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Development Of Third Harmonic Generation As A Short Pulse Probe Of Shock Heated Material
We are studying high-pressure laser produced shock waves in silicon (100). To examine the material dynamics, we are performing pump-probe style experiments utilizing 600 ps and 40 fs laser pulses from a Ti:sapphire laser. Two-dimensional interferometry reveals information about the shock breakout, while third harmonic light generated at the rear surface is used to infer the crystalline state of the material as a function of time. Sustained third harmonic generation (THG) during a similar to 100 kbar shock breakout indicate that the rear surface remains crystalline for at least 3 ns. However, a decrease in THG during a similar to 300 kbar shock breakout suggests a different behavior, which could include a change in crystalline structure.Mechanical Engineerin
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Laser-Driven Acceleration In Clustered Plasmas
We propose a new approach to avoid dephasing limitation of laser wakefield acceleration by manipulating the group velocity of the driving pulse using clustered plasmas. We demonstrated the control of phase velocity in clustered plasmas by third harmonic generation and frequency domain interferometry experiments. The results agree with a numerical model. Based on this model, the group velocity of the driving pulse in clustered plasmas was calculated and the result shows the group velocity can approach the speed of light c in clustered plasmas.Physic
Magnetic translator bearings
A magnetic bearing system for enabling translational motion includes a carriage and a shaft for movably supporting the carriage; a first magnetic bearing fixed to one of the carriage and shaft and slidably received in a first channel of the other of the carriage and shaft. The first channel is generally U shaped with two side walls and a back wall. The magnetic bearing includes a pair of spaced magnetic pole pieces, each pole piece having a pair of electromagnetic coils mounted on poles on opposite ends of the pole piece proximate the side walls, and a third electromagnetic coil mounted on a pole of the pole piece proximate the backwall; a motion sensor for sensing translational motion along two axes and rotationally about three axes of the carriage and shaft relative to each other; and a correction circuit responsive to the sensor for generating a correction signal to drive the coils to compensate for any misalignment sensed between the carriage and the shaft
Using artsâbased methods to develop service user led learning materials for social work education
Theories transmitted to students about professional practice in health and social care come traditionally from the perspective of practitioners, often as a heroic narrative, inevitably casting the serviceâuser in a passive role (Wiltshire, 2006). Postâmodern theorists like Foucault (1973) call this the authoritative 'gaze' that objectifies the user of public services, generating a power relationship between the professional and the service user. New perspectives are needed to redress this imbalance, drawing on the narratives of the serviceâusers themselves (Greenhalgh, 2006). Since 2007, a project led by serviceâusers at London South Bank University has been experimenting with new approaches to developing learning and teaching materials for social work education using opportunities afforded by the recent accreditation of awards within the General Social Care Councilâs new Post Qualifying Framework. This paper outlines some of our experiences to date of experimenting with creative artsâbased approaches to facilitate the development of learning materials as âinherently creative actsâ (Sagan, 2007). This paper documents the experiences of a small group of service users and academics as we have all worked in different ways to coâproduce it using different mediums and media in order to contribute our views
Ultrafast Radial Transport In A MicronâScale Aluminum Plasma Excited At Relativistic Intensity
Using femtosecond microscopy, we observe a thermal/ionization front expand radially at âŒ108cm/s from a λ2âsize spot of an aluminum target excited at >1018W/cm2. Numerical modeling shows transport is predominantly radiative and may be initially nonlocal. © 2004 American Institute of PhysicsPeer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/87543/2/609_1.pd
L'Ă©quipe dâaide et de sensibilisation aux opioĂŻdes : un exemple novateur d'Ă©ducation mĂ©dicale et de partenariat communautaire
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The Opioid Awareness and Support Team (OAST) at the Memorial University Faculty of Medicine is a novel student-led initiative designed to supplement medical student learning related to opioid use disorder and the opioids crisis. OAST has focused on grounding educational initiatives related to opioid use disorder in the local community context, working with community partners, and bringing in individuals with lived experience. We present initial findings from an Opioid Education Day that suggest student-led supplemental education for medical students can improve student knowledge surrounding opioid use.ĂnoncĂ© des implications de la recherche
LâĂ©quipe dâaide et de sensibilisation aux opioĂŻdes (OAST) est une initiative des Ă©tudiants de la facultĂ© de mĂ©decine de lâUniversitĂ© Memorial qui apporte un complĂ©ment Ă la formation que reçoivent les Ă©tudiants sur le trouble liĂ© Ă lâusage dâopioĂŻdes. L'OAST s'est efforcĂ©e dâinscrire les initiatives Ă©ducatives liĂ©es Ă la crise des opĂŻodes dans un contexte local en collaboration avec des partenaires communautaires et de faire participer des personnes ayant une expĂ©rience de terrain. Nous prĂ©sentons les rĂ©sultats prĂ©liminaires d'une journĂ©e de sensibilisation aux opioĂŻdes qui suggĂšrent que cette activitĂ© Ă©ducative menĂ©e par les Ă©tudiants en mĂ©decine peut amĂ©liorer les connaissances des apprenants sur la consommation dâopioĂŻdes
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Plasma Channels And Laser Pulse Tailoring For Gev Laser-Plasma Accelerators
We have demonstrated distortion-free guiding of I TW pulses at near relativistic intensity (0.2 x 10(18) W/cm(2)) over 60 Rayleigh lengths at 20 Hz repetition rate in a preformed helium plasma channel. As steps toward efficient channeled Laser Wakefield Acceleration up to the dephasing limit, we have upgraded our laser system from I to 4 TW, adapted femtosecond interferometric diagnostics to probe plasma density fluctuations inside the channel, and developed detailed strategies for managing ionization distortions at the channel entrance and exit at the upgraded intensity. We also report simulations, and preliminary experiments, that explore a strategy for Raman-seeding laser pulses to coherently control both unchanneled and channeled LWFA in order to lower the laser energy threshold and increase the repetition rate of election pickup and acceleration.Physic
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