Fun with a Helium-Neon Laser

Jim Nolen and Seth Carpenter

Jan. 25 - Feb. 8, 1999

 

Table of contents

  1. Theory of the He-Ne Laser

  2. Experimental Setup and Apparatus

  3. Data and Results

  4. Mode Patterns

References:

Allen, L. Essentials of Lasers New York: Pergamon Press, 1969.

Allen, L and D. G. C. Jones. Principles of Gas Lasers London: Butterworths, 1967.

Davis, Christopher C. Lasers and Electro-Optics Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Eberly, Joseph H. and Peter W. Milonni. Lasers New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1988.

Elmore, Wiliam C. and Mark A. Heald. Physics of Waves. New York: Dover Publications, 1969.

Siegman, Anthony E. Lasers Mill Calley, California: University Science Books, 1986.