Physics continues to be one of the “flagship” research Departments at the University of Windsor. Our faculty are known regionally, provincially, nationally and internationally for their active and outstanding research and their direct involvement in the learning experiences provided to our undergraduate and graduate students. Faculty are known worldwide for high levels of research productivity and funding through industrial partnerships. Their research achievements, with its many awards and distinctions to their credit, make the department one of the highest quality Physics departments in Canada. Currently, there are three main areas of research:
- Atomic, Molecular and Optical physics
- Materials Science
- Biomedical Physics
Submissions from 2024
Detection and Diagnosis of Bacterial Pathogens in Blood Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, E J. Blanchette, E A. Tracey, A Baughan, G E. Johnson, H Malik, C N. Alionte, I G. Arthur, M E. Pontoni, and Steven Rehse
Detection and Diagnosis of Bacterial Pathogens in Urine Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, E J. Blanchette, E A. Tracey, A Baughan, G E. Johnson, H Malik, C N. Alionte, I G. Arthur, M E. Potoni, and Steven Rehse
Phase dependence of Kerr-based parametric amplification, Nathan G. Drouillard and TJ Hammond
Supercontinuum amplification by Kerr instability, Sagnik Ghosh, Nathan G. Drouillard, and TJ Hammond
Single-stage few-cycle pulse amplification, Sagnik Ghosh, Nathan G. Drouillard, and TJ Hammond
Submissions from 2023
Ground-state energy of H-: a critical test of triple basis sets, Gordon W. F. Drake, Evan M.R. Perimoulx, Eric E.A. Ene, Aaron T. Bondy, and Lamies A. Sati
Submissions from 2022
Detection and Classification of Bacterial Cells After Centrifugation and Filtration of Liquid Specimens Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Emma J. Blanchette, Sydney C. Sleiman, Haiqa Arain, Alayna Tieu, Chloe L. Clement, Griffin C. Howson, Emily A. Tracey, Hadia Malik, Jeremy C. Marvin, and Steven J. Rehse
Measurement of dispersion and index of refraction of 1-decanol with spectrally resolved white light interferometry, Nathan G. Drouillard and TJ Hammond
Silver Microparticle-Enhanced Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Jeremy C. Marvin, Emma J. Blanchette, Sydney C. Sleiman, Haiqa Arain, Emily A. Tracey, and Steven J. Rehse
Spectral broadening for pulse compression using liquid alcohols, Jacob A. Stephen, Chathurangani J. Arachchige, and TJ Hammond
Submissions from 2021
Amplification of femtosecond pulses based on c(3) nonlinear susceptibility in MgO, CHATHURANGANI JAYALATH ARACHCHIGE, Jacob A. Stephen, and T J. Hammond
Submissions from 2019
Helium tune-out wavelength: Gauge invariance and retardation corrections, Gordon W. F. Drake, Jacob Gabriel Manalo, Pei-Pei Zhang, and Kenneth George Herbert Baldwin
A Simple and Efficient Centrifugation Filtration Method for Bacterial Concentration and Isolation Prior to Testing Liquid Specimens with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Dylan J. Malenfanta, Alexandra E. Paulick, and Steven J. Rehse
Concentration of Bacterial Specimens During Centrifugation Prior to Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Analysis, Alexandra E. Paulicka, Dylan J. Malenfanta, and Steven J. Rehse
A review of the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for bacterial classification, quantification, and identification, Steven J. Rehse
Submissions from 2017
N (2P) production in electron-N2 collisions, Wladyslaw Kedzierski, Jeff Dech, and J. W. Mcconkey
Determination of the Zinc Concentration in Human Fingernails by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Steven J. Rehse, Vlora A. Riberdy, and Christopher J. Frederickson
Submissions from 2016
Selective detection of singlet gerade metastable states of N-2, Wladyslaw Kedzierski and J. W. Mcconkey
