After you finish this class, and perhaps even a year later, I hope you
will be able to---
- Maintain a laboratory notebook documenting your work and results. [Evaluated
by review of notebooks.]
- Prepare a concise report (written or oral) summarizing your results, problems,
and suggestions for future work. [Evaluated by review of reports.]
- Work cooperatively in a team to achieve specified experimental goals.
[Evaluated by team results, peer reviews, and observation by instructor.]
- Use alignment lasers and optical hardware to create experimental optical
systems. [Evaluated by review of reports and observation by instructor.]
- Measure optical signals using photodiodes and photomultipliers, being
aware of calibration, saturation, frequency, and time response limitations.
[Evaluated by review of reports.]
- Use waveplates and polarizers to manipulate and analyze the polarization
of an optical beam. [Evaluated by review of reports.]
- Measure the focusing properties of lenses and use them to build beam expanders
and a Fourier transform optical processor. [Evaluated by review of reports.]
- Determine the properties of a gaussian optical beam and use optical components
to manipulate those properties. [Evaluated by review of reports.]
- Set up a grating spectrometer, determine its resolution and calibration,
and measure the spectral properties of an optical source. [Evaluated by
review of reports.]
- Measure the properties of a diode laser and use it to generate a second
harmonic signal using a nonlinear crystal. [Evaluated by review of reports.]
