====== PHYS143 Diffraction Setup ======

For this lab there are two setups for each group of students.  To date the lab sections for the PHYS140's have been capped at 15 students, meaning 5 stations are needed in total.

===== Optical Rail =====

The optical rail setup consists of the following for each station.  

  * 1 - Optical rail. Found in the lab.
  * 3 - Post holders.  Found in the bottom of the middle cabinet.
  * 2 - Screen holders.  Usually found in the side cabinets in room 116.
  * 1 - Large Clamp to hold lasers.  Found in the bottom of the middle cabinet.
  * 1 - Short piece of PVC tubing to hold a laser.  Found in the 3rd cabinet from the door.
  * 3 - Inexpensive diffraction gratings, 1000 lines / mm.  Found in 3rd cabinet.
  * 1 - Photocopy of a ruler taped to a piece of foam board. Found with PHSC supplies in 311.
  * 3 - Thorlabs 1 mW lasers, one blue, one green and one red. Found with PHSC supplies in 311.
  * 1 - Thorlabs USB power supply for lasers.  Found with PHSC supplies in 311.

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===== Spectrometer =====

Apparatus for the spectrometer part are as follows:

  * 1 - Lamp.  Found in bottom of 3rd cabinet in 216.
  * 1 - Optical spectrometer with diffraction grating.

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