Student Projects in Optics and Lasers From the Laser Teaching Center and the laboratory of Prof. Harold Metcalf (1980-1998) Department of Physics & Astronomy Stony Brook University

2005

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1999

pre-99

2006

Marty Cohen Stony Brook University	Acousto-optics	Mentor
Karen Cydylo University of Connecticut	Optical tweezers	NSF-REU Fellow
Maaneli Derakhshani Stony Brook University	Sonoluminescence
Stephanie Golmon Principia College	Laser stabilization	NSF-REU Fellow
Azure Hansen Stony Brook University	Birefringence Singular optics
Scott Huang Great Neck North High School	Optical testing
Michael Kornhauser University of Rochester	Photorefractive optics	NSF-REU Fellow
Moon Limb Great Neck North High School	Polarized light art
Rebekah Schiller Stony Brook University	Acousto-optics	Mentor
Hamsa Sridhar Kings Park High School	Optical tweezers optical vortices
Matthew Wahl Northport High School	Continuous refraction	Simons Fellow
Victor Wang Great Neck South High School	Laser modes optical vortices	Simons Fellow

 

2005

Greg Caravelli Johns Hopkins University	Singular optics	NSF-REU Fellow
Maaneli Derakhshani Stony Brook University	Sonoluminescence	NSF-REU Fellow
Ulrike Endesfelder Stony Brook University	Optical vortices	Optics Rotation course
Lindsey Garay Oceanside High School	Spectroscopy
Azure Hansen Stony Brook University	Singular optics	Laboratory Assistant
Lei Huang Stony Brook University	Laser cooling	Optics Rotation course
Amol Jain Herricks High School	Singular optics	Simons Fellow
Jay Jung Stony Brook University	Optical vortices	Optics Rotation course
Nilus Klingel Sachem North High School	Polarized light
Moon Limb Great Neck North High School	Polarized light
Rebekah Schiller Stony Brook University	Acousto-Optics	Optics Rotation course
Michal Sokolowski Stony Brook University	Fiber optics
Matthew Whitrock Kings Park High School	Laser modes	Simons Fellow
Yan Zhang Stony Brook University	Optical vortices	Optics Rotation course

 

2004

Rajesh Atluri Herricks High School
Danielle Bourguet Paul Schreiber High School	Fresnel zone plates & Talbot effect	Simons Fellow
Yiyi Deng Harvard University	Laser cooling & trapping	NSF-REU Fellow
Melissa Friedman Stony Brook University	Laser cooling	Laboratory Assistant
Azure Hansen Stony Brook University	Singular optics	NSF-REU Fellow
Rita Kalra Stony Brook University	Diode lasers, MOT's	NSF-REU Fellow
Yaagnik Kosuri Herricks High School	Beam sorting by orbital angular momentum
Jose Mawyin Stony Brook University	Optical waveguides	Laboratory Assistant
Lidiya Mishchenko Univ. Maryland / Baltimore	Fourier optics	NSF-REU Fellow
Sarah Nichols Stony Brook University	Optical tweezers	Optics Rotation course
Anirudh Ramesh Sachem High School	Laguerre-Gaussian trapping
James Scholtz Stony Brook University	Diode lasers, MOT's
Hendrik Steigerwald Stony Brook University	Photorefractive optics	Optics Rotation course
Jan Steinbrener Stony Brook University	Laser coherence	Lasers course
Eric Tompkins Stony Brook University	Thin-film interference	MAT in Physics Program
Matthew Whitrock Kings Park High School	Laser modes
Jonathan Wu Great Neck South High School	Fourier transform spectroscopy	Simons Fellow

 

2003

Doug Broege Stony Brook University	White Light Interferometry
Thomas Cummings Stony Brook University	Modifying Materials with Light	NSF-REU Fellow
Yiyi Deng Ward Melville High School	Optical tweezers	Simons Fellow
Maanit Desai Great Neck North High School	Coherent backscattering effect	Simons Fellow
Sage Farrar Fishers Island School	Diffuse Reflectance	Simons Fellow
Patrick Franco Ward Melville High School		Laboratory Assistant
Eric Kuflik Stony Brook University	Diffraction
Jose Mawyin Stony Brook University	Atomic Population Transfer	AGEP Fellowship
Dominik Maxein Stony Brook University	Laser mode structure	Optics Rotation course
Oleg Polyakov Ward Melville High School	Optical magnetometry
Liz Roberts Stony Brook University	Holography	Laboratory Assistant
Christian Schmidt Stony Brook University	Coherent Backscattering Effect	Optics Rotation course
Allison Schmitz Austin College	The Talbot Effect	NSF-REU Fellow
James Scholtz Stony Brook University	Diode lasers, MOT's	NSF-REU Fellow
Sandy Xu Bayport - Blue Point HS	Non-linear optics	Simons Fellow

