This thesis describes the construction of an experimental apparatus to study disorder physics using ultracold fermionic atomic gases. We use this apparatus to realize 3D Anderson localization for the first time for quantum ...

This thesis describes the development of an ultrafast computed tomography (CT) reconstruction engine, coupling fast CT reconstruction algorithms with the parallelism and processing power of the NVIDIA GeForce ...

This dissertation presents experimental studies of spin generation in metallic ferromagnets (FM) driven by ultrafast laser light using a pump-probe technique. The pump light gives a driving force for spin generation by ...

Although the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic modality in obstetrics has become ubiquitous, concern that harmful effects may occur under special circumstances continues. A physical mechanism by which biological effects ...

This dissertation investigates the ultrasonic scattering from tumors. Tumors are complex acoustic scattering media and to date there has not been an adequate acoustic scattering model that fits them well. The tumor scattering ...

Liquid refrigerant/oil concentrations in a flowing system were monitored using speed of sound and temperature measurements. Data were taken for R12 with 3GS and 5GS oils and an R-134a/Ester mixture with concentrations ...

The problem of mathematically modeling the nonlinear interaction of ultrasound beams is addressed. The counterpropagation model is studied and a new model, called the copropagation reflection model, is proposed. The new ...

Ultrasonic attenuation and velocity measurements were performed to probe the structure and annealing behavior of solute self interstitial complexes in electron irradiated (T < 70 K) dilute Al-Ag and Al-Si alloys. In ...

The mechanisms of interaction of ultrasonic waves with point defects in crystals are reviewed and a perturbation approach is introduced which leads to general expressions for the resonance and relaxation strengths in ...