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Browsing Physics - Master's degree by Issue Date
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Kerr-lens mode locked Ti:sapphire lasers are the backbone of most ultrafast and attosecond pulse generation systems. As such when building such systems the experimentalist desires an easy to use and robust system to produce ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This thesis describes the construction of a versatile apparatus to study ultracold quantum mixtures capable of simultaneously cooling fermionic ⁶Li and ⁴⁰K, as well as the bosonic ⁴¹K. The main features of the experimental ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The Casimir energy is the change in energy of a configuration of objects due to second quantization of the electromagnetic field. The Casimir energy of a dielectric object inside a perfectly conducting sphere was recently ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)An extrasolar planet discovered around one of the brightest stars in the sky would be a prime target for follow-on observing and characterization, especially if the planet were within the star's habitable-zone. The brightest ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is a tritium beta decay experiment designed to make a direct, model independent measurement of the electron neutrino mass. To accomplish this task, the experiment employs ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)In this thesis, we present simulations, using Finite Element Method (FEM), of phononpolariton generation and coherent control in ferroelectric crystals LiNbO₃ and LiTaO₃ through nonlinear electro-optic interactions with ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The methods of atomic physics offer a unique opportunity to study strongly correlated many body systems. It is possible to confine BECs in periodic optical lattices to form an analog of a solid state system. The study of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Circadian clocks are ubiquitous throughout the living world. Of these circadian clocks, the simplest one is found in cyanobacteria - unicellular, photosynthetic marine organisms. Studies of the circadian clock of Synechococcus ...
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Dynamic viscoelasticity of actin networks cross-linked with wild-type and mutant [alpha]-actinin-4 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The actin cross-linker [alpha]-actinin-4 has been found indispensable for the structural and functional integrity of podocytes; deficiency or alteration of this protein due to mutations disturbs the cytoskeleton and results ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Organic materials, with their superior photoluminescence and absorbance properties have revolutionized the technologies for displays and solar energy conversion. Due to the large transition dipoles, the localization of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Using self-resonant coils in a strongly coupled regime, we experimentally demonstrate efficient non-radiative power transfer over distances of up to eight times the radius of the coils. We use this system to transfer 60W ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)This thesis develops a system for adaptively and automatically learning to interpret patterns of electrical activity in neuronal populations in a real-time, on-line fashion. The system is primarily intended to enable the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The log of all interactions the student makes with an online homework tutor (MasteringPhysics), including start time, finish time, correct answers, wrong answers, and hints requested allowed the development of an algorithm ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)In this thesis, we investigate a new geometry of Paul trap with electrodes in a plane. These planar ion traps are compatible with modern silicon microfabrication, and can be scaled up to large arrays with multiple trapping ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Magnetic holes are isolated intervals of depleted interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) strength on timescales of several seconds to several hours. These intervals have been seen as often as several times per day in the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Despite their intrinsic advantages due to co-location, the two LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) Hanford interferometers have not been used in the search for the stochastic gravitational wave ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)We use the composite fermion approach for theoretical studies of the Coulomb drag between two parallel layers of two-dimensional electron gases in the quantum Hall regime near Landau level filling fraction v = 1/2. Within ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)In this thesis, we describe the analysis of 0.1-4 Hz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of the black hole X-ray binary XTE J1550-564 using data obtained with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite. Data from 13 ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This thesis contains work on three separate topics: the spontaneous motility of functionalized particles, the designability of RNA secondary structures, and the statistical mechanics of homopolymer RNAs. For the work on ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Since their discovery in mid 80's, a complete theory of high temperature superconductors is yet to take its final shape. Theory of fractionalization attempts to explain the phenomenon by assuming that the electron is split ...
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