2020s
2023
- Billings, Virginia, “An In-Depth Analysis of a Fault-Tolerant Imaging System,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
2021
- Sprenkle, Robert Tucker, “Temperature Relaxation and Magnetically Suppressed Expansion in Strongly Coupled Ultracold Neutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2021).
2020
- Bennett, Tyler, “Helical Resonator for a Dual-Species Ion Trap,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
2010s
2019
- Hill, Sarah, “Constructing a Helical Resonator for a Dual-Species Ion and Atom Trap,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
- McKnight, Quin, “Isotopic Separation and Spectroscopy of Ytterbium-173(3/2) using Laser Cooling,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
2018
- Dodson, Adam, “Quantum Interference in the Hyperfine Transitions of Ytterbium,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
- Sprenkle, Robert Tucker, “Ion Friction at Small Values of the Coulomb Logarithm,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Aug 2018).
2016
- Crunkleton, Dan, “Strong Field Ionization of Neutral Strongly-Coupled Plasmas in a Gas Jet ,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
- Erikson, Alex, “Dual Species Magneto Optical Trap: A Fusion Analogue,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Capstone, Dec 2016).
- Gold Dahl, M. E., “Determining the Accuracy of a Partially-Stabilized Frequency Comb,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
- Harrison, Nicholas, “Radius and Intensity Dependence of Laser Plasma Expansion,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
2015
- Koelling, Curtis, “Dust Mitigation Project: An Experimental Evaluation of the Metal Fluoride Trap,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Capstone, Jun 2015).
- Wilkins, Abigail, “Developing A Diagnostic For Measuring The Density Of Ultracold Neutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Sep 2015).
- Woodbury, Daniel, “Construction of a Compact Two-Dimensional Magneto-Optical Trap for a Cold Calcium Beam,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
2014
- Lyon, Mary Elizabeth, “Towards Stronger Coulomb Coupling in an Ultracold Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (PhD Dissertation, Jul 2014).
- Rupper, Stephen, “Frequency Locking Circuits,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
2013
- Thrasher, Daniel, “Noise Characterization of an Injection-Locked Ti:sapphire Laser System,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
- Wilson, Josh, “Ultracold Neutral Plasma Physics at Room Temperature,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
2012
- Heilmann, Nathan Edward, “Measurement of Plasma Density in a Gas-Filled Ionizing Laser Focus,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Feb 2012).
- Rock, Nathan, “Characterizing Density for Low Density, Ultra-Cold Plasmas by Measuring the Free Expansion Rate of Coulomb Explosion,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Jun 2012).
2011
- Lyon, Mary Elizabeth, “Electron screening and disorder-induced heating in ultracold neutral plasmas,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Dec 2011).
2010
- Lee, Sheng, “Generation Of Cold Atoms Using Dual Stage Laser Ablation,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
2000s
2009
- Booth, Alex, “Velocity Distribution of an Atomic Beam Created by Laser Induced Back Ablation,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Dec 2009).
- Conde, Miriam, “Microwave Interferometry In Laser Stabilization,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
2008
- Amonson, Michael, “A Dual Stage Laser Ablation Source For Cold Atoms?,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
- Denning, Adam W, “Early Dynamics of Ultracold Neutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Jul 2008).
- Eyring, Nicholas, “Tools Used In The Development And Support Of An Anti-Oxidant Bio-Photonic Scanner,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
- Eyring II, Nicholas J., “Tools Used in the Development and Support of an Anti-Oxidant Bio-Photonic Scanner,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Honors Thesis, Apr 2008).
- Farmer, William, “A Program For Reverse Geocoding,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
2005
- Cummings, Elizabeth Ann, “Optical Detection of Ultracold Neutral Calcium Plasmas,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Feb 2005).
- Daily, Jared Estus, “Two-Photon Ionization of the Calcium 4S3D 1D2 Level in an Optical Dipole Trap,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Mar 2005).
2004
- Cannon, Matthew, “A Prototype Resistive Plate Chamber for Muon Radiography,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson, Richard Schirato (LANL) (Senior Thesis, Apr 2004).
- McLaughlin, Bonnie, “Creating a High Power, Laser Diode End-Pumped cw Green Laser: Cheap Green Photons,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Mar 2004).
2003
- Yasin, Zafar, “Collisional Effects in Spherically Low-Temperature Plasma Oscillations ,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Dec 2003).
2002
- Bradford, Peter, “Constructing a Pulsed Amplifier for a Tunable Diode Laser,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2002).
- Farrell (Jr.), Daniel W., “Single-Frequency 397 nm Diode Laser for Ca+ Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2002).
- Hansen, Brian, “Measuring Changes in Indices of Refraction with Respect to Temperature in Birefringent Crystals,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Dec 2002).
- Ludlow, Andrew D., “Thermal Self Locking Measurements of Two Photon Absorption in Potassium Niobate,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2002).
- Moody, Nathan C., “Construction and Testing of a Low-Finesse Fabry-Perot Interferometer for use in Atomic Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2002).
2001
- Jensen, Kathryn A., “Laser Tracking Using Closed Loop Feedback Control,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2001).
1990s
1999
- Johnson, Angela, “Calculations of the Calcium 4s4p1P10 Radiative Lifetime via Molecular Spectroscopy of the Diatomic B1SigmaU+ State,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Honors Thesis, Jun 1999).