Doctoral Thesis Scott LaBrake.htm

Glass Capillary X-ray Waveguides Scott M. LaBrake December, \thisyear Dedication: To my wife Sandra and my daughter Alexandra. Acknowledgments: First and foremost I would like to thank my beautiful wife Sandra for all of her love and support over the last eight years. I could not have completed this without you. There are not enough words to express how I feel about you. You are my best friend and the love of my life. I am so grateful to have you by my side. I love you! To my daughter Alexandra: Daddy finished this for you! Daddy loves his Doots! I would also like to thank my advisor Ariel Caticha for his support, guidance and patience during my years at the University at Albany. Thanks are also due to the other members of my thesis committee, John Kimball, Bill Lanford, Carolyn MacDonald, and Walter Gibson. I am also indebted to my parents Kathleen LaBrake and Arthur LaBrake, Jr., and my in-laws Massimo and Linda Spezzaferro for all of their support and belief in me during this long process. I would also like to acknowledge my brothers Kevin and Dennis, my sister-in-law Deanne and my nephews Brian and Michael. Thank you for your support. To my brother-in-law John: Thank you for everything that you've done for me. May the IPA never run dry. Thank you to my late grandfather Dominic Malivindi. Your encouragement an support meant the world to me. I wish you could have been here to see this. Of course, I could not have done this without the support of Michelle Donegan over these many years of graduate school. Thank you so much for all you have done for me and for being here for my defense and for being such a great friend. To Steve Amadon: Thanks for being a great friend and for the many scotch nights. Our tastes are definately improving. Some year we are going to see and get turkey during turkey season and deer during deer season. I also owe a sincere thank you to the faculty and staff of the Union College Physics Department for their support, knowledge and patience while I finished this work. You all have been a source of inspiration for me. Finally, thank you to the inventor of purple ink. Most of this work has been was researched and written in this color. \maketitleabstract INSERT ABSTRACT HERE. \clearpage (required for 1-page abstract) \mainmatter