Hiroyuki Chudo by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
Hiroyuki Chudo coauthored a Barnett effect experiment on gadolinium above its Curie temperature. A fluxgate magnetometer measured magnetization during rapid mechanical rotation, testing rotation-induced magnetic response in the regime of paramagnetism.[ref]
Masao Ono by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
Masao Ono coauthored a Barnett effect experiment on gadolinium above its Curie temperature. A fluxgate magnetometer measured magnetization during rapid mechanical rotation, testing rotation-induced magnetic response in the regime of paramagnetism.[ref]
Mathias Doerr by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
Mathias Doerr coauthored a magnetostriction measurement system using Fibre Bragg gratings as optical strain gauges. The apparatus measured small samples in pulsed magnetic fields, resolving strain of order with a -kHz bandwidth at low temperatures.[ref]
Ariane Haase by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
Ariane Haase coauthored a magnetostriction measurement system using Fibre Bragg gratings as optical strain gauges. The apparatus measured small samples in pulsed magnetic fields, resolving strain of order with a -kHz bandwidth at low temperatures.[ref]
Michael Nicklas by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
A researcher whose team used fiber Bragg gratings to measure magnetostriction of small single-crystal specimens. Bonding the fiber sensor to a sample transfers its strain into an optical wavelength shift. The apparatus makes structural responses accessible under short, strong magnetic field pulses and cryogenic conditions.[ref]
Franziska Weickert by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
A researcher whose joint work demonstrated fiber Bragg grating measurements of magnetostriction. The optical gauge records how a specimen’s dimensions change in a pulsed magnetic field. The experiment must resolve the rapid response during the pulse, rather than assuming a slowly varying field and a static length measurement.[ref]
Ramzy Daou by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
A researcher whose team developed an optical method for measuring magnetostriction in pulsed magnetic fields. A fiber Bragg grating attached to a small specimen changes its reflected wavelength as the specimen strains. Fast optical readout tracks tiny length changes during the short field pulse, including at cryogenic temperatures. The method connects mechanical deformation with the magnetic response of a material without requiring electrical strain readout beside the specimen.[ref]
D. A. Shirley by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
A physical scientist who helped develop X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Measuring the energies of electrons emitted after X-ray absorption probes electronic binding and chemical environment. His research extended from laboratory sources to synchrotron radiation, linking improved light sources with more detailed studies of atoms, molecules and solid materials.[ref]
D. N. Lyon by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
D. N. Lyon coauthored an account of William Francis Giauque's scientific work with K. S. Pitzer and D. A. Shirley. The account connects low-temperature measurements, calorimetry and adiabatic demagnetization with tests of thermodynamic theory.
The memoir is a source for how those experimental methods developed. Its byline establishes Lyon's authorship, while the printed initials are retained without inferring an unverified full name.[ref]
Stiftung Werner-von-Siemens-Ring by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-24
Institutional author.
Olivier Darrigol by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
Olivier Darrigol authored a historical study of Georges Sagnac's work in optics. It connects the Sagnac effect and interferometry with Sagnac's wider investigations of light propagation, X-rays and radioactivity, examining how optical ideas shaped those investigations.[ref]
William Lonc by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
Translator; professional specialization unestablished.
J. F. Schooley by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
A metrology researcher whose gas-thermometry work compared thermodynamic temperature with a practical temperature scale. A constant-volume gas thermometer, precision manometer and measurements of apparatus thermal expansion supplied independent physical constraints. The comparison exposed differences between an operational calibration scale and the underlying thermodynamic quantity it was intended to represent.[ref]

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