Graduate Student Theses

Thesis title Author Advisor Year submittedsort icon Attached files
High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of van der Waals and Hydrogen Bonded Clusters: Pairwaise and Nonpairwise Additive Intermolecular Forces in ArnHF/DF and (HF)n complexes John T. Farrell, Jr. David J. Nesbitt 1995 high_resolutioninfrared_spectroscopy_of_van_der_waals_and_hydrogen_bonded_clusters_pairwise_nonpairwise_additive_intermolecular_forces_in....pdf
Quantitative study of frequency control of laser diodes with emphasis on phase-locking and absolute frequency measurement of the A10R(56)32-0 transition in iodine and 87Rb/D2 D/F crossover Stephen Swartz John L. Hall 1996 stephen_swartz_thesis_jila__243_1996_.pdf
Beams, Bursts, Bubbles, and Bullets: Relativistic Outflows in Astrophysics Sebastian Heinz Mitchell C. Begelman 1997 heinz_thesis.pdf
Bose-Einstein Condensation Experiments in a Dilute Vapor of Rubidium Chris Myatt Carl Wieman 1997 myatt_thesis.pdf
Temperature Dependent Rate Constant for the OH + O3 Chain Reaction via High Resolution Infrared Laser Absorption Methods Bradley W. Blackmon David J. Nesbitt 1998 blackmon.pdf
The First Experiments with Bose-Einstein Condensation of 87Rb Jason Remington Ensher Eric A. Cornell 1998 ensher_thesis.pdf
Laser Probing of Transport Properties and Rotational Alignment of N2+ Drifted in He Eric B. Anthony Stephen R. Leone 1998 anthony.pdf
High-precision measurements in atomic cesium supporting a low-energy test of the standard model Stephen Carroll Bennett Carl Wieman 1998 bennett_thesis.pdf
The Free-Fall Determination of the Universal Constant of Gravity Joshua Peter Schwarz James E. Faller 1998 schwarz.pdf
A Circularly-Polarized Optical Dipole Trap and Other Developments in Laser Trapping of Atoms Kristan Lee Corwin Carl Wieman 1999 corwin_thesis.pdf
High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Slit-Jet Cooled Transient Molecules: From van der Waals Clusters, to Hydrogen Bound Dimers, to Small Organic Radicals Scott Davis David J. Nesbitt 1999
Understanding the Photodissociation Dynamics of Molecular Cluster Ions Nicole D. Delaney Robert Parson 1999 delaney_thesis.pdf
Studies of Nonlinear Femtosecond Pulse Propagation in Bulk Materials Hilary K. Eaton Stephen R. Leone 1999 eaton_thesis.pdf
Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensation Michael Robin Matthews Eric A. Cornell 1999 matthews_thesis.pdf
The Preparation of Topological Modes in a Strongly-Coupled Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensate James E. Williams Murray Holland 1999 williams_thesis.pdf
Theoretical Investigation of Cold Alkali Atom James Patrick Burke, Jr. Chris Greene 1999 burke_thesis.pdf
Cone emission from single-filaments: Theory and Experiment Bradley David Paul Alan C. Gallagher 1999
The Effects of Large-Scale Convection on Solar Eigenfrequencies Michael Marchand Swisdak, III Ellen G Zweibel 1999 swisdak_thesis.pdf
Vibrationally mediated photodissociation of water and water containing complexes: state-to-state dynamics of intra- and inter-molecular collisions Ondrej Votava David J. Nesbitt 1999
Alignment, Vibrational, and Steric Effects In Unimolecular and Biomolecular Systems: Towards an Understanding of Chemical Reactions in Quantum State Detial Joanna R. Fair David J. Nesbitt 2000 fair_thesis.pdf
Measurements of the Power Spectrum and Redshift Distortions of the Las Campanas Redshift Survey Michael P. P. Culhane Andrew J. S. Hamilton 2000 culhane_thesis.pdf
Developments In Photorefractive Two-Beam Coupling Systems Valéria B. Damião Dana Z. Anderson 2000 damiao_thesis.pdf
Quantum and Semiclassical Scattering Matrix Theory for Atomic Photoabsorption in External Fields Brian Ellison Granger Chris Greene 2001 granger_thesis.pdf
Dynamics in the Upper Solar Convection Zone Marc Lyle DeRosa Juri Toomre 2001 derosa_thesis.pdf
