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CHTM MASTERS THESIS TITLES


Arranged Chronologically


Graduate Student

Masters Thesis Title

Degree

Dept

Year Graduated

Advisor

Schwarz, Jens Measurements on Multiphoton Ionization

MS

Physics

 

Diels

Purvis, Ray Bulk Damage Effects on the electrical and Optical Properties of Mid-IR Detectors

MS

EECE

 

Malloy

Barron, Alan Ion Beam Deposition of Optical Thin Films

MS

EECE

1982

McNeil

Wei, Lee J. Optical Scatterometry of Transparent Thin Films

MS

EECE

1984

McNeil

Calahan, Kenneth Rodger High Fresnel Number resonator Experiments

MS

EECE

1986

Jungling

Hsu, Long Construction and Performance Analysis of Frequency Stabilized He-Ne Lasers

MS

EECE

1986

Jungling

Tang, Bao-Shen Electrical Characteristics of the Electron-Beam-Evaporated Tantalum Pentoxide Thin Film on Silicon

MS

EECE

1986

Jungling

Sheu, Shing-Ren (Peter) The Search for One Dimensional Conduction in Ultrathin Metal Films

MS

EECE

1986

Kendall

Hoeft, John David Optical Depolarization of Thin Metal Films

MS

EECE

1986

McNeil

Martin, Glen MOS Transistor Capacitance Measurement

MS

EECE

1987

Hawkins

Dorato, Sylvia Chemical Etching of Thin Film PLZT

MS

EECE

1987

Jungling

Dehainaut, Linda M. Dependence of Metal Thin Film Opticals Constants on Substrate Microroughness and Deposition Techniques

MS

EECE

1987

McNeil

Juang, Ching-Bo Theory and Design of a Computer Controlled Scanning Differential Polarized Microscope

MS

Chemistry

1987

McNeil

Wilson, Scott Richard Ion Beam Figuring of Optical Surfaces

MS

EECE

1987

McNeil

Holswade, Scott Christian Evaluation of an Unstable Ring Resonator With 90 Degree Beam Rotation

MS

EECE

1988

Jungling

Woolston, Thomas Lynn Effects of Band width and F-Number on the Reflectivity of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

MS

EECE

1988

Jungling

Yu, Inshik Chromium-Titanium Contact For SOI Structures

MS

EECE

1988

Jungling

Wang, Qing Anomalous Resistivity Measurements on Freshly Cleaned (110) Silicon

MS

EECE

1988

Kendall

Paranto, Joseph Nolan Investigation of Heterodyne Mixing Efficiency Variations Due to Optimal Misalignments and Aberrations

MS

EECE

1988

McInerney

Wang, Feiling Sheath Potential Division in Diode RF Gas Discharge Systems

MS

Physics

1989

Diels

Habiger, Kerry Wayne Proof of Principle Study of Thin Film Thickness Measurements Using Characteristic X-Ray Line Ration Techniques

MS

EECE

1989

Jungling

Riviere-Vazquez, Rafael A. Phase Locking of Two HiQ Resonators

MS

EECE

1989

Jungling

Baca, Loretta Jean Design of a Broadband Antenna on GaAs

MS

EECE

1989

McInerney

Reicher, David W. Hermetic Coatings for Heavy Metal Flouride Glasses

MS

EECE

1989

McNeil

Stapp, Richard Scott Ionizing Radiation Effects on HgCdTe Infrared Photovoltaic Detectors

MS

EECE

1989

Neaman

Feng, Yuh-Jyh Reactive Ion Etching of III-V Compound Semiconductors

MS

EECE

1989

Schaus

Manginell, Ron  

MS

EECE

1990

Kendall

Shepard-Schaus, Helen E. Establishing Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition for Vertical Cavity Interface Emitting Lasers

MS

EECE

1990

Cheng

Neidhardt, Dink Bistable Interfaces

MS

P&A

1990

Diels

Grabowski, Theodore Chrostopher Pulse Modulated Microwave Plasma Etching.

