Brian Tinker with William Fickinger (project started January 2006)History of Acoustics Research in the Physics DepartmentThe Case Physics Department has a rich history of research in acoustics, which peaked during the early 20th century. In particular, the department head, Dayton Miller, invented the phonodeik, the predecessor to modern oscilloscopes,...
2006
Benjamin Titus with John Ruhl (project started January 2006)Development and Testing of Millimeter-wave Half-Wave Plates (draft abstract)In the project titled “Development and Testing of millimeter-wave Half-Wave Plates” we are testing a half-wave plate polarization rotator using birefringent sapphire crystals made by two different manufacturers. One of our goals is...
Colleen Woodward with Ken SingerLasing and Nonlinear Optics in Polymeric 1-D Photonic CrystalsNew techniques have been used to create high quality multilayer polymer films, forming one-dimensional photonic crystals. Films doped with active species will be used to study stimulated emission and other linear and nonlinear optical properties. These properties...
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