A Multi-Functional Laser Laboratory for Undergraduate Chemistry

一个中央多功能激光实验室正在建设中。该实验室允许本科生实现激光光源和计算机辅助数据采集和分析的独特能力。该设施提供了增加经典热力学教学的手段，整合了三年的分子光谱学教学，并为动力学研究的实验提供了机会。具体来说，该实验室由两个激光光源（一个氩激光器和一个氮泵染料激光器）、相关光学器件、单色仪、样品夹、检测系统和用于实验控制和数据分析的微型计算机组成。该设备安装在一个共同的光学台上，允许实验的模块化设计，共享一个共同的源或探测器，提供规模经济。该系统允许对物理和化学性质进行新的测量，以更清楚地阐明这些性质，并说明现代光学技术的力量。此外，学生在计算机控制和接口方面的经验也得到了显著提高。计划在文献中描述成功的项目，以提供超越当地设施的影响。受资助者正在匹配非联邦来源的奖励。

A central multi-functional laser laboratory is being created. The laboratory is allowing the unique capabilities of laser light sources and computer-assisted data acquisition and analysis to be realized by undergraduate students. The facility is providing the means to augment the teaching of classical thermodynamics, integrating the teaching of molecular spectroscopy across three years of study and providing an opportunity for experimentation in kinetic studies. Specifically the laboratory consists of two laser light sources (an argon laser and a nitrogen-pumped dye laser), associated optics, a monochromator, sample holders, a detection system, and a microcomputer for experiment control and data analysis. The equipment is mounted on a common optical table to allow for the modular design of experiments which share a common source or detecter, providing an economy of scale. The system allows novel measurements of physical and chemical properties in ways which more clearly elucidate these properties as well as illustrate the power of modern optical techniques. In addition, students' experience with computer control and interfacing is being significantly enhanced. It is planned to describe the successful projects in the literature to provide impact beyond the local facility. The grantee is matching the award from non-Federal sources.