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It Lives! Controlling our Monochromator
Our lab uses a high-harmonic generator to turn 800 nm infrared pulses in to a range of higher energy ultraviolet pulses. However this produces around ten different wavelengths so we direct the laser on to a diffraction grating to spatially sperate the various harmonics. For this to be reliable this...
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Finding Dark Matter with a Galactic Rotation Curve
Finished a pretty interesting school project about analyzing spectral data. Here is a small piece of what we looked at. The main things to notice are the three curvy galaxies on the left <- this is the scientific data the strong vertical lines random white pixels the general noise in...
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Making a Prop Finger
Had a unique opportunity to create a fake finger. Very interesting to see how movie props get made and learn about some of the practical concerns from an experienced prop maker. One of the main advantages of silicone is that it has a similar degree of subsurface scattering as human...