gain in a Gyroamplifier Using a Confocal Waveguide

    Alexander V. Soane;Michael A. Shapiro;Jacob C. Stephens;Richard J. Temkin

  • Design of an overmoded W-band TWT

    E. Nicholas Comfoltey;Michael A. Shapiro;Jagadishwar R. Sirigiri;Richard J. Temkin

  • The Effect of External Electrostatic Field Orientation on Aerosol Filtration by Granular Filters

    Michael Shapiro;Gabriel Laufer;Chaim Gutfinger

  • 330 GHz helically corrugated waveguide

    Paul P. Woskov;Emilio A. Nanni;Michael A. Shapiro;Sudheer K. Jawla

  • Progress of a 140 GHz, 1 kW Confocal Gyro-TWT Amplifier

    C.D. Joye;M.A. Shapiro;J.R. Sirigiri;R.J. Temkin

  • Calculation of wakefields in a 17 GHz beam-driven photonic band-gap accelerator structure

    Min Hu;Brian J. Munroe;Michael A. Shapiro;Richard J. Temkin

  • Simple Expressions for the Design of Linear Tapers in Overmoded Corrugated Waveguides

    S. C. Schaub;M. A. Shapiro;R. J. Temkin

  • Photonic bandgap structure based accelerating cell

    M.A. Shapiro;W.J. Brown;R.J. Temkin

  • Design and test of a W-band photonic bandgap extended interaction Klystron amplifier

    Jacob C. Stephens;John C. Tucek;Mark A. Basten;Kenneth E. Kreischer

  • Operation of a 140GHz gyro-amplifier using a confocal waveguide

    Alexander V. Soane;Emilio A. Nanni;Michael A. Shapiro;Richard J. Temkin

  • Non-Uniform Cathode Emission Studies of a Mig Gun

    C.D. Marchewka;J.R. Sirigiri;M.A. Shapiro;R.J. Temkin

  • Linear theory of instabilities generated by an electron beam in a metamaterial-loaded waveguide

    Xueying Lu;Michael A. Shapiro;Richard J. Temkin

  • Photonic bandgap (PBG) accelerator structure design

    R.A. Marsh;M.A. Shapiro;R.J. Temkin

  • Design of an over-moded 94 GHz coupled-cavity TWT

    Elizabeth J. Kowalski;Michael A. Shapiro;Richard J. Temkin

  • Design of a 250 GHz disk-loaded waveguide TWT amplifier

    Guy Rosenzweig;Michael A. Shapiro;Richard J. Temkin

  • Experimental Demonstration of a W-band Photonic Bandgap Klystron

    Jacob Stephens;Guy Rosenzweig;John Tucek;Ken Kreischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Thumm
Manfred Thumm Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
H. Zohm
H. Zohm Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Gennady Shvets
Gennady Shvets Cornell University
D.A. Humphreys
D.A. Humphreys General Atomics (United States)
Koji Takahashi
Koji Takahashi Kyushu University

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