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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Department of Physics & Astronomy, TAMU-Commerce</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Sep 20, Thursday, 4-5 PM in Science Building 127</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">(coffee and cookies will be served at 3:50 PM)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 176, 80); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Condensed matter physics</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Surface Plasmon Resonance</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break">
</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">: A Simplistic View of Basic Physics and Applications</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Suresh C Sharma</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(11, 83, 148); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">University of Texas at Arlington</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Professor Sharma holds a Ph. D. degree (1976) in Physics from Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. He received BS (1965, Agra University, India) and MS (1967, Meerut University, India) degrees.
Over the years, Dr. Sharma’s research has spanned variety of areas, including defects in materials by using low-energy positron-electron annihilation, deposition and characterization of diamond thin films, electro-optical properties of liquid-crystalline materials,
and surface plasmon excitations. Professor Sharma has supervised more than 30 PhD/ MS graduate students, numerous undergraduates, and postdoctoral associates. He is recipient of SPS’s Professor of the Year and Distinguished Service Award by the Texas Section
of the American Physical Society. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">More information about Dr. Sharma can be found at</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break">
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mentis.uta.edu_explore_profile_dr-2Dsuresh-2Dsharma&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=hjwEO_XYlnwAQWUGeaCrW47w4mK-Al28-BKyRvaivBs&m=TuNCAbGBCwc6Ev6a7Maz__NaYNaDmUfQFnXYQUXhYjI&s=28enZSrnbeYv4AFdrcuOpbujLYL7515VL9NjdLLIhRc&e=" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">https://mentis.uta.edu/explore/profile/dr-suresh-sharma</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The surface plasmon resonance is an intriguing optical phenomenon. It involves electromagnetic waves travelling along an appropriate metal/dielectric interface and having evanescent fields that decay
exponentially normal to the interface. The underlying mechanism is sensitive to changes in the refractive index of the material at the metal/dielectric interface and has led to the development of variety of sensors for applications in physics, chemistry, biotechnology,
etc. A simple view of the basic physics, selected techniques, and applications will be presented.</span></p>
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