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Feng Xu

Education
  • Ph.D., Physics, University of Rouen, France. (2007)
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Univ. of Sci. and Tech. (2004)
  • B.S. Thermal Engineering Shanghai Univ. of Sci. and Tech. (2002)

Research Interests
  • Multiple Scattering of light through atmosphere.
  • Laser beam interaction with non-spherical particles, including internal field, near and far-field scattering, and optical force driven displacement, rotation, and deformation of a soft particle, etc.
  • Optical particle characterization methods, including laser diffraction, spectral light extinction, rainbow method, etc.
  • Inversion algorithm for particle property determination from scattered intensities and extinction spectrum.

Projects

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Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2010 – Present)
    • Assistant Research Scientist: JPL/UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles USA (2012 - Present)
    • NASA Post-doc Scholar, Earth and Planetary Atmospheres Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/California Institute of Technology, USA (2010 - 2012)
  • Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany (2007 – 2010)
    • Post-doc: Faculty of fluid mechanics and aerodynamics (2007- 2010)
    • Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (2007 - 2009)

Selected Publications
  1. Xu F., Davis A. B., Suniti S. V., Martonchik J. and Diner D. J. (2012). Linearization of Markov chain formalism for vector radiative transfer in a plane-parallel atmosphere/surface system, Appl. Opt. (in Press).
  2. Xu F., Davis A. B., West R. A., Martonchik J. and Diner D. J. (2011). Markov Chain Formalism for Vector Radiative Transfer in a Plane-parallel Atmosphere Overlying a Polarizing Surface, Opt. Lett. 36, 2083-2085 (2011).
  3. Xu F., Davis A. B., West R. A., and Esposito L. W., Markov chain formalism for polarized light transfer in plane-parallel atmospheres, with numerical comparison to the Monte Carlo method, Opt. Express 19, 946-967 (2011).
  4. Xu F., and Lock J. A. (2010). Debye series for light scattering by a coated nonspherical particle, Phy. Rev. A. 81, 063812.
  5. Xu F., and Lock J. A., and Gouesbet G. (2010). Debye series for light scattering by a nonspherical particle, Phy. Rev. A. 81, 043824.
  6. Lock J. A., and Xu F. (2010) Optical Caustics observed in light scattering by an oblate spheroid, Appl. Opt. 49, 1288-1304.
  7. Xu F., and Lock J. A., and Tropea C. (2010). Debye series for light scattering by a spheroid. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 27, 671-686.
  8. Ren K. F., Xu F., Dorey J., and Cai X. (2010). Development of a Precise and in Situ Turbidity Measurement System, Chem. Eng. Comm. 197, 250-259.
  9. Xu F., Lock J. A., Gouesbet G., and Tropea C. (2009). Optical stress on the surface of a particle: Homogeneous sphere. Phys. Rev. A. 79, 053808.
  10. Bakic S., Xu F., Damaschke N., and Tropea C. (2009). Feasibility of extending rainbow refractometry to small particles using femtosecond laser pulses. Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 26, 34-40.
  11. Xu F., Cai X., Su M., Ren K. F., and Dorey J. M. (2009). Study on the measurement of high pressure wet steam by spectral light extinction method. J. Power Eng. 29, 254-261.
  12. Xu F., and Lock J. A., Gouesbet G., and Tropea C. (2008). Radiation torque exerted on a spheroid: analytical solution. Phys. Rev. A. 77, 154806.
  13. Xu F., Ren K. F., Gouesbet G., Gréhan G., and Cai X. (2007). Generalized Lorenz-Mie theory for arbitrarily oriented, located and shaped beam scattering by a homogeneous spheroid. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24, 119-131.
  14. Xu FGouesbet G., Cai X., and Gréhan G. (2007). Theoretical prediction of radiation pressure force exerted on a spheroid by an arbitrarily shaped beam. Phys. Rev. E 75, 026613.
  15. Xu F., and Lock J. A., and Cai X. (2007). Expansion of arbitrarily oriented, located and shaped beam in spheroidal coordinates. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24, 109-118.
  16. Su M., Xu F., Cai X., Ren K. F., and Shen J. (2007). Optimization of regularization parameters of inversion in particle sizing using light extinction method. Particuology 5, 295-299.
  17. Xu F., Ren K. F., and Cai X. (2006). Extension of geometrical-optics approximation to on-axis Gaussian beam scattering. I. By a spherical particle. Appl. Opt. 45, 4990-4999.
  18. Xu F., Ren K. F., Cai X., and Shen J. (2006). Extension of geometrical-optics approximation to on-axis Gaussian beam scattering. II. By a spheroidal particle with end-on incidence. Appl. Opt. 45, 5000-5009.
  19. Shen J., Yu B., Xu Y, Xu F., and Shen J. (2006). Particle sizing by spectral analysis on transmission fluctuations. Powder Techn. 166, 91-99.
  20. Xu F., and Ren K. F. (2004). Geometrical optics approximation of forward scattering by coated particles. Appl. Opt. 43, 1870-1879.
  21. Xu F., Cai X., Ren K. F., and Gréhan G. (2004). Application of genetic algorithm in particle size analysis by multispectral extinction measurements. Particuology 2, 235-240.

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