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Agrawal, Shubh (2022) Direct Imaging of Exoplanets Closer to Stars. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/17sv-vf40. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06192022-010740124

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Bui, Thinh Quoc (2015) Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopies for Applications of Remote Sensing, Chemical Kinetics and Detection of Radical Species. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z96D5QXW. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06032015-151007228

Berglund, Andrew John (2007) Feedback Control of Brownian Motion for Single-Particle Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/EBKX-BP40. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10092006-165831

Birnbaum, Kevin Michael (2005) Cavity QED with Multilevel Atoms. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/H7ZS-W151. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05272005-103306

Buck, Joseph Robert (2003) Cavity QED in Microsphere and Fabry-Perot Cavities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/585P-6F46. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05292003-214249

Boer, Elizabeth A. (2001) Synthesis, Passivation and Charging of Silicon Nanocrystals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZB66-SN79. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01132002-032219

Budge, Kent Grimmett (1990) A Non-LTE Analysis of a Sample of O Stars Selected from Galactic OB Associations. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/A24K-G089. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06132007-132124

Barsony, Mary Anne (1989) Outflows in High Mass Star-Forming Regions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/FDFC-0Q12. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09102008-084535

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Chickering, William Elbridge (2016) Thermopower in Two-Dimensional Electron Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9HT2M7G. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12122015-165527858

Chalermsongsak, Tara (2014) High Fidelity Probe and Mitigation of Mirror Thermal Fluctuations. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7202-WT21. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282014-211250693

Clark, Benjamin Mathias (2014) Magnetic Trapping of Atomic Tritium for Neutrino Mass Measurement. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/N1FG-5H27. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07252014-082021105

Choi, Kyung Soo (2011) Coherent Control of Entanglement with Atomic Ensembles. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9T7P-2C53. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05192011-130117986

Chiang, Hsin Cynthia (2009) Observation of Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization with BICEP. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/RA1D-V074. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10052008-101916

Connolly, Elizabeth Wilcut (2009) Experiments with Toroidal Microresonators in Cavity QED. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/78XV-CS35. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05282009-101209

Chiam, Keng-Hwee (2004) Spatiotemporal Chaos in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2NJV-BB91. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08062003-162208

Chandler, Adam Matthew (2003) Pulsar Searches: From Radio to Gamma-Rays. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/MDJX-M255. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01232003-213508

Chen, Yanbei (2003) Topics of LIGO Physics: Quantum Noise in Advanced Interferometers and Template Banks for Compact-Binary Inspirals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VQH0-QA78. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05302003-044325

Chou, Dean-Yi (1987) Development and Evolution of Magnetic Fields in Active Regions on the Sun. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/rkc8-g529. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09052008-154229

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Evans, Constantine Glen (2014) Crystals that Count! Physical Principles and Experimental Investigations of DNA Tile Self-Assembly. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7FMK-9403. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05132014-142306756

Eichenfield, Matthew S. (2010) Cavity Optomechanics in Photonic and Phononic Crystals: Engineering the Interaction of Light and Sound at the Nanoscale. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8Q52-8C38. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01192010-152952905

Evans, Matthew John (2002) Lock Acquisition in Resonant Optical Interferometers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/N1J2-M098. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12062004-115632

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Fiedler, Kevin Robert (2017) Fundamentals of Thermocapillary Sculpting of Liquid Nanofilms and Applications to Thin Film Micro-Optics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z92J68X1. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03062017-120100812

Finck, Aaron David Kiyoshi (2012) Studies of Exciton Condensation and Transport in Quantum Hall Bilayers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/PQJV-SB92. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09262011-144749993

Fang, Hua (2007) Topics in Gravitational Physics: Tidal Coupling in Gravitational Wave Searches and Mach’s Principle. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/D99H-J577. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05212007-004257

Finn, Lee Samuel (1987) Relativistic Stellar Pulsations. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/T7VS-8648. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08262008-093129

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Grudinin, Ivan Sergeevich (2008) Crystalline Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators for Quantum and Nonlinear Optics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3J52-QW65. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05132008-133522

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Hodge, Kari Alison (2014) The Search for Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of Black Hole Binary Systems in Data from the LIGO and Virgo Detectors. Or: A Dark Walk through a Random Forest. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/HY26-2059. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022014-104457554

Hickerson, Kevin Peter (2013) The Physics of Ultracold Neutrons and Fierz Interference in Beta Decay. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/K8CK-MQ14. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11022012-135115177

Hu, Zhen (1995) Quantum optics with cold atoms--nonlinear spectroscopy and road toward single-atom trap. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ykpq-pa09. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10112007-092812

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Kale, Anant M. (2020) Towards High Fidelity Quantum Computation and Simulation with Rydberg Atoms. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8mee-md98. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06092020-162351992

Kopp, Gillian Baron (2018) Search for SUSY with Delayed Photons at the Compact Muon Solenoid. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/G4D7-G385. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05222018-110636485

Kumar, Pawan (1988) Excitation and Damping of Solar P-Modes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/q6y2-3263. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09092008-090628

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Lin, Han-Hsin (2023) Transient Behavior of Granular Material. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/jjrv-x616. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012023-222631854

Lin, Wei-Hsun (2016) Dynamic Characterization of Micro-Particle Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9D798BJ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07082015-183754265

Lambert, Valere Regis Westbrooke (2014) Multi-Model Inference Ranking and Applications to Physics at the Large Hadron Collider. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/43RG-P928. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06122014-143656852

