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L and s band wave guides are fabricated by precision brazing of brassplates and all other wave guides are in extrusion quality. Different accessories for study the microwave optics. Introduction the microwave optics set is essentially a sophisticated toy that can be employed to illustrate in a qualitative and often quantitative fashion many of the phenomena associated with. Cst studio suite is a highperformance 3d em analysis software package for designing, analyzing and optimizing electromagnetic em components and systems. Each person in the group should printout the questions section and answer them individually. Optics lab contains many of the optical systems required for gcse and a level physics, including. Agilent e5052b signal source analyzer, ssa with mixers for up to 5075 ghz. Lab copy do not remove do not write on microwave optics physics 227l 4 degree plate of the goniometer arm see figure 1. The basic equipment for the experiments in this lab consists of a microwave. The receiver has a builtin amplifier, as well as a variable sensitivity scale, ensuring accurate data for even the lowest intensity measurements.
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Microwave and optical technology letters wiley online. Microwave optics 1 introduction microwaves are electromagnetic radiation with wavelength between 1 millimeter and 1 meter. The large 3 cm wavelength makes it easy to understand and visualize electromagnetic wave interactions. Boot developed magnetron produced microwaves used in radar detection percy spencer tested the magnetron at raytheon noticed that it melted his candy bar also tested with popcorn designed metal. Microwave apparatus is used for study of wave phenomenon of the radiation produced, because its properties are very similar to those of light. Find new, used, and surplus lab equipment plus medical, test equipment, process, pharmaceutical, and medical equipment. It does fdtd full 3d simulations and i use it for both optics and rf simulations. According to the website, openems is a free and open electromagnetic field solver using the fdtd method. The microwave transmitter, receiver, and goniometer for measuring bragg scattering diffraction. The final experiment is tedious but teaches you about useful optical devices quarterwave plates and halfwave plates. Camstudio able to record all screen and audio activity and create avi videos. Cc systems lab management software labzilla is an optical and ophthalmic lab management software lms solution for the eye wear industry, owned and operated by optical professionals since 1984.
Labzilla provides onsite installations, data entry, staff training and data conversions and supports eyefinity practice management, acuity logic and. Electromagnetic field solvers for applications across the em spectrum are contained within a single user interface in cst studio suite. All the accessory equipment needed to investigate a vari. Microwave s standard wavelength is taken to be approximately 3 cm with a. Optics bench experiment physics lab equipment nvis6006. The basic equipment for the experiments in this lab consists of a microwave source or transmitter, which generates about 10 mw of vertically polarized electromagnetic radiation with a frequency around 10 ghz, and a simple diode detectorreceiver. Synergy software for sharing one mouse and keyboard between multiple computers. Secure full lab productivity software for optometry ehr. Software for computational optics and computational electromagnetics. Hopes scientific department tackles the challenges driven by the vision of the future internet of things and the m2m. Esls integrated optics lab enables inhouse fabrication, test, and measurement of planar lightwave circuits. People wave lab lightwave and microwave photonics lab.
Open broadcaster screencasting and video streaming. Microwave optics references most introductory physics texts. General physics lab laboratory manual northwestern university. The microwave optics experiment allows students to investigate the properties of electromagnetic radiation on length scales of a few centimeters.
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A transmitter with a horn antenna radiates a narrow beam of. This advanced system adds accessories to the basic microwave optics system, enabling students to perform brewsters angle and bragg diffraction. Fee free to copy the experiment writeups for use in your lab. The microwave transmitter and receiver used in these experiments incorporate large horn antennae and wave guides within the body of each to collect the microwaves.
The systems include all power supplies, instrumentation, highquality microwave components, and accessories required to perform the experiments. The receiver has a builtin amplifier, as well as a variable sensitivity scale, ensuring accurate data for. The fact that microwaves and light waves are both electromagnetic waves, the major difference being that of frequency, already suggests that their properties should be alike in many respects. Optics lab is intended for teachers and students of gcse and a level physics, allowing them to not only demonstrate optical systems, but make measurements, perform experiments and build their own optical systems. Simulation software in optics and lasers simca, commodpro, spir, thermopt.
The transmitter is a lowvoltage source of linearly polarized microwaves 10. Optical fibres may be produced with good stable transmission characteristics in long lengths at a minimum cost and with maximum reproducibility. Integrated optics laboratory electroscience laboratory. Specifications demo version price and ordering information overview optics lab is a full featured optical design and analysis program with advanced features at an affordable price. Software optics lab optical ray tracing software for optical design and analysis from science lab software now with 3d graphics. The mission of this lab is to design, analyze the characterization of rf and microwave components this lab is equipped to carry out basic microwave measurements, such as impedance, power, frequency, vswr, etc. A range of optical fibres types with regard to size, refractive indices and index profiles, operating wave lengths, materials, etc. Both transmitter and receiver have a small microwave horn to give them some directionality. Download microwave lab groups 08 batch instructions on lab report writing. Microwave optics system, gunn diode, reflaction and refraction, polarization, diffraction, interference. Offers max1, a general maxwell solver, mmp is a multiple multipole program, gmt solves for electrodynamic fields. Wave optics this project includes four independent experiments. The scope of this opportunity includes storage, network, compute, memory and specialized accelerators. The courseware experiments are performed by using the labvolt software data acquisition and management for microwave systems lvdammw.
