The generation of a broadband laser field with well-defined and controllable statistical properties, known as the real Gaussian laser field, has been achieved through the random modulation of the amplitude of a stabilized laser beam. The verification of the field-generation technique is provided by measurements of the laser power spectrum (Lorentzian) and by measurements of the intensity autoco...

We study the phase behaviour of a two-dimensionally confined hard sphere colloidal system in the presence of a periodic light field of two interfering laser beams using Monte Carlo simulations. For a given packing fraction of the particles, the colloidal system undergoes a transition from a modulated liquid to a modulated crystal as the light intensity is increased, corresponding to laser induc...

Variations of the geomagnetic field prior to direct observations are inferred from archeoand paleomagnetic experiments. Seemingly unusual variations not seen in the present-day and historical field are of particular interest to constrain the full range of core dynamics. Recently, archeomagnetic intensity spikes, characterized by very high field values that appear to be associated with rapid sec...

All current experimental methods for determination of stress intensity factors are based on the assumption that the state of stress near the crack tip is plane stress. Therefore, these methods rely on strain and displacement measurements made outside the near crack tip region affected by the three-dimensional effects or by process zone. In this paper, we develop and validate an experimental pro...

A reverberation chamber can create very high field strength with moderate input power. Existing chambers are making use of a paddle wheel to change the resonant modes in the chamber. A transportable reverberation chamber with vibrating walls will be presented. Inside this Vibrating Intrinsic Reverberation Chamber (VIRC) a diffuse, statistically uniform electromagnetic field is created, without ...

This paper studies the specific features of energy and angular distribution of protons accelerated by high intensity ultrashort laser pulse from a dense target. Production and acceleration of particle beams by ultrashort laser pulses with light intensities of order of 10 W/cm and higher is interesting both from the theoretical point of view and for practical applications, e.g., development of c...

When interpreting object shape from shading the visual system exhibits a strong bias that illumination comes from above and slightly from the left. We asked whether such biases in the perceived direction of illumination might also influence its perceived intensity. Arrays of nine cubes were stereoscopically rendered where individual cubes varied in their 3D pose, but possessed identical triplet...

We present the formulation and experimental results of a new approach to designing internal mode converter reflectors for high-power gyrotrons. The method employs a numerical phase retrieval algorithm that reconstructs the field in the mode converter from intensity measurements, thus accounting for the true field structure in shaping the beam-forming reflectors. An outline for designing a four-...

Transverse quadrupole wake fields exist whenever the beam is not round, and therefore in an alternating gradient focusing system these fields cannot be eliminated. As a result, these fields represent a potential limitation on high intensity linac performance. In this note we calculate the magnitude of quadrupole wake field effects for the SLAC linac. (Submitted to Particle Accelerators) *Work s...

Spatial intensity correlation functions are obtained from near-field scanning optical microscope measurements of semicontinuous metal-dielectric films. The concentration of metal particles on a dielectric surface is varied over a wide range to control the scattering strength. At low and high metal coverages where scattering is weak, the intensity correlation functions exhibit oscillations in th...