Undergraduate Honors Theses

AUTHOR: Abrams, Daniel S.
TITLE: Random Motion, Quantum Chaos, and Ohm's Law
DATE: June, 1994
ADVISER: Laughlin, Robert B.

AUTHOR: Aiello, W. A.
TITLE: Flight Dynamics of Ring Airfoil Toys
DATE: August, 1983
ADVISER: Ashley, Holt

AUTHOR: Babbitt, Wm. Randall
TITLE: The Effects of Additional Harmonics, FM, and AM in the RF Cavity of an Electron Storage Ring
DATE: Spring, 1982
ADVISER: Madey, John M. J.

AUTHOR: Berger, Seth David
TITLE: The Effect of Lower Dimensionality on Angle-Resolved Photoemission
DATE: June, 1993
ADVISER: Laughlin, Robert B.

AUTHOR: Bhatnagar, Aparna
TITLE: Thin Film Measurement for AFM in Liquids
DATE: June, 1999
ADVISER: N/A

AUTHOR: Birnbaum, Kevin
TITLE: Open Quantum Dot in a Parallel Magnetic Field
DATE: June, 1999
ADVISER: N/A

AUTHOR: Bolton, Tim
TITLE: The Physics of Radiological Warfare
DATE: June, 1982
ADVISER: Dunham, Jeff

AUTHOR: Bozovic, Dolores
TITLE: Optical Labeling Using Plasmon-Resonant Silver Spheres
DATE: June, 1995
ADVISER: Chu, Steven

AUTHOR: Brizius, Alison
TITLE: Modeling and Characterization of Feedhorns for the Sunyaev Zel'dovich Infrared Experiment
DATE: June, 2004
ADVISER: Church, Sarah

AUTHOR: Brock, Joel D.
TITLE: Tight-Binding Theory in Ionic Crystals
DATE: March, 1981
ADVISER: Harrison, W. A.

AUTHOR: Brown, Stephen James
TITLE: Experiments with a Simplified Energy Balance Model of the Earth's Climate
DATE: June, 1991
ADVISER: Cabrera, Blas

AUTHOR: Chan, I.H.
TITLE: Ballistic Conductance Fluctuations in Shape Space
DATE: N/A
ADVISER: Marcus, Charles M.

AUTHOR: Chao, Lambert Key
TITLE: Low Temperature Dielectric Behavior of Silica Aerogel
DATE: June, 1998
ADVISER: Osheroff, Douglas D.

AUTHOR: Cheu, Elliott
TITLE: A Prototype Vertex Chamber for the Mark III Experiment
DATE: May, 1986
ADVISER: Toki, Walter H.

AUTHOR: Connolly, Colin
TITLE: Resolution Enhancement in Capacitance Pressure Gauges for use in Melting Curve Thermometry
DATE: June, 2004
ADVISER: Osheroff, Douglas

AUTHOR: Cornell, Eric
TITLE: Ultra Low Pressure Vapor Pressure Measurements on Surface-Adsorbed Helium-4
DATE: June, 1995
ADVISER: Everitt, Francis C. W.

AUTHOR: Cribbs, Randolph K.
TITLE: Flourescence Lifetime Measurements of Rare Earth Metals Used in Fluoroimmunoassay Techniques
DATE: June, 1986
ADVISER: Byer, Robert L.

AUTHOR: Cronenwett, Sara Marie
TITLE: Meesoscopic Fluctuations with Strong Interactions: Universal Conductance Fluctuations of Elastic Cotunneling
DATE: June, 1996
ADVISER: N/A

AUTHOR: Cronin, Alex D.
TITLE: Experimental Observation of Electromagnetic Emissions Due to the Fracture of Quartz, Feldspar, and Granodiorite
DATE: June, 1993
ADVISER: Helliwell, Robert A.

AUTHOR: Dale, Daniel S.
TITLE: Picosecond Laser Excitation in Crystalline Silicon
DATE: June, 1984
ADVISER: Siegman, Anthony

AUTHOR: Dandliker, Richard B.
TITLE: An Investigation of Carbide Formation in Diamond Thin Films Using Transmission Electron Microscopy
DATE: June, 1992
ADVISER: Stevenson, David A.

