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Dr. D. Brian Thompson |
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Assistant Professor of Physics |
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B.S., 1987, Kentucky Wesleyan College |
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M.S., 1990, University of Kentucky |
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Ph.D., 1994, University of Kentucky |
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Office: 219 Floyd Science Building |
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Telephone: (256)
765-4881 |
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email:dbthompson@una.edu |
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Brian joined the UNA faculty in 1999 after working at synchrotron radiation laboratories
in the United States, England, and Italy. Recently, he built an
"optical tweezers" to trap micron-sized particles.
To see recent optical tweezers experiments choose from the following movies (*.wmv
files):
| *.wmv Files | Size (Mb) | *.mpg Files | Size (Mb) |
| Moving a particle | 2.7 | Moving a particle | 3.8 |
| Rotating a particle | 6.7 | Rotating a particle | 9.5 |
| Trapping a particle | 6.7 | Trapping a particle | 9.5 |
| Trapping two particles | 4.0 | Trapping two particles | 6.0 |
| Two particles dancing | 10.7 | Two particles dancing | 15.9 |
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