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Cavity-enhanced evanescent-wave chemical sensing using microresonators
(2006-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this research was to examine fused silica microresonators into which light was evanescently coupled into whispering-gallery modes (WGMs) using a tapered optical fiber. The high ...
Dynamics of kicked laser cooled rubidium atoms
(2006-07)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this research was to use laser cooling techniques to cool a sample of rubidium 87 atoms and pulse the cold atoms with an off-resonant standing wave of light. Among the objectives ...
New ideas in Higgs physics
(2010-05)
The Higgs mechanism, which is responsible for electroweak symmetry breaking and unitarization of massive W plus or minus and Z scattering, is a fundamental ingredient of the Standard Model (SM). However, there is as yet ...
Structural dynamics of photoactive yellow protein
(2013-07)
Photoactive yellow protein (PYP) is a blue light photoreceptor protein. PYP is a structural prototype of the PAS domain superfamily of regulating and signaling proteins. Upon absorption of a blue light photon, PYP exhibits ...
Space radiation dosimetry: An optically stimulated luminescence radiation detector for low-earth orbit
(2004-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to investigate Al2O3:C as a potential optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) radiation detector for Low-Earth Orbit. The OSL response of Al2O3:C was characterized ...
Charge and spin transport in complex systems associated with spintronics
(2005-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to explore charge and spin transport in several complex systems associated with spintronics. A distinct conductivity exponent observed at the percolation transition ...