{"id":30,"date":"2016-06-08T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/milster\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2017-11-28T20:49:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T03:49:33","slug":"opti-380a-intermediate-optics-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/courses\/opti-380a-intermediate-optics-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"OPTI 380A: Intermediate Optics Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Last Update:<\/strong> August 23, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Course Objectives<\/h2>\n<p>The main objectives for this Junior-level undergraduate lab are to understand the basics of physical optics, interference, diffraction, detectors, laser cavities, and the electro-optical properties of gas and semiconductor lasers.\u00a0 A variety of optical lab techniques will also be taught.<\/p>\n<h2>General Lab Information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/Thorlabs-Photodiode-Amplifier-PDA200C-Manual.pdf\">PDA 200C Photodiode Amplifier<\/a> (PDF)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/Silicon-Detector-SM1PD1B-SpecSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SM1PD1B Silicon Detector<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Lab-Specific Information<\/h2>\n<h3>Lab 1:\u00a0Semiconductor Light Sources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/670-nm-DL-3149-057-dtaa-sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">670nm DL-3149-057 data sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/LD-collimation-tutorial-thorlabs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LD collimation &#8211; Thorlabs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/NDL3220-spec-sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NDL3220 spec sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/8614XBSeries.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spectrum Analyzer info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/BSMan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beam Scope users manual<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/mode_hopping_semiconductor_lasers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mode hopping in semiconductor lasers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab 2:\u00a0Detectors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photodiode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia article on photodiodes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/APP_PhotocellIntroduction.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photoconductor info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/Intro-to-IR-pyroelectric-detectors.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intro to IR pyroelectric detectors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/Burle-931A-PMT-Specification-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photomultiplier specs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/pmt_handbook_complete.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMT handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/Pyroelectric-Detector-Specification-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pyro detector specs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/Pyroelectric-Detector-Hookup.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pyro Detector hookup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/RAPIDO-detector-manual.pdf\">Rapido detector manual<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/dts_c30807_PiN_detector_specification_sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIN detector specs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipac.caltech.edu\/outreach\/Edu\/Guess\/img22.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fun link with some infrared images<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab 3:\u00a0CD-ROM Player<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab\u00a04: Wave Motion<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab 5: Fresnel Reflection<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/Fresnel_equations_r_t.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matlab program for Fresnel&#8217;s coefficients<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab 6 &#8211; Polarization<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab 7 &#8211; Interference: Division of Wavefront<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Great 2-point source simulator for Matlab: <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/2pt-src-interference-Matlab.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2PT SRC INTERFERENCE MATLAB.ZIP<\/a><br \/>\n(See the 2012-101 video by Pocock &amp; Pattison listed below.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/find_fringe_spacing.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MATLAB CODE FOR LAB 7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab 8 &#8211; Interference: Division of Amplitude<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9QIhnTdPPJ4&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2011-111: Alignment of the Michelson Interferometer<\/a> (Falk &amp; Ortiz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab 9 &#8211; Michelson Interferometer<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab 10 &#8211; Laser Cavities<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab 11 &#8211; Diffraction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/Fresnel-Atlas-040911.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fresnel Atlas<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MATLAB\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/11\/fit_380A_somb_and_sinc.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sample Matlab Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/sinc.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sinc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/somb.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Somb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lab 12 &#8211; Project Lab<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Supplementary Lectures and Instructional Videos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Link for Lecture 2 &#8211; Detectors\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6Q_q2H8rapI\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/6Q_q2H8rapI<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to use the Oscilloscope (Wanglei Han and Ismail Osman) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ja6LOMYuApQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ja6LOMYuApQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CzY2abWCVTY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to use an oscilloscope #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rC8HBcsNm2g&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to use an Oscilloscope #3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQDuZ3a6HAE&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to use an Oscilloscope #4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2011-111: Alignment of the Michelson Interferometer (Falk &amp; Ortiz) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9QIhnTdPPJ4&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/9QIhnTdPPJ4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Project Lab Videos<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Each year, student groups work on a final project lab, which is on a topic that they choose.