Optics laboratories (autumn)
MICRO-424
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General
General supporting items and linguistics.
Course Information
- Course overview
- Laser safety
- Measurements and error analysis
- Course overview presentation (File)
- General course information (File)
- Laser safety presentation (File)
- Measurements and error analysis presentation (File)
Logistics
Schedule of TPs and student grouping. Please check often for updates.
Laboratory Notebook
Introduction into error analysis
Reference textbook about errors in measurement :
John R. Taylor - An Introduction to Error Analysis_ The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements-University Science Books (1997)
Tunable MEMS laser
- Alignment and characterization of a wavelength tunable external cavity diode laser by means of a Mems grating
- Understand the working principle of a tunable Mems grating
Fourier Optics
- Spatial filtering in optical systems
- Design and align Fourier optics setup.
- Analyze diffraction patterns
Solar cell qualification
- Investigate properties of solar cell of different types
- Measure spectral quantum efficiency
- Find best operation conditions
Photoelasticity and Birefringence
- Observation of the photoelastic effect
- Measure stress in transparent material by means of photoelasticity
- Manipulate the polarization state of light, from linear to circular polarization and back
- Photoelasticity TP manual (File)
- Soleil-Babinet compensator manual (File)
- Additional readings (File)
Digital Holography
- Learn how to digitally record the phase and amplitude distribution of a light beam
- Learn how to generate arbitrary phase and amplitude distributions
- Apply these techniques to model and control light propagation through a seemingly random optical system
Fabry Perot Interferometer
- Setup and align different Fabry-Perot interferometers
- Study modes and stability of different configurations
Erbium doped fiber amplifier EDFA
- Characterize diode lasers
- Measure the amplified spontaneous emission spectrum
- Characterize the amplifier gain saturation in various configurations
- Optional: Build a fiber laser
Camera objective design
- Study imaging behaviour of achromats in simulation and experiment
- Design a Triplet lens system with out of shelf lenses
- Build and characterise the performance of the Triplet lens system
Gaussian beam and fibres
- Gaussian beam propagation
- Couple light into a multimode/single mode optical fiber.
- Characterize in- and output of a fiber including loss
Microscopy
- Disassembly and assembly of a microscope
- Illumination and adjustment
- Microscopy techniques (Brightfield, Darkfield, Fluorescence)
- Resolution of microscope