Laser Sam’s visit to the Laser Teaching
Center
Summer 2013
During the summer program, we were fortunate to have Sam
Goldwasser, a mentor and Laser Guru, spend a week in the LTC
from July 15 – July 19. He’s most known by LTC students as the author of
Sam’s Laser FAQ, but a full list of his
publications and achievements can be found here. Besides his accomplishments with LTC
projects this week, his visit has provided many invaluable interactions
and mealtime conversations.
Sam worked with Casey McKenna and Kevin Zheng on their projects, built
a long Fabry-Pérot with Dave Battin, was able to get the Lightwave NPRO
laser running stably at 50 mW, and was able to get the
temperature-stabilized laser running (but there is a small issue with the
feedback circuit board that he needs to look into more).
Overall, it was a very productive week!
Monday 15 July 2013
Welcome Lunch: Simons Center Café (Sam,
Casey McKenna, William Meehan, Kathy Camenzind, Kevin Zheng, Samantha
Scibelli, Rachel Sampson, Melia Bonomo, John Noé)
Dinner: Luigi’s (Sam, Dave Battin, Casey
McKenna, Melia Bonomo, John Noé, Eden Figueroa)
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Lunch: SAC (Sam and the LTC
students)
Dinner: Luigi’s (Sam, Kevin Zheng, Casey
McKenna, John Noé)
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Lunch: LTC pizza lunch meeting
LTC Group Dinner: Eastern Pavilion, large
round table (Sam, Casey McKenna, Hal Metacalf, Marty Cohen, Kevin Zheng,
Liam, Rachel Sampson, Dave Battin, Samantha Scibelli, Kathy Camenzind,
Melia Bonomo, John Noé)
Thursday 18 July 2013
Presentation on laser safety:
Friday 19 July 2013
Farewell Lunch: Simons Center Café (Sam,
John Noé, Dave Battin, Casey McKenna, Rachel Sampson, Melia Bonomo,
Samantha Scibelli)
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