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Time-Resolved Spectroscopy: An Experimental Perspective
Thomas C. Weinacht and Brett J. Pearson

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Measurements of slit-width effects in Young’s double-slit experiment for a partially-coherent source (PDF Link) 2
Brett J. Pearson, Natalie Ferris, Ruthie Strauss, Hongyi Li, and David P. Jackson
OSA Continuum 1, 755-763 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1364/OSAC.1.000755

Subtleties with Young’s double-slit experiment: Investigation of spatial coherence and fringe visibility (PDF Link) 4
David P. Jackson, Natalie Ferris, Ruthie Strauss, Hongyi Li, and Brett J. Pearson
Am. J. Phys. 86, 683-689 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5047438

Hurricane Balls: A rigid-body-motion project for undergraduates (PDF Link) 4
David P. Jackson, David Mertens, and Brett J. Pearson
Am. J. Phys. 83, 959-968 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.4930087

Note: Self-characterizing ultrafast pulse shaper for rapid pulse switching (PDF link) 1
Brett J. Pearson and Thomas C. Weinacht
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 046111 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4708618

News & Views: Three-in-one microscopy
Brett Pearson and Thomas Weinacht
Nature Photon. 6, 78-80 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.347

Using shaped ultrafast laser pulses to detect enzyme binding (PDF link)2
Chien-hung Tseng, Thomas C. Weinacht, Anna E. Rhoades, Matthew Murray, and Brett J. Pearson
Opt. Express 19, 24638-24646 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-24-24638

A hands-on introduction to single photons and quantum mechanics for undergraduates (PDF Link) 4
Brett J. Pearson and David P. Jackson
Am. J. Phys. 78, 471-484 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3354986

Strong-fi eld phase-dependent molecular dissociation (PDF Link) 3
Sarah R. Nichols, Thomas C. Weinacht, Tamas Rozgonyi, and Brett J. Pearson
Phys. Rev. A 79, 043407 (2009)
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.043407

Closed-loop learning control of isomerization using shaped ultrafast laser pulses in the deep ultra-violet (PDF Link) 1
Marija Kotur, Thomas Weinacht, Brett J. Pearson, and Spiridoula Matsika
J. Chem. Phys. 130, 134311 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3103486

Interpreting ultrafast molecular fragmentation dynamics with ab initio electronic structure calculations (PDF Link) 1
Carlos Trallero, Brett J. Pearson, Thomas Weinacht, Kandis Gilliard, and Spiridoula Matsika
J. Chem. Phys. 128, 124107 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2850524

Wave packet driven dissociation and concerted elimination in CH2I2 (PDF Link) 1
Dominik Geissler, Brett J. Pearson, and Thomas Weinacht
J. Chem. Phys. 127, 204305 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2805186

Molecular fragmentation driven by ultrafast dynamic ionic resonances (PDF Link) 1
Brett J. Pearson, Sarah R. Nichols, and Thomas Weinacht
J. Chem. Phys. 127, 131101 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2790419

Shaped ultrafast laser pulses in the deep ultraviolet (PDF Link) 2
Brett J. Pearson and Thomas Weinacht
Opt. Express 15, 4385-4388 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-7-4385

Dissociative wave packets and dynamic resonances (PDF Link) 1
David Cardoza, Brett J. Pearson, and Thomas Weinacht
J. Chem. Phys. 126, 084308 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2437198

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