Douglas S. Hamilton

Professor Emeritus

Department of Physics

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Education

• Ph.D. in Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
• B.A. in Physics, University of Colorado, 1971

Research Focus

• • Laser physics
  • Quantum electronics
  • Optical properties of ions in solids
  • Non-linear optics and solid state physics

Publications

Scintillation, “Afterglow and Thermoluminescence of CsI:Tl,Sm” L.A. Kappers, R.H. Bartram, D.S. Hamilton, A. Lempicki, C. Brecher, V. Gaysinskiy, E.E. Ovechkina, and V.V. Nagarkar, IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 15 012091 (2010).

“Concentration Dependence of Afterglow Suppression in CsI:Tl,Sm” L.A. Kappers, R.H. Bartram, D.S. Hamilton, A. Lempicki, C. Brecher, V. Gaysinskiy, E.E. Ovechkina, and V.V. Nagarkar, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 249 012014 (2010).

“A Tunneling Model for Afterglow Suppression in CsI:Tl,Sm Scintillation Materials” L.A. Kappers, R.H. Bartram, D.S. Hamilton, A. Lempicki, C. Brecher, V. Gaysinskiy, E.E. Ovechkina, S. Thacker, and V.V. Nagarkar, Radiation Measurements, 45, 426 (2010).

“Multilayer Optical Memory Using Femtosecond-Laser Induced Fluorescence in Rare-Earth Ion Doped Glass” Ki-Soo Lim, Jongho Shin, Kyungsik Jang, Sunkyun Lee, and Douglas S. Hamilton, Appl Phys A, 93, 215 (2008).

“Effect of Eu2+ Concentration on Afterglow Suppression in CsI:Tl,Eu” L.A. Kappers, R.H. Bartram, D.S. Hamilton, C. Brecher, A. Lempicki, V. Gaysinskiy, E.E. Ovechkina, and V.V. Nagarkar, Radiation Measurements, 42, 537 (2007).

“Femtosecond Laser-Induced Reduction in Eu-Doped Sodium Borate Glasses” Ki-Soo Lim, Sunkyun Lee, Trinh-Minh Tuan, Jung-Rim Nam, Myeongkyu Lee, D.S. Hamilton, and G. N. Gibson, J. Lumin., 122-123, 14 (2007).

“Light-Induced Absorption and Holographic Recording in Pr:LiNbO3” Van-Thai Pham, Sun-Kyun Lee, Minh-Tuan Trinh and Ki-Soo Lim, and D. S. Hamilton, Jour. Korean Phys. Soc., 49, 533 (2006).

“Suppression of Afterglow in CsI:Tl by Codoping with Eu2+ – II: Theoretical Model” R.H. Bartram, L.A. Kappers, D.S. Hamilton, A. Lempicki, C. Brecher, J. Glodo, V. Gaysinskiy, and E.E. Ovechkina, Nucl. Instrum. Methods A, 558, 458 (2006).

“Nonvolatile Two-Color Holographic Recording in TM-Doped Near-Stoichiometric LiNbO3” Van-Thai Pham, Sun-Kyun Lee, Minh-Tuan Trinh, Ki-Soo Lim, D.S. Hamilton, and K. Polgar, Opt. Comm. 248, 89 (2005).

“Afterglow, Low-Temperature Radioluminescence and Thermoluminescence of Lu2O3:Eu Ceramic Scintillators” L.A. Kappers, R.H. Bartram, D.S. Hamilton, C. Brecher, and A. Lempicki, Nucl. Instrum. Methods A , 537, 443 (2005).