Advanced Projects

Optics Projects

• Spontaneous Parametric Downconversion

• Sonoluminescence

• Optical Tweezers

• Optical Tweezers for Biology

• External-Cavity Tuneable Diode Laser

• Optics Modeling with Optica

• Schlieren Flow Visualization

• Laser-Matter Interaction Studies

Fiber-Optic Projects

• Modelocked Fiberlaser

• Sagnac Fiber-Optic Gyroscope

• Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier & CW Laser

• Mode-locked Erbium-Ytterbium Doped Fiber Laser

• Master Oscillator Power Amplifier Pulsed Laser

• Graphene as Saturable Absorber

• Fiber Simulations with RP Fiber Power

• Optical Chaos with External Feedback Mirror

Solid State Projects

• Atomic Force Microscope (not currently offered)

• OAM & Surface Plasmon Resonance

• Superconductivity

• MgB2 Superconductor

• Physics of Semiconductor Devices

• Physical Adsorption (not currently offered)

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Thermodynamics

• Heat Content Asymptotics (not currently offered)

Computational Projects

• MEEP

• Parallel Programming on the APL Cluster (not currently offered)

• Data Mining

• Robotics

• APL HPC Cluster

Astronomical Projects

• Observational Astronomy (offered Spring Term)

• Astronomical Spectroscopy

Useful Info

How To Make a Multi-Strand Shielded Cable

How To Make a BNC Cable