Instrumentation for an Undergraduate Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory

西华盛顿大学将购买仪器，让光学专业的学生能够亲身接触激光光谱、光学检测、信号处理和基于计算机的数据采集的现代方法。 物理系将购买 PRA LN120C2 组合氮/染料激光系统、斯坦福研究系统 SR400 型门控光子计数器和 IBM PC/XT 兼容计算机。 这些仪器形成了一个多功能组合，使学生能够在吸收、荧光、拉曼、光声、光电和光热偏转光谱方面进行各种激光光谱实验。 此外，氮/染料激光系统将作为研究这些重要激光类型的教学工具。 该项目意义重大，因为它为本科生实验室带来了研究生、政府和工业研究实验室常用的设备和技术。 它将使学生能够在职业生涯的早期阶段理解和利用激光光谱技术来分析物质。 最后，它将通过出版即将开发的学生实验室实验来为其他机构服务。 西华盛顿大学将向美国国家科学基金会提供等额的资助。

Western Washington University will acquire instrumentation which will provide students in our Optics Concentration with hands-on exposure to modern methods of laser spectroscopy, optical detection, signal processing, and computer-based data acquisition. The Physics Department will purchase a PRA LN120C2 Combination Nitrogen/Dye Laser System, a Stanford Research Systems Model SR400 Gated Photon Counter, and an IBM PC/XT Compatible Computer. These instruments form a versatile combination which will enable the students to perform a wide variety of laser spectroscopy experiments in absorption, fluorescence, Raman, opto-acoustic, opto-galvanic, and photothermal deflection spectroscopy. In addition, the nitrogen/dye laser system will serve as a teaching tool for the study of these important laser types. This project is significant because it brings to the undergraduate laboratory, devices and techniques which are routinely used in graduate, government, and industrial research laboratories. It will enable students to understand and utilize laser spectroscopic techniques for the analysis of matter at an earlier stage of their careers. Finally, it will serve other institutions through the publication of student lab experiments which will be developed. Western Washington University will match the NSF grant with an equal amount of funds.