Use of solid N2 surfaces in metastable particle detection, Wladyslaw Kedzierski and J. W. Mcconkey
VUV Study of Electron Impact Dissociative Excitation of Thymine, C. J. Tiessen, J. A. Trocchi, J. D. Hein, J. Dech, Wladyslaw Kedzierski, and J. W. Mcconkey
Submissions from 2014
Advances In Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, J. W. Mcconkey and Wladyslaw Kedzierski
Submissions from 2013
Production of O(1D) following electron impact on CO2, Wladyslaw Kedzierski, J. D. Hein, C. J. Tiessen, D. Lukic, J. A. Trocchi, T. Z. Mlinaric, and J. W. Mcconkey
A Comparison of Multivariate Analysis Techniques and Variable Selection Strategies in a Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Bacterial Classification, Russell Putnam, Q.I. Mohaidat, Andrew Daabous, and Steven Rehse
Sensitive and specific discrimination of pathogenic and nonpathogenic Escherichia coli using Raman spectroscopy - a comparison of two multivariate analysis techniques, Steven Rehse, Khozima Hamasha, Qassem I. Mohaidat, Russell A. Putnam, Ryan C. Woodman, and Sunil Palchaudhuri
Submissions from 2012
Variational energies and the Fermi contact term for the low-lying states of lithium: Basis-set completeness, L. M. Lang, Z. C. Yan, H. X. Qiao, and Gordon W. F. Drake
Pathogen identification with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: The effect of bacterial and biofluid specimen contamination, Q.I. Mohaidat, K. Sheikh, S. Palchaudhuri, and Steven J. Rehse
Spin-forbidden Helium I transition rates, D. C. Morton and Gordon W. F. Drake
Quantum theory of longitudinal momentum transfer in above-threshold ionization, A. S. Titi and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 2011
Critical comparison of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and colorimetry as dermatological diagnostic tools for acanthosis nigricans: A chemometric approach, S. Devpura, B. Pattamadilok, Z.U. Syed, Steven Rehse, and P. Vemulapalli
The effect of bacterial environmental and metabolic stresses on a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) based identification of Escherichia coli and Streptococcus viridans, Q. Mohaidat, S. Palchaudhuri, and Steven J. Rehse
Spin-forbidden radiative decay rates from the 3′,3P 1,2 and 3′,1P 1 states of helium, D. C. Morton and Gordon W. F. Drake
Isotope-shift measurements of stable and short-lived lithium isotopes for nuclear-charge-radii determination, W. Nortershauser, R. Sanchez, G. Ewald, and Gordon W. F. Drake
Variational upper bounds for low-lying states of lithium, L. M. Wang, Z. C. Yan, H. X. Qiao, and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 2010
Editorial: 40th Anniversary of Physical Review A (July 1, 2010), Gordon W. F. Drake
Regulation of polar peptidoglycan biosynthesis by Wag31 phosphorylation in mycobacteria, C. Jani, H. Eoh, J.J. Lee, and K. Hamasha
Electron impact dissociation of N2O and CO2 with single particle detection of O(1D2), Wladyslaw Kedzierski, E Blejdea, Aldo DiCarlo, and J. W. Mcconkey
Metastable oxygen atom detection using rare gas matrices, Wladyslaw Kedzierski, E Blejdea, Aldo DiCarlo, and J. W. Mcconkey
Theoretical proposal for a biosensing approach based on a linear array of immobilized gold nanoparticles, S.M.H. Rafsanjani, T. Cheng, S. Mittler, and Chitra Rangan
Towards the clinical application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for rapid pathogen diagnosis: The effect of mixed cultures and sample dilution on bacterial identification, Steven J. Rehse, Q.I. Mohaidat, and S. Palchaudhuri
North American Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: Introduction to the feature issue, J.P. Singh, J.R. Almirall, and Steven J. Rehse
Isotope shift measurements in the 2s1/2 → 2p3/2 transition of Be+ and extraction of the nuclear charge radii for 7,10,11Be, M. Zkova, Z. Andjelkovic, M. L. Bissell, and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 2009
