Laboratory Experiments and Student Research in Modern Optics

现代光学的实验室实验和学生研究

• 批准号: 9152587
• 负责人: Panos Photinos
• 金额: $ 1.73万
• 依托单位: Southern Oregon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-04-15 至 1993-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9152587&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Laboratory; Experiments; Student; Research; Modern

An Argon ion laser, optical table and laser accessories are being used as part of an ongoing effort to create instructional labs for three newly developed courses in the area of Lasers and Modern Optics, and improve two recently initiated major student projects: construction of a photoacoustic microscope and a diffusion measurement apparatus. A significant ingredient of the project is the use of materials of high technological importance, such as liquid crystals, polymer dispersed liquid crystals, micellar systems, and colloidal particles, which provide new ways of performing laboratory experiments, and exposure to novel materials and their applications. The acquired equipment is being used to achieve the following goals: a. create new experiments in the area of modern optics, b. significantly improve instruction on lasers and their applications, c. provide unique laboratory experiments and ways of introducing nonlinear optics to the undergraduate curriculum, and d. strengthen student research in an undergraduate environment. The versatility of the requested equipment assures its continued impact on future instructional and student research activities.NSF grant funds are being matched with funds from non-federal sources.

作为正在进行的为激光和现代光学领域的三门新开发的课程创建教学实验室的努力的一部分，正在使用一台氩离子激光器、光学工作台和激光配件，并改进最近启动的两个主要学生项目：建造一个光声显微镜和一个扩散测量仪器。该项目的一个重要组成部分是使用具有高度技术重要性的材料，如液晶、聚合物分散液晶、胶束体系和胶体颗粒，这些材料提供了进行实验室实验和接触新材料及其应用的新方法。获得的设备将用于实现以下目标：a.在现代光学领域创造新的实验；b.显著改进激光及其应用的教学；c.提供独特的实验室实验和将非线性光学引入本科课程的方法，在本科生环境中加强学生研究。所需设备的多功能性确保了其对未来教学和学生研究活动的持续影响。NSF的赠款资金正与非联邦来源的资金相匹配。