AUTHOR: Dempsey, Jed
TITLE: A Method for Visual Pattern Recognition in a Self-Organizing System
DATE: Summer, 1982
ADVISER: Susskind, Leonard

AUTHOR: Donaghy, Timothy Q.
TITLE: The Stochastic Acceleration of Plasma Particles in Solar Flares
DATE: June, 1999
ADVISER: Petrosian, Vahe

AUTHOR: Edwards, Henry L.
TITLE: Background Due to Cosmic Protons in Gamma-Ray Telescopes
DATE: Spring, 1990
ADVISER: Hofstadter, Robert

AUTHOR: Ehrichs, Edward E.
TITLE: A Thin Film Circuit For Gravitational Wave Detection
DATE: June, 1986
ADVISER: Fairbank, William M.

AUTHOR: Estrada, Paul R.
TITLE: Voyager Observations of the Color of Saturn's Rings
DATE: 1994
ADVISER: N/A

AUTHOR: Evans, Scott Edward
TITLE: Time Evolution of Solar Magnetic Flextubes
DATE: June, 1990
ADVISER: Scherrer, Philip H.

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AUTHOR: Fang-Yen, Chris
TITLE: Fluctuational Electric Field and Many-Electron Magnetotransport in a Nondegenerate 2D Electron System
DATE: June, 1995
ADVISER: N/A

AUTHOR: Feffer, Paul T.
TITLE: Site Selective Doping and High Temperature Superconductivity in (La1-yPrY)(Ba2-xLax)Cu3O7+delta
DATE: June, 1985
ADVISER: Kapitulnik, Aharon

AUTHOR: Felson, Wayne S.
TITLE: Magnetic Dipole and Quadrupole Readout for Ground-Based Testing of the Relativity Gyroscope
DATE: March, 1993
ADVISER: Turneaure, John P.

AUTHOR: Freeman, William T.
TITLE: Light-Paths Through Oblate Planet Atmospheres; Calculations for Voyager
DATE: Spring, 1979
ADVISER: Giffard, Robin

AUTHOR: Frieman, Josh
TITLE: Lost Horizon: Galaxy Formation in an Inflationary Universe
DATE: May, 1981
ADVISER: Will, Clifford M.

AUTHOR: Ganz, Eric
TITLE: Two Dimensional Spin Systems
DATE: Spring, 1982
ADVISER: Susskind, Leonard

AUTHOR: Gibson, Sarah
TITLE: Supergranule Power Leakage into Modes of Solar Oscillation
DATE: June, 1989
ADVISER: Scherrer, Philip H.

AUTHOR: Gimon, Eric G.
TITLE: Particle Production and Radiation from an Accelerated Mirror
DATE: June, 1993
ADVISER: Susskind, Leonard

AUTHOR: Goel, Anita
TITLE: The Use of the Optical Tweezers Tool to Visualize Real Time Transcription by Single Molecules of RNA Polymerase
DATE: N/A
ADVISER: Chu, Steve

AUTHOR: Goldman, Mark S.
TITLE: Nonlinear Dynamics of Coupled Josephson Junctions: Spatial vs. Temporal Modes
DATE: June, 1993
ADVISER: Beasley, Malcolm R.

AUTHOR: Gooding, Andrew K.
TITLE: A Test Levitator for Niobium Spheres
DATE: August, 1986
ADVISER: Fairbank, William M.

AUTHOR: Green, James C.
TITLE: Venus and Tectonics
DATE: March, 1982
ADVISER: Wagoner, Robert V.

AUTHOR: Grefenstette, Brian
TITLE: Overview of a TES Instrument and Data Acquisition System
DATE: June, 2004
ADVISER: Cabrera, Blas

AUTHOR: Haakenaasen, Randi
TITLE: Construction of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope
DATE: June, 1988
ADVISER: Michelson, Peter

AUTHOR: Hamilton, Douglas P.
TITLE: Theoretical Optical and UV Line Intensities from Intracluster Plasmas
DATE: June, 1988
ADVISER: Walker, Arthur B.C.

