Personal statement
I received the Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK in 2012.
As a researcher, I have experience working on a variety of research projects including gyrotron travelling wave amplifiers, plasma filled microwave sources, microwave pulse compression and free electron lasers. I have led the development of gyro-TWAs in terms of design, computational simulation techniques and laboratory experimentation. I have carried out world-leading experiments of high power broadband mm-wave/THz amplifiers that have great potential in EPR/DNP and mm-wave wireless and satellite communications. I have successfully demonstrated a world-record 88-104GHz continuously tuneable, high power (10kW) Gyro-BWO experiment (2012), and a gyro-amplifier achieving 3.4kW with a 3dB instantaneous frequency bandwidth of at least 5.5GHz at W-band (2017).
Research interests
Broadband, high power, mm-wave/terahertz gyrotron travelling wave amplifiers for next-generation magnetic resonance spectroscopy, telecommunications, security imaging and radar; Gyrotron backward wave oscillator; Conventional travelling wave amplifiers; Electron beam generation; Beam-wave interaction, Low-pressure gas discharge; Plasma filled high power microwave sources; Free electron lasers and pulsed power technologies.
Professional activities
- Study of millimeter-wave undulators for compact X-ray free-electron lasers
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- 25/7/2022
- Characteristics of pseudospark-sourced beam and its application in thz sources
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- 16/9/2021
- Updates on the Development of MW-level Ka-band Gyroklystron
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- 13/9/2021
- Investigation of a short-period microwave undulator
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- 31/8/2021
- Simulation of Pseudospark Discharge and its application in Compact THz Sources
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- 9/11/2020
- Design and simulation of a 0.37 THz gyro-TWA
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- 13/11/2019
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Projects
- Compact Light (XLS) H2020 INFRADEV-2016-2017 | Easton, Jack
- Cross, Adrian (Principal Investigator) Robb, Gordon (Co-investigator) Zhang, Liang (Co-investigator) Easton, Jack (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
- Sheet electron beam vacuum electronic devices for the generation of high power THz radiation
- Cross, Adrian (Principal Investigator) He, Wenlong (Co-investigator) Phelps, Alan (Co-investigator) Zhang, Liang (Research Co-investigator)
- 05-Jan-2019 - 04-Jan-2021
- A modular, integrated electron gun and RF cavity for radiotherapy treatment systems in developing countries (AfricanRTT)
- Cross, Adrian (Principal Investigator) Zhang, Liang (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2019
- Terahertz High-Harmonic Gyrotron Oscillator By Using Metasurface Cylindrical Cavity (Newton Advanced Fellowship - Prof Chao-Hai Du)
- Cross, Adrian (Principal Investigator) Zhang, Liang (Research Co-investigator)
- Dr. Liang Zhang is responsible for scientific discussion and experimental arrangement with Prof. Du for the THz high-harmonic gyrotron oscillator.
- 28-Jan-2018 - 27-Jan-2022
- Compact Light (XLS) H2020 INFRADEV-2016-2017
- Cross, Adrian (Principal Investigator) Ronald, Kevin (Co-investigator) Zhang, Liang (Research Co-investigator)
- University Strathclyde is responsible for the design of high power microwave sources to drive the lineariser, as well as the exploration of next-generation exotic undulator.
Dr. Liang Zhang is leading the design of a MW-level 48 GHz gyroklystron, as well as investigating the potentials of microwave undulators. - 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2020
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | Nix, Laurence
- Cross, Adrian (Principal Investigator) Zhang, Liang (Co-investigator) Nix, Laurence (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 19-Jan-2021
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