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    Francis F. Chen, Professor Emeritus
    Electrical Engineering Department
    University of California, Los Angeles

Prof. Chen is a plasma physicist with a career extending over 52 years and encompassing both experiment and theory.  He has devoted about a decade each to the subfields of magnetic fusion, laser fusion, plasma diagnostics, basic plasma physics, and low-temperature plasma physics.  Most plasma students are familiar with his textbook Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion.  His current interest is in plasma processing of semiconductor circuits, especially the radiofrequency sources used to make computer chips, and in the physical processes that permit etching millions of transistors on a single chip.  To learn more about this, please visit the site for UCLA's Low Temperature Plasma Technology Laboratory (LTPTL).  This site also contains downloads of recent presentations and useful computational programs.

Though formally retired from teaching, Prof. Chen still maintains an active research group.