Intern: Richard Moore

Mentor: Demis John

Faculty: Dan Blumenthal

Light can bend when it travels from media having one optical density (or index of refraction) to another. In the Slinky^® vs. Snaky^® lab, students understand how light waves interact with matter. The Jell-O^® Waveguide and Power Loss lab simulates how fiber optic cables transmit electronic data (such as email). Students learn how light transmits through an optically transparent medium, such as a fiber optic cable or a waveguide. They learn how to measure the energy transmitted through a waveguide and that a waveguide can be bent and still contain light.