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Description of experiment

Source paper on dispersion in acoustic waveguides (Meykens et al., Am. J. Phys. 67, 5, (1999)) 373 kB

This is a strongly related background paper that gives theory and examples of results. It is a good place to start

Coach's corner (video)

 

Examples of data sets

mode dispersion relation plots (data)
waveform of chirped pulse
time-reversed chirped pulse
finding GVD

Tips on equipment operation

importance of right fiber
calibrating OSA

Brilliant demonstrator tricks

whistling up a bandgap

Last revised: 2 May 2002 -- rsm