AUTHOR: Hampton, Marshall
TITLE: The Electronic Structure and Spin-Spin Coupling of Models of Mn Redox Enzymes
DATE: N/A
ADVISER: Solomon, Edward

AUTHOR: House, Michael
TITLE: Physical and Medical Problems of Laser Angioplasty
DATE: June, 1986
ADVISER: Shaw, H. John

AUTHOR: Husen, Annalise Noelle
TITLE: The Current Levels and Conductance of the Voltage-Gated K Channel G87R from Squid Stellate Ganglion
DATE: N/A
ADVISER: Gilly, W.F.

AUTHOR: Hwa, Terence Tai-Li
TITLE: Proposals to Determine the Electro-Weak Contribution to Muon's g-2 Anomaly
DATE: June, 1986
ADVISER: Wojcicki, Stanley G.

I

AUTHOR: Ingrid, Eisgruber
TITLE: Hall Effect Characterization of Semiconductor Thin Films
DATE: June, 1989
ADVISER: Bube, Richard H.

J

AUTHOR: Jacobs, Polly
TITLE: Power Loss Measurements on Proton-Exchanged LiNbO3 Waveguides Using the Fabry Perot Technique
DATE: June, 1992
ADVISER: Fejer, Martin

AUTHOR: Jernigan, Tamara E.
TITLE: Transmission of Black Body Radiation Through Sapphire Fibers for Remote Temperature Measurements
DATE: Spring, 1981
ADVISER: Byer, Robert L.

K

AUTHOR: Kasen, Daniel
TITLE: The Rotaion of Spiral Galaxies
DATE: June, 1997
ADVISER: Willick, Jeff

AUTHOR: Kato, Saul
TITLE: Schrodinger Waves, Antiferromagnetism, and "Electron" Decay
DATE: June, 1995
ADVISER: Laughlin, Robert

AUTHOR: Kim, Nam Hoon
TITLE: Study of Frequency Dependence of Eddy-Current Loss and Signal-To-Noise Ratio in MRI
DATE: June, 1985
ADVISER: Fairbank, William

AUTHOR: King, Richard Roland
TITLE: Hot Prospects in Solar Cavity Receivers
DATE: June, 1985
ADVISER: Cabrera, Blas

AUTHOR: Kirby, Evan
TITLE: Complete Characterization of One QUaD Pixel
DATE: May, 2004
ADVISER: Church, Sarah

AUTHOR: Kirk, Randolph L.
TITLE: Enhancement Algorithms for Coronary Angiography by Means of Digital Synchrotron Dichromography
DATE: Spring, 1981
ADVISER: Hughes, Barrie

L

AUTHOR: Labrador, Allan W.
TITLE: Temperature Dependence of the Contact Potential of Copper
DATE: June, 1989
ADVISER: Fairbank, William M.

AUTHOR: Landhuis, David P.
TITLE: Picosecond Infrared Photon Echoes and the Study of Vibrational Dynamics in a Molecular Crystal
DATE: June, 1994
ADVISER: Fayer, M. D. and Schwettman, H. A.

AUTHOR: Langenbrunner, James
TITLE: Crystal Counters KRS-5, T1Br, T1C1
DATE: Spring, 1983
ADVISER: Hofstadter, Robert

AUTHOR: Larson, Melora
TITLE: A Thermal Model of the Gimballed
DATE: June, 1986
ADVISER: Everitt, C. W. Francis

AUTHOR: Lawall, John R.
TITLE: Laser Spectroscopy Using Radio-Frequency Optogalvanic Detection in Neon, Helium and Sodium
DATE: Spring, 1983
ADVISER: Schawlow, Arthur L.

AUTHOR: LaBelle, James
TITLE: Investigations of the Trimpi Effect: Whistler-Induced Perturbation of the Signals Propagating in the Earth-Ionosphere Waveguide
DATE: June, 1980

AUTHOR: Lederman, David
TITLE: Diffusive Thermal Conductivity in Superfluid Helium
DATE: June, 1988
ADVISER: Lipa, John

AUTHOR: Leistra, Andrea
TITLE: Large-Scale Structure at z~2
DATE: June, 1998
ADVISER: Romani, Roger

AUTHOR: Lesko, Kevin
TITLE: The Development of a Recoil Doppler Apparatus to Measure Lefetimes and Magnetic Moments of Short Lived Nuclear States
DATE: June, 1978
ADVISER: Clark, Dave

AUTHOR: Lim, Eric J.
TITLE: Optical Absorption in Sapphire
DATE: June, 1986
ADVISER: Byer, Robert L.

