Presentations
Invited Talks
Shedding New Light on Spectroscopy: Expanding the Boundaries of Laser Spectroscopy for Plasma Diagnostics, Colloquium Series at Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA, 2025
Investigating Singly Ionized Atomic Iodine using Laser Induced Fluorescence, Invited Technical Presentation at Riverside Research, Remote, 2024
Shining a Light on Plasmas: Exploring Ionized Gases through Laser Induced Fluorescence, Invited Technical Presentation at Helion, Everett, WA, USA, 2023
Multi-photon Laser Induced Fluorescence for Ions and Neutrals, Invited Technical Presentation at Leidos, Remote, 2022
Single and Multi-photon Laser Induced Fluorescence for Electric Thruster and Fusion Applications, Invited Technical Presentation at The Naval Research Laboratory, Remote, 2021
The Fourth State of Matter and How I Study Plasmas, Invited Lecture Series at Defiance Middle School, Remote, 2021
Contributed Talks
Plasma and quantum information sciences: Entanglement Enhanced Laser absorption and stimulated emission, Contributed Talk at 65th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, CO, USA, 2023
Ion Velocity Distribution Functions in an Inductively Coupled Plasma's Meniscus, Contributed Talk at 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2021
On Bernoulli's Inequality, Contributed Talk at Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Adrian, MI, USA, 2012
Contributed Posters
2024
Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Florescence of Krypton Fueled Resistojet Thruster - Interactions with Ambient Neutrals, Samuel Stalnaker, Earl Scime, and Thomas E Steinberger, 66th American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2024
A phased array for laboratory testing of radiation belt whistler-mode wave dynamics, Julia Nordstrom, et al., 66th American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2024
Riverside Research Plasma Lab: preliminary lab capabilities and results, James Duff, Stephen Parsons, Jacob Ochs, and Thomas E Steinberger, 66th American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2024
Preliminary Results from the Riverside Research Plasma-Materials Interaction Experiment, Thomas E Steinberger, James Duff, Jacob Ochs, and Stephen Parsons, 66th American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2024
Measuring magnetic fields in plasma gun generated flux ropes with quantum beat spectroscopy, Tyler Gilbert, Thomas E Steinberger, and Earl Scime 66th American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2024
An Introduction to the Wheaton Space Plasma Physics Laboratory (WSPPL), Jim Schroeder, et al., 66th American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2024
2023
Two-photon Laser Induced Fluorescence of Krypton Fueled Resistojet Thruster Interaction with Ambient Neutrals, Samuel Stalnaker, Earl Scime, and Thomas E Steinberger, 65th American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, CO, USA, 2023
Improving Pulsed Laser Induced Fluorescence Signal-to-Noise Through Matched Filter Signal Processing, Tyler Gilbert, Katey Stevenson, Thomas Steinberger, and Earl Scime, 65th American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, CO, USA, 2023
Neutral Krypton Three-photon Laser Induced Fluorescence and 3+1 Photoionization Spectroscopy Measurements on Allowed and Forbidden Transitions, Thomas E Steinberger, Jacob McLaughlin, Ripudaman Singh Nirwan, and Earl Scime, 65th American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, CO, USA, 2023d
Improving pulsed laser induced fluorescence signal-to-noise through matched filter signal processing, Tyler Gilbert, Thomas E Steinberger, and Earl Scime, 20th International Symposium on Laser-Aided Plasma Diagnostics, Kyoto, Japan, 2023
Field Direction Dependent Particle Heating and Plasma Production in a Helicon Source, Katey Stevenson, et al., 65th American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, CO, USA, 2023
Exploring Two Photon Absorption Laser-induced Fluorescence Techniques For Diagnosing Processing-relevant Chlorine Plasmas, Ripudaman Singh Nirwan, Thomas Steinberger, and Earl Scime, 50th International Conference on Plasma Science, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2023
Three Photon Laser Induced Fluorescence in a Cold Krypton Gas, Thomas E Steinberger, Jacob McLaughlin, Ripudaman Singh Nirwan, and Earl Scime, 50th International Conference on Plasma Science, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2023
2022
Argon Ion Temperature Evolution in Magnetic Reconnection, Matthew Lazo, et al., 64th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Spokane, WA, USA, 2022
Preliminary Results from a Three Photon Laser Induced Fluorescence Diagnostic in a Cold Krypton Gas, Thomas E Steinberger, Jacob McLaughlin, Ripudaman Singh Nirwan, and Earl Scime, 64th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Spokane, WA, USA, 2022
Preliminary Results from a Three Photon Laser Induced Fluorescence Diagnostic in a Cold Krypton Gas, Thomas E Steinberger, Jacob McLaughlin, Ripudaman Singh Nirwan, and Earl Scime, High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics Conference, Rochester, NY, USA, 2022
