waves & beams

Jason Hummelt
Research Assistant

NW16-178, 167 Albany Street

Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Phone: (617) 452-2019

Fax: (617) 253-6078

e-mail :hummelt@mit.edu

Education

• B.S. Nuclear Engineering; Physics , University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010
• M.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010

Research Interests Vacuum Electron Devices

Air Breakdown

• High power breakdown in air from pulsed microwave and laser sources

Plaslma Diagnostics

• Optical emission spectroscopy, fast imaging, interferometry, shadowgraphy

Recent Publications

J. Hummelt, J. Scharer, "Excitational energy transfer enhancing ionization and spatial-temporal evolution of air breakdown with UV laser radiation," J. Appl. Phys. 108, 093305 (2010)

J. Way, J. Hummelt, J. Scharer, "Experimental measurements of multiphoton enhanced air breakdown by a subthreshold intensity excimer laser," J. Appl. Phys. 106, 083303 (2009)