Time resolved photoelectron spectroscopy with ultrafast soft x-ray light Lora Nugent-Glandorf Stephen R. Leone 2001 glandorf_thesis.pdf
The Properties of Super Star Clusters in A Sample of Starburst Galaxies Kelsey Johnson Peter S. Conti 2001 johnson_thesis.pdf
Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Alkyl Peroxides, Alkoxides, and Group VIII Transition Metal Oxides Tanya Michelle Ramond W. Carl Lineberger 2001 ramond_thesis.pdf
Bose-Einstein Condensates with Tunable Atom-atom Interactions: The First Experiments with 85Rb BECs Jacob Lyman Roberts Carl Wieman 2001 roberts_thesis.pdf
Coherent Control of Atoms and Molecules Randy Alan Bartels Henry Kapteyn 2002 bartels_thesis.pdf
Coherences and correlations in an ultracold Bose gas Heather Jean Lewandowski Eric A. Cornell 2002 lewandowski_thesis.pdf
Dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates near a Feshbach resonance in 85Rb Neil Ryan Claussen Carl Wieman 2003 claussen_thesis.pdf
Magnetic Traps and Guides for Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip: Progress toward a Coherent Atom Waveguide Beamsplitter Peter D. D. Schwindt Eric A. Cornell 2003 schwindt_thesis.pdf
Microwave Signal Processing with Photorefractive Dynamic Holography Edeline Fotheringham Dana Z. Anderson 2003 fotheringham_thesis.pdf
Vortices in a Bose-Einstein Condensate Paul C. Haljan Eric A. Cornell 2003 haljan_thesis.pdf
Photoionization, Photodissociation, and Long-Range Bond Formation in Molecular Rydberg States Edward Lees Hamilton Chris Greene 2003 hamilton_thesis.pdf
Using ultrafast extreme-ultraviolet pulses for time-resolved dynamics of molecules chemisorbed on metal surfaces Chi-Fong Lei Henry Kapteyn 2003 lei_thesis.pdf
Spectroscopic Studies of Optical Second-Harmonic Generation from Si(001) Surfaces Yong Qiang An Steven T. Cundiff 2003 an_thesis.pdf
Dynamic Phase and Population Control of State Selected Wave Packets in Li2 Joshua B. Ballard Stephen R. Leone 2003 ballard_thesis.pdf
The Three-Dimensional Physical Structure of the Local Interstellar Medium Seth Redfield Jeffrey L. Linsky 2003
Ultracold Bose gases - from the Gross-Pitaevskii to the fractional quantum Hall regime Satyan Gopal Bhongale Murray Holland 2004 bhongale_thesis.pdf
Vortices in a Highly Rotating Bose Condensed Gas I. R. Coddington Eric A. Cornell 2004 coddington_thesis.pdf
Quasi-Phase Matching of Soft X-ray Light from High-Order Harmonic Generation using Waveguide Structures Emily Abbott Gibson Henry Kapteyn 2004 gibson_thesis.pdf
Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Water Uptake in Polymer Photoresists Laurie A. McDonough Stephen R. Leone 2004 mcdonough_thesis.pdf
From Cooper Pairs to Molecules: Effective field theories for ultra-cold atomic gases near Feshbach resonances J. N. Milstein Murray Holland 2004 milstein_thesis.pdf
Photodissociation Dynamics and Photoelectron Imaging Spectroscopy of Anions and Anion Clusters Todd J. Sanford W. Carl Lineberger 2004 sanford_thesis.pdf
High-Precision Spectroscopy of Molecular Iodine: From Optical Frequency Standards to Global Descriptions of Hyper…ne Interactions and Associated Electronic Structure Lisheng Chen Jun Ye 2005 chen_lisheng_thesis.pdf
Atom-chip Bose-Einstein condensation in a portable vacuum cell Shengwang Du Dana Z. Anderson 2005 du_thesis.pdf
Quantum Degeneracy and Interactions in the 87Rb -40K Bose-Fermi Mixture Jonathan Michael Goldwin Deborah S. Jin 2005 goldwin_thesis.pdf
Distribution of an Ultrastable Frequency Reference Using Optical Frequency Combs Kevin W. Holman Jun Ye 2005 holman_thesis.pdf
Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy for Optical Frequency Metrology and Coherent Interactions Adela Marian Jun Ye 2005 marian_thesis.pdf
Experimental investigation of interactions between ultracold atoms and room-temperature surfaces David Murray Harber Eric A. Cornell 2005 harber_thesis.pdf