Li, Jarvis (2014) Nanoelectromechanical Membranes for Multimode Mass Spectrometry. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/R6T2-MP04. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272014-152108855

Li, Zhenyu (2008) Optofluidic Dye Lasers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/AQQR-QG80. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09142007-143251

Lovelace, Geoffrey Mark (2007) Topics in Gravitational-Wave Physics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/94TE-3B59. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05232007-115433

Lev, Benjamin Leonard (2006) Magnetic Microtraps for Cavity QED, Bose-Einstein Condensates, and Atom Optics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/YP00-7Z87. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09202005-205733

Lundblad, Nathan Eric (2006) All-Optical Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensation and the Spinor Dynamics-Driven Atom Laser. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/WEVF-9991. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05242006-104400

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Mudide, Shiva (2021) The Limits of The Quasi-Harmonic Approximation: Anharmonicity in Germanium and the Entropy of Melting. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9mn0-y471. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12012021-011312125

Mathur, Sudhi (2020) Gravitational Wave Polarizations: A Test of General Relativity Using Binary Black Hole Mergers. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/q9qa-7770. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08062020-222003579

Meiburg, Alexander (2018) A System for Cancellation of Two-Level System Noise in Kinetic Inductance Devices. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/372p-e428. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01282022-221737571

Matheny, Matthew Hayward (2012) Nonisochronous Oscillations in Piezoelectric Nanomechanical Resonators. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2P71-JT64. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06082012-140554238

McKeever, Jason Terence Taylor (2004) Trapped Atoms in Cavity QED for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8DSY-DF56. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06032004-163753

Mason, James Edward (2001) Signal Extraction and Optical Design for an Advanced Gravitational Wave Interferometer. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/amrv-a028. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04302012-152752095

Marshall, William K. (1997) Dynamics of Amplitude and Phase in Semiconductor Lasers and Effects of Propagation in Dispersive Optical Fibers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/amwv-x166. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06072005-131657

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Nazeeri, Albert Isaac (2021) Liquid-Induced Discharge of Polypropylene Microfiber Electret Filters. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/f88b-x760. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06162021-230506010

Norte, Richard Alexander (2015) Nanofabrication for On-Chip Optical Levitation, Atom-Trapping, and Superconducting Quantum Circuits. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9WS8R61. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10292014-120111728

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Ogin, Gregory H. (2013) Measurement of Thermo-Optic Properties of Thin Film Dielectric Coatings. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/A1CR-G214. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08212012-185113285

Owen, Robert Philip (2007) Topics in Numerical Relativity: The Periodic Standing-Wave Approximation, the Stability of Constraints in Free Evolution, and the Spin of Dynamical Black Holes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/464A-4Y76. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05252007-143511

O'Shaughnessy, Richard William (2004) Topics in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4C1K-VZ17. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08052003-161044

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Pesaran, Bijan (2002) Analysis of Neuronal Dynamics in Behaving Animals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JQV4-Z245. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01262012-143944303

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Rosenberg, Jessie C. (2010) Applications of Micro/Nanoscale Optical Resonators: Plasmonic Photodetectors and Double-Disk Cavity Optomechanics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/GA8B-F134. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03072010-230109724

Rathore, Yasser (2005) Resonant Excitation of White Dwarf Oscillations in Compact Object Binaries. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0726-4X92. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05272005-160411

Rao, Shanti Raja (2003) Mirror Thermal Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5W0V-QB90. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05092003-153759

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Suter, Bethany Anne (2020) Using Graviton EFT and Massive Gravity to Compute Gravitational Potentials for Black Hole Inspirals. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/jh6b-bt24. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10212021-181920642

Sonka, Rita Frances (2018) Characterization and Improvement of the Thermal Stability of TES Bolometers. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4v3d-7k67. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07182018-144446266

Scheel, Janet D. (2007) Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard Convection. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/961N-6776. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08252006-154116

Stockton, John Kenton (2007) Continuous Quantum Measurement of Cold Alkali-Atom Spins. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7PTX-AB16. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02172007-172548

Sollitt, Luke (2004) Ionic Charge States of Solar Energetic Particles. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/G8XC-XY96. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09122003-110331

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Taylor, Kelsie (2023) A Deep Dive into the Connections Between the Renormalization Group and Deep Learning in the Ising Model. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ztpg-z092. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05302023-084739008

Teague, Marcus Lawrence (2013) Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopic Studies on High-Temperature Superconductors and Dirac Materials. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/M8FW-S641. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05142013-151159910

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Vallisneri, Michele (2002) Modeling and Detecting Gravitational Waves from Compact Stellar Objects. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JN6M-BW40. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05292002-113750

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Wang, Shannon (2017) Investigating Quantum Speedups through Numerical Simulations. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9ZP4456. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052017-122137777

Wang, Ann Miao (2015) New Physics Models in the Diphoton Final State at CMS. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9CC0XMN . https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01152016-102117113

Wernis, Rebecca Ann (2013) Characterizing a Resonator Bolometer Array. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XPSC-WR14. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312013-022124797

Wang, Haimin (1988) Magnetic Fields and Supergranule Velocity Fields on the Quiet Sun. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1cja-6j65. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09092008-111823

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Yoon, Ki Won (2008) Design and Deployment of BICEP: A Novel Small-Aperture CMB Polarimeter to Test Inflationary Cosmology. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5Q7T-YN18. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10092007-162326

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Zlokapa, Alexander (2021) Quantum Computing for Machine Learning and Physics Simulation. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/q75q-zm20. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09272022-143825909