Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2017 Annual Fall Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section

Volume 62, Number 18

Friday–Saturday, October 13–14, 2017; Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Session Index

Session F1: Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

Chair: Carlo Samson, Miami University
Room: Kreger Hall 227

Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:30AM - 8:42AM		F1.00001: Quantum uncertainty and symplectic capacity Barbara Sanborn Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:42AM - 8:57AM		F1.00002: Physical meaning of the radial index of Laguerre-Gauss beams William Plick, Mario Krenn Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:57AM - 9:12AM		F1.00003: Quantum Key Distribution and the Quest for the Holy Modes Stone Oliver, Yiyu Zhou, Mohammad Hashemi, Robert Boyd Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:12AM - 9:27AM		F1.00004: Noise-enabled optical ratchet in cold atoms Alex Reigle Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:27AM - 9:42AM		F1.00005: Improvement in Quantum Storage Fidelity via Subradiance Tyler Thurtell, Perry Rice Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:42AM - 9:57AM		F1.00006: EIT Amplitude Noise Spectroscopy Michael Crescimanno, Ben Whitenack, Andrew Funk, Shannon O'Leary Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:57AM - 10:12AM		F1.00007: PT-Symmetry in Coupled Oscillators Jayson Rook Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 10:12AM - 10:27AM		F1.00008: Superradiance with Classical Dipoles Arkan Hassan, Perry Rice Preview Abstract

Session F2: Photonics and Nanoscience/Condensed Matter

Chair: Khalid Eid, Miami University
Room: Kreger Hall 221

Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:30AM - 8:45AM		F2.00001: Enhanced photonic-plasmonic laser emission from Zinc-doped GaAs nanowires Fatemesadat Mohammadi, Mykhaylo Lysevych, Hoe Tan, Chennupati Jagadish, Martin Fraenzl, Hans Peter Wagner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:45AM - 9:00AM		F2.00002: Atomic Scale Proximity Effect at a Molecular Superconductor-Metal Kyaw Zin Latt, Sajida Khan, Anh Ngo, Hao Chang, Abdou Hassanien, Larry Curtiss, Saw-Wai Hla Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:00AM - 9:15AM		F2.00003: Optical interaction of metal-induced-gap-state electrons and photon-assisted-tunneling electrons at the metal-insulator interfaces Mallik Mohd Raihan Hussain, Zhengning Gao, Domenico de Ceglia, Maria Vincenti, Andrew Sarangan, Imad Agha, Joseph Haus, Parag Banerjee, Michael Scalora Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:15AM - 9:30AM		F2.00004: Fabrication of periodically poled lithium niobate for conversion experiments Matthew Mircovich, Jay Mathews, Imad Agha Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:30AM - 9:45AM		F2.00005: Electric Field Driven Void Percolation Around Spheres and Plates Nicholas McGuigan, Donald Priour Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:45AM - 10:00AM		F2.00006: Potential-Descending Principle and Statistical Theory of Heat Shouhong Wang, Tian Ma Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 10:00AM - 10:15AM		F2.00007: The Influence of Different Treatments of Surface Chemistry on Titanium via X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy David Bernard, Hannah Senediak, Eruj Arif, Veronica Marcella, Lauren Debow, Patrick McWhorter, Holly Martin, Snjezana Balaz Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 10:15AM - 10:30AM		F2.00008: Investigations into sensitizing GaP photocathodes with CdSe quantum dots Desislava Dikova, Molly MacInnes, Sudarat Lee, Stephen Maldonado Preview Abstract

Session F3: Applied Physics, Optics and Spectroscopy, Astrophysics

Chair: Karthik Vishwanath, Miami University
Room: Kreger Hall 222

Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:30AM - 8:45AM		F3.00001: Design and Characterization of 3d Printed Optical Assemblies Donald Cutrer, Jr., Elainie Huncik, Michael Crescimanno Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:45AM - 9:00AM		F3.00002: Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging's Sensitivity to Buried Flow Anthony Young Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:00AM - 9:15AM		F3.00003: Theoretical Analysis of a Seeded Induced Coherence Setup Nathaniel Miller, William Plick Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:15AM - 9:30AM		F3.00004: Investigating the Beer-Lambert Law in a Cavity-Enhanced Spectroscopic Method Zane Thornburg, Karl Feierabend, Susan Lehman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:30AM - 9:45AM		F3.00005: Time-Resolved Double-Resonance Spectroscopy: vibrationally resolved lifetimes of the Na$_2$ $6^1\Sigma^+_g (v=8)$ Michael Saaranen, Burcin Bayram Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:45AM - 10:00AM		F3.00006: Algebraic and Functor Quantum Field Theory Perry rice, Daniel King Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 10:00AM - 10:15AM		F3.00007: The Quark-Hadron Phase Transition in Neutron Stars and Protoneutron Stars Jacob Roark Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 10:15AM - 10:30AM		F3.00008: Extensive Excursion and Orbital Exchange in Few Body Planetary Systems Stefan Lesnansky, Donald Priour Preview Abstract

Session F4: SOS/AAPT/Physics Education

Chair: Jennifer Blue, Miami University
Room: Kreger Hall 224

Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:30AM - 8:45AM		F4.00001: Replicating Ohio's Earthquakes in Physics Classes Frederick Thomas Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:45AM - 9:00AM		F4.00002: Treating Interference Effects Coherently Lenore Horner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:00AM - 9:15AM		F4.00003: Testing Drag Models with a Pendulum Oscillator Hunter Daymon, Ernest Behringer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:15AM - 9:30AM		F4.00004: Audacity for teaching the Physics of Music Herbert Jaeger Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:30AM - 9:45AM		F4.00005: GeoGebra: a Tool for Teaching Physics Lenore Horner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 9:45AM - 10:00AM		F4.00006: Student Strategies for Improving Course Grades: What Do They Do? Jennifer Blue, Brian Kirkmeyer, Amy Summerville Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 14, 2017 10:00AM - 10:15AM		F4.00007: Teaching with Toys: Why? and How? Beverley Taylor Preview Abstract

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