Burçin Bayram, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Master Theses Supervised:

8. Oleg Popov, expected MS'12 in August

7. Sean Baumgartner, MS'11

Thesis Title: Collisional depolarization of the atomic sodium 3S --> 3P--> 5S transition with argon and xenon buffer gas by spectral hole-burning

6. David Fish, MS'10

Thesis Title: Two-photon polarization spectroscopy of atomic cesium using circularly polarized light.

(currently at ODU, Physics Phd program)

5. Prakash Koirala, MS' 08

(currently at U. Toledo, Physics Phd program)

Thesis Title: Experimental determination of the electric quadrupole moment and collisional depolarization in the J=3/2 level Cs atoms with Kr using linear polarization spectroscopy.

4. Ramesh Marhatta, MS' 07

(currently at Wesleyan U., Physics Phd program)

Thesis Title: Circular polarization spectroscopy: disorientation cross-section in the 133Cs 6p2P3/2 level by using two-photon two-color nano-second pulsed laser

Awards: Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award.

3. Ryan Coons, MS' 07

(currently at Purdue University, Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering program)

Thesis Title: Cavity length dependence on the linewidth of an external cavity high power laser.

2. Brian Sands, MS' 05

(currently at Wright-Patterson Airforce Base, Research scientist)

Thesis Title: Characteristics and dynamics of a passively stabilized high power and narrow-bandwidth broad-areal laser coupled to an external variable length cavity.

Awards: Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award.

1. Seda Kin, MS' 05

(currently at Istanbul Technical U.(ITU), Physics PhD program)

Thesis Title: Collisional depolarization of the atomic Cs 6s2S1/2 → 10s2S1/2 ,9d2D5/2 transition with argon buffer gas.

Graduate Project Supervised:

2. Eric Alquist, fall 08-spring 09

Project Title: Calibration of a 1.5 m spectrometer.

1. Kyle Bechtel, fall 2008.

Project Title: Construction of an accelerator for use in electron imaging experiments.

Undergraduate Projects/Honor's Theses/Capstone Projects Supervised:

21. Corey McDonald, 2011-2012

Senior Thesis: Investigation of Double Resonance Spectroscopy of Iodine Molecules for Use in Quantum Beat Experiments.

Awards: Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, Physics Honors

Presentation: Miami University 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Forum

20. Jeffrey Kleykamp, 2011-2012

Senior Thesis: Investigation of the use of Raman Spectroscopy for Non-invasive Glucose Calculation in Blood.

Awards: Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, Physics Honors, MU UR Award

Presentations: Miami University 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Forum

19. Sarah Jo Lauber, 2009-2012

Project : Laser Induced Fluorescence in Molecular Iodine

Awards:: Commendation in Undergraduate Research

18. Doug McNally, 2010-2011

17. Robert Misconin, fall 2010

Project: Simulation of the 3-d magnetic field using 3 sets of helmholtz coils to cancel earth magnetic field.

16. Trevor Cook, fall 2009.

Project: Observation of laser induced fluroresce from molecular iodine.

15. Brian Sympson, fall 2007-fall 2009

Project: Construction of the CCD-MCP/phosphor interface for use in Electron Imaging Experiments

Awards: Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Research, Undergraduate Summer Scholar.

14. Daniel Weltz, 2009.

Project Topic: Construction of vacuum chamber unit for the demonstration of vibrational/rotational structure of N2 using a DC discharge tube.

13. Jeffrey Kleykamp, fall 2008- spring 2009

12. Zachary Komon, fall 2008- spring 2009

11.Jonathan Ehrman, fall 2008- spring 2009

Project: Polarization Spectroscopy

10.Adam Jay Sniff, fall 2008- spring 2009

Project: Emission and absorption spectra of alkali.

9. Kyle Bechtel, spring 2008.

Project: Laser Spectroscopy.

8. Matthew Briel, fall 2005- summer 2007

Project: The time evolution of pump laser profile.

Awards: Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award, spring 2006; Dr. Benjamin Lee Memorial Scholarship, spring 2006; John and Ginny Snider Scholarship, spring 2007.

7.Brian Helbig, fall 2006- fall 2007.

Project: Operation of a high-power broad-area diode laser using volume Bragg grating in external cavity.

6.Morgan Welsh, BS'06 (currently at Ohio State U., Physics PhD program)

Project: Collisional depolarization  on the 6s2S1/2® 6p2P3/2® 9d2D5/2 transitions of cesium atoms. 2003-2005.

Presentations: Miami University 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Forum (talk) spring 2006, Miami Physics Department Research Poster Day, 2004; OSAPS 2005 talk; NIST-SURF Colloquium, Maryland, 2005, Seminar for Undergraduates, Miami Physics Dept., 2005.

Awards: J.A. Culler Physics Prize 2003, Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Research 2004, Undergraduate Summer Scholar 2004, NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. Note: Morgan’s accomplishments in research studies in my laboratory were highlighted in the Annual Magazine of the Universities College of Arts and Sciences, COMPASS 2006.

5. Jacob Hinkle, BS'06 (currently at U. of Utah, Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute PhD program).

Project Topic: Hyperfine depolarization effect in the cesium first excited state.

2003-2005

Presentations: Miami University 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Forum, spring 2006, poster; Miami University Center for Nanotechnology, 2003, poster.

Awards: R.L. Edward Physics Scholarship 2004, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award 2004, Dean’s Scholar in Physics 2005, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award 2005, Goldwater Award Nomination.

4.Bobby Seymour, spring 2004

Project Topic: Improvements of the high-power broad-area diode laser design

Awards: Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award, 2004.

3.Guy Sibley, fall 2005

Project Topic: Characteristics of external cavity low power diode lasers in near infrared

2. Matthew Larosche, summer 2005

Project Topic: Constructing and diagnosing the operation of a high vacuum chamber

1. John-Paul Anderson, fall 2002- spring 2003

Project Topic: Development of an external cavity laser diodes and dye lasers

Presentations:   OSAPS 2003, poster.

Awards: Undergraduate Research Award, Undergraduate Summer Scholar Award 2003.