• Question: What is in a photonics explorer kit

    Asked by kirby to Padraic on 11 Feb 2015.
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      Padraic Morrissey answered on 11 Feb 2015:

      Hey Kirby
      The photonics explorer kits are a really cool set of experiments that students can do by themselves in school. The kits are used to promote optical engineering, so you get to use low power lasers and optical fibre to do hands on experiments. From the website the kit has the following:

      Each Photonics Explorer kit contains a class set of the following components for hands-on experiments. The provided experimental equipment is sufficient to let a class of up to 30 students work in small groups of 2 to 3 students:

      10 aluminium mirrors (7×7 cm)
      10 colour filter sets (7×4 cm) including red, green, blue, cyan, magenta and yellow
      10 LED modules with red, green and blue LEDs
      10 sets of robust plastic lenses with the focal lengths 30 mm, -30 mm, and 150 mm
      20 polarisers (7×5 cm)
      5 m polymer optical fibre
      10 eyesafe Lasers
      10 diffraction gratings
      10 foils with slit and double slit for optical diffraction experiments

      I hope that answers your question and don’t forget to vote for me in the next round!

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