Note: stainless steel optical table or breadboard not provided
IntroductionLCP-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| Description | Specs/Part # | Qty |
| He-Ne laser | (>1.5 mW@632.8 nm) | 1 |
| Transversal measurement stage | Range: 80 mm; accuracy: 0.01 mm | 1 |
| Magnetic base with post holder | 04 | 3 |
| Two-axis mirror holder | 07 | 2 |
| Lens holder | 08 | 2 |
| Plate holder | 12 | 1 |
| White screen | 13 | 1 |
| Aperture adjustable bar clamp | 19 | 1 |
| Adjustable slit | 40 | 1 |
| Laser tube holder | 42 | 1 |
| Optical goniometer | 47 | 1 |
| Polarizer holder | 51 | 3 |
| Beam splitter | 50/50 | 2 |
| Polarizer | 2 | |
| Half-wave plate | 1 | |
| Quarter-wave plate | 1 | |
| Black glass sheet | 1 | |
| Flat mirror | Φ 36 mm | 2 |
| Lens | f ' = 6.2, 150 mm | 1 each |
| Grating | 20 l/mm | 1 |
| Multiple-slit & multi-hole plate | Single slit: 0.06 & 0.1 mm |