Bestselling author Khaled Hosseini discusses his writing and his humanitarian work in Afghanistan in a conversation led by Elizabeth Farnsworth, correspondent for the PBS NewsHour.
Physics 111 Advanced Laboratory. Professor Dmitry Budker
This is the second of two videos accompanying the Non-Linear Spectroscopy and Magneto-Optics Experiment, providing students with an introduction to the theory, apparatus, and procedures.
The experiment consists of three sections: (1) students learn to operate a diode laser system and characterize its performance using a Fabry-Perot spectrum analyzer, (2) Doppler-broadened laser-induced fluorescence and Doppler-free saturated absorption spectra of the rubidium D2 line (780 nm) are recorded and analyzed, and (3) the near-resonant magneto-optical rotation is investigated.
Nonlinear light-atom interaction leads to spectacular manifestations of the resonant Faraday Effect - polarization plane rotation in a magnetic field applied along the direction of light propagation radically different from the linear case. In particular, narrow (~30 Hz) effective line widths are observed in this experiment corresponding to a rotation enhancement by some seven orders of magnitude compared to the linear Faraday rotation.
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Bio Engineering/ME C117: Structural Aspects of Biomaterials - Professor Lisa Pruitt
This course provides an overview of medical devices, FDA regulatory issues, biocompatibility and sterilization technology. It examines biomechanical properties: isotropy/anisotropy, stiffness, bending stresses, contact stresses, multiaxial loading, plasticity, fatigue, fracture, wear, corrosion, design issues. Also covered: Orthopedics, Dental, Cardiovascular, and Soft Tissue Reconstruction.
Professor Pruitt's current research is focused on fatigue and fracture micromechanisms, cyclic damage zones, and evolution of structure due to cyclic loading and environment in advanced polymers and biomaterials; tribology of...