Analytic and Interferometric Techniques for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Scott E. Pollack Peter L. Bender 2005 pollack_thesis.pdf
Controlling Cold Collisions of Polar Molecules with External Fields Christopher Carl Ticknor John L. Bohn 2005 ticknor_thesis.pdf
An On-Chip Atom Interferometer Using a Bose-Einstein Condensate Ying-Ju Wang Eric A. Cornell 2005 wang_thesis.pdf
Spectrally resolved optical study of transient spin dynamics in semiconductors Zhigang Chen Steven T. Cundiff 2006 chen_thesis.pdf
Experiments on Cold Molecules Produced via Stark Deceleration Eric R. Hudson Jun Ye 2006 hudson_thesis.pdf
Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy Django H. Andrews W. Carl Lineberger 2006 andrews_thesis.pdf
Experimental realization of BCS-BEC crossover physics with a Fermi gas of atoms Cindy Regal Deborah S. Jin 2006 regal_thesis.pdf
Electron-initiated chemistry in polyatomic molecules S. Tonzani Chris Greene 2006 tonzani_thesis.pdf
High Precision Spectroscopy of Strontium in an Optical Lattice: Towards a New Standard for Frequency and Time Martin M. Boyd Jun Ye 2007 boyd_thesis.pdf
Analog Optoelectronic Independent Component Analysis for Radio Frequency Signals Martha-Elizabeth Baylor Dana Z. Anderson 2007 baylor_thesis.pdf
Negative Ion Photoelectron Imaging Spectroscopy of Iodine Monobromide and Copper Hydrides Ryan M. D. Calvi W. Carl Lineberger 2007 calvi_thesis.pdf
Stochastic Models of Atom-Photon Dynamics with Applications to Cooling Quantum Gases Josh W. Dunn Chris Greene 2007 dunn_thesis.pdf
Femtosecond Frequency Combs for Optical Clocks and Timing Transfer Seth M. Foreman Jun Ye 2007 foreman_thesis.pdf
High power ultrafast laser design and high-order harmonic generation in capillary discharge plasmas David M. Gaudiosi Henry Kapteyn 2007 gaudiosi_dissertation.pdf
Measurement of the Temperature Dependence of the Casimir-Polder Force John Michael Obrecht Eric A. Cornell 2007 obrecht_thesis.pdf
An Integrated Optical-Holographic Chemical-Vapor Sensor Steven Michael Hughes Dana Z. Anderson 2007 hughes_thesis.pdf
Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Non-Markovian Dynamics in a Dense Atomic Vapor Virginia O. Lorenz Steven T. Cundiff 2007 lorenz_thesis.pdf
Feshbach Resonances in Ultracold Bose-Fermi Mixtures Daniele Carlo Enrico Bortolotti John L. Bohn 2007 bortolotti_thesis.pdf
Combining Research in Physical Chemistry and Chemical Education Jack Barbera W. Carl Lineberger 2007 barbera_thesis.pdf
Experiments with a two-species Bose-Einstein condensate utilizing widely tunable interparticle interactions Scott B. Papp Carl Wieman 2007 papp_thesis.pdf
Coherent EUV Light from High-Order Harmonic Generation: Enhancement and Applications to Lensless Diffractive Imaging Ariel J. Paul Henry Kapteyn 2007 paul_ariel-thesis.pdf
From Femtoseconds to Nanoseconds: Simulation of IBr− Photodissociation Dynamics in CO2 Clusters Matthew Alan Thompson Robert Parson 2007 thompson_thesis.pdf
The Orbital Evolution of Extrasolar Planets After Formation Dimitri George Veras Phil Armitage 2007
Resonant and Nonresonant Interactions in Cold Quantum Gases Jochen Wachter Murray Holland 2007 wachter_thesis.pdf
Large amplitude quantum mechanics in polyatomic hydrides and multistate electronic potential energy surfaces of highly electronegative F + HX reactive systems Michael Deskevich David J. Nesbitt 2007 mpd-thesis-final.pdf
Bosons in Rotating Optical Lattices Rajiv Bhat Murray Holland 2008 rajivbhatthesis.pdf
Quantum Dynamics of Condensates, Atomtronic Systems, and Photon Fluids Brian Thomas Seaman Murray Holland 2008 brianseamanthesis.pdf
Ultracold Bose gases under rotation, in lattice potentials, and both Volker Schweikhard Eric A. Cornell 2008 schweikhard_thesis_1.pdf
Femtosecond molecular dynamics driven by extreme ultra violet radiation Etienne Gagnon Margaret Murnane 2008 gagnon_thesis.pdf
