Examples of Investigation and Measurement

Beam division and separation
First a semi-transparent beam splitter plate and a beam splitter cube divide a laser beam into two beams. Both are hold in place on the special carrier by magnetic force and can be shifted into the desired position.

Prisms as reflectors
45° prisms are used to show the beam bending principles of a periscope and a binocular. The special design of the carriers allows shifting and rotating the optical elements.

Corner cube reflector
With a corner cube reflector compared to a plane mirror the advantage in beam reflection is discussed and experimentally demonstrated.

OXP-05 Required Equipment
1 1	02.0200 02.0500	Profile rail OCM 650, 200 mm Profile rail OCM 650, 500 mm The high precision optical rails are made out of special anodized aluminum. The rails are the base for various modules attached to carriers.
2	02.1022	Carrier OCM 650, 20 mm with screen holder This module can mount optical screens. Through the attached carrier, the screen holder can be placed onto the optical rail. The carrier 20 mm and the holder are made out of special anodized aluminum.
1 1	02.1602 02.1604	Screen with scale Screen with fixed aperture Experimental results like colour spectra and interference patterns can be visualized on these screens. Horizontal or vertical scales allow calibrations and quantitative measurements; a screen with an aperture is used for observing back-reflected rays. The screens are made out of anodized aluminum plates with one side painted white and can be fixed onto screen holders (02.1022, 02.1608).
1	02.6106	4 axis adjustment holder KH650, theta, phi, X and Y, including carrier 20 mm This adjustment holder mounts a Diode Laser or an LED lamp. Using the fine pitch adjustment screws, the optical axis can be aligned within the range of 3 mm. For fine alignment of the angle of the light beam, two additional pitch adjustment screws are attached onto the back of the holder. The holder and the carrier 20 mm are made out of special anodized aluminum and can be placed onto an optical rail.
1	05.0226	DIMO diode laser module, 532 nm (green) Due to its collimated beam, this frequency doubled green YAG laser is an ideal light source for experiments dealing with ray tracing and beam propagation. The diode in its 40 mm x 25 mm diameter housing tube made out of special anodized aluminum can be fixed onto a four axis adjustment holder and can be aligned to the optical axis. Driven by the LDD-05 active power supply (07.0206), the output power is controlled in the range from 0 to 3 mW.
1	07.0206	LDD-05 active power supply The universal LDD-05 active power supply is used for all laser and LED light sources. It recognizes which source is connected and sets the parameters for it automatically. The unit is equipped with a main switch, a regulation knob for adjusting the laser or LED power and a safety lock. The provided USB bus interface allows control through a personal computer or laptop and qualifies this unit as multimedia source. The housing is made out of shock-proof plastic with an aluminum front and rear panel. Voltage: 230 VAC / 50 Hz Case dimensions: 200 mm x 160 mm x 62 mm.
1	09.1510	Beam splitting assembly This unit is used to split a single beam into two laser beams using a beam splitter plate or beam splitter cube. The holders with the beam splitter elements are fixed by magnetic forces to the T-piece carrier and can be rotated and shifted into the desired position. The unit is made out of special anodized aluminum. On the T-piece carrier, a stainless steel plate is inlaid; on the rods, round magnets are inlaid. The optical elements are: 1 Non-polarizing beam splitter cube, 10 mm x 10 mm x 10 mm 1 Broad band beam splitter plate 50 / 50 %, 20 mm x 15 mm.
1	09.1530	Magnetic carriers with set of prisms on post A set of three right angle prisms and a triple reflector are mounted onto rods which are rotatable and movable across the optical axis. The optical elements are fixed onto two specially designed carriers 20 mm by magnetic forces. By combining a laser beam and fluorescent prisms, the beam path within the optical elements is visualized. On the carriers 20 mm, stainless steel plates are inlaid; on the rods, round magnets are `inlaid. The optical elements are: 3 Acrylic prisms 90°, base 25 mm x height 20 mm 1 Glass triple reflector, base 15 mm, diameter 25,4 mm.