Guia docente 2015_16 Facultade de Ciencias

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Measure of the modes of a planar waveguide.	Experimental set up to couple light to the planar guide by means of a prism. Analysis of data to build the index profile.
Optical vortex	Vortex generation using a holographic mask Vortex generation using a bimodal optical fiber
Laser diode	Measuring the lasing threshold of a laser diode. Effect of temperature on the laser power. Design of a power supply to control optical power of the laser diode.
He-Ne laser	Measurement of the laser beam profile Measuring the transmittance of materials.
Interference and diffraction	Construction of a Michelson interferometer. Construction of a Mach-Zender interferometer Measurement of the wavelength of a laser Measurement of the size of a microscopic aperture
Holography	Mounting a setup for hologram recording Processing techniques: development Holographic reconstruction
Hyperfine structure of rubidium	Mounting a setup to register the absorption spectrum of rubidium. Improving the setup to eliminate Doppler broadening
Optical tweezers	Adjusting and tunning a system to trap microparticles using a laser Video recording containing the process of selection and trapping of the microparticles