Dr. David Shiner, Associate Professor
 
 
  Department of Physics
P.O. Box 311427
Denton, Texas  76203-1427		 (940) 565-3874
Physics Building, Room 003
shiner@unt.edu
 
   
Education:  

Ph.D., Physics, University of Michigan, 1988
 

 

Research:   Atomic Physics, Precision Measurement, Lasers, Optics
Publications:    
  1. "Measurement of the Lamb Shifts in Singlet Levels of Atomic Helium," W. Lichten, D. Shiner and Zhi-Xiang Zhou, Phys Rev. A 43 (1991) p 1663.
 
  2. "H2, D2, and HD Ionization Potentials by Accurate Calibration of Several Iodine Lines," D. Shiner, J. Gilligan, B.M. Cook and W. Lichten, Phys. Rev. A 47 (1993) p 4042.
 
  3. "Precise Measurement of the Lamb Shift and Fine Structure of the 2S-2P Transition in Triplet Helium," D. Shiner, R. Dixson and P. Zhao, Phys. Rev. Lett 72 (1994) p 1802.
 
  4.  "Measuring the Fine Structure Constant Using Helium Fine Structure," D. Shiner and R. Dixson, IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 44 (1995) p 518.
 
  5. "Three-Nucleon Charge Radius: A Precise Laser Determination Using 3He," D. Shiner, R. Dixson and V. Vedantham, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74 (1995) p 3553.
 
  6. "Precision Atomic Spectroscopy with an Integrated Electro-Optic Modulator," C. Koehler, D. Livingston, J. Castillega, A.Sanders and D. Shiner, Appl. Accel. Res. Ind, (AIP press, edited by J.L. Duggan and I.L. Morgan), pp 185-188, (1999).
  7.  "Precise Measurement of the J=1 to J=2 Fine Structure Interval in the 23P State of Helium," J. Castillega, D. Livingston, A. Sanders and D. Shiner, Phys. Rev. Letter 84 (2000) p 4321.
 
Proceedings:
  8. "Current Work on Two-Photon Excitation in a Hydrogen Beam for the Measurement of the Rydberg Constant and me/mp," D. Shiner and C. Wieman, in Precision Measurement and Fundamental Constants II, Taylor Phillips, Eds. (1984).
  9. "Measurement of the Lamb Shift of the He 21S0," W. Lichten, D. Shiner and Z.-X. Zhou, in Atomic Physics 12, Zorn and Lewis, Eds. (1991).
 
  10.  "Evaluation of a 486 nm Single Frequency Source Using an MgO:PPLN Waveguide Doubled Semiconductor Laser," D. Shiner, under review for the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ("CLEO" joint APS, IEEE and OSA conference).
 
Other:
  11. "First Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Singlet Helium," W. Lichten, D. Shiner and Zhi-Xiang Zhou, Twelfth International Conference on Atomic Physics, Abstracts of Contributed Papers, VIII-24, Ann Arbor, MI, July 29-August 3, 1990. (Incited talk, D. Shiner presented).
 
  12. "Wavelength Measurements That Are More Precise than the Realization of the Meter," D. Shiner, presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Sciences Conference, Anaheim, CA, May 10-15, 1992, OSA Technical Digest Series 13, 54 (1992). (Invited talk).
 
  13.  "Precision Measurement in Triplet Helium of the 2S to 2P Transition and its Fine Structure," D. Shiner, R. Dixson and P. Zhao, post-deadline paper, APS Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Reno, Nevada, May 1993.
 
  14. "Precision Measurement in Triplet Helium of the 2S and 2P Transition and its Fine Structure," D. Shiner, invited poster at the 1993 Gordon Conference on Atomic Physics, Wolfeboro, NH, July 5-9, 1993. (Invited poster)
  15. "A Precise Measurement of 3He-4He Isotope Shift and a New Value for the Charge Radius of the 3He Nucleus," V. Vedantham, R. Dixson and D. Shiner, presented at a 1993 fall meeting of the New England Section of the APS, Oct. 1994 (Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39 1431 (1994)).
 
