Student Thesis Archive

Advisor:

2022

  • Joshua Newey, “Space-Time-Resolved Simulation of Photon Vacuum Polarization and Bhabha Scattering,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, August 2022).
  • Ryan Scott, “Space-Time Resolving Quantum Electrodynamic States of Two Charges,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, April 2022).

2021

  • Kristen Funk, “Quantization of SU(3) Yang-Mills Theory,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, April 2021).

2020

  • Daniel Hodge, “Intensity Dependence of Radiation Scattered by Electrons in a Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, May 2020).
  • Brittni Tasha Pratt, “Polarization of Nonlinear Thomson Scattering from a High-Intensity Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Masters Thesis, August 2020).
  • Mahonri Romero Carranza, “Nonlinear Thomson Scattering: Minimum Useful Focal Spot Size as a Function of Laser Pulse Duration,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, August 2020).
  • Christoph Alexander Schulzke, “Angular Dependence of Nonlinear Thomson Scattering From Electrons in a High Intensity Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Masters Thesis, December 2020).

2017

  • Hyrum Richardson, “Linear and Nonlinear Properties of Pancharatnam's Phase in Polarization Optics\,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, April 2017).

2016

  • Matthew Ashby, “Measurement of Scattered Radiation from Free Electrons in an Intense Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, August 2016).

2015

  • James Fletcher, “Time Delayed Double Pulse Variation of Radiation Scattering From Free Electrons Inside an Intense Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, December 2015).
  • Zak Jones, “Single Pixel Camera,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, August 2015).

2014

  • COLIN Mann, “Use of Correlated Photon Pairs in Absolute Efficiency Measurement of Single Photon Source,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, September 2014).

2013

  • Caleb Coburn, “Characterizing Single Electron Radiation in an Intense Laser Field,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, August 2013).
  • Matthew Groesbeck, “Control System for Experiment Probing Potential Time-Variance in Nuclear Beta Decay Rates,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, August 2013).

2011

  • Eric Flint Cunningham, “Photoemission by Large Electron Wave Packets Emitted Out the Side of a Relativistic Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Masters Thesis, July 2011).
  • Patrick van Langen, “Two-Source Two-Slit Spatial Interferometer,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, May 2011).

2009

  • John P. Corson, “Time-Frequency Description of Precursor Fields,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, December 2009).

2008

  • Dustin Shipp, “Numerical Model Of Non-Collinear Parametric Down-Conversion,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Senior Thesis, April 2008).

2007

  • Lee Johnson, “Observation of Two-Photon Quantum Interference Using Entangled Photons,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Capstone, August 2007).
  • David A Niemi, “Coupling Down Converted Light Into Single Mode Fibers,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Masters Thesis, April 2007).

2005

  • Tyler Weeks, “Absolute Soft X-Ray Calibration Of Laser Produced Plasmas Using A Focusing Crystal Von Hamos Spectrometer,” Advisor: Michael J Ware (Capstone, December 2005).