Program overview

SATURDAY MORNING, 30 OCTOBER 1999

09:00 S12.01 Opto-Acoustic Characterization of Melanosome

Michael L. Mayo, Dhiraj K. Sardar (The University of Texas at San Antonio)

09:12 S12.02 Holographic Grating Relaxation Studies of Molecular Diffusion in a Nematic Liquid Crystal

Alexis L. Thompson, Wesley C. Campbell, Daniel R. Spiegel (Department of Physics, Trinity University)

09:24 S12.03 Electro-Optical Characteristics of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films based on TL213/PN393

Tai Jong Kang, Gukhee Park, J.-W. Han (Taegu University, Republic of Korea), David Vanden Bout (University of Texas, Austin, USA)

09:36 S12.04 Polymer-Enhanced Photorefraction in Azo-Dye-Doped Liquid Crystals

Gene Carlisle, Manlin Pei, Yong-Jing Wang (West Texas A&M University)

09:48 S12.05 Temperature responsive gel displays

Yindong Zheng, Changjie Wang, Zhibing Hu (University of North Texas), Yong Li (Kimbly-Clark Corporation)

10:00 S12.06 Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Hydrogel Nanoparticles

Xihua Lu, Jun Gao (Department of Physics, University of North Texas), Zhibing Hu (Department of Physics,University of North Texas)

09:00 S13.01 Quantifying the intermittency of fractal time-series and point processes: Biological applications

David R. Bickel (University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of Nursing)

09:12 S13.02 Electrically induced oscillations of salt solutions in capillary tubes

Paul Scheie, Jess Gingrich (Physics Dept., Texas Lutheran University)

09:24 S13.03 Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Selection in the Saffman-Taylor Problem

Mitchell G. Moore, Anne Juel, John M. Burgess, J. B. Swift, W. D. McCormick, Harry L. Swinney (Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, The University of Texas at Austin)

09:36 S13.04 Decoherence and Lyapunov exponents

Arjendu Pattanayak (Department of Physics, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892)

09:48 S13.05 Gauge symmetries in Ashtekar's formulation of general relativity

Donald Salisbury (Austin College), Josep Pons (University of Barcelona), Larry Shepley (University of Texas at Austin)

10:00 S13.06 Oscillons and the Fine Structure of the non-linear Klein Gordon equation

Ethan Honda, Matthew Choptuik (Center for Relativity, The University of Texas at Austin)

10:12 S13.07 Behavior of Pure Solvent Bubbles in a Solution of Polystyrene Microparticles and Polyalkylene Glycol (PAG)

Anitra Novy, Bruce Ackerson (Department of Physics Oklahoma State University)

09:00 S14.01 Optical Characterization of the Inter-Stark Energy Levels and Effects of Temperature on a Sharp Emission Line of Pr3+ in Calcium Fluorapatite, Ca5(PO4)3F, Crystal

Raylon M. Yow, Dhiraj K. Sardar (University of Texas at San Antonio)

09:12 S14.02 Permanent self-focusing effects in Pr-doped alkali aluminosilicate glass

Stacee Harmon, Abdulatif Hamad, George Dixon (Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University)

09:24 S14.03 Optical Characterization of Inter-Stark Energy Levels and Phonon Effects on a Sharp Emission Line of Pr3+ in Strontium Fluorapatite, Sr5(PO4)3F, Crystal.

Felipe S. Salinas, Dhiraj K. Sardar (University of Texas at San Antonio)

09:36 S14.04 Optical and Laser Characteristics of C18H25N2F2B, known as Pyrromethene BF2 Complex, were investigated to determine its potential use as a tunable solid state dye laser.

Robert Cocke, Tony Sayka, Dhiraj K. Sardar (University of Texas at San Antonio)

09:48 S14.05 Superparamagnetism in Fe_2-xV_1+xAl; MFM and NMR studies

Chin-Shan Lue, Guangming Xiao, Scott L. Nooner, Jr Ross (Department of Physics, Texas Aamp;M University)

10:00 S14.06 Growth of Relaxed Silicon Germanium Structure by RTPCVD

Taehoon Kim, Xiao Chen, Sanjay K. Banerjee (University of Texas at Austin)