\u00a0 Part of the project lab requirements is to make a video report on what they learned.\u00a0 The videos below are posted with permission of the students on their YouTube channels.<\/p>\n<p>The video list below starts in 2015.\u00a0 As of August 2016, permission forms from previous years have either been misplaced or have not been received, so they can&#8217;t be posted.\u00a0 If alumni from previous years would like their video posted, please <a href=\"milster@optics.arizona.edu\">contact Prof. Milster<\/a>.\u00a0 Most of the videos from previous years are also excellent, and it would serve the public well to post them here.<\/p>\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2015-101: Detector Response as a Function of Wavelength (Abdelatif and Bronson) https:\/\/youtu.be\/KhwX0J-kZs8<\/li>\n<li>2015-102: An Exploration of Polarization with the Stokes Parameters (Colpo and Bauer) <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DXiOqyWN_hU\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/DXiOqyWN_hU<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015-103: Taste the Rainbow, Feel the Polarization (Bowers and Garcia) <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Nz8IlvfGtME\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Nz8IlvfGtME<\/a>\u00a0<strong>MOST AWESOME VIDEO 2015<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2015-104: An Introduction to VECSELs (Hernandez and Boyer) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MdxhNVViBXQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MdxhNVViBXQ<\/a>\u00a0<strong>BEST EDUCATIONAL VIDEO 2015<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2015-105: Interactive Polarization: An Educational Optics Software (Hicks and Garan)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0QmaU8rQJDc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0QmaU8rQJDc<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015-106: Michelson Interferometer Application to Refractive Index of Glass (Hout and Landsiedel)\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uLdP1e4A79c\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/uLdP1e4A79c<\/a>\u00a0<strong>BEST SCIENTIFIC VIDEO 2015<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2015-107: Polarizer Mount (Esham, Sipos and Mrkvicka) <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bhMsubJu6uM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/bhMsubJu6uM<\/a>\u00a0<strong>BEST ENGINEERING VIDEO 2015<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2015-108: Testing Optical Flat on Zygo Interferometer (Rocha and Gonzalez)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qu3LjWueT78\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qu3LjWueT78<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015-109: Effects of Thermal Expansion on the Polarization State of Transmitted Light Through Birefringent Materials (Wagner and Nguyen) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mr8gQ29TyHM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mr8gQ29TyHM<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015-110: Creating a Double Slit Interference Pattern with Lightning (Wick and Reed)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/u6H-Vc-RibA\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/u6H-Vc-RibA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a02015-111: Unavailable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2016<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eADuhxEmEhM&amp;t=1s\">2016-101: Spatial light modulator to make diffraction patterns from linear phase gratings (Heppner, May and Nguyen)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jZrNb98FnPA&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-102:\u00a0The Fabry Perot Interferometer (Cheah and Harlan)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W4HPkFYIJuo&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-103:\u00a0The Michelson-Morley Experiment (Hamilton and Reinhart)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i6wlFTV5TVk&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-104:\u00a0Spot of Arago: Measurement and Analysis (Crowe and Del Castillo)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0SL0RO9Lyl4\">2016-105:\u00a0Poisson\u2019s Spot: Historical (Omer and Bosset)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=po-sdRLVcVc\">2016-106:\u00a0History of liquid crystal displays (Herriman and Brewer)\u00a0<strong>MOST AWESOME VIDEO 2016<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GVmmjGDFI94&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-107:\u00a0The history of interferometry (Garrett, Luo and Weaver)\u00a0<strong>BEST EDUCATIONAL VIDEO<\/strong>\u00a02016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dd6mxSOXyYo\">2016-108:\u00a0Using Fizeau fringes to measure lens curvatures (Colon and Waters)\u00a0<strong>BEST SCIENTIFIC VIDEO 2016<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=81yO9W2lPWw&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-109:\u00a0Simulation of historical Young\u2019s double slit experiment (Ogas and Nolcheff)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IDxQp5ghPpw&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-110:\u00a0Mode coupling in optical fibers (Clark and Noyes)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DOjO6F_bX40&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-111:\u00a0Babinet\u2019s principle (Rice and Cha)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S5ZI0ih-wVE&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-112:\u00a0Reincarnation of Young\u2019s double slit experiment (Gatlin and Ward)\u00a0<strong>BEST ENGINEERING VIDEO 2016<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3xeoaSqfBew&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-113:\u00a0The Airy spot in image formation (Sanchez, Richter and Nied)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B76bHsrd_ZA&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-114:\u00a0Gas laser history (Weber and Mardesich)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tO64s_LPQv0&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-115:\u00a0LIGO Interferometer System (Inigo, McCann and Steuer)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bkoobAqXBgs&amp;feature=youtu.be\">2016-116:\u00a0Schlieren Experiment (Yow and Moore)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Update: August 23, 2016 Course Objectives The main objectives for this Junior-level undergraduate lab are to understand the basics of physical optics, interference, diffraction, detectors, laser cavities, and the electro-optical properties of gas and semiconductor lasers.\u00a0 A variety of optical lab techniques will also be taught. 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