AUTHOR: Liu, Robert Cheng-Boung and Sabrina Tai Chen Yeh
TITLE: Building Low Frequency High Q Torsional Osciallators
DATE: June, 1991
ADVISER: Michelson, Peter F. and Douglas D. Osheroff

AUTHOR: Livnat, Noam and Michael Okun
TITLE: Observation of the Sagnac Effect in a Nonplanar Ring Oscillator
DATE: June, 1998
ADVISER: Byer, Robert L.

AUTHOR: Luu, Jane
TITLE: Anomalous Thermal Noise in Squid Magnetomers or (Jane Meets the Squid)
DATE: March, 1984
ADVISER: Lipa, John

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AUTHOR: Mainzer, Amanda K.
TITLE: A Definitive Signature of Black Holes
DATE: June, 1995
ADVISER: Wagoner, Robert V.

AUTHOR: Maloney, Alexander
TITLE: The Evolution and Luminosity Function of Quasars from Complete Optical Surveys
DATE: N/A
ADVISER: Petrosian, Vahe

AUTHOR: Mancoff, Frederick Bennett
TITLE: Two-Dimensional Electron Transport and Magnetoresistance Effects iun a Random Magnetic Dipole Array
DATE: June, 1995
ADVISER: N/A

AUTHOR: Mar, Thomas
TITLE: Dynamics of the Moving Vortex Lattice in Two-Dimensional Disordered Superconductors
DATE: August, 1997
ADVISER: Kapitulnik, Aharon

AUTHOR: Marcus, Charles
TITLE: The Effect of Low Frequency Ambient Magnetic Fields on the Control Unit and rf Head of a Commercial Squid Magnetometer
DATE: June, 1984
ADVISER: Everitt, Francis

AUTHOR: Markwardt, Craig Bishop
TITLE: Simulation of Light Collection by Thin Scintillator
DATE: June, 1992
ADVISER: Wojcicki, Stanley G.

AUTHOR: Marshall, Jill Ann
TITLE: Silicon-on-Sapphire 4-Point Thermometer
DATE: Spring, 1980
ADVISER: Geballe, T. H.

AUTHOR: McEachern, Randall
TITLE: The Search on Niobium Fragments for Fractionally Charged Particles Produced in Heavy Ion Collisions
DATE: June, 1983
ADVISER: Fairbank, William M.

AUTHOR: McQuinn, Matt
TITLE: The Curvature Effect and the Intrinsic Light Curves and Spectra in GRBs
DATE: June, 2004
ADVISER: Petrosian, Vahé

AUTHOR: Moler, K. A.
TITLE: Construction of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope
DATE: June, 1988
ADVISER: Michelson, Peter

AUTHOR: Monstavicius, Dion
TITLE: Non-Contact Charge Control Using Field Emission Cathodes
DATE: June, 1998
ADVISER: Lipa, John

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AUTHOR: Nakagawa, Wataru
TITLE: Low Temperature Characterization of Avalanche Photodiode (ADP) in Gain Mode
DATE: June, 1996
ADVISER: Lipa, John

AUTHOR: Navarro, Jose
TITLE: Deviations of Matter From Charge Neutrality
DATE: June, 1988
ADVISER: Fairbank, William M.

AUTHOR: Nelson, Ann
TITLE: A Bizarre Star: or, a Detailed Study of Models for the Weird Object SS433
DATE: June, 1980
ADVISER: Wagoner, Robert V.

AUTHOR: Niell, Cris
TITLE: Confocal Fluorescence Measurement of DNA Diffusion
DATE: June, 1985
ADVISER: Chu, Steve

AUTHOR: Noack, Reinhard M.
TITLE: A Normal Modes Solution for a String with an Absorbing Boundary
DATE: May, 1985
ADVISER: Geller, Robert

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AUTHOR: Olding, Benajamin
TITLE: Computer Modeling Superconduction Magnetic Shields
DATE: June, 1998
ADVISER: Mester, John

AUTHOR: Omohundro, Stephen
TITLE: Some Topological Excitations in Physics
DATE: May, 1980
ADVISER: Susskind, Leonard

AUTHOR: Orth, Karen
TITLE: A Passive Solar Water Still
DATE: May, 1990
ADVISER: Cabrera, Blas

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AUTHOR: Patience, Jenifer L.
TITLE: Modeling Coronal Bright Points as Small X-ray Emitting Loops
DATE: June, 1992
ADVISER: Walker, Arthur B. C., Jr.

