Bergmann, Antje and Jansen, Stephanie and Christoffel, Sebastian and Zimmermann, Alexander and Busch, Kurt and Hofmann, Richard (2012) A low-cost setup for microstructuring experiments using a homemade UV laser. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 80 (3). pp. 260-265. ISSN 0002-9505, 1943-2909
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We present a simple high school and university undergraduate laboratory setup, with which we are able to texture microscopic structures into polymer and dye films using a homemade UV nitrogen laser. We describe both the laser and the microstructuring setup and provide detailed information on the laser and its beam characteristics. Although this is a low-cost setup, we are able to directly write or texture high-quality patterns into thin films, either by manually controlling a positioning stage or by programming a desired sequence for an automated structuring process. We introduce several hands-on experiments for high school and university undergraduate students and present our first results. (C) 2012 American Association of Physics Teachers. [DOI: 10.1119/1.3660667]
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | NITROGEN-LASER; COMPACT; further education; physics education; polymer films; polymer structure; student experiments; texture |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Divisions: | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Dietmar Göritz Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2020 08:38 |
| Last Modified: | 19 May 2020 08:38 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/19147 |
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