Introduction
He-Ne lasers have many industrial and scientific uses. They are widely used because of relatively lower price and easier to operate compared to other visible lasers producing beams of similar quality in terms of spatial coherence. This apparatus is designed to help students to learn laser‘s structure and basic theory.
Features
• Open structure help students to understand laser easily.
• Optimized structure design to enable students to focus the cavity‘s adjustment, making the laser output experiment easy and effective.
• High resolution F-P confocal resonator scanning interferometer is used to get clear frequency spectrum of mode.
Objectives of the Experiment
• To understand the basic principle and structure of laser
• To understand the basic of resonant cavity
• To understand mode theory and measure longitudinal mode for different length of resonant cavity
• To test the polarization of laser
How it works
• When the optical axis and parallelism of main laser, flat concave mirror and flat mirror are adjusted well, the laser will oscillate and lase. When the cavity is optimized, the output power is maximum. By moving the optical carrier to change the length of the resonant cavity, different output power can be measured.
• The longitudinal mode spacing is determined by the length of resonant cavity. The F-P confocal resonator scanning interferometer and oscillograph are used to measure it.
• In this kit, the main laser has two Brewster window, so the output of the laser is linearly polarized. It can be test by polarizing filter and Malus law.
Degrees
|
cos2θ
|
Normalized Power
|
0°
|
1.000
|
1
|
10°
|
0.970
|
0.985
|
20°
|
0.883
|
0.874
|
30°
|
0.750
|
0.748
|
40°
|
0.587
|
0.572
|
50°
|
0.413
|
0.396
|
60°
|
0.250
|
0.243
|
70°
|
0.117
|
0.104
|
80°
|
0.030
|
0.024
|
90°
|
0.000
|
0.001
|
Order Information
Description |
Model# |
Qty. |
Track,with Strong Base, L1000mm |
BEM-5201-10 |
1 |
Optical Carrier, W30mm |
BEM-5204-30 |
5 |
Precision Kinematic Optical Mount, Φ45mm,2D |
BEM-5203 |
5 |
F-P Confocal Resonator Scanning Interferometer,Δν=1.5GHz |
BEM-5024 |
1 |
Sawtooth Wave Generator |
BEM-5020 |
1 |
Pilot Laser with Power Supply, 1800V,max 5mA, <5mW, Singlemode |
BEM-5025 |
1 |
Sheath Protection Main Laser with Power Supply, 2500V,max 8mA, <5mW, Multimode |
BEM-5026 |
1 |
Polarizing Filter |
BEM-5404 |
1 |
Flat-concave Mirror, R=1000mm |
BEM-5406 |
1 |
Flat Mirror |
BEM-5407 |
1 |
Laser Base |
BEM-5212 |
2 |
Laser Goggles |
BEM-5801 |
1 |
Optical Power Meter |
BIM-7001 |
1 |
Optical Silicon Detector, 380nm~1100nm, 100pw~10mw |
BIM-7101 |
1 |
Fixed Mount, Φ45 |
BEM-5220 |
1 |
Diaphragm, Φ5 |
BEM-5221-05 |
1 |
Material List
No
|
Descriptio
|
Model#
|
Unit
|
A
|
Track, 1000mm
|
BEM-5201-10
|
1
|
B
|
Optical Carrier, 30mm
|
BEM-5204-30
|
5
|
C
|
Precision Kinematic Optical Mount
|
BEM-5203
|
5
|
D
|
Flat-concave Mirror, R=1000mm
|
BEM-5406
|
1
|
E
|
Flat Mirror
|
BEM-5407
|
1
|
F
|
F-P Confocal Resonator Scanning
Interferometer
|
BEM-5024
|
1
|
G
|
Sawtooth Wave Generator 20-60Hz
|
BEM-5020
|
1
|
H
|
Probe of Optical Power Meter
|
BSM-5001
|
1
|
I
|
Optical Power Meter Instruments
|
BSM-5002
|
1
|
J
|
Pilot Laser
|
BEM-5025
|
1
|
K
|
He-Ne Laser Power Supply (pilot laser)
1800V, 4-5mA
|
BEM-5018
|
1
|
L
|
Main Laser
|
BEM-5026
|
1
|
M
|
Protective Tube
|
BC-40016
|
1
|
N
|
He-Ne Laser Power Supply (main laser)
2500V, 6-7mA
|
BEM-5019
|
1
|
O
|
Polarizing Filter
|
BEM-5404
|
1
|
P
|
Laser Base
|
BEM-5212
|
2
|
Q
|
Fixed Mount, Φ45mm
|
BEM-5213-45
|
2
|
R
|
Diaphragm, Φ5mm
|
BEM-50214-05
|
1
|
S
|
Power Cord
|
BEM-5013
|
4
|
T
|
BNC Connector Cable
|
BEM-5014
|
3
|
U
|
Three Pins Connector Cable
|
BEM-5027
|
1
|
V
|
Connecting Cable (single pin), red
|
BEM-5015-85
|
1
|
W
|
Connecting Cable (single pin), black
|
BEM-5016-85
|
1
|
X
|
Laser Goggles
|
BT-3001
|
1
|
Y
|
Lens Wiping Paper
|
BT-3002
|
1
|
O
|
User‘s Manual
|
CD-M-BEX-8507
|
1
|
* Need: Dual-channel Oscilloscope and Teslameter are required but not included.
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