Experimental Mechanics @ Michigan State University

 

 

 

Facilities for Caustics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essential apparatus includes any light source (white, monochromatic, laser, convergent, parallel, divergent) and a light detector (screen, CCD video camera chip, photographic film). It can be a transmission or reflection arrangement, the only difference between the two is that the reflection pattern is caused only by the thickness change of the component.

 

 

 

 

Page under construction – contact DrEann Patterson for more information

 

 

 

 

 

 

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