Laboratory Experiments and Student Research in Modern Optics

氩离子激光器、光学工作台和激光附件 作为正在进行的努力的一部分， 激光领域三门新开发课程的实验室 和现代光学，并改善两个最近发起的主要 学生项目：光声显微镜的构建 和扩散测量装置。一种重要的成分 该项目的主要特点是使用高科技材料， 重要性，如液晶，聚合物分散液 晶体、胶束系统和胶体颗粒， 提供进行实验室实验的新方法， 接触新材料及其应用。 的 购置的设备用于实现以下目标 目标：a.在现代光学领域创造新的实验， B.大大改进了激光及其 applications，c.提供独特的实验室实验和方法 向大学生介绍非线性光学 课程，d.加强学生科研工作， 本科环境 所要求的多功能性 设备确保其对未来教学的持续影响 和学生的研究活动。国家科学基金会赠款基金正在 与非联邦资金来源相匹配。

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.