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Travelling Wave Analysis of Nonlinear Maxwell Models with Applications to Nonlinear Optics

Creator:

Langlie, Noah

Abstract:

In 1877 John Kerr described an experiment that demonstrated a quadratic change in refractive index in a plate glass placed in a strong external electric field. This results in a nonlinear relationship between the average electric polarization within the materials and the intensity of the applied electric field. This opened...

Resource Type:

Undergraduate Thesis
Chiral Topological Defects in Nematic Liquid Crystals and Classical Field Theories

Creator:

Douglas, Brennan

Abstract:

A great variety of topologically protected defects exist in ordinary and exotic states of matter. Some of them are promising candidates for technological applications such as magnetic memory or quantum computers. Others possess some properties of elementary particles that could lead to potential applications in quantum fields. Nematic liquid crystals...

Resource Type:

Undergraduate Thesis