AUTHOR: Persh, Steven E.
TITLE: Quasar Absorption Lines as Probes for High Redshift Superclusters
DATE: June, 1994
ADVISER: Romani, Roger W.

AUTHOR: Phelps, Steven
TITLE: The Growth of C60 Crystals and Measurement of Their Thermal Expansion
DATE: June, 1993
ADVISER: Osheroff, Douglas D.

AUTHOR: Phillips, Thomas J.
TITLE: Measuring the Energy Dependence of the Time Constant for Buildup of Polarization at Spear
DATE: Spring, 1979
ADVISER: Schwitters, Roy F.

AUTHOR: Popovici, Andrei
TITLE: The Scaling of the Entanglement Spacing in Semidilute DNA Solutions
DATE: June, 1995
ADVISER: Chu, Steve

Q

AUTHOR: Quake, Stephen Ronald
TITLE: The Elastic Spring Properties of DNA
DATE: June, 1991
ADVISER: Chu, Steven

R

AUTHOR: Rahn, Jeffrey T.
TITLE: Statistical Evidence for Pulsar Alignment
DATE: August, 1991
ADVISER: Michelson, Peter

AUTHOR: Read, Kenneth F., Jr.
TITLE: PSI' ---> PI+ PI- PSI Charmonium Decay in SLAC's Crystal Ball
DATE: June, 1981
ADVISER: Bloom, Elliott

AUTHOR: Regan, Brian Christopher
TITLE: Lightning-Induced Disturbances in the Lower Ionesphere
DATE: June, 1992
ADVISER: Inan, Umran

AUTHOR: Risca, Viviana I.
TITLE: "Magneto-Optical Tweezers": Design and Construction of a Magnetic Tweezers Device Compatible with an Optical Trap
DATE: June, 2004
ADVISER: Block, Steven M.

AUTHOR: Rose, Mark and Wong, Glenn
TITLE: Construction of a Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
DATE: June, 1993
ADVISER: Little, William A.

AUTHOR: Roy, Mousumi
TITLE: SLC Moller for Polarimeter Target Foil Polarization Measurements
DATE: June, 1989
ADVISER: Swartz, Morris

AUTHOR: Rozler, Michael
TITLE: Use of an STM as a Microcontactor to Study Micron-Scale Mo/amorphous Si/Mo Tunnel Junctions
DATE: June, 1996
ADVISER: Beasley, Malcom R.

S

AUTHOR: Sakazaki, Lloyd E.
TITLE: Solitions and the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Problem
DATE: June, 1980
ADVISER: Susskind, Leonard

AUTHOR: Seiffert, Michael
TITLE: Investigations of Ballistic Phonon Propagation
DATE: June, 1986
ADVISER: Cabrera, Blas

AUTHOR: Sethuraman, Srinivasan
TITLE: Determination of Flame Teperature Using Degenerate Four-wave Mixing
DATE: June, 1992
ADVISER: Zare, Richard

AUTHOR: Shapiro, Alexander L.
TITLE: Techniques in Low-Temperature Calorimetry and the Heat Capacity of Silicon Carbide (SiC)
DATE: April, 1993
ADVISER: Michelson, Peter F.

AUTHOR: Shevitz, Daniel
TITLE: Cosmological Constraints on Massive Neutrinos
DATE: June, 1985
ADVISER: Bond, Richard J.

AUTHOR: Shrauner, Jay Arthur
TITLE: Solar Cycle Variation in Photospheric Magnetic Field Inclination
DATE: June, 1991
ADVISER: Scherrer, Phillip H.

AUTHOR: Simon, Joshua
TITLE: Probing Bulk Flows with Spiral Galaxy Rotation Curves and the Tully-Fisher Relation
DATE: June, 1998
ADVISER: Willick, Jeffrey A.

