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Stereodynamics of asymmetric rotor - atom collisionsTruhins, Kaspars January 1997 (has links)
No description available.
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Fast amplitude and delay measurement for characterization of optical devicesThompson, Michael Thomas 30 October 2006 (has links)
A fast measurement technique based on the modulation phase-shift technique is
developed to measure the wavelength-dependent magnitude and phase responses of
optical devices. The measured phase response is in the form of group delay, which is
used to determine the chromatic dispersion in the device under test by taking the
derivative of the group delay with respect to optical wavelength. The measurement
setup allows both step-tunable and sweeping laser sources. A modulation frequency of
up to 2.7 GHz is accommodated. An alternate method for the phase measurement that
overcomes non-linearities in the measurement setup is also presented. The speed of the
measurement setup is limited by the sweeping speed of the laser source, which for the
Agilent 81682A is 40 nm/sec. The magnitude accuracy is determined by taking a
comparison to the commercially available Micron Finisar measurement system, where
an error of 0.125 dB is noted. The phase accuracy of the measurement setup is tested
by taking the Hilbert transform of the measured magnitude response of an Acetylene
gas cell and comparing it to the integral of the measured group delay. The average
deviation between the two methods is 0.1 radians. An Acetylene gas cell, fiber Bragg
grating, and chirped Bragg grating are tested with the measurement setup and the
Agilent 8168The characterization of the setup leads to the conclusion that the measurement setup
developed in this paper is fast and accurate. The speed of the technique is on the order
of microseconds for a single measurement and excels beyond the speed of the standard
modulation phase-shift technique, which includes measurement times on the order of
minutes. The accuracy of the technique is within 0.125 dB for magnitude
measurements and 0.1 radians for phase measurements when compared to
commercially available measurement systems.2A laser source at 40 nm/sec and the measurement plots are presented.
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Measuring the 13C(α,n) Reaction in Inverse Kinematics: A Preliminary InvestigationJones-Alberty, Yenuel S. January 2019 (has links)
No description available.
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Toward a Novel Gas Cell for X-Ray Spectroscopy : Finite Element Flow Simulation and Raman CharacterizationStångberg Valgeborg, Fredrik January 2019 (has links)
The new millennium has seen revolutionary advances in photonsource technology. As the newly constructed synchrotron facilityMAX IV in Lund, Sweden, pushes brilliance toward what isphysically possible, low-yield spectroscopic techniques, such asresonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS), open new doors inmolecular and condensed matter research. The VERITAS beamline atMAX IV is designed for high-resolution vibrational RIXS on gases.X-rays interact with flowing molecules inside a window-cappedcell, but the radiation intensity is expected to be large enoughto damage the windows, and cause build-up of photochemicalproducts, which lowers transmission. To address these issues, anovel gas cell design is presented, wherein the distance betweensample gas and window is increased by using a flowing heliumbuffer. The main challenge is maintaining a steep sample gasconcentration gradient within the cell, and to that end, gas flowswere simulated on various geometries by using the finite elementmethod to solve the Navier-Stokes equations. Results were used toconstruct a prototype, and confocal Raman microscopy was used forconcentration characterization. Preliminary measurements revealeda uniform sample gas distribution, and the technique proved to beinefficient for wide scanning of parameter values. This suggeststhat a supplementary experiment is required to find roughestimates of good parameter values, which can then be followed upwith new Raman measurements for fine-tuning of the properparameter space. Real-time visualization of the sample gas flow,using a visible gas under an optical microscope, is one candidatefor this supplementary experiment.
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Mechanism of gas cell stability in bread makingSroan, Baninder Singh January 1900 (has links)
Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Grain Science and Industry / Finlay I. MacRitchie / Expansion of dough and hence breadmaking performance is postulated to depend on a dual mechanism for stabilization of inflating gas bubbles. Two flours were used in this study, one from the wheat variety Jagger (Jagger) and the other from a composite of soft wheat varieties (soft). The primary stabilizing mechanism is due to the gluten-starch matrix surrounding the bubble. The secondary mechanism operates when gas bubbles come into close contact during later proofing and early baking. When discontinuities occur in the gluten-starch matrix surrounding gas bubbles, thin liquid lamellae stabilized by adsorbed surface active compounds, provide a secondary stabilization.
