Format of Final Report
Experiment 1: Transmission Grating
Laboratory Report
Angelito Silverio, Angelina Silverio, Lean Angelo Silverio
Department of Mathematics and Physics
College of Science, University of Santo Tomas
España, Manila Philippines
Abstract
Example:
The abstract should contain a
brief description of the experiment and
the results obtained. Three to four
sentences will be enough for an abstract.
1. Introduction
You may include a bit of history
here or some practical applications of the
experiment that you performed. Do not
forget to state the objectives of your Figure1: Experimental set-up for efficiency of
experiment. a diffraction grating
To determine the effect of angle
2. Theory
of incidence on the efficiency of the
grating, intensity measurements in terms
This part of your report should
of voltage were determined for different
contain the theory behind the
angles of incidence. The angle of
experiment. Include all the equations/
incidence was varied by rotating the
formula that you used. Identify all the
grating holder. Efficiency versus angle
symbols used in the equations.
of incidence was plotted using Excel.
3. Methodology
4. Results and Discussion
This portion of your report
Included in this part of the report
should include the materials used, a
are data and results of the experiment
simple but exact description of the steps
(tabulated if possible), graphs and
you have taken in doing the experiment
diagrams (if any) and interpretation of
as well as the experimental set-up. The
the results obtained. If your experiment
steps should be in paragraph form and in
involves % error, you may include a
the past tense. All important parts of the
brief discussion of the possible sources
experimental set-up must be properly
of errors and suggestion to improve the
labeled.
results of the experiment.
Example troughs or ridges in the efficiency curve
Tables 1 and 2 show the and these are observed as rapid
efficiencies for different angles of variations of efficiency with a small
incidence for polarized and unpolarized change in the angle of incidence. These
light with initial voltages of 3.0volts and so-called “Wood Anomalies” are
4.0 volts, respectively. strongly dependent upon the polarization
of the incident light and are prominent
Table1. Relative Efficiency for Different when the electric field vector is
Angles of Incidence at V= 3Volts perpendicular to the groove.
Angle of Relative Efficiency Furthermore, the efficiency of grating
Incidence Unpolarized Polarized for polarized light is much less
0 0.452 0.252 compared to that of unpolarized light.
5 0.527 0.173 This is expected in as much as we know
10 0.457 0.084 that intensity of light after passing
15 0.525 0.073 though a polarizer is reduced in
20 0.455 0.022 accordance with Malu’s Law:
25 0.486 0.103 I = I o cos2
30 0.544 0.036 where is the angle between the
Table2. Relative Efficiency for Different transmission planes.
Angles of Incidence at V=4Volts
Angle of Relative Efficiency 5. Conclusion
Incidence Unpolarized Polarized
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5 0.480 0.263 summary of the experiment, the result
10 0.412 0.284 obtained and the conclusion as to
15 0.496 0.213 whether the objectives of the experiment
20 0.446 0.302 were achieved.
25 0.495 0.353
30 0.502 0.256 6. Applications
This should contain answers to
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application questions.
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Relative Efficiency
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7.References
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Sample
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[1] Jenkins, Francis A., Fundamentals of
Optics, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, Inc. Japan,
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Angle of Incidence
1976.
Figure 2: Graphs of relative efficiency versus
angle of incidence at V=3volts.
In figure 2 the blue curves represent unpolarized
light; the red curves represent polarized light.
The efficiency of a diffraction
grating changes with the angle of
incidence both for polarized and
unpolarized light. There are localized