MS

EECE

1990

Gahl

Henderson, Christopher Lee The Behavior of Open Circuits in CMOS VLSI Applications

MS

EECE

1990

Hawkins

Allen, Michael Scott Phase Modulation Using GaAs-AlGaAs Optical Waveguide Arrays

MS

EECE

1990

Jungling

Gutierrez, Gina Dantonio Comparison of Adaptable Hot/Cold Wall Assembly for Tungsten Metallization Applications Using the Hydrogen Reduction of WF6

MS

EECE

1990

Jungling

Jakubczak, Jerome Florian On Endurance Cycling Effects of Sonos Transistors

MS

EECE

1990

Jungling

Kahn, Randolph Todd Impurity Profiles and Annealing Redistribution of Furnace-Diffused High Concentration Phosphorous In Silicon-on-Sapphire and Polysilicon-on-Silicon Dioxide Thin Films: Improving SCB Processing

MS

EECE

1990

Jungling

Sottoway, Douglas Adam Deposition, Process Development, and Film Characterization of LPCVD Silicon Oxynitride

MS

EECE

1990

Jungling

Mercer, Michael Joseph Accounting for Scintillation in the Reconstruction of an Atmospherically Aberrated Phasefront

MS

EECE

1990

Kendall

LaFerriere, Paul Andrew Transfer Function Properties of a Lithium Iodate Optical Parametric Amplifier

MS

EECE

1990

McInerney

Marin, Luis Diego Double External Cavity Semiconductor Lasers

MS

EECE

1990

McInerney

Lew, James Jae Studies of Photoelectret Effect and Photoelectret Holographic Beam Amplification in a BaTi O3 Photorefractive Monocrystal

MS

EECE

1990

McIver

Boyer, Leonard L. Ion Beam Sputtering of Electroptic PLZT Thin Films

MS

EECE

1990

McNeil

Shianq, Jaw-Kang Fabrication of AlGaAs Graded-Index Separate Confinement Heterostructure Single Quantum Well Lasers

MS

EECE

1990

Schaus

Kilcoyne, Sean Patrick High Power Independently Addressable Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Array

MS

EECE

1991

Cheng

Metzger, Gregory William Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy: An In-Situ Diagnostic of Ion-Beam Sputtering of Y-Ba-Cu-Oxide

MS

EECE

1991

Fleddermann

Poor, Margaret Reed Plasma Etching of Perovskite Ceramic Thin Films

MS

EECE

1991

Fleddermann

Mounteer, Tamera D. Experimental Error Analysis of an Electromagnetic Measurement

MS

EECE

1991

Jungling

Arrasmith, William Wolfgang The Design and Characterization of a Low Light Atmospheric Tilt Compensating Tracking Sensor

MS

EECE

1991

McInerney

Callan, Elizabeth Ann Measurements of Velocities by Backscatter Modulation in Semiconductor Injection Lasers

MS

EECE

1991

McInerney

Pfeifer, Kent Bryant IN SITU Monitoring of Thin Film Deposition Using Optical Fibers

MS

EECE

1991

McInerney

Snipes, Morris Burton High Power, Diffraction-Limited, Wide Stripe Diode Lasers Using External Resonator Transverse Mode Filtering

MS

EECE

1991

McInerney

Hickman, Kirt Clyde Use of Diffracted Light from Latent Images to Monitor Exposure Dose and Improve CD Control During Lithography

MS

EECE

1991

McNeil

Petersen, Gary Allen Excimer Laser Deposition of PLZT Thin Films

MS

EECE

1991

McNeil

Torres-Jacome, Alfonso Fabrication Process for Transverse Junction Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser

MS

EECE

1991

Schaus

Zheng, Kang Integrated Control and Safety System for Metal-Organic Vapor Deposition

