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The People
The team members who created this web-page are:
 

Gondarenko, Alex Will enter his last year of Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology (Fall 99). Alex lives in Springfield, VA, USA.
Terkowitz, Michael Will enter his last year of Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology (Fall 99). Michael lives in McLean, VA, USA.
Volkova, Zhenya Will attend Ekaterinburg State University (Fall 99) on a full paid scholarship after graduating from #110 High School in Ekaterinburg. Zhenya (Evgenia) lives in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

The coach of this team is Mr. Latham, who teaches at Thomas Jeffersion High School of Science and Technology.  His classes are Optics, Quantum Mechanics & Modern Physics and he also heads the Modern Physics & Optics lab at Thomas Jefferson.

The Software
All of the content (graphics, text, flash objects, etc...) of this web-site has been created by members of the team.

Macromedia Flash 4.

Adobe Photo Deluxe.

Caligari Truespace 3.

Sun Java Develpment Kit 1.1.8

References

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2. David M. Geary. Graphic Java: Mastering the JFC, 3rd edition. Palo Alto, California: Sun Microsystems Press, 1999.

3. I.V. Golster, M. Ya. Darsht, N. D. Kundikova, B. Ya. Zel'dovich. An adjustable quarter-wave plate. Optics Communications, 97, 1993, p.291.

4. A. V. Dooghin, N. D. Kundikova, B. Ya. Zel'dovich. Phase retrieval from laser beam intensity profiles . Optics Communications, 91, 1992, p.193.

5. A. V. Dooghin, N. D. Kundikova, V. S. Liberman, B. Ya. Zel'dovich. Optical Magnus effect. Phys. Rev. A. 45, 1992, p.8204.

6. Frank L. Pedrotti, S. J. Leno S. Introduction topics. Pedrotti: Prentice - Hall International Inc.