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This video from Laser-Tec is part of a series of light and optics experiments. This lab explores optical alignment techniques. Equipment includes a laser diode module, laser holder, target card, blue filter, two lens holders, and alignment cards. The video recording runs 10:41 minutes in length.

This video from Laser-Tec is part of a series of light and optics experiments. In this lab, participants learn about optical filters. Participants learn how to identify primary and secondary colors, explore color mixing using primary and secondary filters, and learn about applications for color...

This video, from the Laser and Fiber Optics Regional Center, is the sixth of eight lectures in the Introduction to Photonics Video Series for Technologists. This video discusses optical handling positioning and care. After viewing this lecture, viewers will be able to: describe the construction...

This self-study course from the Fiber Optics Association covers outside plant fiber optics. Intended for either those already working in fiber optics, or those just getting started, this course covers an introduction to fiber optics and how it's used in an outside plant, how it's used in...

This video, from the Laser and Fiber Optics Regional Center, is the third of eight lectures in the Introduction to Photonics Video Series for Technologists. This video discusses the particle properties of light. An overview of the following topics is provided: photon, absorption, emission, blackbody...

Course Description This hybrid and dual credit course was created by the Developing Photonics Education in Iowa's Rural Secondary Schools project at Indian Hills Community College. This course and supporting materials were created to "increase the number of photonics technicians in the U.S. via...

The Developing Photonics Education in Iowa's Rural Secondary Schools project created a hybrid and dual credit course to increase the number of photonics technicians in the U.S. This resource includes materials that were created to further outreach and recruitment efforts for the course. Project...

This 35-page module, developed by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), discusses the role of optics and lasers in optoelectronics. This module "covers an overview of quantum, the use of photonics for fabrication of nanostructures, photonics for characterization, and...

This 36-page module, developed by the National Center of Optics and Photonics Education, discusses the role of optics and lasers in optoelectronics. This module "covers photonics devices in atomic force microscopy (AFM), measurement methods used in AFM, modes of operation of an AFM, applications of...

This 78-page resource, developed by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), is a lab manual intended for high school students taking an introductory phonotics course. This manual "provides a wide variety of experiments that give students a hands-on approach to learning basic...