Spectroscopy, Scattering, and Diffraction Instrumentation

Presentations

• The new high magnetic field beamline at CHESS

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Louise M Debefve

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Louise M Debefve

    • Cornell University

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• The generation of neutron orbital angular momentum

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 3:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:54 PM

  Publication: S. McKay, S. R. Parnell, R. M. Dalgliesh, N. V. Lavrik, I. I. Kravchenko, Q. L. Thien, D. V. Baxter, G. Ortiz, and R. Pynn, Topological Shaping of Vortex Neutron Beams Using Forked Phase Gratings, arXiv:2510.24099.

  Presenters

  • Samuel R McKay

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Samuel R McKay

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Steven R Parnell

    • ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

  • Rob Dalgliesh

    • ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

  • Nickolay V Lavrik

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Ivan I Kravchenko

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Quan Minh Le Thien

    • Indiana University Bloomington

  • David V Baxter

    • Indiana University Bloomington

  • Gerardo Ortiz

    • Indiana University Bloomington

  • Roger Pynn

    • Indiana University Bloomington

  • Fumiaki Funama

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Fankang Li

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Kaleb Burrage

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Stephen Kuhn

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• 4D-QENS Analysis of Correlations in Fast-Ion Conductor SrCl2

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 3:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: Coles, Jared, Omar Chmaissem, Matthew Krogstad, Daniel M. Pajerowski, Feng Ye, Duck Young Chung, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Stephan Rosenkranz, and Raymond Osborn. "4D-QENS Analysis of Correlated Ionic Conduction in SrCl $ _2$." arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.20312 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Jared Coles

    • Northern Illinois University

  Authors

  • Jared Coles

    • Northern Illinois University

  • Omar H Chmaissem

    • Northern Illinois University

  • Matthew J Krogstad

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Daniel M Pajerowski

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Feng Ye

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Duck Young Chung

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Mercouri G Kanatzidis

    • Northwestern University

  • Stephan Rosenkranz

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Raymond Osborn

    • Argonne National Laboratory

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• Advances in high temperature Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Boris Maiorov

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

  Authors

  • Boris Maiorov

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

  • Tannor J Munroe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Christopher A Mizzi

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Deana Tang

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Joshua T White

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Improved Microwave Resonator Measurements using Pound-Drever-Hall Sensing

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Publication: Pranaya Kishore Rath, James D. Philips, Taekwan Yoon, Kent R. Shirer, Arash Fereidouni, and Johannes Pollanen, "Frequency modulated spectroscopic enhancement of microwave resonator sensing," in preparation.

  Presenters

  • James D Phillips

    • Zurich Instruments, Inc.

  Authors

  • James D Phillips

    • Zurich Instruments, Inc.

  • Pranaya Kishore Rath

    • Michigan State University

  • Taekwan Yoon

    • Zurich Instruments, Inc.

  • Kent R Shirer

    • Zurich Instruments, Inc.

  • Arash Fereidouni

    • Zurich Instruments, Inc.

  • Johannes Pollanen

    • Michigan State University
    • EeroQ Quantum Hardware

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• Low Spontaneous Brillouin Scattering in Anti-Resonant Hollow-Core

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Publication: [1] J.-C. Beugnot et al., Nature Communications 5:5242 (2014)
  [2] R. Mears, et al., Opt. Express 32, 8520 (2024)
  [3] R. Dunagin et al., arXiv.2506.00287 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Ryan Dunagin

    • University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

  Authors

  • Ryan Dunagin

    • University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

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• Extreme Ultraviolet Time-Domain Brillouin Light Scattering for Characterizing Opaque Thin Films

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Ethan W Berk

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Ethan W Berk

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Anya Grafov

    • JILA

  • Emma E Nelson

    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • JILA

  • Brendan Gray McBennett

    • JILA
    • NIST, JILA

  • Na Li

    • JILA
    • JILA / University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Sinead Annie Ryan

    • JILA

  • Albert Beardo

    • Autonomous University of Barcelona

  • Yunhao Li

    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • JILA

  • Jiayi Liu

    • JILA

  • Aiping Chen

    • LANL
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Sadegh Yazdi

    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Henry C Kapteyn

    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • JILA / University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Margaret M Murnane

    • JILA
    • JILA / University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Joshua Knobloch

    • Utah State University

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• Remarkable Raman Signal Enhancement on Gold-Coated Architecture for Molecular Sensing Applications

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Tej B Limbu

    • University of Houston - Clear Lake

  Authors

  • Tej B Limbu

    • University of Houston - Clear Lake

  • David T Black

    • University of Houston - Clear Lake

  • Jittin V Thomas

    • University of Houston - Clear Lake

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• High-field magneto-Raman spectroscopy at NHMFL

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Naipeng Zhang

    • National High Magnetic field laboratory

  Authors

  • Naipeng Zhang

    • National High Magnetic field laboratory

  • Dmitry Semenov

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
    • National High Magnetic field laboratory

  • Dmitri Smirnov

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

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• Quantifying Dichroic Filter Effects in Angle-Resolved Raman Spectroscopy

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Publication: [1] arXiv:2505.16063 [physics.optics]

  Presenters

  • Tehseen Adel

    • University of Findlay
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  Authors

  • Tehseen Adel

    • University of Findlay
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Maria Fernanda Munoz

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Thuc T. Mai

    • UES, Inc.

  • Charlezetta E Wilson-Stokes

    • Howard University

  • Riccardo Torsi

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Kevin Linne von Berg

    • Towson University

  • Aurélien Thieffry

    • HORIBA France

  • Jeffrey R Simpson

    • Towson University

  • Angela R. Hight Walker

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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• Micro-polarimetry of anisotropic materials using infrared microscopy.

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Publication: Summarized work from 2 planned papers - currently in preparation

  Presenters

  • Thomas Graeme Folland

    • University of Iowa

  Authors

  • Thomas Graeme Folland

    • University of Iowa

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• Accuracy and Precision Assessment of Binary Fiducial Marker-Based Sensor Spatial Fusion Frameworks for Manufacturing

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Lucinda K. Slattery

    • US Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center

  Authors

  • Lucinda K. Slattery

    • US Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center

  • Benjamin Bailey

    • Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine

  • Zackery B McClelland

    • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center

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• Combining molecular beam epitaxy and low-energy electron microscopy with in situ magnetic susceptibility measurements within an integrated ultrahigh vacuum system

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Publication: https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0004699

  Presenters

  • Rongting Wu

    • Institute Of Semiconductors, CAS
    • State Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics and Chip Technologies, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Authors

  • Rongting Wu

    • Institute Of Semiconductors, CAS
    • State Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics and Chip Technologies, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Ivan Bespalov

    • Caltech
    • Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Caltech

  • Xi He

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Jin Zhao

    • Emory University
    • Department of Physics, Emory University

  • Ivan Bozovic

    • SHARPS
    • Shanghai Advanced Research in Physical Sciences (SHARPS)

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