Spectroscopy Using the Tracker Video Analysis Program

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Spectroscopy has important applications in many fields and deserves more attention than is the norm in introductory optics labs. This poster describes a set of inexpensive, quantitative spectroscopy experiments that use a digital camera to capture images of spectra and Tracker to measure their intensity profiles. The spectra, produced by a diffraction grating in front of the camera lens, include two laser spots with known wavelengths for calibration. Tracker's line profile tool generates a "live" plot of relative intensity versus wavelength, enabling students to interactively explore the spectra in detail. Experiments include gas and laser line spectra, thermal spectra, color filters and absorption, and fluorescence. Supported in part by NSF grant #DUE-0126439

AAPT 2005 Summer Meeting
Salt Lake City, Utah: August 6-11, 2005

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Education Practices - Technology = Computers Modern Physics - Atomic Physics = Spectra Optics - Color = Synthesis and Analysis of Color - Diffraction - Interference = Gratings = Interference From Two Sources - Modern Optics = Lasers - Photometry = Blackbodies Other Sciences - Chemistry	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Instructor Guide/Manual = Laboratory - Reference Material = Proceedings

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NSF Number:: 0126439
Keywords:: blackbody, color, interference, line profile, optics, spectra, spectroscopy, video analysis
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created December 1, 2009 by Douglas Brown
Record Updated:: August 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Other Collections:: The Open Source Physics

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