Advisor:
2022
- Kandin Allen, “Upgrade to High Intensity Laser System at Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 2022).
- Mahonri Romero Carranza, “Measuring Nonlinear Thomson Scattering at Arbitrary Emission Angles,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, August 2022).
- Daniel Tveten, “Analysis of Energy Flow in a Laser Focus Capable of Particle Trapping,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 2022).
2021
- Nicholas Atkinson, “Simulations of Nonlinear Thomson Scattering by Protons as a Means to Characterize Ultra Intense Lasers,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 2021).
2020
- Yance Sun, “Investigation of Coherence between Electrons Born from the Same Atom when Emitting Nonlinear Thomson Scattering,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2020).
- Ellyse Taylor, “Rubidium Vapor Transport Through Micron-Scale Channels,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2020).
2019
- Jacob Barker, “3D Visualization of Light Scattered by a Free Electron in a Relativistic Laser Focus,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, March 2019).
- Leslie Howe, “Levitating Microscopic Particles in a Laser Beam via Photophoresis,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2019).
- Christoph Schulzke, “Calculating Radiation Emitted by Laser-Driven Relativistic Electrons,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, January 2019).
2017
- Miriah Peterson, “Calibration of a High-Throughput Spectrometer for Measuring Hyper Rayleigh Scattering,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2017).
- David Squires, “Wavefront Sensing in the Presence of Turbulence with Holographic Interferometry,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 2017).
2015
- Chris Olsen, “Search for Laser Second Harmonic Generation in Helium,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 2015).
- Grayson Joel Tarbox, “Simulations of Electron Trajectories in an Intense Laser Focus for Photon Scattering Experiments,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, April 2015).
2014
- Eddie Hansen, “Building an Apparatus for Beta Decay Measurements,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Capstone, December 2014).
2013
- Nathan Gundlach, “Simulating a Dirac Electron in a High-Intensity Laser Field,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 2013).
- Josh Olson, “Measurement of Plasma Density in a High Field Laser Focus,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, July 2013).
- Lukas Pritchett, “Quantum Field Theory Dynamics Without Diagonalization,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 2013).
- Ryan Sandberg, “3D Visualization of an Electron Wave Packet in an Intense Laser Field,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2013).
2012
- Michael Johnson, “Characterizing and Stabilizing the Energy and Frequency of an Optical Parametric Oscillator,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2012).
2011
- John Purvis Corson, “Photoemission from a Laser-Driven Electron Wave Packet,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, June 2011).
- Nicholas Herrick, “Controlled Attenuation Of Laser-generated High-order Harmonics For Extreme Ultraviolet Polarimetry,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, September 2011).
- Kamal Pangeni, “Construction of a time-of-flight ion spectrometer for calibrating laser high intensity,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, July 2011).
- Phillip Smith, “Radiometric Particle Levitation in Multiple Laser Beams,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 2011).
- Grayson Tarbox, “Near-Field and Far-Field Interference of Oscillating Current Distributions,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, December 2011).
2010
- David Black, “Spatial Distribution of Laser Light Absorption by Small Spheres Undergoing Mie Scattering,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2010).
- Jacob Johansen, “Bohmian Trajectories in Atoms Interacting With Electromagnetic Fields,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2010).
2009
- Nicole Brimhall, “Extreme Ultraviolet Polarimetry with Laser-Generated High-Order Harmonics: Characterization of Uranium,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (PhD Dissertation, July 2009).
- Jordan Cox, “A Case Study: Analysis Of A Blocked Field Goal Using Photogrammetry Calibrated With Coplanar Points,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, August 2009).
- Eric Cunningham, “Analysis of Acausal Superluminal Trajectories in the Bohmian Interpretation of the Klein-Gordon Equation,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, December 2009).
- Jordan Maucotel, “Creating and Characterizing a Sequence of Counter-Propagating Pulses for Laser High-Harmonic Experiments,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Capstone, December 2009).
2008
- Robert Petersen, “Radiometric Particle Levitation In A Laser Beam At High Ambient Gas Pressure,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2008).