  16. "A Precise Measurement of the Charge Radius of the 3He Nucleus Using Laser Spectrescopy and a 3He-4He Isotope Shift," D. Shiner, R. Dixson and V. Vedantham, presented at the 1994 joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Washington, D.C., April 1994 (Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39 1239 (1994)).
 
  17.  "The Lamb Shift and Fine Structure of the 23S-23P Transition in Helium," R. Dixson and D. Shiner, presented at the 1994 joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Washington, D.C., April 1994 (Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39 1059 (1994)).
 
  18.  "An Atomic Physics Test of Realistic Models of the Nuclear Force," D. Shiner, R. Dixson and V. Vedantham, paper presented at the Fourteenth International Conference on Atomic Physics.
 
  19. "The Three Nucleon Charge Radius: A Precise Laser Determination," D. Shiner, R. Dixson and V. Vedantham, paper presented at the 14th International Conference on Few Body Problems in Physics, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 26-31, 1994.
 
  20. "The Lamb Shift and Fine Structure of the 23S-23P Transition in Helium," R. Dixson and D. Shiner, presented at the joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39 1059 (1994).
 
  21. "A Precise Measurement of the Charge Radius of the 3He Nucleus Using Laser Spectroscopy and a 3He-4He Isotope Shift," D. Shiner, R. Dixson and V. Vedantham, presented at the joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39 (1239) (1994).
 
  22.  "The Three Nucleon Charge Radius: A Precise Laser Determination," D. Shiner, R. Dixson and V. Vedantham, paper presented at the 14th International Conference on Few Body Problems in Physics, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 26-31, 1994.
  23. "Measuring the Fine Structure Constant, α, Using Helium Fine Structure," D. Shiner and R. Dixson, presented at the 1994 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, Boulder, CO, June 27-July 1, 1994.
 
  24. "An Atomic Physics Test of Realistic Models of the Nuclear Force," D. Shiner, R. Dixson and V. Vedantham, paper presented at the Fourteenth International Conference on Atomic Physics, Boulder, CO, July 31-Aug. 5, 1994.
 
  25.  "The Fine and Hyperfine Structure of the Triplet 2S-2P Transition in Helium," presented at the 1995 meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Toronto, Canada, May 16-19, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40 1280 (1995).
 
  26. "High Precision Lamb Shift Measurements and Tests of a Few-Body Nuclear Theory," D. Shiner, presented at an international conference on Quantum Optics in Fundamental and Applied Physics," Jackson Hole, WY, Aug. 9-12, 1995. (Invited talk)
 
  27. "Laser Spectroscopy for Helium for Precise Measurements of A=3 and A=4 Nuclear Sizes," presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society, Bloomington IN, Oct. 25-28, 1995, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40 1613 (1995).
 
  28. "Precision Spectroscopy in Helium and the Interface with Nuclear Physics," D. Shiner, presented at the 1996 meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40 1080 (1996). (Invited talk)
 
  29. "Lamb Shifts in Helium: Two-electron Systems, Alpha, and Few-Body Nuclear Physics," D. Shiner, presented at the Texas Conference on Foundations and Applications of QED in honor of Willis Lamb, Bellingham, WA, Aug. 19-21, 1996. (Invited talk)
 
  30. "Laser Spectroscopy in Helium: Towards a New Atomic Physics Source of Alpha," Z.-M. Wu, C. Koelher, P. Iverson, and D. Shiner, presented at the 1996 fall meeting of the Texas Section of the American Physical Society, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41 1850 (1996).
 
  31. "Work Towards a New Precision Source of Alpha Using Helium Fine Structure," Zhiming Wu, Chris Koelher and David Shiner, presented at the 1997 general meeting of the American Physical Society, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42 1085 (1997).
 
