Dr. Blake P. Wood
Plasma Physics Group, P-24, MS-E526
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Phone: (505) 665-6524, Fax: (505) 665-3552
bwood@lanl.gov

Education:

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, 1991
M.S., Electrical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, 1989
B.S., Electrical Engineering, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1980

Research Experience:

Blake P. Wood is a staff member in Pulsed Power Weapons Physics Team of the Plasma Physics Group (P-24) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).  He has served as Team Leader of Applied Plasma Technologies, as Principal Investigator (PI) of P-24's $14M Plasma Source Ion Implantation (PSII) program with General Motors, and PI of P-24's involvement in NWT and NMSM programs to produce cathodic-arc based erbia coatings for fire resistant pits and pit casting operations. He is currently PI of P-24's research in vacuum arc and intense ion beam technologies, and is a member of the physics design team for the Atlas program. Blake has over a decade of experience in numerical modeling of plasmas and hydrodynamic experiments using 1-D and 2-D particle-in-cell and MHD codes. He has received an R&D 100 award and two LANL awards for "Excellence in Achieving Industrial Partnerships". He is a member of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Vacuum Society (AVS), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He serves on the executive committees of the Los Alamos Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Section of the IEEE, and the New Mexico AVS. He has served as guest editor of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. He is a contributing author on the book "Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation and Deposition", to be published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Between 1980-1987, he worked in a variety of staff and supervisory positions in the computer and telecommunications departments of the Chevron Information Technology Company. Blake is a U.S. citizen and holds a DOE "Q" clearance.

Peer-Reviewed Publications (first author):

B.P. Wood, A.J. Perry, L.J. Bitteker, and W.J. Waganaar, "Cratering behavior in single- and poly-crystalline copper irradiated by an intense pulsed ion beam", Surface & Coatings Technology, V108-109, 171 (1998).

B.P. Wood and D. Pesenson, "Cathodic-arc plasma density, radial profile, and total plasma inventory as measured by microwave interferometer and Faraday cup", IEEE Trans. on Plasma Sci. 26, 1718 (1998).

B.P. Wood, K.C. Walter, and T.N. Taylor, "Plasma Source Ion Implantation to Increase the Adherence of Subsequently Deposited Coatings", Adv. Plasma Sci., A. Kobayashi and N.M. Ghoniem, eds., Institute of Applied Plasma Science, Osaka, Japan 1997.

B.P. Wood, W.A. Reass, and I. Henins, "Plasma Source Ion Implantation of Metal Ions: Synchronization of Cathodic-Arc Plasma Production and Target Bias Pulses", Surf. Coat. Tech. 85, 70-74 (1996).

B.P. Wood, M.A. Lieberman, and A.J. Lichtenberg, ``Stochastic electron heating in a capacitive rf discharge with non-Maxwellian and time-varying distributions'', IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 23, 89 (1995).

B.P. Wood, I. Henins, W.A. Reass, D.J. Rej, H.A. Davis, W.J. Waganaar, R.E. Muenchausen, G.P. Johnston, and H.K. Schmidt, ``Large-scale implantation and deposition research at Los Alamos National Laboratory'', Nuc. Inst. Meth. B. 96, 429 (1995).

B.P. Wood, I. Henins, R.J. Gribble, W.A. Reass, R.J. Faehl, M.A. Nastasi, and D.J. Rej, ``Initial operation of a large-scale plasma source ion implantation experiment'', J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 12, 870 (1994).

B.P. Wood, A.J. Lichtenberg and M.A. Lieberman, ``Arnold and Arnold-like diffusion in many dimensions'', Physica D 71, 132 (1994).

B.P. Wood, "Displacement Current and multiple pulse effects in plasma source ion implantation", J. Appl. Phys. 72, 4770 (1993).

B.P. Wood, J.T. Scheuer, M.A. Nastasi, R.H. Olsher, W.A. Reass, I. Henins, and D.J. Rej, "Design of a large-scale plasma source ion implantation experiment", Materials Research Society Symposium Series, Vol. 279, pp. 345-350, (1993).