2007
- Nicole Brimhall, “Extreme Ultraviolet Polarimetry with Laser-Generated High-Order Harmonics,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, July 2007).
- Gavin Giraud, “Observation Of Laser Pulse Evolution During Generation Of High-Order Harmonics,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2007).
- Mirinda Martin, “Testing the Smoothness of a Levitating Particle Laser Beam,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Capstone, August 2007).
- Matthew Turner, “Simulating Laser Pulse Propagation Under Optimized Conditions For High-Harmonic Generation,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2007).
2006
- John Charles Painter, “Direct Observation of Laser Filamentation in High-Order Harmonic Generation,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, May 2006).
2005
- Mark Adams, “Measuring Absolute Brightness of Laser Generated High Harmonic Emission,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2005).
- Eric Christensen, “Direct Measurement of Absorption Rates for Laser High-Order Harmonics Generated in Helium and Neon,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 2005).
- Adam Hendrickson, “Radiometric Levitation of Opaque Particles in a Laser Beam,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, June 2005).
- Rhett Lindsey, “Optical Levitation of Opaque Particles in a Laser Beam at High and Low Pressures,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2005).
- Julia Robin Miller Sutherland, “Phase-Matching Optimization of Laser High-Order Harmonics Generated in a Gas Cell,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, July 2005).
2004
- Brigham Russell Frandsen, “Free Electron Acceleration by a Laser: Exploration of Evanescent Waves,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, July 2004).
- David Niemi, “Observation of Entangled Photons Produced in Laser Down-Conversion,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2004).
- John Painter, “Optical Levitation of Opaque Particles in a Laser Beam: Zero Gravity Experiment,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2004).
- Benjamin Pratt, “Laser High-Order Harmonic Generation in Gas Cells,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, January 2004).
- Kelly Smith, “Phase Matching of Laser High Harmonic Generation in a Semi-Infinite Gas Cell,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, February 2004).
2002
- Benjamin A. Bellville, “Single-Beam Laser Traps for Opaque or Reflective Particles,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 2002).
- Cody Larry Bliss, “Optical Levitation of Intensity-Fleeing Particles in a Single-Beam Laser Trap,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, August 2002).
- Andrew Landen, “High-Intensity Laser Facility at Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, May 2002).
- Sergei Leonidovich Voronov, “Controlling Laser High-Order Harmonic Generation Using Weak Counter-Propagating Light,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (PhD Dissertation, December 2002).
2001
- John Benson Madsen, “Experiments in Laser High Harmonic Genereation with Multiple Laser Beams,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, December 2001).
- Michael (Vern) Pack, “A Single-Lens Interferometer for Introducing Gaussian Laser Beams,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, December 2001).
- Jed Simmons, “Grazing Incidence Spectrometer for Measuring Laser High-Order Harmonics,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, March 2001).
- Nathan Burrett Terry, “Production of Correlated Photon Pairs Through Laser Down Conversion in a BBO Crystal ,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, December 2001).
- Jamie Titensor, “Creating Shaped Counter-Propagating Laser Pulses to Increase High Harmonic Production,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, December 2001).
- Michael J Ware, “Optical Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Systems,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (PhD Dissertation, December 2001).
1999
- Kenneth S. Anderson, “Single-Beam Optical Trapping of Micron-Sized Particles,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, April 1999).
- Sterling W. Cornaby, “Heliostat for Educational Display,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 1999).
- Ian T Kohl, “Construction of a High-Intensity Femtosecond Laser System for Experiments in Intrinsic Atomic Phase Effects in High Harmonic Generation,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, December 1999).
- Paul Sorensen, “Thermovision 780 System,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, April 1999).
- Michael Ware, “Phase Delay and Energy Flow in Angularly Dispersive Optical Systems,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, March 1999).
- John Batierun Yelifari, “Point Diffraction Interfeometry,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, December 1999).
1998
- Troy Rockwood, “A Classical Model of an Atom in a Strong Laser Field,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, January 1998).