Neutron STEM Lab

Optics & Photonics

Geometrical optics, wave optics, imaging, lasers, fiber systems, detectors, and photonic devices.

Rays refracting through a lens and prism on an optical bench.
Optics & Photonicsbetaintroductory

Geometrical Optics Workbench

Explore refraction, total internal reflection, thin lenses, mirrors, lensmaker calculations, two-lens systems, and prism deviation with unit-labeled diagrams.

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Orange light rays refracting through two blue lenses on a dark optical bench.
Optics & Photonicsbetaintermediate

Multi-Stage Lens Ray Simulator

Trace parallel rays through configurable spherical lens surfaces using Snell’s law and inspect focal behavior and spherical aberration.

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Laser beam entering an optical fiber and photodetector with a resonator trace.
Optics & Photonicsbetaintermediate

Photonics Workbench

Calculate photon energy, Gaussian beam propagation, fiber modes and link budgets, photodetector response, attenuation, optical cavities, and pulsed-laser quantities.

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Interference fringes and diffracted light waves across a dark optical bench.
Optics & Photonicsbetaintermediate

Wave Optics Workbench

Simulate interference, diffraction, gratings, thin films, polarization, optical resolution, and coherence with unit-labeled graphs.

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