PHYS 493. Independent Research
Laboratory or research work on a research project that demonstrates the student's
ability to apply his or her knowledge of physics in practical research. A 30-minute
talk on the project required. Topics can be indentified by student and instructor
together.
Previous topics
Design, construction, and test of Laser Induce Fluorescence (LIF) detectors.
Design, construction, and test of a high-voltage fast pulser.
Implementation of an optical fiber switch for multiplex wavelength measurements.
Design and construction of a 4-channel Ultrastable optical cavity.
Home-built External Cavity Diode Laser (ECDL).
Design, construction, and test of a scanning Fabry-Perot Interferometer.
Design, construction, and test of fast photodiodes and quadrant photodiodes.
Measurement of thermal expansioin coefficients of PZTs using optical interferometers.
Home-built automatic M^2 measurement platform.
Measurements of microwave horn-to-horn coupling efficiency.
Analysis of HfF+ velocity modulation spectra toward extracting Lambda-doubling constants.
Lifetime calculations of Rydberg states of Hydrogen atoms.