Harvey Mudd Optics Lab Manual

Introduction......Page 1
Graphs......Page 5
Data Analysis Using Igor Pro......Page 15
Circular Aperture......Page 16
Fresnel Diffraction by a Straight Edge......Page 18
Recording 2-D Diffraction Patterns with a CCD Camera......Page 20
Data Analysis Using MATLAB......Page 21
Calibration......Page 22
The Balmer Series of Hydrogen......Page 26
The Solar Spectrum......Page 27
The SPEX 500M Scanning Grating Spectrometer......Page 28
Recommended Startup Procedure......Page 33
Taking Spectra......Page 34
Where are the Data?......Page 35
Working on Another Computer......Page 36
Calibration Lines......Page 37
Data Analysis Using Origin......Page 39
HeNe Laser......Page 40
Measuring the Width of the Doppler Envelope......Page 45
Measuring the Width of the Lamb Dip......Page 46
Measuring the Zeeman Splitting of Neon......Page 47
More Advanced Measurements......Page 50
White-Light Fringes......Page 53
Group Index......Page 57
HeNe Wavelength......Page 58
Index of Air......Page 59
Recording Fringes......Page 61
Introduction......Page 63
Sodium Doublet......Page 66
Hg Green Line......Page 68
Introduction......Page 69
Introduction......Page 72
Demonstrating the Quantum Nature of Light......Page 73
The Experimental Setup......Page 76
Measurements During the First Lab Meeting......Page 80
Testing the Quantum Nature of Light......Page 81
The Experimental Setup......Page 84
Performing Tests of Bell's Inequality......Page 86
Introduction......Page 90
The Experimental Setup......Page 91
Next Steps......Page 95
Focal Length......Page 97
Ray Tracing......Page 100
Aligning Optics......Page 102
The Optical Rail and the Thin Lens Equation......Page 103
Quantitative Measurements......Page 104
Warm up exercises to do if you wish......Page 105
Introduction......Page 107
Snel's Law......Page 108
Fresnel Coefficients......Page 109
Brewster's Angle......Page 110
Qualitative Measurements......Page 111
Quantitative Measurements......Page 112
Appendix A: Alignment Suggestions......Page 113
Appendix B: Sample Data for Fresnel Coefficients......Page 115