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Yildirim Aktas

Physics and Optical Science
doppler effect
free electron laser
free electron lasers
theoretical plasma physics
Dr. Yildirim Aktas

Associate Professor Department of Physics

Areas of Specialization

  • Theoretical Plasma Physics
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Physics Education

Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor, Physics Dept., UNC Charlotte (1998-present)
  • Assistant Professor, Physics Dept., UNC Charlotte (1991-1998)
  • Lecturer, Physics Dept., UNCCharlotte (1989-1991)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Kansas State University (1987-1989)

Education

  • Ph.D., Physics, University of Missouri–Columbia (1987)
  • B.S. with Honors,Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey (1980)

Publications

. “Self-Fields Effects on Gain in a Free-electron Laser with Helical Wiggler and Ion-Channel Guiding” J. E. Willett, Y. Aktas to Journal of Plasma Physics (2006).

“Backaction of a detector on the field it measures”, W. Guo and Y.  Aktas, Opt.  Commun.,  282, 14 (2009).

“Time evolution of an excited atom’s position-momentum uncertainty”, W. Guo, Y. Aktas. Optics Com, Vol. 283, Issue 21, Nov. 1, 2010.

“Reexamination of the Doppler effect through Maxwell’s equations” Guo, Wei; Aktas, Yildirim, JOSA A, Vol. 29 Issue 8, pp.1568-1570 (2012).

Honors, Awards, and Accomplishments

H. E. Hammond Award for excellence in teaching and research, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1986.

O. M. Stewart Scholarship for research UMC, Department of Physics, 1982-1986.
Chancellor’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UMC, 1985.

Senior Graduate Achievement Award in Physics, UMC, 1984.

NATO Scholarship for Graduate Study, Scientific and Technical Research Councel of Turkey, 1980-1984.

NATO Advance Study Institute Summer Scholarship at France, 1979.

Professional Memberships

  • American Physical Society
  • American Association of Physics Teachers.
  • Councel on Undergraduate Research.
  • Sigma Pi Sigma.
  • Sigma Xi.
  • Amarican Institute of Physics.
  • The Society of Turkish Architects, Engineers and Scientists in America
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