MS

EECE

1991

Schaus

Blair, Alan J. Absorption Spectroscopy as an In-Situ Diagnostic For Ion Beam Sputtering of YBa2Cu3O7-x

MS

EECE

1992

Fleddermann

Snyder, Hans Robert Measurements of Electron Density and Decay in Methane/Oxygen/Hydrogen/Argon Discharges

MS

EECE

1992

Fleddermann

Lifke, Donald M. Predicting Microelectronic Wafer Probe Yield From Wafer Fabrication Data

MS

EECE

1992

Jungling

Montague, Stephen On Effects of Hydrogen Anneals on Sonos Transistors

MS

EECE

1992

Jungling

Wilson, Susan Gaspar Characterization of Photomask Diffraction Gratings Using Laser Scatterometry

MS

EECE

1992

McNeil

Bishop, Kenneth P. Use of Rigorous Diffraction Analysis for the Characterization of Latent-Image Gratings in Photoresist

MS

EECE

1992

Naqvi

Lu, Yin-Chen A new Technique for Optical Time-Division-Multiplexing Using Gain-Switched Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

MS

EECE

1993

Cheng

Rogers, Lesley Eileen Optical and Electrical Characterization of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers and Laser Arrays

MS

EECE

1993

Cheng

Rieden, Robert Joseph The Use of The Transmission Line Method Pulse Generator for Electrostatic Discharge Testing of VLSI Circuits at Water Level

MS

EECE

1993

Hawkins

Chowdhury, Sultan Ulalam Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of Pisi Schottky Barrier Diode

MS

EECE

1993

Jungling

Richardson, Duke Zane Quantum Efficiency System Anomalies in PN Heterostructures

MS

EECE

1993

Jungling

Keicher, David Michael High Conversion Efficiency Pumped Cavity Second Harmonic Generation of a Diode Laser

MS

EECE

1993

McInerney

Pierrottet, Diego F. A Parametric Lens in a Second Harmonic Generation Experiment

MS

EECE

1993

McInerney

Hunt, Brian Scott Parametric Studies on a Short-Pulsed KrF Pumped Atomic Iodine Laser

MS

P&A

1993

McIver

Kopf, Dana Christian Thermal Effects in End-Heated Laser Rods: A Time-Dependent Model and Diagnostic

MS

P&A

1993

McIver

Black, James Paul Scatter Instrument Design with Measurement Applications to Fused Silica and Air

MS

EECE

1993

McNeil

Milner, Lisa Michelle Diffraction Based Latent Image Analysis for Improving CD Control During Lithography

MS

EECE

1993

McNeil

Farrer, Stephen William Simulation of Direct Detection Digital Optical Fiber Communication Links

MS

EECE

1993

Naqvi

Sharma, Ashwani Kumar Enhanced Near-IR Response in High Speed Ni-Si-Ni- Detectors

MS

EECE

1994

Brueck

Ortiz, Gerardo G. An Experimental Study of the High-Speed Modulation Behavior of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

MS

EECE

1994

Cheng

Crawford, John Frederick Measurement of Ablation Depth in Candidate Plasma Facing Component Materials Exposed to Iter Relevant Disruption Conditions

MS

EECE

1994

Naqvi

Burckel, David B. Sub-Feature Speckle Interferometry as a Technique for Noncontact Temperature Measurement

MS

EECE

1995

Brueck

Huang, Congzhong Noncontact, Optical Diffraction Measurement of Semiconductor Temperature

MS

EECE

1995

Brueck

Prein, Steffan Diagnostic Method Without Nonlinear Optics

MS

P&A

1995

Diels

Marchbanks, Richard D. Cascade Lasing in ER:YLF and ER:ZBLAN Fiber

MS

EECE

1995

Jain

Srinivasan, Balaji Gain Anisotrophy in Rare-Earth-Doped Elliptical Core Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers

