Janelle Shane

Thursday April 24, 2014

By Janelle Shane On April 24, 2014 - 1 min read

Smiley face lasers! Now decorating our office door. Left half: Top view showing the light distribution in the lasers - these are whispering gallery modes [http://tmblr.co/ZP7VLs1AcrIut], where the light bounces around the laser’s perimeter. Right half: Diagram of the lasers (red), their glassy coatings (greenish), and

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By Janelle Shane On April 24, 2014 - 1 min read

Smiley face lasers! Now decorating our office door. Left half: Top view showing the light distribution in the lasers - these are whispering gallery modes [http://tmblr.co/ZP7VLs1AcrIut], where the light bounces around the laser’s perimeter. Right half: Diagram of the lasers (red), their glassy coatings (greenish), and

Wednesday April 23, 2014

By Janelle Shane On April 23, 2014 - 1 min read

Common grad student problem: ever get the feeling that you’re being watched?

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By Janelle Shane On April 23, 2014 - 1 min read

Common grad student problem: ever get the feeling that you’re being watched?

Monday April 14, 2014

By Janelle Shane On April 14, 2014 - 1 min read

Sometimes the view under an electron microscope can be positively scary. I’ll be scrolling along at low magnification, checking out some nanoscale features, when all of a sudden a colossus will loom huge above the nanolandscape. Sometimes I actually jump. Usually it’s a tiny microscopic speck of dust,

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By Janelle Shane On April 14, 2014 - 1 min read

Sometimes the view under an electron microscope can be positively scary. I’ll be scrolling along at low magnification, checking out some nanoscale features, when all of a sudden a colossus will loom huge above the nanolandscape. Sometimes I actually jump. Usually it’s a tiny microscopic speck of dust,

Saturday April 05, 2014

By Janelle Shane On April 05, 2014 - 1 min read

The long valley, surrounded by jagged mountains, occupied by a picturesque leaning castle…. Actually, this is a closeup of a minuscule scratch in a coating of photoresist. At this magnification (2096x), it’s clear that the photoresist has a rough, mountainous surface, caused by the high-energy plasma I’d bombarded

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By Janelle Shane On April 05, 2014 - 1 min read

The long valley, surrounded by jagged mountains, occupied by a picturesque leaning castle…. Actually, this is a closeup of a minuscule scratch in a coating of photoresist. At this magnification (2096x), it’s clear that the photoresist has a rough, mountainous surface, caused by the high-energy plasma I’d bombarded

Thursday March 27, 2014

By Janelle Shane On March 27, 2014 - 1 min read

ThorLabs displays a keen understanding of graduate school - as of a few years ago, they’ve included snack boxes with many of their orders of optics components. The boxes include things like trail mix, granola bars, goldfish crackers, and fruit snacks - not, of course, that this influences any

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By Janelle Shane On March 27, 2014 - 1 min read

ThorLabs displays a keen understanding of graduate school - as of a few years ago, they’ve included snack boxes with many of their orders of optics components. The boxes include things like trail mix, granola bars, goldfish crackers, and fruit snacks - not, of course, that this influences any

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