Valentina A. French

EDUCATION:    Ph.D. Physics, Oklahoma State University, 1992;   M.S. Physics, Oklahoma State University, 1987

1. The Yerkes-Dodson Law Simulated with an Artificial Neural Network; V.A. French, E. Anderson, G. Putman, T. Alvager; Cognitive Systems, vol. 5(2), pp. 136-147, 1999.
2. An Artificial Neural Network Study of the Relationship between Arousal, Task Difficulty and Learning; T. Alvager, E. Anderson, V.A. French, G. Putman, L. Shi; Proceedings of the 1999 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (in print).
3. Data Compression in Brains; T. Alvager, V.A. French, G. Putman; Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, pp. 1580-1583, 1998.
4. Nonlinear Dynamics of a Sinusoidally Driven Pendulum in a Repulsive Magnetic Field; A. Siahmakoun, V.A. French, J. Patterson; American Journal of Physics, vol. 65(5), pp. 393-400, 1997.
5. Energy Transfer Processes in Y₃Al₅O₁₂:Tm,Ho; V.A. French, R. R. Petrin, R.C. Powell; Physical Review B, vol. 46, pp. 8018-8026, 1992.
6. Laser-Induced Grating Measurements of Energy Migration in Tm,Ho:YAG; V.A. French, R.C. Powell; Optics Letters, vol. 16, pp. 666-668, 1991.
7. Refractive-Index Gratings in Rare-Earth-Doped Alkaline Earth Glasses; V.A. French, R.C. Powell, D.H. Blackburn, D.C. Cranmer; Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 69, pp. 913-917, 1991.
8. A Pulse Method for Studying Thermal Transport Properties of Sedimentary Rocks; G.S. Dixon, V.A. French, S.D. Sahai; Tectonophysics, vol. 148, p. 317, 1988.

II. NONREFEREED

1. Angular Multiplexing for Lateral Shear Interferometry Using Photorefractive BaTiO₃ ; V.A. French, A. Siahmakoun, J. Spielvogel; Proceedings SPIE, vol. 2622, pp. 522-531, 1995.
2. Spectroscopy, Computer Modeling and Lasing Properties of Tm,Ho:YAG Lasers; R.R. Petrin, V.A. French, R.C. Powell, M.G. Jani; IEEE Proceedings of the Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference, 1992.
3. Four-Wave Mixing and Time-Resolved Spectroscopy Studies of Energy Transfer in Tm,Ho-Doped Laser Materials; R.C. Powell, R.R. Petrin, V.A. French, M.G. Jani; Proceedings of the International Conference on Dynamical Processes in Excited States of Solids, 1991.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1.  An Artificial Neural Network Study of the Relationship between Arousal, Task Difficulty and Learning; T. Alvager, E. Anderson, V.A. French, G. Putman, L. Shi; 1999 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks.
2. Simulation of the Yerkes-Dodson Law with an Artificial Neural Network; V.A. French, E. Anderson, T. Alvager, G.Putman, D. Herrmann; Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1998.
3. Data Compression in Brains; T. Alvager, V.A. French, G. Putman; 1998 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence.
4. Angular Multiplexing for Lateral Shear Interferometry Using Photorefractive BaTiO₃; V.A. French, A. Siahmakoun, J. Spielvogel; SPIE Optical Engineering Midwest ’95.
5. Energy Transfer Among Tm and Ho Ions in YAG Crystals; R.R. Petrin, V.A. French, R.C. Powell; APS March Meeting, 1992.
6. Spectroscopy, Computer Modeling and Lasing Properties of Tm,Ho:YAG Lasers; R.R. Petrin, V.A. French, R.C. Powell, M.G. Jani; IEEE Conference on Advanced Solid State Lasers, 1992.
7. Laser-Induced Grating Measurements of Energy Migration in Tm,Ho:YAG; V.A. French, R.C. Powell; APS March Meeting, 1991.
8. Four-Wave Mixing and Time-Resolved Spectroscopy Studies of Energy Transfer in Tm,Ho-Doped Laser Materials; R.C. Powell, R.R. Petrin, V.A. French, M.G. Jani; International Conference on Dynamical Processes in Excited States of Solids, 1991.
9. Refractive-Index Gratings in Rare-Earth-Doped Alkaline Earth Glasses; V.A. French, R.C. Powell, D.H. Blackburn, D.C. Cranmer; OSA Annual Meeting, 1990.