Summer Student Seminar

Note: Pizza will be served at 11:50am.
Speaker: Janos Adam (CME) & Victoria Kovalchuk (CME)

When: July 26, 2019 (Fri), 12:00PM to 01:00PM (add to my calendar)
Location: SCI 352
Hosted by: Eric Boyers

This event is part of the Graduate Student Council Events.

Janos Adam (CME)
Enhancing the sensitivity of Axion Dark Matter search using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization

Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPER) is a laboratory scale experiment looking for axion dark matter, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) can be used to improve experimental sensitivity. I will present first results from electron paramagnetic resonance experiments on transient light-induced paramagnetic centers in ferroelectric material PMN-PT, and outline the prospects for implementing DNP in our axion dark matter search.

Victoria Kovalchuk (CME)
Characterizing Ultrashort Laser Pulses

With the development of ultrashort pulses, we can generate and detect extremely short events. In the scientific realm, the most exciting application of this technology is to study phenomena in nature that have short time-scales, such as chemical reactions and short-lived superconductivity at temperatures above the critical temperature. However, to utilize these pulses, it’s important to be able to measure various characteristics such as the duration of the pulse. In this talk, we’ll go over some of the methods of doing that.