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Coherent Optical Spectroscopy of a Single Semiconductor Quantum Dot.
(2008)
The quantum optoelectronic properties of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have featured prominently in numerous scientific proposals,
including quantum computing, single photon sources, and spintronic devices. QDs are ...
Towards a Measurement of the Electric Dipole Moment of Rn.
(2009)
The observed baryon asymmetry in the universe requires a greater degree of CP
violation than is contained in the CP-violating Standard Model processes discovered
thus far. Since the permanent electric dipole moment (EDM) ...
Few-Cycle and Sub-Cycle Metrology for the Characterization of High Harmonics.
(2009)
The rapid advances in the generation of ultra-short optical pulses in recent decades have often outstripped the ability of metrologists to accurately measure the pulses' temporal profiles. With each reduction in pulse ...
Higgs Exempt No-Scale Supersymmetry.
(2009)
Models with acceptably small flavor changing neutral currents at the low scale require highly constrained scalar masses at the high scale. With all boundary masses small except the gauginos and Higgs bosons, the renormalization ...
String Theory Effects on Black Hole Physics
(2009)
This thesis focuses on recent developments in black hole physics in the context of string theory. The two main topics discussed here are: the effects of quantum/string corrections to five dimensional black holes; and the ...
Pore Characterization of Ultralow-k Dielectric Thin Films Using Positronium Annihilation Spectroscopy.
(2008)
In this thesis, a series of nanoporous ultralow dielectric constant (ULK) thin films fabricated using spin-coating and sacrificial pore generators (degradable porogens embedded in a host matrix) were studied as a function ...
Structural and Dynamical Properties of Complex Networks.
(2009)
Recent years have witnessed a substantial amount of interest within the physics community
in the properties of networks. Techniques from statistical physics coupled with the widespread availability of computing resources ...
Components for Monolithic Fiber Chirped Pulse Amplication Laser Systems.
(2009)
The first portion of this work develops techniques for generating femtosecond-pulses
from conventional fabry-perot laser diodes using nonlinear-spectral-broadening techniques
in Yb-doped positive dispersion fiber ampliers. ...
An Experimental Investigation of Reacting and Nonreacting Coaxial Jet Mixing in a Laboratory Rocket Engine.
(2009)
Coaxial jets are commonly used as injectors in propulsion and combustion devices due to both the simplicity of their geometry and the rapid mixing they provide. In liquid rocket engines it is common to use coaxial jets in ...
Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy Investigation of Buried Polymer and Organic Interfaces.
(2009)
It is difficult to elucidate buried interfaces because of the lack of appropriate analytical techniques. In this thesis, it was shown that sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG) can be used to probe ...