B.P. Wood, M.A. Lieberman and A.J. Lichtenberg, ``Sheath motion in a capacitively coupled radio frequency discharge", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 19, 619 (1991).

B.P. Wood, A.J. Lichtenberg and M.A. Lieberman, ``Arnold diffusion in weakly coupled standard maps'', Phys. Rev. A 42, 5885 (1990).

Peer-Reviewed Publications (collaborating author):

M. Hakovirta, K.C. Walter, B.P. Wood, and M. Nastasi, "Graphite macroparticle filtering efficiency of three different magnetic filter designs used in the filtered cathodic vacuum arc deposition of tetrahedral amorphous carbon films", J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A 17(5), 3077 (1999).

D.T.K. Kwok, P.K. Chu, B.P. Wood, and C. Chan, "Particle-in-cell and TAMIX simulation of hydrogen plasma immersion ion implantation process", J. Appl. Phys. 86, 1817 (1999)

H.A. Davis, B.P. Wood, C.P. Munson, L.J. Bitteker, M. Nastasi, D.J. Rej, W.J. Waganaar, K.C. Walter, D.M. Coates, H.M. Schleinitz, "Ion Beam and Plasma Technology Development for Surface Modification at Los Alamos National Laboratory", Materials Chemistry and Physics, V54, 213 (1998).

K.C. Walter, M. Nastasi, N.P. Baker, C.P. Munson, W.K. Scarborough, J.T. Scheuer, B.P. Wood, J.R. Conrad, K. Sridharan, S. Malik, and R.A. Bruen, "Advances in PSII Techniques for Surface Modification", Surface & Coatings Technology, V104, 205 (1998).

A.H. Hamdi, X. Qiu, G.W. Malaczynski, A.A. Elmoursi, S. Simko, M.C. Militello, M.P. Balough, B.P. Wood, K.C. Walter, M.A. Nastasi, "Microstructure Analysis of Plasma Immersion Ion Implanted Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings", Surface & Coatings Technology, V104, 395 (1998).

C.P. Munson, R.J. Faehl, I. Henins, M. Nastasi, W.A. Reass, D.J. Rej, J.T. Scheuer, K.C. Walter, and B.P. Wood, "Recent Advances in Plasma Source Ion Implantation at Los Alamos National Laboratory", Surf. Coat. Tech. 84, 528-536 (1996).

M. Nastasi, A.A. Elmoursi, R.J. Faehl, A.H. Hamdi, I. Henins, G.W. Malaczynski, J.V. Mantese, C. Munson, X. Qiu, W.A. Reass, D.J. Rej, J.T. Scheuer, C.E. Speck, K.C. Walter, B.P. Wood, "Materials Science Issues of Plasma Source Ion Implantation", Materials Research Society Symposium Series, Vol. 396, pp. 455-466, (1996).

K.C. Walter, H. Kung, T. Levine, J.T. Tesmer, P. Kodali, B.P. Wood, D.J. Rej, M. Nastasi, J. Koskinen, and J.-P. Hirvonen, "Characterization and Performance of Diamond-Like Carbon Films Synthesized by Plasma- and Ion-Beam-Based Techniques", Surf. Coat. Tech. 74-75, 734-738 (1995).

K.C. Walter, M. Nastasi, H. Kung, P. Kodali, C. Munson, I. Henins, and B.P. Wood, "Diamond-Like Carbon Deposition for Tribological Applications at Los Alamos National Laboratory", Materials Research Society Symposium Series, Vol. 383, pp. 411-422, (1995).

D.P. Butt, K.C. Walter, M. Nastasi, A.L. Campuzano, B.P. Wood, D.J. Rej, and G.G. Miller, "Corrosion of Diamond-Like Carbon Coated Nickel in 0.25-M Sodium Chloride", Phil. Mag. Lett. 70, 385 (1994).

D.J. Rej, B.P. Wood, R.J. Faehl, and H.H. Fleishmann, ``Magnetic insulation of secondary electrons in plasma source ion implantation'', J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 12, 861 (1994).

