Todd I. Smith

Emeritus Professor (Research), Physics 

HEPL 122C
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4085

tel 650-723-1906
fax 650-725-8311 
Todd.Smith@Stanford.edu
 

Research Interests

The study of the interactions between high brightness electron beams and electromagnetic fields towards the development of improved free electron lasers with the superconducting linear accelerator at Stanford. The free electron laser center is also devoted to an interdisciplinary set of programs using the photons produced to explore fundamental questions in materials science, biology, and medicine. 

• Experimental Accelerator Physics 
• Laser Physics 
• Superconductivity 

Specialty: Free Electron Lasers 

Career History

• Ph.D., 1965, Rice University 
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, 1965-68 
• Assistant Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1968-73 
• Senior Research Physicist, High Energy Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, 1973-89 
• Professor of Physics (Research) 1989-present 
• Recipient of the 1990 Free Electron Laser Prize 
• 1999 Fellow of the American Physical Society

Other Things of Interest

• Stanford Picosecond Free Electron Laser Center