Miles
Richard Miles, Robert Porter Patterson Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University (1972)
Professor-in-Charge, Applied Physics Group
Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Profile
Research has focused on hypersonics and advanced laser diagnostics with particular attention to the interaction of lasers, microwaves and electron beams with fluids for energy transfer and flow control. The research program includes the development of new plasma and magnetohydrodynamic processes for hypersonic applications, new sources and detection technologies, and the application of these technologies through linear and nonlinear optical interactions to characterize gas mixtures, plasmas and flow phenomena.
Principal Research Efforts
- The Radiatively-Driven Hypersonic Wind Tunnel. A solution to the Mach 8 high-speed limit for classical air simulation test facilities
- Plasma aerodynamic control of reentry vehicles
- MHD and plasma enhanced hypersonic air breathing vehicles
- Imaging of velocity, temperature, density, and species by Rayleigh and Raman scattering and by flow tagging
- Development of new laser sources for spectroscopy and imaging
- High sensitivity detection for combustion, pollution and homeland defense.
Recent Publications in Refereed Journals and Review Articles
Opaits DF, Shneider MN, Howard PJ, et al. Study of streamers in gradient density air: Table top modeling of red sprites GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS Volume: 37 Article Number: L14801 Published: JUL 22 2010
Shneider MN, Zheltikov AM, Miles RB Long-lived laser-induced microwave plasma guides in the atmosphere: Self-consistent plasma-dynamic analysis and numerical simulations JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Volume: 108 Issue: 3 Article Number: 033113 Published: AUG 1 2010
Giffin A, Shneider MN, Miles RB , Potential micrometeoroid and orbital debris protection system using a gradient magnetic field and magnetic flux compression APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Volume: 97 Issue: 5 Article Number: 054102 Published: AUG 2 2010
Chiranjeev S. Kalra, Sohail H. Zaidi, Richard B. Miles and Sergey O. Macheret, “Shockwave–turbulent boundary layer interaction control using magnetically driven surface discharges,” Experiments in Fluids, DOI 10.1007/s00348-010-0898-9 (August 2010)
Sergey Leonov, Joint Institute for High Temperature RAS, Moscow, 125412, Russia, Dmitry Opaits, Richard Miles Princeton University , Princeton, NJ, USA, Victor Soloviev MIPT, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow region, 141700, Russia, “Time-Resolved Measurements of Plasma-Induced Momentum in Air and Nitrogen under DBD Actuation”, accepted for publication in Physics of Plasmas, October 2010
Michael JB, Dogariu A, Shneider MN, and Miles RB, ”Subcritical microwave coupling to femtosecond and picosecond laser ionization for localized, multipoint ignition of methane/air mixtures” JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Volume: 108 Issue: 9 Article Number: 093308 NOV 1 2010
A. Dogariu_ and R. B. Miles, “Detecting localized trace species using Radar REMPI,” /Appl. Opt. /*50, *A68 (2011)
Arthur Dogariu, James Michael, Marlan O. Scully, and Richard B. Miles, “High Gain Backward Lasing in Air” accepted for publication, Science 331, 442 (2011)
Arthur Dogariu, Mikhail N. Shneider, and Richard B. Miles “Direct measurement of the electron loss rate in air” (submitted)
P. R. Hemmer, R. B. Miles, P. Polynkin, T. Siebert, A.V. Sokolov, P. Sprangle, and M. O. Scully, “Standoff Spectroscopy via Remote Generation of a Backward-Propagating Laser Beam, accepted for publication, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
R. Miles, P Howard, C. Limbach, S. Zaidi, (Princeton University), S. Lucato, B. Cox, D. Marshall, (Teledyne Scientific Company), A.M. Espinosa, D. Driemeyer (Boeing Phantom Works), “ A Shape Morphing Ceramic Composite for Variable Geometry Scramjet Inlets. Submitted to the American Journal of Ceramics special issue
