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MIT Professor Vladimir Bulovic talks about the promise of renewable energy sources, and educating MIT students on energy issues.
Demonstration of two-beam interference using diverging beams in a Michelson interferometer Demonstration of various fringe patterns as a function of the alignment of the interferometer mirrors Change in fringe pattern as a function of path length difference
Demonstration of two-beam interference using collimated beams in a Michelson interferometer Demonstration of various fringe patterns as a function of the alignment of the interferometer mirrors Effect of mirror translation on fringe pattern using a piezoelectric driver
Demonstration of the operation of a cw dye laser pumped by an argon laser Demonstration of the wide tuning capability of the dye laser from green to yellow to red
TOPS is a six-week summer program aimed at physics and engineering majors who are currently in their sophomore or junior year and are considering careers in teaching at the secondary level. The program is hosted by the Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA) at MIT and ...
Professors from the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT discuss their research and RLE.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) uses light to enable real-time visualization of tissue microstructure and pathology.
Demonstration of the spectrum of laser light from a He-Ne laser with external mirrors showing multiple frequencies associated with longitudinal modes of the cavity Demonstration of the polarization of the multiple frequencies being identical Demonstration of the effect of temperature, ...
Demonstration of a single mode fiber and light coupling into the fiber Demonstration of single mode transmission Demonstration of the effect of stress and bends applied to fiber showing light expelled by fiber Demonstration of the effect of bends and stress on single mode transmission
Demonstration of the operation of an argon ion laser Demonstration of the broad spectrum from an argon laser using an optical spectrum analyzer Demonstration of single-frequency operation using an intracavity etalon Demonstration of the effect of etalon tuning on the single-frequency output of ...
Introduction to lasers Demonstration of a simple laser with internal mirrors Demonstration of a laser with external mirrors, showing the effect of cavity misalignment
Propagation of linearly polarized light in a dielectric (Lucite) rod Observation of Rayleigh scattered light within rod Demonstration that the state of polarization of the scattered light is the same as that of the incident light
The Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was the first of the Institute's great modern interdepartmental academic research centers. Today, we are one of MIT's largest such organizations, and the most diverse research laboratory at MIT in ...
Professor Collin M. Stultz discusses the intellectual challenges facing engineers at the frontiers of bioengineering and the conquest of disease.
Professor Yoel Fink of MIT discusses research and education in his group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineers at the frontiers of photonic materials, systems and applications.
Professor Vladimir Bulovic of MIT discusses research and education in his group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineering at the frontiers of organic materials and molecular electronics.
Chan discusses research and education in his group.
Professor Seth Lloyd of MIT discusses research and education in his group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineering at the frontiers of quantum information science.
The Center for Integrated Photonic Systems (CIPS) is a major MIT initiative to engage industry. CIPS was created to meet 3 goals: to provide leadership and direction for research and development in photonics; to foster an Institute wide community of researchers in the ...
Professor Rajeev J. Ram of MIT discusses research and education in his group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineering at the frontiers of communications, energy and bioengineering.
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