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\textbf{Development of Frequency Domain Multidimensional Spectroscopy \\
  with Applications in Semiconductor Photophysics} \\
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By \\
Blaise Jonathan Thompson \\
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of \\ 
the requirements for the degree of \\
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Doctor of Philosophy \\
(Chemistry) \\
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at the \\
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON \\
2018 \\
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\noindent Date of final oral examination: April 23, 2018 \\
This dissertation is approved by the following members of the Final Oral Committee: \\
\-\hspace{1cm} John C. Wright, Professor, Analytical Chemistry \\
\-\hspace{1cm} Randall Goldsmith, Professor, Analytical Chemistry \\
\-\hspace{1cm} Tim Bertram, Professor, Analytical Chemistry \\
\-\hspace{1cm} Kyoung-Shin Choi, Professor, Materials Chemistry \\

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\noindent \emph{The explanatory stories that people find compelling are simple; are concrete rather
  than abstract; assign a larger role to talent, stupidity and intentions than to luck; and focus
  on a few striking events that happened rather than on the countless events that failed to
  happen.}

\noindent \emph{The ultimate test of an explanation is whether it would have made the event
  predictable in advance.}

\noindent \emph{Paradoxically, it is easier to construct a coherent story when you know little,
  when there are fewer pieces to fit into the puzzle. Our comforting conviction that the world
  makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.}

\hfill -- Daniel Kahneman \cite{KahnemanDaniel2013a}

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