| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 6A01.00 | Speed of Light | | |
| 6A01.10 | speed of light | PIRA 200 | Demonstrate speed of light by the path difference method with a fast pulser and fast oscilloscope. |
| 6A01.10 | speed of light | 6A01.10 | A fast pulser is used to demonstrate speed of light by the path difference method. |
| 6A01.10 | velocity of light | Oa-4 | The displacement
of a pulse from a fast pulser is viewed on a sampling oscilloscope as the
path length is changed. Insert different media in the path. |
| 6A01.10 | speed of light - moving reflector | 35-1.5 | Fancy speed of light apparatus fully documented. Diagrams, Pictures. |
| 6A01.11 | pulser circuit | AJP 41(5),722 | A pulser circuit for the moving reflector speed of light apparatus. |
| 6A01.11 | speed of light - fast pulse | AJP 34(7),ix | Use a high repetition rate pulsed light from TRW to demonstrate the speed of light. |
| 6A01.11 | pulser circuit | AJP 55(9),853 | An LED pulser circuit that emits a 20 ns pulse. |
| 6A01.11 | pulser circuit | AJP 37(11),1154 | A light pulser circuit based on the MV 10A LED. |
| 6A01.11 | speed of light - N2 laser pulser | AJP 38(11),1353 | A N2 pulsed laser is used in the moving reflector setup. |
| 6A01.12 | speed of light - spark source | AJP 40(5),740 | Construction and properties of a spark light source. |
| 6A01.15 | microwave moving reflector | AJP 37(9),939 | A small microwave pulse generator gives short pulses. |
| 6A01.20 | speed of light - two path | PIRA 1000 | |
| 6A01.20 | speed of light - two path | 35-1.4 | Fast flash through two paths to a photomultiplier tube. Diagrams, Pictures. |
| 6A01.21 | speed of light - two path | 35-1.3 | A
spot of the display trace of a fast oscilloscope is passed through two different
paths to a photomultiplier tube whose output is displayed on the same trace.
Diagram, Picture. |
| 6A01.25 | errata - corrected diagram | AJP 37(11),1163 | Corrected diagram for figure 2 in AJP 37(8),818 (1969). |
| 6A01.25 | speed on light | AJP 41(2),272 | The MV50 LED is pulsed in this simple time of flight measurement. |
| 6A01.25 | speed of light - minimal apparatus | AJP 50(12),1157 | An inexpensive time of flight apparatus using a strobed LED and voltmeter. |
| 6A01.25 | speed of light - time of flight | AJP 59(5),443 | An acoustico-optic modulator chops a laser beam in a time of flight setup. |
| 6A01.25 | speed of light choppers | AJP 36(11),1021 | Use a 250 tooth commercial gear as a light chopper. |
| 6A01.26 | speed of light - phase shift | AJP 37(8),816 | Many circuits are given. Features a solid-state electro-optical light modulator to replace the Kerr cell. |
| 6A01.27 | optical radar | AJP 40(11),1705 | A commercial (Optitron Inc.) speed of light apparatus with an ultraviolet pulser. |
| 6A01.30 | speed of light - rotating mirror | PIRA 1000 | |
| 6A01.30 | speed of light - rotating mirror | 35-1.1 | The
position of the reflected image from a rotating mirror is measured for clockwise
and counterclockwise rotations. Diagram, Appendix, p. 1353. |
| 6A01.31 | speed of light - rotating mirror | AJP 40(6),910 | Photodiode detector with the rotating mirror. |
| 6A01.31 | speed of light - rotating mirror | AJP 39(10),1145 | A laser beam is used with the rotating mirror method. Detector circuits given. |
| 6A01.32 | speed of light - combined method | AJP 46(11),1189 | A rotating mirror chops the laser beam and a beam splitter gives near and far paths. |
| 6A01.36 | Leybold speed of light modification | AJP 47(3),288 | When both sides of the rotating mirror are exposed, deflections as large as 2 cm can be observed with the unaided eye. |
| 6A01.36 | Leybold speed of light rotation rate | AJP 29(10),711 | Instead
of comparing the motor sound to a tuning fork, use a microphone to pick up
the motor sound and display it on an oscilloscope, use Lissajous figures
with a reference. |
| 6A01.36 | more Leybold improvements | AJP 39(12),1537 | Use a solar cell with the AJP 32(7),567 technique. |
| 6A01.36 | Leybold speed of light improvements | AJP 32(7),567 | Find the lateral displacement of the returning beam with a photomultiplier on a carriage. |
| 6A01.36 | Leybold speed of light improvements | 35-1.2 | Use
a microphone, oscillator, and oscilloscope to measure the motor frequency
of the Leybold speed of light apparatus. Reference: AJP 29(10),711. |
| 6A01.38 | speed of light - microwave interfer. | AJP 44(6),546 | The Doppler beat frequency from the detector is used to drive a spark generator. |
| 6A01.40 | speed of light - models | L-17 | Set
up mirrors on the lab bench to help students visualize the standard methods.
Do the sound analog (S-81). Set up a rotating mirror. |
| 6A01.50 | group velocity of light | AJP 58(11),1059 | Measure the speed of light to 0.02% and verify the relationship between group and phase velocity. Low cost circuit is given. |