Energies for the high- L rydberg states of helium: Asymptotic analysis, R. El-Wazni and Gordon W. F. Drake
Energies for the high- L rydberg states of helium: Asymptotic analysis, R. El-Wazni and Gordon W. F. Drake
A membrane basis for bacterial identification and discrimination using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, Steven J. Rehse, N. Jeyasingham, J. Diedrich, and S. Palchaudhuri
Submissions from 2008
Control of surface plasmon resonances in dielectrically coated proximate gold nanoparticles immobilized on a substrate, P. Rooney, A. Rezaee, S. Xu, T. Manifar, and Chitra Rangan
Measurements of total cross sections for positron scattering by uracil molecules, E. Surdutovich, G. Setzler, W.E. Kauppila, and Steven J. Rehse
Submissions from 2007
Detection of trace Al in model biological tissue with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, M.D. Adamson and Steven J. Rehse
Ionization energy of Li 6,7 determined by triple-resonance laser spectroscopy, B. A. Bushaw, W. Nortershauser, Gordon W. F. Drake, and H. J. Kluge
Sufficient condition for the coherent control of n -qubit systems, R. Cabrera, Chitra Rangan, and W.E. Baylis
Escherichia coli identification and strain discrimination using nanosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, J. Diedrich, Steven J. Rehse, and S. Palchaudhuri
Pathogenic Escherichia coli strain discrimination using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, J. Diedrich, Steven J. Rehse, and S. Palchaudhuri
Editorial: The Scope of Physical Review A and Editorial Procedures, Gordon W. F. Drake
Editorial: The Scope of Physical Review A and Editorial Procedures, Gordon W. F. Drake
A multiplet table for neutral helium (4He I) with transition rates, Gordon W. F. Drake and D. C. Morton
Hyperfine structure of the 23P state of 3He with and without an external magnetic field, Q. Wu and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 2006
Nuclear charge radius for He3, D. C. Morton, Q. Wu, and Gordon W. F. Drake
Nuclear charge radius for He3, D. C. Morton, Q. Wu, and Gordon W. F. Drake
Information hiding and retrieval in Rydberg wave packets using half-cycle pulses, J.M. Murray, S.N. Pisharody, H. Wen, and Chitra Rangan
Submissions from 2005
Binding energy of the positronium negative ion: Relativistic and QED energy shifts, Gordon W. F. Drake and M. Grigorescu
Control of finite-dimensional quantum systems: Application to a spin-1/2 particle coupled with a finite quantum harmonic oscillator, Chitra Rangan and A.M. Bloch
Theory of detection of angular momentum states in Rydberg atoms using half-cycle pulses, Chitra Rangan and R.J.A. Murray
Absolute wave-number measurements in 130Te2: Reference lines spanning the 420.9-464.6-nm region, T.J. Scholl, Steven J. Rehse, R.A. Holt, and S.D. Rosner
Submissions from 2004
High precision variational calculations for H2 +, M. M. Cassar and Gordon W. F. Drake
Control of Trapped-Ion Quantum States with Optical Pulses, Chitra Rangan, A.M. Bloch, C. Monroe, and P.H. Bucksbaum
Laser collimation of an atomic gallium beam, Steven J. Rehse, K.M. Bockel, and S.A. Lee
Broadband precision wavelength meter based on a stepping Fabry-Pérot interferometer, T.J. Scholl, Steven J. Rehse, R.A. Holt, and S.D. Rosner
Submissions from 2002
Quantum-state information retrieval in a Rydberg-atom data register, J. Ahn, Chitra Rangan, D.N. Hutchinson, and P.H. Bucksbaum
Ground-state energies for helium, H-, and Ps-, Gordon W. F. Drake, M. M. Cassar, and R. A. Nistor
Lithium transition energies and isotope shifts: QED recoil corrections, Z. C. Yan and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 2001
Quantum phase retrieval of a Rydberg wave packet using a half-cycle pulse, J. Ahn, D.N. Hutchinson, Chitra Rangan, and P.H. Bucksbaum
Optimally shaped terahertz pulses for phase retrieval in a Rydberg-atom data register, Chitra Rangan and P.H. Bucksbaum
