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Formulation And Characterization Of Fast-Curing Plastic Scintillators With High-Z Loading, Theodore W. Stephens
Formulation And Characterization Of Fast-Curing Plastic Scintillators With High-Z Loading, Theodore W. Stephens
Theses and Dissertations
Development of novel fast-curing plastic scintillators is highly advantageous due to their potential to be manufactured via 3D printing. Several formulations were developed that exhibit enhanced photon sensitivity, producing modest but discernible photopeaks at an incident gamma energy of 122 keV. The photon sensitivity is achieved via bismuth high-Z loading; however, this practice typically results in diminished light yields. Subsequent formulations, which varied the photoinitiator concentration and curing time, demonstrated successful curing with sufficient plastic hardness, reduced purple discoloration, reduced heat buildup during curing, and resulted in less cracking during the curing process, all of which were correlated with lower …
Planar Waveguide Structures For Post-Edfa Broadband Near Infrared Optical Amplifiers, Islam Hoxha
Planar Waveguide Structures For Post-Edfa Broadband Near Infrared Optical Amplifiers, Islam Hoxha
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This thesis reports on optical gain of up to 5.7 dB from a planar waveguide with core made of tetravalent chromium-doped calcium germanate single crystal.
Ultrafast High-Energy Electron Diffraction Study Of Photoexcited Bismuth Nanoclusters By Femtosecond Laser Pulses, Ahmed R. Esmail
Ultrafast High-Energy Electron Diffraction Study Of Photoexcited Bismuth Nanoclusters By Femtosecond Laser Pulses, Ahmed R. Esmail
Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations
The advancement in ultrafast electron crystallography (UEC) over the past few decades facilitated the study of structural dynamics in all phases of matter induced by femtosecond laser pulses. This technique became very powerful when the spatial resolution was combined with the temporal resolution, and succeeded in studying chemical reactions by ultrafast electron diffraction, bulk crystal phonons and melting by X-ray diffraction.
In this dissertation, I demonstrate the uniqueness of UEC and its potential in monitoring in real time the structural dynamics of bismuth (Bi) nanoclusters and islands induced by femtosecond laser pulses. Our approach to accomplish this task includes building …