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Creation of conduction limited sphere
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Creation of conduction limited sphere
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Thermal accommodation experiment
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Thermal accommodation experiment
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SEM of nanowire on sphere surface
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SEM of nanowire on sphere surface
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Thermal accommodation experiment
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Thermal accommodation experiment
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Invasive loss addition for coupling regime
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Precessional mode sphere
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15:1 aspect ratio rods on sphere surface
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Scope trace of microsphere mode
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Lattice structure of gold nanorods
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Gold nanowires on sphere surface
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Thermal lensing in nanoparticle solution
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Fiber coupled polarization detector array
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DPSS 532-nm pump laser
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Thermal experiment in old chamber
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Thermal experiment in old chamber
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Creation of thermal conduction isolated sphere
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Creation of thermal conduction isolated sphere
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Configuring the Ti:sapphire laser
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Fundamental fiber mode profile
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Thermal conduction isolated sphere (prototype)
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SEM of gold nanowire oh sphere surface
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Placing nanowire on sphere surface
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SEM of sphere with broken stem
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SEM of contaminant on sphere surface
High-AR Nanorods
High-AR Nanorods