Episodes
Demonstration of multiple beam interference using a plane mirror cavity in transmission with a mirror separation of 3 mm and a diverging incident beam Demonstration of multiple beam interference in reflection using the same cavity ....
Published 06/15/12
Demo of fluorescence induced by a tunable dye laser in a cell of molecular iodine Simultaneous display of the color of the dye laser and the color of the iodine fluorescence as a function of laser tuning...
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of the excitation of atomic sodium in a heated cell by a tunable dye laser Observation of intense radiation from the sodium vapor when the laser is on resonance with a ground state transition in sodium
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of the operation of an argon ion laser Demonstration of the broad spectrum from an argon laser using an optical spectrum analyzer Demonstration of single-frequency operation using an intracavity etalon ....
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of the operation of a cw dye laser pumped by an argon laser Demonstration of the wide tuning capability of the dye laser from green to yellow to red
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of the operation of an argon ion laser Demonstration of simultaneous multiwavelength operation of an argon laser in the blue-green spectral range
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of the operation on an argon ion laser Demonstration of the high intensity in the argon laser beam by burning a hole in cardboard with an unfocused laser beam
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of the intensity and spectrum of a single-frequency laser and a multifrequency laser Demonstration of the effect of back reflection into the laser on the intensity and the spectrum of each laser
Published 04/12/12
Demo of various transverse modes from a laser as a function of cavity alignment Demo of the use of an intra-cavity adjustable aperture to control the number of transverse modes that can oscillate Demo of the frequency spectrum of laser transverse modes
Published 04/12/12
Discussion of laser linewidth Measurement of laser linewidth using an optical spectrum analyzer Measurement of the fundamental laser linewidth using a two-frequency laser showing the intrinsic spectral width to be much less than 30 Hz
Published 04/12/12
Demo of an expanding beam from a laser Demo of spatial filtering of a laser beam Demo of laser-generated speckle patterns on screen Visualization of laser beam propagating in a water tank Visualization of focused laser beam in a water tank ....
Published 04/12/12
Demo of the spectrum of laser light from a He-Ne laser with external mirrors showing multiple frequencies associated with longitudinal modes of the cavity Demo of the polarization of the multiple frequencies being identical ....
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of light inside laser cavity being much stronger than light leaving the laser Discussion of cavity dumping
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of the state of polarization of a laser with external mirrors and the amplifier terminated with Brewster windows Demonstration of the state of polarization of a laser with internal mirrors
Published 04/12/12
Demo of light amplification by an optical amplifier, using a He-Ne laser and a He-Ne amplifier tube Demo of 6% amplification per pass Calibration of detector using a fixed loss Measurement of the effect of amplifier fluorescence on detector output
Published 04/12/12
Introduction to lasers Demonstration of a simple laser with internal mirrors Demonstration of a laser with external mirrors, showing the effect of cavity misalignment
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of single mode propagation in an optical fiber Demonstration of the state of polarization of the light exiting the fiber as a function of stress and bends applied to the fiber
Published 04/12/12
Demo of light transmission through a multimode fiber, showing a variety of transverse modes Demo of the effect of input alignment changes on transverse modes Demo of the effect of fiber bends and stresses on transverse modes ....
Published 04/12/12
Demo of a single mode fiber and light coupling into the fiber Demo of single mode transmission Demo of the effect of stress and bends applied to fiber showing light expelled by fiber Demo of the effect of bends and stress on single mode transmission
Published 04/12/12
Demo of Fresnel diffraction by a circular aperture using a spatially filtered laser source Demo of Fresnel diffraction by circular apertures with different diameters Demo of Fresnel diffraction by a circular aperture as a function of source distance
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of Fresnel diffraction by a fixed slit Demonstration of Fresnel diffraction by an adjustable slit Observation of the transition from Fresnel to Fraunhofer diffraction using an adjustable slit
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by fixed crossed multiple slits Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by crossed multiple slits as a function of the relative orientation of the slits
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by a circular aperture Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by circular apertures with different diameters
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by a fixed rectangular aperture Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by an adjustable rectangular aperture
Published 04/12/12
Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by a thin wire Demonstration of Fraunhofer diffraction by thin wires with different diameters
Published 04/12/12