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Optifacts is a state of the art software package designed to assist in the operations of the wholesale optical laboratory. Transmitter goniometer receiver metal reflector rotating component holder procedure. Be careful of the polarity between the receiver and the meter. Cst studio suite 3d em simulation and analysis software. The laboratory is equipped with test and measurement equipment for highspeed analog and digital electronics and fiber optic systems. This laboratory contains a wide variety of measurement and testing equipment for characterizations up to 110ghz.
Microwave optics article about microwave optics by the free. The diode is not sensitive to microwaves whose electric field is perpendicular to its axis. Optical and microwave laboratory rectangular wave guide wave guides are manufactured to the highest mechanical and electrical standards and mechanical tolerances. Numerical simulation tools and data acquisition software. New and used laboratory equipment for sale, auctions. Principles of rf and microwave measurements lecture notes and experiments for ecen 46345634 by zoya popovi. Therefore, because we know that f c n, is wavelength we can conclude that in the refractive region the wavelength is decreased such that 0 n 2 here, 0 is the vacuum wavelength. Oct 19, 2015 the microwave transmitter, receiver, and goniometer for measuring bragg scattering diffraction. In the present setup, used for the students to understand and learn the basic concepts.
Various arrangements of the elements have been used for particular types of observation, and details are available in the textbooks on radio astronomy. Innovations is the worlds most popular lms, installed in more than 2500 sites across 70 countries. Microwave optics system reflection and refraction indosaw. Advanced microwave optics system wa9316 products pasco. Usage of cad software tools for rf microwave simulations. They do not require a medium to travel, instead it self oscillates perpendicular to the direction of propagation. Optics for the cloud is a programme of research to advance and enable the adoption of optical technologies in the rapidly growing field of cloud computing. Bring fiber optics and photonics techniques to interdisciplinary areas. Model wa9314bbasic microwave optics system is designed to take full advantage ofthese educational ben efits. With the receiver directly facing the transmitter and as far back on the goniometer arm as possible, adjust the receiver controls for a meter reading of 1. This modern software is built around a data acquisition interface dai, that performs 12bit ad acquisition on four channels. Debut record video from a webcam, recording device, or.
The pasco scientific model wa9314b basic microwave optics system is designed to take full advantage of these educational benefits. Microwave communication lab engineering welcome to. Understanding errors and uncertainties in the physics laboratory. Each lab group should download the lab report template and fill in the relevant information as you perform the experiment. The physics department xband microwave optics equipment was originally intended. Setup includes an optics bench concave, convex lenses and mirrors of different focal length. The electroscience laboratory has developed a number of well known electromagnetic computer codes, which are available to qualified users. Interference and diffraction slits are several centimeters wide, and polarizers are slotted sheets of stainless steel. Introduction the microwave optics set is essentially a sophisticated toy that can be employed to illustrate in a qualitative and often quantitative fashion many of the phenomena associated with wave propagation in general and electromagnetic wave propagation including polarization in particular. Applying boundary conditions to an electromagnetic wave within a wave guide reveals that the wave is an unattenuated standing wave, propagating only along the axis of the guide. Pdf experiment guide complete microwave optics system.
Includes evolutionary optimization, genetic algorithms and evolutionary strategies. The following experiments may fatally damage your microwave and will probably start a fire in your kitchen. Exp6 to study the single slit diffraction phenomena. Omics is an integrated software system designed to help the optical lab owners manage their business more effectively by providing key information relevant to their business, technical and manufacturing problems in a timely and efficient manner. Rf, microwaves, and optoelectronics electrical engineering. Microwave optics system equipment the complete microwave optics system consists of the microwave optics system wa9314c and the microwave accessory package wa9315. The virtuallab starter toolbox enables you to choose from a wide range of light sources, e. A microwave horn identical to that of the transmitters collects the microwave signal and channels it to a schottky diode. The microwave optics kit includes a transmitter, a receiver, a loudspeaker and other accessories that allow you to perform various experiences, through which. Experiment 1 magnetic fields of coils and faradays law. Microwave source metal slit arrangements simulation software computer 2 the basic equipment for the experiments in this lab consists of a microwave source or transmitter, which generates about 10 mw of vertically polarized. The heart of the microwave optics system is the gunn diode transmitter and. Cms focuses on the development of custom microwave and optical microwave hybrid systems. Microwaves can be generated easily and are particularly suited for laboratory investigations.
The purpose of this lab experiment is to investigate the behavior of light using a microwave transmitter and receiver. Microwave optics 01204630g microwave receiver microwave receiver the microwave receiver provides a meter reading that, for low amplitude signals, is approximately proportional to the intensity of the incident microwave signal. Continuous wave tunable laser at telecommunication wavelengths. Exp1 to study optical phenomena in microwave optics system inverse square law and angular dependence.
Microwave intensity at the receiver as a function of distance between the receiver and the transmitter. Electrical and computer engineering laboratory work in characterization of rf microwave transmission structures and optical fibers, sources and detectors, spectral and time domain otdr measurements in microwaves and optics. Since each lab group will turn in an electronic copy of the lab report, be sure to rename the lab report template file. This is the physics 1b pre lab video for the microwave optics experiment. Microwave optics references most introductory physics texts e. The research also spans the entire vertical stack, ranging from optical device fabrication, to optical system and subsystem design, to.
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