  32. "Precision Spectroscopy Using a High Speed Integrated Electro-Optic Modulator," Chris Koelher, Drake Livingston and David Shiner, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 43 1318 (1998).
  33. "Work on a Precision Measurement of Helium Fine Structure," D. Livingston, J. Castillega, A. Sanders and D. Shiner, presented at the centennial meeting of the American Physical Society, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 44 584 (1999).
 
  34. "Testing Atomic Theory and Experiment with Helium Fine Structure," D. Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society, Long Beach, CA, April 29-May 2, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 45, No. 2, 40 (2000). (Invited talk)
 
  35. "Precision Measurement of the J=1 to J=2 Fine Structure Interval in the 2P Triplet State of Helium," presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Storrs, CT, June 14-17, 2000, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc 45, No. 3, 32 (2000).
 
  36. "Exploring Systematic Uncertainties in a Precise Laser Measurement of the Fine Structure of Atomic Helium," Leslie Prochaska, Drake Livingston, Jaime Castillega, Aric Sanders and D. Shiner,
 
  37. "Study of Methods for Producing a Tunable UV Laser for Spectroscopy at 243 nm," Ali Khademian and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Williamsburg, VA, May 29-June 1, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47, No. 3, 100 (2002).
 
  38. "Measurement of the Fine and Hyperfine Structure in the Triplet 2S-2P Transition of Helium-3," Marc Smiciklas and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Williamsburg, VA, May 29-June 1, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47, No. 3, 100 (2002).
 
  39. "Measurement of the J=2 to J=0 Fine Structure Interval of the 2S-2P Transition in Helium," David Shiner and Marc Smiciklas, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Williamsburg, VA, May 29-June 1, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47, No. 3, 26 (2002).
 
  40. "Investigating an Approach for Creating Tunable UV Radiation for Spectroscopy at 243nm," Ali Khademian and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Boulder, CO, May 20-May 24, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 48, No. 3, 35 (2003).
 
  41. "Measurement of the Fine and Hyperfine Structure in the Triplet 2S-2P Transition of Helium-3," Marc Smiciklas and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Boulder, CO, May 20-24, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 48, No. 3, 35 (2003).
 
  42. "Work on an Atomic Beam Apparatus for Precision Laser Spectroscopy of Tritium," David McNeil, Ali Khademian and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Tucson, AZ, May 25-May 29, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49, No. 3, 76 (2004).
  43.  "Precise Measurement of the J=0 to J=2 Fine Structure Interval in the 2P Triplet State of Helium," Marc Smiciklas and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Tucson, AZ, May 25-May 29, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49, No. 3, 85 (2004).
 
  44. "Initial Results on an Approach for Creating Tunable UV Radiation for Spectroscopy at 243 nm," Ali Khademian and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Tucson, AZ, May 25-May 29, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49, No. 3, 112 (2004).
 
  45. "Improvements in an Atomic Beam Apparatus for Use in Precision Spectroscopy of Helium," Nicolas Lopez, Koustubh Daneker, Marc Smiciklas and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Tucson, AZ, May 25-May 29, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49, No. 3, 112 (2004).
 
  46. "High Power FBG Stabilized Precision IR Laser Source and Application to Convenient Second Harmonic Generation," Ali Khademian and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Lincoln, NB, May 17-May 21, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50, No. 3, 36 (2005).
 
  47. "Work on Improving a High Precision Experiment in Helium," Marc Smiciklas, Koustubh Danekar, Ali Khademian and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Lincoln, NB, May 17-May 21, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50, No. 3, 92 (2005).
 
  48. "Some Investigations with Fiber Coupled Laser Diode Modules for Use in Precision Spectroscopy," Ali Khademian, Koustubh Danekar, Krista Jensen and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Knoxville, TN, May 16-May 20, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 51, No. 3, 145 (2006).
 
  49. "Improvements on a Laser Spectroscopy Experiment to Measure Helium Fine Structure," Marc Smiciklas, Ali Khademian and David Shiner, presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Knoxville, TN, May 16-May 20, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. No. 3, 41 (2006).
 

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University of North Texas Denton, Texas 76203-1427
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Last Updated 25-Feb-2008