PHYSICS 582: Optics Rotation

Fall Semester 2005, Stony Brook Physics and Astronomy Department

Faculty responsible for the course: Tom Weinacht Lab S105 Ph: 2-4906, Office A102 Ph: 2-8163, office hours: by appointment.

The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with Optics at Stony Brook . The students spend half of a semester working with one of the active groups in the physics and astronomy department that are involved with optics. They should plan to be at the laboratory at least four hours a week. At the end of each rotation they make a public presentation (ten minutes maximum) and prepare a web page with their results. This semester there may be possible projects with:

• Peter Koch, B106, 2-8142 email: Peter.Koch@sunysb.edu
• Harold Metcalf, S225, 2-8185 email: Harold.Metcalf@sunysb.edu
• Chris Jacobsen, D102, 2-8093 email: Chris.Jacobsen@stonybrook.edu
• John Noe, S137, 2-8146 email: John.Noe@sunysb.edu
• Dominik Schneble, A106, 632-8043 email: Dominik.Schneble@stonybrook.edu
  

• Thomas Weinacht, A102, 2-8163 email: Thomas.Weinacht@sunysb.edu
  

  Organizational meeting, Friday September 3, 2004; S141 12:00 pm. Please send Tom Weinacht an e-mail by Friday September 10th, 2004 with the information on the first optics rotation.

  First rotation presentation and web page due on October 26th.

  Web pages for Fall 2005

  Lei Huang Optical Diffraction with an Acousto Optic Modulator Huang

  Johanna Nelson Characterizing Dye Laser Components Nelson1

  Rebekah Schiller Phase Shifting Using Acouso Optic Modulators Schiller

  Photon Statistics in Iterative Phase Retrieval Algorithm Bernhard Wurm Wurm1
  

• Ulrike Endesfelder Optical Vortices Endesfelder1

  Web pages for Spring 2005

  William Anderson Rb Saturation Spectroscopy Anderson1

  David Sproles Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser Alignment Sproles1

  Yan Zhang Fourier Transform Imaging zhang1

  Yan Zhang Waveplate Characterization zhang2

  Web pages for Fall 2004:
  Matthias Riedmann Spectral Interferometry Matthias/index.html
  Matthias Riedmann Background Analysis in Synchrotron Measurements Matthias2/index.html
  

  Web pages from Final Rotation for Fall 2003:

  Sarah Nichols Laser Profile Spatial Shaping  sarah new/index.html

  Christian Schmidt Position Control Systems cbs new/Position control systems.htm

  Tatjana Vavilkin Fiber Amplifiers tatjana new/OptRot.html

  Web pages from First Rotation for Fall 2003:

  Sarah Nichols X-Ray Microscopy of Human Sperm sarah/index.htm

  Christian Schmidt Coherernt Backscattering cbs webpage.htm

  Tatjana Vavilkin Mirror Surface Characterization Michelson Interferometer tatjana/opr3.html

  Web Pages from the spring semester rotation presentations on March 26th, 2003.

  Sarah Campbell Position Measurements using a Laser Differential Interferometer http://grad.physics.sunysb.edu/~campbell/optics.html
  Dominik Maxein Generation and detection of short THz pulses http://home.arcor.de/dominik.maxein/thz/
  Daniel Pertot Intensity correlation function of a noise-driven LED http://grad.physics.sunysb.edu/~dpertot/OpticsRot/Project1/
  Claire Shean Testing Elements of a Mach-Zender Interferometer http://grad.physics.sunysb.edu/~cshean/opticsrotation3.html

  Final presentations and web pages from the spring semester, 2003.

  Sarah Campbell Interferometer Camera System http://grad.physics.sunysb.edu/~campbell//optics/weinacht/weinacht.html
  Dominik Maxein Modes in a HeNe cavity http://laser.physics.sunysb.edu/~dominik/optrot/index.html
  Daniel Pertot Measurement and design of the dispersion of laser mirrors http://grad.physics.sunysb.edu/~dpertot/OpticsRot/Project2/
  Claire Shean Finding the Sources of Loss in a Spectrometer and Magnet System http://grad.physics.sunysb.edu/~cshean/opticsrotation4.html

  Web page from Fall 2002 Optics Rotaion.

  If you have a physical, psychiatric/emotional, medical or learning disability that may impact on your ability to carry out assigned course work, I would urge that you contact the staff in the Disabled Student Services office (DSS), Room 123 ECC Educational Communication Center, 632-6748/TDD. DSS will review your concerns and determine, with you, what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information a documentation of disability is confidential.

  Site maintained by Thomas Weinacht, last updated September 2, 2004