 

2002

Peter Amendola Lehigh University	Optical tweezers	Laboratory Assistant
Bob Azmoun Stony Brook University	Rubidium spectroscopy	MSI Program
Doug Broege Stony Brook University	Holography	NSF REU Fellowship
Sarah Campbell Stony Brook University	Fiber optics	Optics Rotation course
Jill Chen Stony Brook University	Photoluminescence
Xin Chen Stony Brook University	Laser tweezers	Optics Rotation course
Yiyi Deng Ward Melville HS
Matthew Eardley Stony Brook University	Fiber optics	Optics Rotation course
Alex Ellis Stuyvesant High School	Exotic laser modes
Hilary Fleischer Southside High School	Optical studies of fluids	Simons Fellowship
Greg Hovagim Miller Place HS / SBU
Nicole Kon Stony Brook University	Visual perception
Kenneth Lee Staples HS / Westport CT	Sonoluminescence	Simons Fellowship
Dan Li Stony Brook University	Laser modes	Optics Rotation course
Evan Marshak Herricks High School	Optically-stimulated luminescence	Simons Fellowship
Jose Mawyin Stony Brook University	Non-linear optics	AGEP Fellowship
Matthias Meschede Amos-Comenius-Gymnasium	Continuous refraction	Visitor
Susan Metz Stony Brook University	Rubidium spectroscopy	MSI Program
Huijie Miao Stony Brook University	Fiber optics	Optics Rotation course
Patrick Nuernberger Stony Brook University	Exotic laser modes	Optics Rotation course
Jennifer Nierer Stony Brook University	Optics demonstrations	NSF REU Fellowship
Liz Roberts Stony Brook University		Laboratory Assistant
Tanya Sansosti Stony Brook University	Solar photometry	Optics Rotation course
Owen Smith Worcester Polytechnic Institute	HeNe laser modes	NSF REU Fellowship
Waldo Szczupak Ward Melville High School	Optical tweezers
Brendan Wyker University of Missouri	Chaos in lasers	NSF REU Fellowship

 

2001

Peter Amendola Kings Park High School	Optical tweezers	Simons Fellow
Bob Azmoun Stony Brook University	Rubidium spectroscopy	MSI Program
Doug Bennett Stony Brook University	Coherent backscattering effect	Optics Rotation course
Lisa Bjorndal Stony Brook University		Teaching Assistant
Molly Bright Bayport - Blue Point HS	Mueller matrix imaging	Simons Fellowship
Doug Broege Stony Brook University	Holography	NSF REU Fellowship
Noah Corwin Syosset High School	Computer Generated Holograms	Summer Research Institute
Jon Fuchs Scarsdale High School	Image processing	Scarsdale Senior Options Program
Haijiang Gong Stony Brook University	Fiber optics	Optics Rotation course
Rohit Gupta South Side High School	Optical stress analysis	Simons Fellowship
SeungHyun Lee Stony Brook University	Exotic laser modes	Optics Rotation course
Mirna Lerotic Stony Brook University	Quantum optics	Optics Rotation course
Enju Lima Stony Brook University		Teaching Assistant
Xueqing Liu Stony Brook University	Fiber optics	Optics Rotation course
Ming Lu Stony Brook University	Coherent backscattering effect	Optics Rotation course
Jose Mawyin Stony Brook University	Quantum optics / CCD's	AGEP Fellowship
Susan Metz Stony Brook University	Rubidium spectroscopy	MSI Program
Xiyue Miao Stony Brook University	Fiber optics	Optics Rotation course
Wen Quan Stony Brook University	Chiral thin films	Optics Rotation course
Amy Roberts Stony Brook University	Optics demonstrations	Wise Program Mentor
Guy Sisalli Stony Brook University	Hollow laser beams	RAIRE Fellowship
David Schwartz Plainview/JFK High School
Paul Tchertchian St.Francis Preparatory School	Optical tweezers
Jing Wang Stony Brook University	Fiber optics	Optics Rotation course
Fernando Ziegler Univ. Texas at Austin	Sonoluminescence	NSF REU Fellowship