Reply to “Comment on ‘Photodetachment in combined static and dynamic electric fields’”, A. R. P. Rau and Chitra Rangan
Measurement of the hyperfine structure of the 4d2D 3/2,5/2 levels and isotope shifts of the 4p2p 3/2 ? 4d2D3/2 and 4p2p 3/2 ? 4d2D5/2 transitions in gallium 69 and 71, Steven J. Rehse, W.M. Fairbank Jr., and S.A. Lee
Lamb shift in He+: Resolution of a discrepancy between theory and experiment, A. Van Wijngaarden, F. Holuj, and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 2000
High accuracy for atomic calculations involving logarithmic sums, S. P. Goldman and Gordon W. F. Drake
High accuracy for atomic calculations involving logarithmic sums, S. P. Goldman and Gordon W. F. Drake
Photodetachment in combined static and dynamic electric fields, Chitra Rangan and A.R.P. Rau
Dynamics of diamagnetic Zeeman states ionized by half-cycle pulses, Chitra Rangan, K.J. Schafer, and A.R.P. Rau
Lithium isotope shifts as a measure of nuclear size, Z. C. Yan and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 1997
Nanolithography with metastable neon atoms: Enhanced rate of contamination resist formation for nanostructure fabrication, Steven J. Rehse, A.D. Glueck, S.A. Lee, and A.B. Goulakov
Computational methods for three-electron atomic systems in Hylleraas coordinates, Z. C. Yan and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 1995
Asymptotic-expansion method for the evaluation of correlated three-electron integrals, Gordon W. F. Drake and Z. C. Yan
Retarded dipole-dipole dispersion interaction potential for helium, M. J. Jamieson, Gordon W. F. Drake, and A. Dalgarno
Eigenvalues and expectation values for the 1s22s 2S, 1s22p 2P, and 1s23d 2D states of lithium, Z. C. Yan and Gordon W. F. Drake
Theoretical lithium 2 2S2 2P and 2 2P3 2D oscillator strengths, Z. C. Yan and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 1994
Lamb shifts and hyperfine structure in Li+6 and Li+7: Theory and experiment, E. Riis, A. G. Sinclair, O. Poulsen, and Gordon W. F. Drake
High-precision calculations of the Zeeman effect in the 2 3PJ, 2 1P1, 2 3S1, and 3 3PJ states of helium, Z. C. Yan and Gordon W. F. Drake
A rigorous treatment of O(α 6mc 2) QED corrections to the fine structure splittings of helium, T. Zhang and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 1993
1/n expansions for two-electron Coulomb matrix elements, Gordon W. F. Drake and R. N. Hills
Energy corrections of order mc2α6lnα in helium, Gordon W. F. Drake, I. B. Khriplovich, A. I. Milstein, and A. S. Yelkhovsky
Erratum: Energy corrections of order mc2α6 In α in helium (Physical Review A (1993) 48, 6 (4804), Gordon W. F. Drake, I. B. Khriplovich, A. I. Milstein, and A. S. Yelkhovsky
Angular and radial correlation in doubly excited systems when 1 ≤ Z ≤ 4. The 2p2 3P state, D. R. T. Keeble, K. E. Banyard, and Gordon W. F. Drake
Erratum: Variational calculation for the ground state of lithium and QED corrections for Li-like ions (Physical Review A (1993) 48, 6 (4803)), D. K. McKenzie and Gordon W. F. Drake
Submissions from 1992
The doubly-excited state 2p 2 3P for 1 ≤ Z ≤ 4: Coulomb holes derived from explicitly correlated wavefunctions, K. E. Banyard, D. R. T. Keeble, and Gordon W. F. Drake
Asymptotic expansion for -function matrix elements of helium, Gordon W. F. Drake
Erratum: Asymptotic expansion for -function matrix elements of helium (Phys. Rev. a (1992) 45,9 (6933-6934)), Gordon W. F. Drake
He+ 2p state lifetime by a quenching-asymmetry measurement, Gordon W. F. Drake, J. Kwela, and A. Van Wijngaarden
Energies and relativistic corrections for the Rydberg states of helium: Variational results and asymptotic analysis, Gordon W. F. Drake and Z. C. Yan
Multiphoton ionization in circularly polarized standing waves, D. S. Guo and Gordon W. F. Drake
Stationary solutions for an electron in an intense laser field. II. Multimode case, D. S. Guo and Gordon W. F. Drake