Currently at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Aliaksei Halavanau

[Physicist • Astronomy enthusiast • Freethinker]

Menlo Park, CA • Chicago, IL • Vilnius, LT • Minsk, BY

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About me

I am a physicist with a passion for x-ray FELs. I received my PhD degree from Northern Illinois University (NIU). My research has spanned x-ray optics, FELs, non-linear physics, beam dynamics, and computational physics.

Currently I am a scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory / Stanford University, focusing on building new cavity-based x-ray sources.

Beyond physics, I enjoy astronomy and simracing.

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PhD in Physics
Northern Illinois University & Belarus State University
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Current Role
Lead Scientist • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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Halavanau group
Let's build!

Research Interests

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Free Electron Lasers

X-ray FELs, cavity-based FELs, X-ray Laser Oscillator, X-ray diffraction, Ultra-short pulse generation

Beam Phase-Space Manipulation

Advanced electron beam manipulations, bunch compression, and emittance control

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Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos

FEL theory, Classical field theory

Experience

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2018 – Present • Menlo Park, CA

Lead Scientist — Cavity-based x-ray sources

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory / Northern Illinois University
2015 – 2018 • Batavia / DeKalb, IL

Beam Dynamics — PhD in Nonlinear beam physics and accelerator modeling

Belarus State University
2013 – 2015 • Minsk, Belarus

Non-linear Physics — PhD in computational field theory

Selected Publications

Full lists available on Inspire-HEP and Google Scholar

2024 • Physical Review Letters
Title of recent paper on advanced FEL seeding (placeholder — replace with real titles)
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Selected Conferences & Talks

International Free Electron Laser Conference
2024

Invited talk on phase-space manipulation techniques for next-generation X-ray FELs