Upgrade of Introductory Physics Optics Laboratory

入门物理光学实验室升级

• 批准号: 9251351
• 负责人: Gary Karshner
• 金额: $ 2.46万
• 依托单位: St Mary's University San Antonio
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-08-01 至 1995-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9251351&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Upgrade; Introductory; Physics; Optics; Laboratory

This project is to improve and upgrade the optics laboratory experiences for physics students at St. Mary's University by enabling our students to measure intensity and polarization in addition to the geometrical properties of light, work with lasers and interferometers and perform some two-dimensional image processing. Hands-on experience with modern equipment at the college level is particularly important for our students, a predominant percentage of whom are minority Hispanics who come from high schools having limited physics courses with poorly equipped laboratories. Optics has been chosen for improvement at this time because other parts of the physics laboratory curriculum have received some update and improvement during the past several years. The equipment purchased includes eight optics systems, each with laser and interferometer, provide the means to study traditional properties of light. A microwave set has been obtained to demonstrate optical phenomenon with three cm waves. The 386 SX computers equip our students to explore automatic data collection and online data analysis as well as to perform image processing. The instruments acquired allow these students to perform experiments at a level that increases their interest in physical science and encourages participation in science beyond the introductory level.

本项目是对光学实验室进行改进和升级 为物理学生在圣玛丽玛丽大学的经验， 使我们的学生能够测量强度和偏振， 除了光的几何特性， 激光和干涉仪，并执行一些二维 图像处理 使用现代化设备的实践经验， 大学水平对我们的学生来说特别重要， 其中绝大多数是少数民族西班牙裔， 来自物理课程有限的高中， 设备简陋的实验室。 光学被选作 因为物理学的其他部分 实验室课程得到了一些更新和改进 在过去的几年里。 购买的设备 包括八个光学系统，每个光学系统都具有激光器， 干涉仪，提供了研究传统 光的性质。 已经获得了微波装置， 用三厘米波演示光学现象。 386 SX 计算机使我们的学生能够探索自动数据 收集和在线数据分析，以及执行图像 处理. 所获得的工具使这些学生能够 在一个水平上进行实验，增加他们的兴趣， 物理科学，并鼓励参与科学超越 入门级。