A Materials Science Educational Kit available from the Education & Outreach program of the UC San Diego MRSEC 

Remote training on use and applications of optical spectrometers

This module was developed by Claire Zhang, who was a trainee in the 2020 Summer School for Silicon Nanotechnology (SSSiN), one of the Research Immersion in Materials Science and Engineering (RIMSE) programs of the UC San Diego MRSEC.

Each Roving Spectrometer consists of a backpack that contains a miniature spectrometer, optical fibers, lenses, sample stage, light sources, and the ancillary components needed to perform optical reflectance, diffuse reflectance, and photoluminescence measurements on various solid samples. The kit also contains representative samples to support the training experiments. Measure specular reflectance, photoluminescence.  Also describes the Spectroscopic Liquid Infiltration Method (SLIM) to measure physical thickness, optical thickness, and porosity of a mesoporous silicon sample.

What is it?

Each Roving Spectrometer consists of a miniature spectrometer, laptop computer, optical fibers, lenses, sample stage, light sources, and the ancillary components needed to perform optical reflectance, diffuse reflectance, and photoluminescence measurements on various solid samples. The kit also contains representative samples to support the training experiments.

 

How to use it?

See the "Video Guides and Manual" section below or to the right for links to some YouTube videos and a .pdf document made by MRSEC RIMSE trainees describing the setup and some experiments that can be performed with the materials provided in the spectrometer kit.