R.J. Faehl, B.G. DeVolder, and B.P. Wood, ``Application of particle-in-cell simulation to plasma source ion implantation'', J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B 12, 884 (1994).

D.J. Rej, J.R. Conrad, R.J. Faehl, R.J. Gribble, I. Henins, N. Horswill, P. Kodali, M. Nastasi, W.A. Reass, M. Shamim, K. Sridharan, J.R. Tesmer, K.C. Walter, and B.P. Wood, ``First results from the Los Alamos plasma source ion implantation experiment'', Materials Research Society Symposium Series, Vol. 316, pp. 593-598, (1994).

A.J. Lichtenberg and B.P. Wood, ``Diffusion on two space and time scales'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2213 (1989).

A.J. Lichtenberg and B.P. Wood, ``Diffusion through a stochastic web'', Phys. Rev. A 39, 2153 (1989).

Patents:

"Process for the formation of wear- and scuff-resistant carbon coatings", Patent Number 5,458,927, October 17, 1995.

Recent Conference Presentations:

"Development and Applications of an Ion Beam-Based Intense Pulsed Neutron Source", contributed poster at the Nuclear Explosives Design Physics Conference (NEDPC), Los Alamos, NM, 10/26/99.

"Liner Implosions for High Pressure Physics Research", invited talk at the International Conference on High Pressure Science and Technology, Honolulu, HI, 7/27/99.

"Shock Compression Experimental Capabilities of the Atlas Facility", contributed talk at the APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Snowbird, UT, 7/2/99.

"Use of an Intense Ion Beam as a Flash Neutron Source for Neutron Resonance Spectroscopy of Temperature in a Dense Plasma Experiment", contributed poster at the APS Division of Plasma Physics meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11/18/98, and at the APS Centennial meeting, Atlanta, GA, 3/25/99.

"High Energy Density Physics Experiments with Atlas", contributed poster at the APS Centennial meeting, Atlanta, GA, 3/25/99.

"Surface Cratering Behavior of High Power Ion Beams", contributed poster at the International Conference for High Power Particle Beams, Haifa, Israel, 6/10/98.

"High Energy Density Physics Experiments for Atlas", contributed poster at the IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Raleigh, NC, 6/3/98.

"Ion Beam Technologies for Surface Modification", invited talk at the AVS International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, 4/30/98.

Plasma Source Ion Implantation to Increase the Adherence of Subsequently Deposited Coatings", invited talk at the First International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science, UCLA, CA, 9/24/97. There was an accompanying paper in the conference proceedings.

"Plasma Produced Erbia Coatings for Waste Reduction in Plutonium Casting Operations", contributed talk at the IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, San Diego, CA, 5/22/97.

"Erbia Coatings to Contain Molten Plutonium", contributed talk (with Jim Treglio) at the AVS International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, 4/22/97.

"Experiments in Conformal Metal Plasma Ion Implantation", poster presented at the IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Boston, MA, 6/3/96.

"Microwave Interferometry of a Cathodic-Arc Metal Plasma", contributed talk at the 42nd AVS National Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, 10/17/95.

"Implantation and Deposition of Metal-Oxide Ceramic Coatings from a Cathodic-Arc Metal Plasma", contributed talk at the IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Madison, WI, 6/8/95.

"Metal-Ion Plasma Source Ion Implantation", contributed talk at the 2nd International Workshop on Plasma Based Ion Implantation, Sydney, Australia, 2/14/95.

"Carbon and Nitrogen Implantation in a Large-Scale PSII Facility", contributed talk at the 41st AVS National Symposium, Denver, Co, 10/27/94.

"Plasma Source Ion Implantation Research at LANL", invited talk at the Ion Implantation Technology '94 International Conference, Catania, Italy, 6/14/94.

"Design and Operational Issues in Large-Scale PSII", invited talk at the 30th Annual Symposium of the NM Chapter of AVS, Albuquerque, NM, 4/20/94.