Modern Optics and Laser Equipment for Physics Laboratories

本项目在物理实验室引进了三套多功能激光系统，配备了电子仪器和高质量的光学元件。该设备(i)使中级实验学生熟悉激光的重要方面；（ii）允许高级实验学生使用激光作为研究工具进行现代物理学的重要实验；（三）促进现代光学原理和实验技术的教学；（四）大大拓展了光学领域高级论文研究的可能性。由氩离子激光器泵浦的可调谐染料激光器允许在非线性光学和拉曼散射方面进行新的实验室实验，同时振兴了几个现有的实验室。二极管激光系统用于光谱学和二极管行为的研究。由高质量椭偏仪组成的偏振元件有助于薄膜光学和散射的各种实验。对二极管激光器混沌和光纤耦合球散射的高级研究有望产生具有可发表质量的重要结果。学院将给予同等数额的奖金。

The project introduces into the physics laboratories three versatile laser systems, with electronic instrumentation and quality optical components. The equipment (i) familiarizes intermediate lab students with important aspects of laser light; (ii) permits advanced lab students to perform significant experiments in modern physics using lasers as research tools; (iii) facilitates the teaching of modern optics principles and experimental techniques; and (iv) greatly expands the possibilities for senior thesis research in optics. A tunable dye laser pumped by an argon ion laser permits new lab experiments in nonlinear optics and Raman scattering, while revitalizing several current labs. A diode laser system is used in spectroscopy and studies of diode behavior. Polarization components that comprise a high quality ellipsometer facilitate a variety of experiments in the optics of thin films and scattering. Senior research on chaos in diode lasers and scattering from fiber-coupling spheres is expected to yield important results of publishable quality. The college is matching the award with an equal amount.