Session PA: Applied Physics II

Chair: Mohan Aggarwal, Alabama A&T University
Holiday Inn Brownstone - Roosevelt


Saturday, November 1, 2008
10:30AM - 10:42AM

PA.00001: Bifurcations and Averaging in a Series Array of Tunnel Diodes
Kevin J. Brown , Huidong Xu , Stephen W. Teitsworth

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
10:42AM - 10:54AM

PA.00002: Infrared absorption and emission studies of Er:YAG, Er:KPb$_{2}$Cl$_{5}$, and Er:KPb$_{2}$Br$_{5}$ for eye-safe laser applications
Craig Hanley , Ei Brown , Uwe Hommerich , Sudhir Trivedi , John Zavada

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
10:54AM - 11:06AM

PA.00003: Growth and spectroscopic characterization of Ho-doped KPb$_{2}$Cl$_{5}$ crystal for mid-IR laser applications
Olusola Oyebola , Ei Brown , Uwe Hommerich , Sudhir Trivedi , Althea Bluiett , John Zavada

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:06AM - 11:18AM

PA.00004: Theory of single nuclear spin detection in magnetic resonance force microscopy
Srinivasa Chemudupati , Vladimir Tsifrinovich

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:18AM - 11:30AM

PA.00005: Optimizing extraction of information from resonance lines in Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
P. Aggarwal , D.E. Aspnes

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:30AM - 11:42AM

PA.00006: Prolonging Electron Emission in Pyroelectric Crystal Accelerators
Stephen Shafroth , Anya Derbakova , Vishal Rao , Kuai Yu

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:42AM - 11:54AM

PA.00007: Novel Pyroelectric Material Systems for Infrared Sensor Applications
Padmaja Guggilla , Ashok Batra , Matthew Edwards

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:54AM - 12:06PM

PA.00008: Investigation of locally favored structures in Al-La-Ni metallic glasses using $^{27}$Al NMR Spectroscopy
Magdalena Sandor , Xuekui Xi , Yue Wu

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
12:06PM - 12:18PM

PA.00009: Effect of Preloading Condition on Fringe Pattern in Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry
Tomohiro Sasaki , Sanichiro Yoshida , John Gaffney

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
12:18PM - 12:30PM

PA.00010: Can we know loading history of solid-state materials?
Sanichiro Yoshida , John Gaffney , Tomohiro Sasaki , Christopher Schneider

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Session PB: Optical Physics

Chair: John Yukich, Davidson College
Holiday Inn Brownstone - Washington


Saturday, November 1, 2008
10:30AM - 10:42AM

PB.00001: UV Induced Photopatterning of Poly-L-Lysine and Photodegradation of Ppolymethylmetacrylate
Jean Michel Taguenang , Aschalew Kassu , Redahegn Sileshi , Fernando Calzzani , Anup Sharma

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
10:42AM - 10:54AM

PB.00002: Polybutadiene polymer as a photopatterning substrate
Aschalew Kassu , Jean Michel Taguenang , Fernando Calzzani , Redahegn Sileshi , Anup Sharma

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
10:54AM - 11:06AM

PB.00003: Investigating Capacitance Behavior of Nanomaterials through Split-tip Scanning Capacitance Microscopy
Beverly Clark III , Hans Hallen

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:06AM - 11:18AM

PB.00004: Optimal control of light pulse storage and retrieval in atomic vapor
Nathaniel Phillips , Irina Novikova , Alexey Gorshkov

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:18AM - 11:30AM

PB.00005: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO HA.00064


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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:30AM - 11:42AM

PB.00006: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO HA.00063


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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:42AM - 11:54AM

PB.00007: Silicides for infrared surface plasmon resonance biosensors
J.W. Cleary , R.E. Peale , W. Buchwald , R. Soref

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:54AM - 12:06PM

PB.00008: The Terahertz Spectrum of Nitric Acid
Paul Helminger , Douglas T. Petkie , Ivan Medvedev , Frank C. De Lucia

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
12:06PM - 12:18PM

PB.00009: Application of the Anisotropic Bond Model to a Single Bond Attached to a Sphere
E.J. Adles , D.E. Aspnes

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
12:18PM - 12:30PM

PB.00010: Magnetic field structure in photodetachment from the lowest threshold of the O$^{-}$ ion
John N. Yukich , Anne Joiner , Robert H. Mohr

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Session PC: Geophysics and Atmospheric Physics

Chair: Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina A&T University
Holiday Inn Brownstone - Lincoln


Saturday, November 1, 2008
10:30AM - 10:42AM

PC.00001: Using Seismic Refraction Method to Image the Subsurface Structure of the Eastern Bushveld Complex in South Africa
Abebaw Belay , Andrew Nyblade , Aubreya Adams , Mulugeta Dugda

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
10:42AM - 10:54AM

PC.00002: New Crustal Thickness for Djibouti, Afar, Using Seismic Techniques
Mulugeta Dugda , Solomon Bililign

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
10:54AM - 11:06AM

PC.00003: Orographic Effects on the Evolution of AEW-MCSs Across Northern Africa
James Spinks , Wilson Jones , Yuh-Lang Lin , Guoqing Tang

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:06AM - 11:18AM

PC.00004: Formation of AEWs and MCSs over Eastern Africa and its Implication to Tropical Cyclogenesis over Eastern Atlantic Ocean
Guoqing Tang , Yuh-Lang Lin , James Spinks , Wilson Jones

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:18AM - 11:30AM

PC.00005: Orographic Effects on the Evolution of African Easterly Wave-Mesoscale Convective Systems Across Africa
James Spinks , Wilson Jones , Yuh-Lang Lin , Guoqing Tang

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:30AM - 11:42AM

PC.00006: Formation of African Easterly Waves and Mesoscale Convective Systems over Eastern Africa
Guoqing Tang , Yuh-Lang Lin , James Spinks , Wilson Jones

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:42AM - 11:54AM

PC.00007: Effects of Southern Appalachian Mountains on the Rainfall Associated with the Passage of Hurricane Iavn (2004)
Alan Covell , Yuh-Lang Lin

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
11:54AM - 12:06PM

PC.00008: Comparison of Water Vapor Measurements from Ground-based and Space-based GPS Atmospheric Remote Sensing Techniques
Ian Colon-Pagan , Ying-Hwa Kuo

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
12:06PM - 12:18PM

PC.00009: A study of ocean spray lubrication effect on tropical cyclone intensity
Yevgenii Rastigejev , Yuh-Lang Lin

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Saturday, November 1, 2008
12:18PM - 12:30PM

PC.00010: Effects of Orography on the Genesis of Hurricane Javier (2004) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Van Nguyen , Yuh-Lang Lin

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