Wayne Kimura, Ph.D. (he/him/his)

Affiliate Professor

President (retired), STI Optronics, Inc.

Wayne Kimura, Ph.D. (he/him/his)

Affiliate Professor

President (retired), STI Optronics, Inc.

Dr. Wayne D. Kimura is an affiliate professor at UW Bothell. He received his B.S.E.E. (magna cum laude) from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1976, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1977 and 1981, respectively. Kimura is retired as President of STI Optronics, Inc., but continues to teach the B ENG 495/496 course, which he has done since 2013. His area of expertise includes lasers, optics, and advanced high-energy accelerators. He has performed pioneering research in lasers (excimer, CO2, and solid-state), laser-driven acceleration of relativistic electrons, and advanced laser applications. Examples include using fiber optics for measuring the distributed magnetic field around plasma fusion devices (tokamak) and developing a new type of high-energy electron source based upon diamond technology. He is author/co-author on over 165 papers, 145 presentations, and inventor on four U.S. patents. He is also the author of a book entitled Electromagnetic Waves and Lasers, 2nd Edition (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, England, 2020), ISBN: 9780750335218.

Education

  • Stanford University, Stanford, California
    • Ph.D. – Electrical Engineering
    • M.S. – Electrical Engineering
  • University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • B.S. – Electrical Engineering

Courses

  • B ENGR 495 Capstone I
  • B ENGR 496 Capstone II

Teaching Interests

Dr. Kimura is also a member of the UW Bothell Electrical Engineering (EE) Advisory Board and chair of a Task Group responsible for reviewing the EE curriculum in order to determine how well it is preparing students for working in industry. Hence, he is keenly interested in helping to improve and fine-tune the overall EE curriculum in addition to the capstone course.

Research and Scholarship Interests

Lasers and laser applications; optics; high-energy electron accelerators.

Sample of publications

  • L. Schächter and W. D. Kimura, “Normalized Transverse Emittance Reduction by an Azimuthally Symmetric Optical Bessel-Beam,” Nucl. Inst. Meth. Phys. Res. A 1040, 167145 (2022).
  • W. D. Kimura, Electromagnetic Waves and Lasers, 2nd Edition (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, England, 2020), ISBN: 9780750335218.
  • L. Schächter and W. D. Kimura, “Electron beam guiding by a laser Bessel beam,” Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081301 (2020).
  • W. D. Kimura, D. S. Dhillon, S. Munaretto, E. J. Strait, D. Du, S. Loranger, J.-S. Boisvert, and R. Kashyap, “Measurements of DIII-D poloidal field by fiber-optic pulsed polarimetry,” Rev. Sci, Inst. 89, 10J102 (2018).
  • W. D. Kimura, “Tunable CO2 laser system with subnanosecond-pulse-train output,” Optics & Laser Tech. 88C, 263–274 (2017).
  • W. D. Kimura, H. M. Milchberg, P. Muggli, X. Li, and W. B. Mori, “Hollow Plasma Channel for Positron Plasma Wakefield Acceleration,” Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 14, 041301 (2011).
  • W. D. Kimura, N. E. Andreev, M. Babzien, I. Ben-Zvi, D. B. Cline, C. E. Dilley, S. C. Gottschalk, S. M. Hooker, K. P. Kusche, S. V. Kuznetsov, I. V. Pavlishin, I. V. Pogorelsky, A. A. Pogosova, L. C. Steinhauer, A. Ting, V. Yakimenko, A. Zigler, and F. Zhou, “Inverse Free Electron Lasers and Laser Wakefield Acceleration Driven by CO2 Lasers,” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 364, 611-622 (2006).
  • W. D. Kimura, M. Babzien, I. Ben-Zvi, L. P. Campbell, D. B. Cline, C. E. Dilley, J. C. Gallardo, S. C. Gottschalk, K. P. Kusche, R. H. Pantell, I. V. Pogoresky, D. C. Quimby, J. Skaritka, L. C. Steinhauer, V. Yakimenko, and F. Zhou, “Demonstration of High-Trapping Efficiency and Narrow Energy Spread in a Laser-Driven Accelerator,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 054801 (2004).
  • W. D. Kimura, A. van Steenbergen, M. Babzien, I. Ben-Zvi, L. P. Campbell, C. E. Dilley, D. B. Cline, J. C. Gallardo, S. C. Gottschalk, P. He, K. P. Kusche, Y. Liu, R. H. Pantell, I. V. Pogorelsky, D. C. Quimby, J. Skaritka, L.C. Steinhauer, and V. Yakimenko, “First Staging of Two Laser Accelerators,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4041-4043 (2001).
  • W. D. Kimura, G. H. Kim, and B. Balick, “Comparison of Laser and CO2 Snow Cleaning for Large Astronomical Mirrors,” Pub. Astro. Soc. Pacific 107, 888-895, (1995).
  • W. D. Kimura and J. F. Seamans, “Gas Contaminants Produced in Electron-Beam Pumped XeF Lasers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-24, 2121-2126 (1988).

Sample of completed research grants

  • “Diamond Electron Amplifier”, U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
  • “Distributed Magnetic Measurements Using Fiber Optic Pulsed Polarimetry”, U.S. Department of Energy.
  • “Density-Tailored Capillary Discharge,” U.S. Department of Energy.
  • “Advanced Fiber Optic Sensor for Superconducting Magnets,” U.S. Department of Energy.
  • “Ultrashort-Pulse CO2 Laser for Remote Sensing,” DARPA.
  • Member of UW Bothell Electrical Engineering (EE) Advisory Board
  • Chair of EE Advisory Board Task Group 2 – Curriculum Alignment
  • Life Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Member American Physical Society
  • Consultant for Intellex