Laser Induced Fluorescence Measurements of Ion Velocity Distribution Functions in a Flux Rope, Mitchell Paul, et al., High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics Conference, Rochester, NY, USA, 2022
2021
Intermodulated LIF Measurements of Singly Ionized Iodine, Matthew Lazo, et al., 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2021
Electron-collision Helium Ion State Enhancement from Electron Beam for He II Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence, Thomas E Steinberger, Jacob McLaughlin, David Caron, and Earl Scime, 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2021
Measurements of Ion Velocity Distribution Functions in a Flux Rope, Mitchell Paul, et al., 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2021
Particle Velocity Distribution Function, Magnetic Field, and Turbulence Measurements, in the PHAse Space MApping (PHASMA) Experiment, Earl Scime, et al., 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2021
2020
Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence Measurements of Neutral Density in the Prototype Material Plasma Exposure Experiment, Thomas Steinberger, et al., 23rd Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, 2020
Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence Measurements of Neutral Density in the Prototype Material Plasma Exposure Experiment, Thomas Steinberger, et al., 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, 2020
Magnetic Field Measurements through Argon Neutral Laser Induced Fluorescence, Tyler Gilbert, Katey Stevenson, Thomas Steinberger, and Earl Scime, 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, 2020
Incoherent Thomson Scattering System for Laboratory Space Plasma on PHASMA Device, Peiyun Shi, et al., 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, 2020
2019
Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence on Proto-MPEX, Thomas Steinberger, et al., 61st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA, 2019
PHAse Space MApping (PHASMA) Experiment, Earl Scime, et al., 61st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA, 2019
Temperature Anisotropy in an Expanding Magnetized Plasma, Cuyler Beatty, et al., 61st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA, 2019
Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence on Proto-MPEX, Thomas Steinberger, et al., 19th International Symposium on Laser Aided Plasma Diagnostics, Whitefish, MT, USA, 2019
Two-photon absorption laser induced fluorescence flow measurements of neutral krypton in the flow from a resistojet thruster, Andrew Jemiolo, Thomas Steinberger, Michael Osborn, and Earl Scime, 19th International Symposium on Laser Aided Plasma Diagnostics, Whitefish, MT, USA, 2019
2018
Development of Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence Diagnostic for Proto-MPEX, Thomas Steinberger, et al., 60th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, San Diego, CA, USA, 2018
High Resolution Ion Velocity Distribution Map Downstream of Expanding Magnetic Field, Cuyler Beatty, et al., 60th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Portland, OR, USA, 2018
Laser Induced Fluorescence for Singly Ionized Atomic Iodine, Thomas Steinberger and Earl Scime, High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, USA, 2018
Self-Consistency of Stark Broadening Predictions in a Multi-Element HED Plasma, Theodore Lane, et al., 60th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Portland, OR, USA, 2018
2017
Laser Induced Fluorescence for Singly Ionized Atomic Iodine, Thomas Steinberger and Earl Scime, 70th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2017
Laser Induced Fluorescence for Singly Ionized Atomic Iodine, Thomas Steinberger and Earl Scime, 59th Annual American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2017
Simulation of an Expanding Plasma using the Boris Algorithm, Luke Neal, et al., 59th Annual American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2017
Direct Comparison of Neutral Velocity Distribution Measurements and Simulations in the Vicinity of an Absorbing Boundary Oblique to a Magnetic Field, Miguel Henriquez, et al., 59th Annual American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2017
2016
Coupling Mechanisms in Inductive Discharges with RF Substrate Bias Driven at Consecutive Harmonics with Adjustable Relative Phase, Thomas Steinberger, et al., Gaseous Electronics Conference, Bochum, Germany, 2016
Corroborating Iso-electronic and Iso-element Spectral Line Diagnostics for Determining Density and Temperature with Refined Certainty, Thomas Steinberger, et al., Omega Laser Facility Users Group Workshop, Rochester, NY, USA, 2016
2013
Properties of the Plasma Sheath Over a Rectangular Depression, Thomas Steinberger and Terrence Sheridan, 66th Annual American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2013
Peculiar Velocity of Wide Angle Tailed Radio Galaxies, Thomas Steinberger and Jason Pinkney, Ohio Section of the American Physical Society, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 2013
Preliminary Investigation of the Plasma Sheath, Thomas Steinberger and Terrence Sheridan, Ohio Section of the American Physical Society, Athens, OH, USA, 2013