Wednesday, August 24, 2011

experiment_011: making a laser beam


Figure 01. Room lighted with a flash light.

Figure 02. Room lighted with a flash light with a magnifying glass on its front.

Figure 03. Zoom in of the area lighted.

Figure 04. Room lighted with a laser beam.

Figure 05. Result of using the magnifying glass in front of the laser beam.
Experiment_011:
For this experiment we wanted to test whether a flash light can be converted into a laser beam through the use of a magnifying glass. The hypothesis is based on the laser defined as a regular light but with its rays parallel to each other, resulting in a concentrated light projection. In figures 03 and 04 one can see the light from the flash light converted to laser beam kind of light (meaning its rays are concentrated/ parallel to each other). The result can be compared to the figure 04 actual laser beam light projection.
Items used in this experiment: flash light, laser beam, magnifying glass.

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