 

2000

Bob Azmoun Stony Brook University	Tunable diode lasers	MSI Program
Dhruv Bansal The Wheatley School	Hollow Beams	Summer Research Institute
Salvatore Barra Ward Melville High School	Laser Speckle	Symbol Technologies Fellowship
David Eppenstein Scarsdale High School	Optical Tweezers	Scarsdale Senior Options Program
Karl Fey Vestal High School	Single-beam Holography	Simons Fellowship
Christina Hung Commack High School	Sonoluminescence
Victor Kim Stony Brook University	Stabilization of the HeNe Laser
Andrew Koller Brien McMahon High School	Magneto-Optics	Simons Fellowship
Petr Liska Bridgewater State College	Tunable diode lasers	NSF REU Fellowship
Anne Marie March Stony Brook University	Rubidium Spectroscopy	Optics rotation program
Michael Polyakov Ward Melville High School	Photon Migration in Human Tissue and Its Application to Medical Diagnostics	Symbol Technologies Fellowship
Rachel Ruch San Francisco State University	Sonoluminescence	NSF REU Fellowship
Alia Sabur Stony Brook University	Fiber Optics	Young Scholars Program
Tina Shih Townsend Harris HS / MIT	Generation of 389 nm Blue Light by Frequency Doubling in PPLN
Chris Wottowa Kings Park High School	Piezo-Electric Transducers	Symbol Technologies Fellowship

 

1999

Daryl Axelrod Plainview/JFK High School	Optimal Acoustic Conditions for Single Bubble Sonoluminescence	Simons Fellowship
Salvatore Barra Ward Melville High School	Measurement and Analysis of Laser Speckle Size	Simons Fellowship
Abby Flower Stony Brook University	Gaussian Beam Optics for Second-harmonic Light Generation	Optics rotation program
Michael Hofmann Universität Würtzburg	Experiments with Single-Mode Optical Fibers
Stephanie Lim SUNY at Albany	Polarization Fluctuations in the He-Ne Laser	NSF REU Fellowship
Tina Shih Townsend Harris High School	Doubling the Frequency of Light: Second Harmonic Generation in Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate	Simons Fellowship
Mike Twardos Rutgers University	A Search for Coherent Backscattering in Random Media	NSF REU Fellowship
Kally Tzezailidis Half Hollow Hills HS West	Measuring Polymer Microviscosities with Steerable Optical Tweezers	Summer Research Institute
John Yoon Ward Melville High School	A Study of Gaussian Beam Profiles for Laser Speckle Analysis	Simons Fellowship

 

1998

JooWon Baik Paul Schreiber High School	Using the Rotating Generator to Determine Speckle Size	Submitted to Intel STS
Eddie Blumenstetter West Hempstead High School	Birefringence in Lucite	Simons Fellowship
Marvin Hidalgo St. Francis Preparatory School	Polarization Changes in a Michelson Interferometer	Simons Fellowship
Sandra Nudelman Commack High School	Investigation, Design and Development of a Single-Trap, Fully-Steerable Optical Tweezers	Semi-finalist, Intel STS Simons Fellowship
Alexandra Rockefeller Stony Brook University	An Ytterbium Doped Fiber Amplifier For Laser Cooling Experiments	RAIRE Fellowship
Tina Shih Townsend Harris High School	The Effects of Polarization on the Output of an Acousto-Optic-Modulator	Simons Fellowship
Roland Stas Eindhoven Tech. Univ.	Construction of Optical Tweezers Using a Laser Diode

1997

Jennifer Chand University of Rochester	Sonoluminescence	NSF REU Fellowship
Dennis Simon Kings Park High School	The Use of Michelson Interferometry to Detect Mirror Displacement	Simons Fellowship
Jamie Tong Townsend Harris High School	Factors Affecting Speckle Patterns and a New Method of Measuring its Size	Semi-finalist, Westinghouse Science Talent Search

