Laser Spectroscopy and Modern Optics: Integrated Experimentation for Undergraduates in Physics and Chemistry

该项目的目的是启动一系列基于激光的实验，这些实验被整合到物理和化学课程中。 这是通过建立一个专门用于容纳激光器和相关仪器的物理和化学联合激光实验室来实现的。 通过将基于激光的实验整合到本科物理和化学课程中，学生将学习如何（1）操作和表征脉冲，连续波（cw），固定频率和可调谐激光器;（2）使用线性和非线性激光光谱学中最先进的技术研究原子和分子物种;（3）利用先进的仪器和检测器，如数字存储示波器、光纤、线性光电二极管阵列和扫描单色器;以及（4）使用计算机接口的数据采集系统来控制实验并收集和分析数据。 新实验的设计非常适合本科教学，因为它们教授激光光谱学的重要技能，需要对学生负责的分析水平，并提供激光，仪器和计算机接口数据采集的“动手”经验。

The purpose of this project is to initiate a series of laser-based experiments that are integrated into the physics and chemistry programs. This is accomplished by setting up a joint laser laboratory for physics and chemistry that is solely dedicated to housing lasers and related instrumentation. Through the integration of laser-based experiments into the undergraduate physics and chemistry curricula, students learn how (1) to operate and characterize pulsed, continuous-wave (cw), fixed frequency, and tunable lasers; (2) to investigate atomic and molecular species using state-of-the-art techniques in linear and nonlinear laser spectroscopy; (3) to utilize advanced instrumentation and detectors such as digital storage oscilloscopes, fiber optics, linear photodiode arrays, and scanning monochromators; and (4) to use a computer-interfaced data acquisition system to both control an experiment and to collect and analyze data. The new experiments are designed to be well-suited for undergraduate instruction in that they teach important skills in laser spectroscopy, require a level of analysis that is amenable to students, and provide "hands-on" experience with lasers, instrumentation, and computer-interfaced data acquisition.