Physics Labs

Laboratories:

• Quantum and nonlinear optics laboratory
• Large holography and laser optics laboratory with a one-meter spectrometer
• Trace gas analysis research laboratory
• Light instructional laboratory
• Modern physics instructional laboratory
• Electronics instructional laboratory
• First-year physics computerized instructional laboratory
• Student computer lab
• Laser cooling and trapping laboratory
• Observatory, with a Meade 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with GPS alignment and tracking mechanism, CCD camera and computer

The Physics Department has extensive equipment to facilitate studies including:

• Student computer lab
• Machine shop with a Bridgeport milling machine, lathe, drill presses, power saws and other machining equipment
• More than 10 optical tables
• Extensive computerized instructional experiments
• A variety of lasers, including argon ion, titanium:sapphire, various diode, dye, He:Ne and krypton ion.
• Precision optics
• Ultra-high vacuum systems