1996

James Caccese Manhasset High School	The Design of a System to Measure the Spatial Properities of a Laser Beam	ONR Apprentice
Long Cai Ward Melville High School	The Effect of Rotating Fresnel Zone Plates in X-ray Focusing	Finalist, Westinghouse Science Talent Search
Mary Carlucci-Dayton Stony Brook University	Developing a Low Velocity Intense Source of Rubidium Atoms	RAIRE and URECA Fellowships
Raymond P. Fliller III Stony Brook University	Experiments in Sonoluminescence	URECA Fellowship
Kevin Gee Binghampton University	Single Beam Gradient Force Optical Trapping of Dielectic Particles	NSF REU Fellowship
Daniel Giambalvo Kings Park High School	Imaging a Magnetic Field Through Faraday Rotation	Simons Fellowship Semi-finalist, Westinghouse Science Talent Search
Fiona Persuaid Stony Brook University	Evenescent Microwaves
Jamie Tong Townsend Harris High School	Microwave Experiments on Electromagnetic Evanescent Waves and Tunneling Effect	ONR Apprentice
Theresa Wang Mount Sinai HS	Single-Beam Gradient Force Optical Trap	Summer Research Institute for High School Students

1995

Erin Davies Ward Melville High School	Isolating the Acoustic Resonance and Amplification Necessary to Reproduce Sonoluminescence
Barbara Fayard Univ. Paris VII	Laser Cooling and the Use of Diode Lasers
Raymond P. Fliller III Stony Brook University	Laser Control	URECA Fellowship
Neena Inam Caltech	Diode-Laser-Pumped Tunable Solid State LNA Laser
Akhil Khashu Stony Brook University	Sonoluminescence	NSF REU Fellowship
Jens Stenger Stony Brook University	LNA Laser and Spectroscopy with He*

1994

Luke Chuang Syosset High School	Testing of Electro-Mechanical Properties of a PZT using a Michelson Interferometer	Simons Fellowship
Christoph Gebhardt Stony Brook University	LNA Laser: A Coherent Light Source at 1083 nm
Roland Hengerer Stony Brook University	Lasercooling of Rubidium-85 Atoms with Isotropic Light
Mihai Negoescu Stony Brook University	The Frequency Stabilized Fabry-Perot Cavity

1993

Matthijs Knitel Utrecht University	The Wavelength Meter
Erik Metzger John Glenn High School	Laser Power Meter Operating Instructions	Simons Fellowship
Aurelio Teleman Ward Melville High School	Propagation of a Laser Beam with a Spatially Uniform Profile	Simons Fellowship
Steven Van Metre Lawrence University	Chronological Summary of New LNA Laser Research	NSF REU Fellowship

1992

Arthur Davis Longwood High School	A High-Power Diode Laser for Rubidium	Simons Fellowship
Cheryl Taborsky Stony Brook University	The Reflectivity of Spectralon
Merrick Tien Stuyvesant High School	An Investigation of the Divergence Matching Capability of a Hyperbolic Fiber Lens	Simons Fellowship

1991

Steven Sandberg Ward Melville High School

Diode Laser Narrowing Using a Diffraction Grating

Simons Fellowship

1990

Eugene Chiang Half Hollow Hills High School	Graphing Program for Force Coefficient as a Function of Various Parameters	Simons Fellowship
Dan Downs Stony Brook University	Ti:Sapphire Laser Results
Jonathan Metcalf Ward Melville High School	Characterization of a Diode Laser
Virginia Youngblood Ward Melville High School	Using a Diode Laser to Test Anti-Reflection Coatings

1989

Tony Aebi Stony Brook University	Design of a Vacuum Protection Circuit	URECA Fellowship
Todd Goldman Ward Melville High School	Aging of Diode Lasers	ONR Apprentice

1988

Dan Downs Stony Brook University

Optical Properties of LNA Crystals

ONR Undergraduate Fellow

1982

S. Keh	Design of a Wavemeter
William Rabinovich Stony Brook University	Energy Levels of Helium

1980

John Devitt Stony Brook University

An Investigation of the Stark Effect in Highly-Excited Sodium

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