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Modeling the X-ray absorption of Neodymium ions in cuprate superconductors
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-18)Electronic nematicity, a breaking of the rotational symmetry of the electronic structure beyond what is expected from the ionic displacements of atoms, has been identified in the (La, M)₂CuO₄ family of the cuprate ... -
Modeling Water Emission from Intermediate Mass Star Formation Regions
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-22)In this research water emission is modeled from intermediate mass star formations regions placed at 1 kpc. Nine models are created to describe these regions of varying source luminosity ($L=100,500,$ and $1000L_{\odot}$) ... -
Modelling Quantum Well Lasers
(University of Waterloo, 2002)In this thesis, two methods to model quantum well lasers will be examined. The first model is based on well-known techniques to determine some of the spectral and dynamical properties of the laser. For the spectral ... -
Modification of a Dilution Refrigerator for In-Field SQUID Magnetometry of Dy2Ti2O7
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-01)The pyrochlore oxide family is a well known class of geometrically frustrated magnets with novel properties such as residual entropy at low temperatures and monopole-like quasiparticle excitations. One member of this ... -
Modified Gravity and the Phantom of Dark Matter
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-13)Astrophysical data analysis of the weak-field predictions support the claim that modified gravity (MOG) theories provide a self-consistent, scale-invariant, universal description of galaxy rotation curves, without the need ... -
Molecular beam epitaxial growth of InSb quantum well heterostructures for applications in topological quantum computing
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-09)The small effective mass, large Landé g-factor, and strong spin-orbit coupling of InSb make high-quality InSb quantum well (QW) structures particularly appealing for the experimental realization of Majorana bound states ... -
Molecular Bonding in an Alternative Approach to Orbital-Free Density Functional Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)An alternative approach to orbital-free density functional theory based on polymer self-consistent field theory for modelling diatomic molecules is proposed. The ability of the theory to accurately model the bonding ... -
Molecular movies and geometry reconstruction using Coulomb explosion imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)Coulomb explosion imaging is a technique of imaging the structure of small molecules in the gas phase and their ultrafast dynamics by inducing the rapid ionization and dissociation of the molecule into its constituent ... -
Monte Carlo Study of the Magnetic Flux Lattice Fluctuations in High-<em>T<sub>c</sub></em> Superconductors
(University of Waterloo, 2005)By allowing to measure the magnetic field distribution inside a material, muon spin rotation experiments have the potential to provide valuable information about microscopic properties of high-temperature superconductors. ... -
Morphological and Doppler UHR-OCT Imaging of Retinal Degeneration Induced by Sodium Iodate Toxicity in a Rat Model
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-29)A high speed, high resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) system was used to study in-vivo early morphological changes and optical nerve head (ONH) blood flow in the Long Evans rat retina, induced ... -
Morphological and Multifractal Analyses of Retinal Amyloid Deposits for Staging in Alzheimer's Disease
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-12)Dementia is a neurodegenerative condition that leads to loss of cognitive ability, typically in older adults. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and affects millions of people worldwide. The ... -
Mueller Matrix Confocal Scanning Laser Polarimetry and Optimal Conditions for Improved Image Quality
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)Alzheimer's disease (AD), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder, is the most common form of senile dementia. Five hundred thousand Canadians are living with dementia, a number predicted to double by 2030. Currently, the most ... -
Multifrequency Raman Generation in the Transient Regime
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Two colour pumping was used to investigate the short-pulse technique of Multifrequency Raman Generation (MRG) in the transient regime of Raman scattering. In the course of this study we have demonstrated the ability to ... -
Nanoparticle-regulated phase behavior of ordered block copolymers
(RSC publishing, 2008-06-30)Although block copolymer motifs have received considerable attention as supramolecular templates for inorganic nanoparticles, experimental observations of a nanostructured diblock copolymer containing inorganic ... -
Nanoscale physics of surfactant gene delivery
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-18)Medicine has met a revolution in the expansion of possibilities for therapy based upon synthetic gene delivery. Imagine the ability to correct problems of a genetic origin with a simple drug -- such science fiction fantasies ... -
Nanoscale quantum transport for quantum information processing
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-25)In this thesis, I study quantum transport of electron (e.g., current and noise) in quantum dots exploring microscopic processes responsible for spin-relaxation in double quantum dots in Pauli spin blockade regime. This is ... -
Nanostructures based on cyclic C6
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-24)The properties of a new family of carbon structures based on stacked cyclic C6 rings and intercalated cyclic C6 structures: (C6)n and (C6)nMen-1 have been studied theoretically using ab initio DFT (Density Functional ... -
The Nature and Impact of Active Galactic Nuclei
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-12)The gravitational interaction around the event horizon of black holes presents theoretical challenges. With the advent of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), we are now entering an era in physics where we can probe the ... -
Near-Term Quantum Algorithms for Classical Sampling
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-14)In the current era of noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices, quantum sampling algorithms have been of great interest as they permit errors in their execution while maintaining their advantage over classical counterparts ... -
Nematic ordering of wormlike polymers
(University of Waterloo, 2005)In this thesis, based on the Onsager excluded volume interaction model, two nematic ordering problems of wormlike (semiflexible) polymer are studied: one is to investigate the isotropic-nematic interface of polymers for ...