A key parameter in the primary stabilizing dough film is thought to be the property of strain hardening. Jagger flour gave higher test-bake loaf volume than soft wheat flour and higher strain hardening index for dough. Rheological properties of doughs were varied by addition of protein fractions prepared by pH fractionation. Fractions were characterized by SE-HPLC and MALLS. The molecular weight distribution (MWD) of fractions progressively shifted to higher values as the pH of fractionations decreased. Mixograph peak development time paralleled the MWD. However, the strain hardening index and the test-bake loaf volume increased with increasing MWD up to a point (optimum), after which they declined. At a given strain rate the behavior at the optimum appeared to result from slippage of the maximum number of statistical segments between entanglements, without disrupting the entangled network of polymeric proteins. Shift of MWD to MW higher than the optimum results in a stronger network with reduced slippage through entanglement nodes, whereas a shift to lower MWs will decrease the strength of the network due to less number of entanglements per chain.
In order to study the secondary stabilizing mechanism, different lipid fractions were added incrementally to the defatted flours. No effects were observed on the rheological properties of the dough. However, large effects on the loaf volume were measured. The additives used were the total flour lipid and its polar and non polar fractions and the fatty acids palmitic, linoleic and myristic. Polar lipids and palmitic acid had positive or little effect on loaf volume respectively. Non polar lipid, linoleic and myristic acids had negative effects on loaf volume. 1
The different effects of the lipid fractions are thought to be related to the type of monolayer that is formed. Polar lipid and palmitic acid form condensed monolayers at the air/water interface whereas non polar lipid, linoleic and myristic acids form expanded monolayers.
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Constructing and Commissioning HELIOS – A High Harmonic Generation Source for Pump-Probe Measurements with sub 50 fs Temporal Resolution : The Development of Experimental Equipment for Extreme Ultraviolet SpectroscopyTerschlüsen, Joachim A. January 2016 (has links)
This thesis presents HELIOS, an in-house laboratory for time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy with extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) probe radiation. A wide span of pump wavelengths can be generated using commercial laser equipment while XUV probe radiation is generated via a high harmonic generation process in a noble gas delivering probe photons with energies between 20 eV and 72 eV. The XUV beam path features a time-preserving monochromator and was constructed and built in-house. HELIOS features an overall time resolution of about 50 fs when using 800 nm pump and 41 eV probe photons. An energy resolution of 110 meV at 41 eV photon energy can be achieved. HELIOS features two beamlines. One µ-focus beamline with an XUV focal size of about 20 µm can be used with experiments that require such a small XUV focal size as well as with different end stations. The other beamline features a semi-permanently mounted end station for angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy under ultra-high vacuum conditions. Experiments demonstrating the usability of HELIOS and the two beamlines are presented. A pump-probe measurement on graphene demonstrates the capability of determining a large part of the k-space in only one measurement due to the use of an ARTOF angle-resolved time-of-flight electron spectrometer. A non-angle-resolved pump-probe measurement on the conducting polymer PCPDTBT demonstrates the high signal-to-noise ratio achievable at this beamline in non-angle-resolved photoelectron-spectroscopy pump-probe measurements. The usability of the µ-focus beamline is demonstrated with time-resolved measurements on magnetic samples employing an in-house-designed spectrometer. These experiments allow the retrieval of element-specific information on the magnetization within a sample employing the transversal magneto-optical Kerr effect (T-MOKE). Additionally, a Fourier transform spectrometer for the XUV is presented, the concept was tested at a synchrotron and it was used to determine the longitudinal coherence of the XUV radiation at HELIOS.
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