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2014

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Magneto-Optics And Magneto-Transport Studies On Thin Films For Sensor Applications, Kaida Yang Jan 2014

Magneto-Optics And Magneto-Transport Studies On Thin Films For Sensor Applications, Kaida Yang

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Recent progress and interest have bought considerable effort to bear on the synthesis and opportunities of magnetic thin films in different fields. There are applications in many fields, including remote sensing, waveguide applications, hard drive applications, etc. at the College of William and Mary, we have focused on utilizing magnetic thin films in some of these applications and are deeply involved in the optimization process of the thin films.


Superconducting Thin Films For Srf Cavity Applications: A Route To Higher Field Gradient Linacs, Wiliam Michael Roach Jan 2014

Superconducting Thin Films For Srf Cavity Applications: A Route To Higher Field Gradient Linacs, Wiliam Michael Roach

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Many linear accelerator (linac) applications rely on the use of superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities. In order to overcome the current field gradient limits imposed by the use of bulk niobium, a model involving the deposition of alternating superconducting-insulating-superconducting (SIS) thin films onto the interior surface of SRF cavities has been proposed. Since SRF performance is a surface phenomenon, the critical surface of these cavities is less than 1 micron thick, thus enabling the use of thin films. Before such approach can successfully be implemented fundamental studies correlating the microstructure and superconducting properties of thin films are needed. to this …


Nonlinear Optical Studies Of Photoelastic Effect And Magneto-Plasmonics, Wei Zheng Jan 2014

Nonlinear Optical Studies Of Photoelastic Effect And Magneto-Plasmonics, Wei Zheng

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Nonlinear optical (NLO) processes are optical phenomena involving a nonlinear response to an applied light field. Two kinds of nonlinearities are studied in this dissertation: magnetic-induced second-harmonic generation (MSHG) interacting with surface plasmon, called "nonlinear magnetoplasmonics" (NMP), and the nonlinear index induced by a strong pump beam in Titanium doped sapphire crystal, referred to as population-induced nonlinear index effect.;The fundamentals of the major effects involved are discussed, which include: surface plasmon and its field enhancement effect, MSHG technique and phenomenological calculations, the contrast ratio of magnetic switching, the calculation of lensing effects, population induced strain, and photoelastic effect. Furthermore, the …


Enhancement Of Ms Signal Processing For Improved Cancer Biomarker Discovery, Qian Si Jan 2014

Enhancement Of Ms Signal Processing For Improved Cancer Biomarker Discovery, Qian Si

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Technological advances in proteomics have shown great potential in detecting cancer at the earliest stages. One way is to use the time of flight mass spectroscopy to identify biomarkers, or early disease indicators related to the cancer. Pattern analysis of time of flight mass spectra data from blood and tissue samples gives great hope for the identification of potential biomarkers among the complex mixture of biological and chemical samples for the early cancer detection. One of the keys issues is the pre-processing of raw mass spectra data. A lot of challenges need to be addressed: unknown noise character associated with …


Exploring A Novel Approach To Technical Nuclear Forensics Utilizing Atomic Force Microscopy, Richard Scot Peeke Jan 2014

Exploring A Novel Approach To Technical Nuclear Forensics Utilizing Atomic Force Microscopy, Richard Scot Peeke

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