Lab 19 Wrap-Up

Lab 19 met in the lecture room for a trip down memory lane. I followed the sequence of labs, describing how they built on one-another to give you all a good exposure to the optics lab: environment, procedures, tools, lasers, optical components, experiment design, error budgeting, and the physics of diffraction, interference, image formation, and polarization. For me the class was a blast to teach and you all have been the best set of students I could imagine - inquisitive, responsible, creative, good team workers, and go-getters. I'd be proud to have any of you on an experiment team.

The final is 7:30 December 7 in PS 306, where we met for the last class. I have all your presentations and we'll project them on the screen. My plan is to have a book or CD with all the presentations as a class momento. If you would like to invite anyone along, please feel free to do so. In the meantime, best wishes for success in your other classes' finals. I hope getting the presentations fully prepared early helped there.

Lastly, Dr. Terebey and I will be conducting a quantum optics experiment starting next quarter on photon orbital angular momenta - if you are interested in participating, please see her. It will involve a Mach-Zehnder setup on the table, some new components, mounts, digital data taking, and hopefully some fun results that may lead to further work on orbital angular momentum spectroscopy of natural photon streams.