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William W. Quivers

MLK Visiting Professor 1996-1997 Chairman, Department of Physics, Wellesley College
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Background

William Quivers is associate professor of physics and chair of the Department of Physics at Wellesley College. Quivers holds a BS (1969) from Morehouse College, and both an MS (1972) and PhD (1982) in physics from MIT.

Interests

Quivers’ research interests are laser spectroscopy, effects of collisions on coherent processes in atoms, and issues of race in science and medicine. A model he developed to describe laser optical pumping in multilevel atomic systems that undergo velocity changing collisions has been used to study excited nuclei, leading to experiments in atom-atom collisions and laser-induced nuclear orientation. He is also a member of the Scientific Research Society Sigma Xi.

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Sample Work

  • Publication

    Direct measurement of velocity-changing collision cross sections by laser optical pumping

    Shimkaveg, G., W. W. Quivers Jr, R. R. Dasari, and M. S. Feld. “Direct measurement of velocity-changing collision cross sections by laser optical pumping.” Physical Review A 48, no. 2 (1993): 1409.

  • Publication

    Sub-doppler nuclear detection of laser-induced orientation of Rb m 85

    Mackin, J., R. R. Dasari, C. H. Holbrow, J. T. Hutton, D. E. Murnick, M. Otteson, W. W. Quivers Jr, G. Shimkaveg, and M. S. Feld. “Sub-doppler nuclear detection of laser-induced orientation of Rb m 85.” Physical review letters 66, no. 13 (1991): 1681.

  • Publication

    Laser-Induced Nuclear Orientation of 1-μs Rb m 85

    Shimkaveg, G., W. W. Quivers Jr, R. R. Dasari, C. H. Holbrow, P. G. Pappas, M. A. Attili, J. E. Thomas, D. E. Murnick, and M. S. Feld. “Laser-Induced Nuclear Orientation of 1-μs Rb m 85.” Physical Review Letters 53, no. 23 (1984): 2230.

  • Publication

    Laser applications to fundamental weak interaction studies

    Hutton, J. T., and W. W. Quivers Jr. “Laser applications to fundamental weak interaction studies.” Physical Review C 40, no. 1 (1989): 314.

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