The Strontium Optical Lattice Clock: Optical Spectroscopy with Sub-Hertz Accuracy Andrew D. Ludlow Jun Ye 2008 ludlow_thesis.pdf
Phase Matching and Coherence of High-Order Harmonic Generation in Hollow Waveguides Amy Louise Lytle Margaret Murnane 2008 lytle_thesis.pdf
Experiments with Feshbach molecules in a Bose-Fermi mixture Michele Lynn Olsen Deborah S. Jin 2008 olsen_thesis.pdf
Infrared Photodissociation Spectroscopy of Cluster Anions in the Gas Phase Holger Schneider J. Mathias Weber 2008 schneider_thesis.pdf
High repetition rate Bose-Einstein condensate production in a compact, transportable vacuum system Matthew B. Squires Dana Z. Anderson 2008 squires_thesis.pdf
Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy and High-Resolution Coherent Control Matthew C. Stowe Jun Ye 2008 stowe_thesis.pdf
Gas-Phase Negative Ion Chemistry: Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Reactivity, and Thermochemical Studies Stephanie M. Villano W. Carl Lineberger 2008 villano_thesis.pdf
Trapped Ultracold Atoms with Tunable Interactions Javier von Stecher Chris Greene 2008 von_stecher_thesis.pdf
High-Order Harmonic Generation from Molecules Nicholas L. Wagner Henry Kapteyn 2008 wagner_thesis.pdf
Optical Two-Dimensional Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of Semiconductors Tianhao Zhang Steven T. Cundiff 2008 zhangthesis.pdf
Ultracold Fermionic Feshbach Molecules Joshua Zirbel Deborah S. Jin 2008 zirbel_thesis.pdf
Laser-Assisted Dynamics on Metallic Surfaces using Ultrafast X-Rays Luis Miaja-Avila Margaret Murnane 2009 miaja_avila_thesis.pdf
Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers: Development and Application Darren D. Hudson Steven T. Cundiff 2009 hudson_darren_thesis.pdf
A Quantum Gas of Polar Molecules Kang-Kuen Ni Deborah S. Jin 2009 ni_thesis.pdf
Energy Partitioning in Polyatomic Chemical Reactions: Quantum State Resolved Studies of Highly Exothermic Atom Abstraction Reactions from Molecules in the Gas Phase and at the Gas-Liquid Interface Alexander M. Zolot David J. Nesbitt 2009 zolot_thesis.pdf
Quantum State-Resolved Energy Transfer Dynamics at the Gas–Liquid Interface Bradford G. Perkins, Jr David J. Nesbitt 2009
Control and Dynamics of Few-Body Systems at Ultracold Temperatures Seth T. Rittenhouse Chris Greene 2009 rittenhouse_thesis.pdf
Closing the Gap to the Diffraction Limit: Near Wavelength Limited Tabletop Soft X-Ray Coherent Diffractive Imaging Richard Lunt Sandberg Margaret Murnane 2009 sandberg_thesis.pdf
Nanoscale thermal, acoustic, and magnetic dynamics probed with soft x-ray light Mark E. Siemens Margaret Murnane 2009 siemens_thesis8opt.pdf
Probing a strongly interacting Fermi gas John Stewart Deborah S. Jin 2009 stewart_thesis.pdf
Generation, Temporal Characterization and Applications of Femtosecond-/ Attosecond Extreme Ultraviolet Pulses Isabell Thomann Margaret Murnane 2009 thomann_thesis.pdf
Cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy Michael J. Thorpe Jun Ye 2009 thorpe_thesis.pdf
Atoms, Molecules and Clusters in Intense Laser Fields Zachary B. Walters Chris Greene 2009 walters_thesis.pdf
High-Order Harmonic Spectroscopy of Molecular Structure and Dynamics Xibin Zhou Margaret Murnane 2009 zhou_thesis.pdf
Convection and Dynamo Action in Rapidly Rotating Suns B. P. Brown Juri Toomre 2009 brown_thesis.pdf
Quantitative measurements of many-body exciton dynamics in GaAs quantum-well structures Ryan P. Smith Steven T. Cundiff 2010 smith_thesis-1.pdf
Development of a Josephson Parametric Amplifier for the Preparation and Detection of Nonclassical States of Microwave Fields Manuel Angel Castellanos-Beltran Konrad Lehnert 2010 castellanos_thesis.pdf
Structure and spectroscopy of candidates for an electron electric dipole moment experiment Edmund R. Meyer John L. Bohn 2010 meyer_thesis.pdf
Atoms in Rotating Lattices and Cavity QED Measurements of Atomic Dynamics Brandon March Peden Murray Holland 2010 peden_thesis.pdf
