A Modern Optics Laboratory at Gustavus Adolphus College

古斯塔夫阿道夫学院的现代光学实验室

• 批准号: 9451784
• 负责人: Paul Saulnier
• 金额: $ 2.1万
• 依托单位: Gustavus Adolphus College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-06-01 至 1996-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9451784&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Modern; Optics; Laboratory; Gustavus; Adolphus

9451784 Saulnier This project completes the final phase in a four step plan to upgrade and enhance the laboratory component of the physics major at Gustavus Adolphus College. The project addresses a serious deficiency in the optics curriculum within the physics department. This project will establish a modern optics laboratory course and complete the equipping of a recently constructed teaching laboratory. The aim of the project is to improve the physics curriculum by initiating a laboratory-based course centered on modern optical devices and techniques, with signal detection and processing. The project is significant in that it provides an important next step in an intentional plan to improve the physics program and utilize the interests, commitment, and expertise of new faculty in the department. The project also has the added benefit of encouraging students to pursue graduate study by exposing them to contemporary topics in physics. A variety of experiments will be performed with equipment provided for this project, which include, as major pieces, an optical table and breadboards, a photon-counter and associated detector, an air-cooled Argon ion laser, diode laser heads and controllers, an acousto-optic modulator, and a data acquisition and analysis system. The experiments to be performed include "single photon" diffraction, optical fiber communication, heterodyne and Mach-Zender interferometry, coherent back scattering, diode laser characterization, quasi-elastic light scattering, and optogalvanic spectroscopy. The impact of the project will also be felt in courses such as Life Science Physics, Classical Physics II, and Experimental Modern Laboratory, as well as in faculty-student research. The PI is committed to the successful completion of the project and the department has an outstanding record on previous NSF ILI grants.

9451784 Saulnier 该项目完成了升级和增强古斯塔夫阿道夫学院物理专业实验室部分的四步计划的最后阶段。该项目解决了物理系光学课程的严重缺陷。 该项目将开设一门现代光学实验室课程，并完成新建教学实验室的装备。该项目的目的是通过启动以现代光学设备和技术以及信号检测和处理为中心的实验室课程来改进物理课程。该项目的意义重大，因为它为改进物理项目并利用该系新教师的兴趣、承诺和专业知识的有意计划提供了重要的下一步。该项目还有一个额外的好处，那就是鼓励学生通过接触当代物理学主题来攻读研究生。将使用为本项目提供的设备进行各种实验，其中主要部件包括光学台和面包板、光子计数器和相关探测器、风冷氩离子激光器、二极管激光头和控制器、声光调制器以及数据采集和分析系统。即将进行的实验包括“单光子”衍射、光纤通信、外差和马赫-曾德干涉测量、相干背散射、二极管激光表征、准弹性光散射和光电流光谱。该项目的影响还将体现在生命科学物理、经典物理 II 和实验现代实验室等课程以及师生研究中。 PI 致力于成功完成该项目，并且该部门在之前的 NSF ILI 拨款方面拥有出色的记录。