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Video Demonstrations in Lasers and Optics

Subjects: Physics · Quantum Mechanics

Art: not stated, Fletcher's Combined Block Telegraph Apparatus and Bell, 1889 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Shaoul Ezekiel
Term: Spring 2008
Level: Undergraduate
What's inside: 49 videos · 49 other files · 3 web pages
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Video Demonstrations in Lasers and Optics

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Linear Polarizer

Polarization Rotation Using Polarizers

Quarter-wave Plate

Half-wave Plate

Optical Isolator

Scattered Light in a Dielectric

Reflection at The Air-glass Boundary

Reflection at The Glass-air Boundary

Phase Shifts in Total Internal Reflection

Two-beam Interference — Collimated Beams

Two-beam Interference — Diverging Beams

Destructive Interference — Where does the Light go?

Fringe Contrast — Vibrations

Fringe Contrast — Intensity Ratio

Fringe Contrast — Polarization Difference

Fringe Contrast — Path Difference

Coherence Length and Source Spectrum

Plane Mirror Cavity — Collimated Beams

Plane Mirror Cavity — Diverging Beams

Curved Mirror Cavity — Radial Modes

Optical Spectrum Analyzer

Fraunhofer Diffraction — Adjustable Slit

Fraunhofer Diffraction — Two Slits

Fraunhofer Diffraction — Multiple Slits

Fraunhofer Diffraction — Thin Wires

Fraunhofer Diffraction — Rectangular Aperture

Fraunhofer Diffraction — Circular Apertures

Fraunhofer Diffraction — Crossed Multiple Slits

Fresnel Diffraction — Adjustable Slit

Fresnel Diffraction — Circular Apertures

Single Mode Fiber

Multi-mode Fiber

Polarization in a Single Mode Fiber

Simple Laser

Light Amplifier

Polarization of Laser Light

Spectrum of Laser Light

Light Inside and Light Outside Laser

Optics of Laser Beams

Laser Transverse Modes

Laser Linewidth

Reflection Back into Laser

High Power Argon Laser

Multi-wavelength Argon Laser

Single Frequency Argon Laser

Tunable Dye Laser

Dye Laser Excitation of Sodium

Dye Laser Induced Fluorescence in Iodine