Progress towards an ultracold atomic Sagnac gyroscope Stephen R. Segal Dana Z. Anderson 2010 segal_thesis.pdf
Towards Measuring the Electron Electric Dipole Moment Using Trapped Molecular Ions R.P. Stutz Eric A. Cornell 2010 stutz_thesis.pdf
Probing an interacting Bose gas in a quasi-two-dimensional trap Shih-Kuang Tung Eric A. Cornell 2010 tung_thesis.pdf
Cold Polar Molecules for Novel Collision Experiments at Low Energies Brian Sawyer Jun Ye 2010 sawyerthesis.pdf
Photoemission Spectroscopy of a Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas John Gaebler Deborah S. Jin 2010 gaeblerthesis.pdf
Strongly Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensates: Probes and Techniques Juan Pino II Deborah S. Jin 2010 pinothesis.pdf
Electric-Field Affected Low-Energy Collisions between Co-Trapped Ammonia and Rubidium L. Paul Parazzoli Heather Lewandowski 2010 parazzoli_thesis.pdf
The Atomic Point Contact as a Detector of Nanomechanical Motion Nathan EdwardFlowers-Jacobs Flowers-Jacobs Konrad Lehnert 2010 flowersjacobs_thesis_full.pdf
Mixing of Dust in Protoplanetary Disks and the Solar Nebula Anna Louise Haugsjaa Hughes Phil Armitage 2011 hughes2alh_thesis.pdf
Ultracold matter systems and atomtronics instrumentatio Evan Salim Dana Z. Anderson 2011 salim-thesis_small.pdf
Exploring Convection and Dynamos in the Cores and Envelopes of Stars Nicholas Andrew Featherstone Juri Toomre 2011 featherstone_thesis.pdf
Ultracold Collisions and Fundamental Physics with Strontium Sebastian Blatt Jun Ye 2011 theses_2011_sebastianblatt.pdf
Single-Molecule Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies of Cation-Facilitated RNA Folding: Isolated Tertiary Interactions Julie Fiore David J. Nesbitt 2011 fiore_thesis_jila.pdf
Open Quantum System Studies of Optical Lattices and Nonlinear Optical Cavities: A Comprehensive Development of Atomtronics Ronald Pepino Murray Holland 2011 pepino_thesis.pdf
Manifestations of the Roton in Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates Ryan M. Wilson John L. Bohn 2011 rmwilsonthesis.pdf
Element-Selective Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics with a Tabletop Light Source Chan La-o-vorakiat Margaret Murnane 2011 chan_laovorakiat_thesis_3.pdf
Structure and Dynamics of Small Molecules and Anions: Negative-ion photoelectron spectroscopy Elisa M. Miller W. Carl Lineberger 2012 miller_thesis.pdf
Contact Measurements on a Strongly Interacting Bose Gas Robert J. Wild Eric A. Cornell 2012 wild_thesis.pdf
Development of Frequency Comb Velocity-Modulation Spectroscopy, Spectroscopy of HfF+ and the JILA eEDM Experiment Laura C. Sinclair Eric A. Cornell 2012 thesis.pdf
Dynamic Line-by-line Pulse Shaping John Thomas Willits Steven T. Cundiff 2012 johnwillitsthesis18p.pdf
Using Mechanical Oscillators for Transduction and Memory of Quantum States Sarah A. McGee Murray Holland 2012 sarahmcgeethesis.pdf
Photofragmentation and Recombination Dynamics of Partially Solvated Anionic Clusters Joshua P. Martin W. Carl Lineberger 2012 joshua_p._martin_-_dissertation.pdf
Hyperspherical Approach to Quantal Three-body Theory Jia Wang Chris Greene 2012 phdthesis_jiawang.pdf
Exploring Few-body Scattering Resonances in a Bose-Fermi Mixture: from Feshbach Dimers to Efi mov Trimers Tyler Dunnington Cumby Deborah S. Jin 2012 tdcthesis_signed.pdf
LINEAR AND NONLINEAR ELECTRO-OPTICS IN A SEMICONDUCTOR Haipeng Zhang Steven T. Cundiff 2012 haipeng_zhang_thesis_modified.pdf
A Compact and Transportable Ultracold Matter System and Progress Towards a Continuously Operating Neutral Rydberg Atom Quantum Computer Kai M. Hudek Dana Z. Anderson 2012 hudek_thesis_web.pdf
Microwave Electromechanics: Measuring and Manipulating the Quantum State of a Macroscopic Mechanical Oscillator Jennifer Wightman Harlow Konrad Lehnert 2013 jwharlowthesis.pdf