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Design And Construction Of An Optical Tweezers, Pavel Aprelev
Design And Construction Of An Optical Tweezers, Pavel Aprelev
Honors Theses
We constructed an optical tweezers apparatus, used it to trap transparent micron-sized particles, and moved those particles within a sample by moving the sample relative to the focal point of the trapping beam. The optical trap was based on the fact that focused coherent light creates forces on dielectric objects that point towards the focal point. The magnitude and the span of the force are dependent on the size of the focal point of the beam - generally around 1µm - and the intensity of light. We used an 808 nm 200 mW laser and a piezoelectric stage to trap …
780 Nm Diode Lasers For Atomic Physics, Bryson Vivas, Simone Carpenter, Jenny Novak, Andrew M. C. Dawes
780 Nm Diode Lasers For Atomic Physics, Bryson Vivas, Simone Carpenter, Jenny Novak, Andrew M. C. Dawes
Andrew M C Dawes
This poster presents the results of the summer research project conducted by Bryson Vivas, Simone Carpenter, and Jenny Novak. The research was supervised by Dr. Andrew Dawes and conducted in the Photonics and Quantum Optics Lab of Pacific University.
Properties Of High Energy Laser Light Transmission Through Large Core Optical Cables, Christopher Kennedy
Properties Of High Energy Laser Light Transmission Through Large Core Optical Cables, Christopher Kennedy
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Laser induced damage is of interest in studying the transmission of large amounts of optical energy through step-index, large core multimode fibers. Optical fibers often have to be routed around objects when laser light is being transmitted between two locations which require the fiber to bend into a curve. Depending on how tight the bend is, this can result in transmission losses or even catastrophic damage when the energy density of the laser pulse exceeds the damage threshold of silica glass. The purpose of this study is to: Establish a minimum bend radius that would allow high energy (GW/cm2 ) …
Dynamic Feedback Pulse Shaping For High Power Chirped Pulse Amplification System, Dat Nguyen
Dynamic Feedback Pulse Shaping For High Power Chirped Pulse Amplification System, Dat Nguyen
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The topic of this proposal is the development of high peak power laser sources with a focus on linearly chirped pulse laser sources. In the past decade chirped optical pulses have found a plethora of applications such as photonic analog-to-digital conversion, optical coherence tomography, laser ranging, etc. This dissertation analyzes the aforementioned applications of linearly chirped pulses and their technical requirements, as well as the performance of previously demonstrated parabolic pulse shaping approaches. The experimental research addresses the topic of parabolic pulse generation in two distinct ways. First, pulse shaping technique involving a time domain approach is presented, that results …
Optimization Of Laser Marking With The Help Of Simulation Models, Lyubomir Kostadimov Lazov, Nikolay Angelov Petrov
Optimization Of Laser Marking With The Help Of Simulation Models, Lyubomir Kostadimov Lazov, Nikolay Angelov Petrov
Turkish Journal of Physics
This article covers the results of several numerical experiments carried out with specific software working under MATLAB for marking of tool steel and electronic elements. CuBr and Nd:YAG lasers were used in this study. Simulations with 3 different durations of pulse of laser radiation were achieved. Numerical calculations were performed with values (for laser sources and technological parameters) based on real experiments.
Numerical Experiments For Determining Laser-Induced Temperature Fields, Lyubomir Kostadinov Lazov, Nikolay Angelov Petrov
Numerical Experiments For Determining Laser-Induced Temperature Fields, Lyubomir Kostadinov Lazov, Nikolay Angelov Petrov
Turkish Journal of Physics
Based on the equation of energy balance and the equation of heat conductivity with the help of specialized software, tentative engineering calculations were performed for the process of laser marking by melting and structural changes. The functional capabilities of the software product were examined. Distribution of temperature by layers for samples of tool steel was obtained.