MS

EECE

1995

Jain

Boysen, Eric Andrew Development of a Mid-Infrared Semiconductor Optical Characterization Facility

MS

EECE

1995

Malloy

Marquardt, Richard Low Temperature LPE Growth of Unstrained SiGe and Devices

MS

EECE

1995

Malloy

Murnane, Michael R. The Characterization of Sub-Half-Micron Periodic Structures Using Scatterometry

MS

EECE

1995

McNeil

Mojahedi, Mohammed Determination of Effective Mass Hamiltonian for Heterojunctions with Abrupt Interfaces

MS

EECE

1995

Osinski

Choy, Jon Scott Pulse Injection Seeding Linear Cavities With Gain and Absorptive Media

MS

P&A

1996

Diels

Feller, Gregory S. Upconversion Fiber-Lasers Based on Rare-Earth Doped ZBLAN

MS

EECE

1996

Jain

Chumney, Daniel R. Widely Tunable Multi-Quantum Well Laser Diodes Using an External Cavity

MS

EECE

1996

Lester

Thompson, Tristan Short-Pulse Tunable Diode Lasers

MS

EECE

1997

Jain

Du, Tu Integration of High Efficiency Diffractive Lenses With Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers.

MS

EECE

1997

Malloy

Mittas, Anthony Modeling an Optical Probe for Micromachine Performance Analysis

MS

EECE

1997

McNeil

Biegert, Jens Second Harmonic Pulse Compression in Quadratic Media

MS

P&A

1998

Diels

Zhao, Ximin Diode-Pumped Er/Pr Blue Upconversion Fiber Lasers

MS

EECE

1998

Jain

King, Jonathan David The Development and Characterization of Metal Contacts to P-GaN

MS

EECE

1998

Lester

Baxter, Lance Edgar Dose Rate Effects in Long Wavelength HgCdTe Infrared Detectors

MS

EECE

1998

Malloy

Elliott, Stephen James Characterization of Pulsed Laser Deposited Strontium-Barium-Niobate Thin Films

MS

EECE

1999

Jain/Lester

Divakar, Sriram Honnudike Digital Image Processing Approaches to Imaging Interferometric Lithography

MS

EECE

1999

Magotra

Yang, Lei Demonstration of A Cryogenic VCSEL-Based Optical Link of Focal ­Plane Array Video Transmission

MS

EECE

2000

Cheng

Luong, Sanh Quyen Quasi-Planar Monolithic Integration of Verticle-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers and Resonance-Enhanced Photodetectors Arrays

MS

EECE

2000

Cheng

Jenkins, Mark Pd/Ni metal-oxide-semiconductor hydrogen sensor utilizing a segregated Pd-Ti adhesion layer

MS

EECE

2000

Hersee

Fan, Yan A Study of the Nonlinear Dielectric Properties of Ba1-x Srx TiO3 Films By Pulsed Laser Deposition

MS

EECE

2000

Lester

Schanwald, Lee Paul Radiation Effects on Miceoelectric Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Electrostatic Actuators

MS

EECE

2000

Lester

Wampler, Barbara Lammie Exciton Transport in GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Wells Using Surface Acoustic Waves

MS

EECE

2000

Malloy

Gao, Chengyi Mining Association Rules with Item Constraints

MS

CS

2001

Verott/Osinski

Wu, Yanmin Labview Programming for Lithographic Applications

MS

EECE

2001

Brueck

Zhao, Yanrui Impurity ­ Free Selective Quantum Well Intermixing for Optoelectronic Device Applications

MS

EECE

2001

Osinski

Svimonishvili, Tengiz Dual Closed-Loop Optoelectronic Auto-Oscillatory Detection Circuit for Monitoring Fluorescence Lifetime-Based Chemical/Biological Sensors and Sensor Arrays

MS

EECE

2002

Brueck

 Raub, Alex Deep UV Interferometric Immersion Lithography

MS 

EECE

2002

Brueck