China Wholesale Optical Image Factory – LCP-6 Interference, Diffraction &Polarization Kit – Enhanced Model – Labor

Note: stainless steel optical table or breadboard not provided

Introduction

LCP-6 combines optical interference, diffraction and polarization experiments.

Experiments

Build Interferometers and Observe Interference Patterns

Construct a Michelson interferometer and measure the refractive index of air

Construct a Sagnac interferometer

Construct a Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Set Up Fraunhofer Diffraction and Measure Intensity Distribution

Fraunhofer diffraction through a Single Slit

Fraunhofer diffraction through a Multi-Slit Plate

Fraunhofer diffraction through a Single Circular Aperture

Fraunhofer diffraction through a Transmission Grating

Set Up Fresnel Diffraction and Measure Intensity Distribution

Fresnel diffraction through a Single Slit

Fresnel diffraction through a Multi-Slit Plate

Fresnel diffraction through a Circular Aperture

Fresnel diffraction past a Straight Edge

Measure and Analyze Polarization Status of Light Beams Brewster’s angle measurement of a black glassVerification of Malus’s LawFunction study of a half-wave plateFunction study of a quarter-wave plate: circularly and elliptically polarized light

Part List

Multi-slit: 2, 3, 4, 5 (slit width: 0.03 mm; center-to-center: 0.09 mm)

Round holes: diameter: 0.05, 0.1,  0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 mm

Square holes: length: 0.05, 0.1,  0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 mm1Optical rail1 m; aluminum1Universal carrier 2X-translation carrier 2X-Z translation carrier 1Air chamber with gauge 1Manual Counter4 digits, counts 0 ~ 99991Photocurrent amplifierLLM-1 or LLM-21

Note: a stainless steel optical table or breadboard ( ≥ 900 mm x 600 mm) is needed for use with this kit.