Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2009 Annual Meeting of the California Section of the APS

Volume 54, Number 18

Friday–Saturday, November 13–14, 2009; Monterey, California

Session Index

Session S3: Condensed Matter II	Show Abstracts
Chair: Frances Houle, Stealth Startup Company Room: Spanagel 321

Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:00PM - 2:12PM		S3.00001: Quantum entanglement in photosynthetic light harvesting Mohan Sarovar, Akihito Ishizaki, Graham Fleming, Birgitta Whaley Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:12PM - 2:24PM		S3.00002: Analyzing Particle Size Effects in ZnS:Cu using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Scott Medling, M. Kozina, Y. Jiang, B. Balaban, F. Bridges, S. Carter Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:24PM - 2:36PM		S3.00003: Metallic-like photoluminescence and absorption in fused silica surface flaws Ted Laurence, Jeff Bude, Nan Shen, Theodore Feldman, Philip Miller, William Steele, Tayyab Suratwala Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:36PM - 2:48PM		S3.00004: Cooling and Heating Processes in the Magnetocaloric Materials: Is Reversibility possible? Ana L. Lima Sharma, Angelo M. Gomes, Catalina Salazar Mejia, Adelino A. Coelho Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:48PM - 3:00PM		S3.00005: Comparative Study of PbS and CdSe quantum dots for use in Luminescent Solar Concentrators Georgiy Shcherbatyuk, Richard Inman, Chunhua Wang, Sayantani Ghosh, Roland Winston Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 3:00PM - 3:12PM		S3.00006: The 1-d Long Range Diluted Heisenberg Spin Glass - A Monte Carlo Study Auditya Sharma, Peter Young Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 3:12PM - 3:24PM		S3.00007: Optimization of a rubidium magnetometer based on nonlinear optical rotation Lok Fai Chan, L.R. Jacome, Srikanth Guttikonda, Eric Bahr, Derek Kimball Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 3:24PM - 3:36PM		S3.00008: Quantitative characterization of one-dimensional magnetic chains in organic semiconductors Evan Silverstein, Brian J. Cacha, Joshua Mims, Thomas Gredig Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 3:36PM - 3:48PM		S3.00009: An electro-optic experimental study of an unusual liquid crystal phase transition Daniel Staines, Derek Wicks, Austin Havens, Jonathan Fernsler Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 3:48PM - 4:00PM		S3.00010: Electronic structure and quantum critical behavior of NbFe$_{2}$ Brian Neal, Warren Pickett Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 4:00PM - 4:12PM		S3.00011: Biologically inspired MEMS based directional microphone Michael Touse, Stephen Harrison, Jeffrey Catterlin, Gamani Karunasiri Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 14, 2009 4:12PM - 4:24PM		S3.00012: Environment-invariant measure of distance between evolutions of an open quantum system Matthew Grace, Jason Dominy, Robert Kosut, Constantin Brif, Herschel Rabitz Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2009 Annual Meeting of the California Section of the APS

Volume 54, Number 18

Friday–Saturday, November 13–14, 2009; Monterey, California

Session Index

Session S3: Condensed Matter II

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