AUTHOR: Sobon, Wayne P.
TITLE: Gravity Wave Detection: A Collaboration between the University of Maryland and Stanford
DATE: June, 1985
ADVISER: Michelson, Peter, and Fairbank, William

AUTHOR: Solotaroff, Jacob
TITLE: An Investigation of the Multiparameter Properties and Their Effect on Supernova Spectra and Distances
DATE: June, 1996
ADVISER: Wagoner, Robert V.

AUTHOR: Stockton, John Kenton
TITLE: Superconductor-Semiconductor Hybrid Nanostructures
DATE: June, 1999
ADVISER: Marcus, Charles

AUTHOR: Swift, Peter Reynders
TITLE: The Oscillation of a Scalar Field-Dominated Universe
DATE: June, 1990
ADVISER: Wagoner, Robert V.

AUTHOR: Sze, Hsuan
TITLE: Magnetic Penetration Depth Measurements in Superconducting Thin Films
DATE: June, 1989
ADVISER: Beasley, Malcom R.

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AUTHOR: Terman, Martin
TITLE: Determination of the Collision Center of Mass Energy of the SLC
DATE: June, 1989
ADVISER: Feldman, Gary J.

AUTHOR: Thomas, Jim and Michael, Doug
TITLE: Low Energy Gamma Ray Spectroscopy at the J/psi
DATE: June, 1982
ADVISER: Van Bibba,Karl A.

AUTHOR: Thompson, Matthew C.
TITLE: Development of an Atomic Interferometry-Based Gravity Gadiometer
DATE: June, 1997
ADVISER: Kasevich, Mark

AUTHOR: Thompson, Peter Alan
TITLE: A Parallel Plate Avalanche Detector for Heavily Ionizing Reoils in Gaseous 4He at 1 ATM and 5 degrees K
DATE: June, 1985
ADVISER: Martoff, C. Jeff

AUTHOR: TowSian, Danny Koh
TITLE: Quasi-Elastic Electron Scattering at High Momentum Transfer in Nuclei and Nucleons
DATE: June, 1990
ADVISER: Meziani, Zein-Eddine

AUTHOR: Tunguz, Bojan
TITLE: The Production of Aerogels and the Measurement of Their Surface Area Using the BET Technique
DATE: June, 1997
ADVISER: N/A

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AUTHOR: Wai, Lawrence L.
TITLE: The Effect of Trapped Magnetic Flux Quanta on the London Readout in GP-B
DATE: June, 1989
ADVISER: Turneaure, John P.

AUTHOR: Wales, Carolyn
TITLE: Time Resolved Measurements of Electron Energy Spectra the the SCA/FEL
DATE: June, 1990
ADVISER: Schwettman, H. Alan

AUTHOR: Wang, Mark M.
TITLE: Examination of the Order Parameter Symmetry in High Temperature Superconductors Through a Study of Josephon Coupling
DATE: June, 1994
ADVISER: Beasley, Malcolm R.

AUTHOR: White, Olivia L.
TITLE: Studies of Exactly-Solvable Quantum Antiferromagnets
DATE: June, 1997
ADVISER: Laughlin, Robert

AUTHOR: Widrow, Lawrence M.
TITLE: Hydromagnetic Phenomena in the Sun and Stars
DATE: May, 1984
ADVISER: Scherrer, Philip

AUTHOR: Wooding, Michael A.
TITLE: Computer Simulation of Helium Gas Spinup of Cryogenic Gyroscope for the Relativity
Gyroscope Experiment and a Planned Experimental Parametric Test
DATE: September, 1986
ADVISER: Everitt, Francis

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AUTHOR: Zhao, Yue
TITLE: Measurement of Natural Widths of Σc++ and Σc0 Charmed Baryons
DATE: May, 2004
ADVISER: Burchat, Patricia

AUTHOR: Zielinski, Lukasz J.
TITLE: Electronic Transport in Low Dimensional GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures
DATE: July, 1997
ADVISER: Marcus, Charles

AUTHOR: Zingmond, David
TITLE: Picosecond Pulse Compression and Amplification
DATE: Summer, 1986
ADVISER: Siegman, Anthony E.

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