PHGN-480 Fall-2012

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Thermistor calculator to convert measured resistance to temperature [http://www.thinksrs.com/downloads/programs/Therm%20Calc/NTCCalibrator/NTCcalculator.htm thermistor calculator ]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:53, 15 November 2012

Contents

Course Information

Professor: Dr. Charles Durfee

Office: Meyer Hall 330

Meeting Times:

class: M W 11:00-11:50 AM Meyer Hall 357

lab: Th 9-11:50, Meyer Hall 270

Announcements

5 Nov 2012: HW 5 is posted below.

25 Oct 2012: I have posted a study guide for the midterm below. Please let me know as soon as possible about any questions or clarifications.

17 Sept 2012: Homework 3 is now posted below.

5 Sept 2012: Homework 2 and Lab 2 are posted below.

25 August 2012: Homework 1 is posted below. Also available is a pdf of the lab.

21 August 2012: Welcome to Laser Physics!

Office hours

Times - TBA

TA: Alyssa Allende Motz (aallende@mymail.mines.edu)

TA hours: Th2-4, F1-3

Look for us either in our offices or in the advanced lab on the second floor.

Course Material

Syllabus and Reading List

Additional reading from O. Svelto's book, Principles of Lasers, 3rd edition can be found with online access to the book:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/n72670/#section=672851&page=1

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Homework Assignments and Midterm:

Grading policy:

We are aiming for a 1 week turn around on grading homework. At the time we give them back to you, solutions will be available in printed form in a binder that I'll keep, but you can make a copy. Turn in howework on time for full credit. If you turn it in within a week late, we take off 20%. Once the solutions are available and others have theirs graded, then it's too late. If there are extenuating circumtances, please let me know.

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Homework 1: due end of day Monday 3 Sept
Homework 2: due end of day Wednesday (5pm) 12 Sept
Homework 3: due end of day Wednesday (5pm) 26 Sept
Homework 4: due end of day Friday (5pm) 19 Oct
Homework 5: due end of day Wednesday (5pm) 14 Nov

Lab exercises:

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Lab 1: lab skills. Due in class Monday 3 Sept
Lab 2: HeNe gain and lasing. Due by 5pm Monday 17 Sept
Lab 3 HeNe resonator
Lab 4: polarization
Lab 5: diode-pumped solid state laser

Final project

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In-class midterm 29 Oct 2012

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Study guide for midterm

Lecture Notes

While these notes are primarily to help me give my lectures, I'm posting them to help you fill in things you may have missed in class or to show the details of calculations we don't have time to work through. If you have any constructive input on how to make these more useful to read, let me know.

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Mathematica Demos

These aren't actually pdf's. Do a "save link as" to save these to your computer, then open with Mathematica.

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Spectral_shapes.nb : shows BB radiation curves vs frequency and wavelength, also compare Gaussian and Lorentzian shapes
fresnel_eqns.nb : interactive plots relating to the Fresnel equations for reflection, transmission at a dielectric interface
Polarization_tools.nb : polarization vectors and matrices
Fabry-Perot_etalon.nb : interactive plots relating to the Fabry-Perot etalon
OC_optimization.nb : Optimizing output coupling in a CW oscillator
ABCD_raytracing.nb : ABCD matrices for raytracing, including functions for plotting rays and setting up a sequence
ABCD_cavity_analysis_class.nb : ABCD matrices for Gaussian beams and resonators
Laser Canvas 5: zip file for a windows program written at CSU. This program is usable but is not supported.


Lab design information

Diode-pumped solid state laser

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data sheet for 2300 series 808nm pump laser for DPSS

Thermistor calculator to convert measured resistance to temperature thermistor calculator

Compass 215M single longitudinal mode green laser

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data sheet for 5V power supply for Compass control module

External cavity diode laser

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data sheet for diode laser

Links

Wavelength Electronics: Spec page for diode power cable spec page

Siskiyou: Spec page for flexure mirror mount flexure mount page

Thorlabs: diode collimation tube collimation page

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