About the Authors

Hiral N. Patel

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America

Ian Carroll

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America

Rodolfo Lopez Jr.

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America

Sandeep Sankararaman

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America

Charles Etienne

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America

Subba Ramaiah Kodigala

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America

Mark R. Paul

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Henk W.Ch. Postma

postma@csun.edu

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HWChP HNP. Formal analysis: HNP IC SS CE MRP HWChP. Funding acquisition: HWChP. Investigation: HNP IC RL SS CE SRK HWChP. Methodology: HWChP HNP MRP. Software: HWChP. Supervision: HWChP. Validation: HNP IC RL HWChP. Visualization: HWChP. Writing – original draft: HNP HWChP. Writing – review & editing: HNP IC MRP HWChP.