Exploring closed-loop feedback control using experiments in optics
Physics Education
2007-05-23 v1 Optics
Abstract
We present two experiments in closed-loop feedback control. In the first experiment, students control the pointing angle of a laser to "lock" the laser onto a "target." In the second, students stabilize the pathlength difference in two arms of a Michelson interferometer. These experiments are appropriate for electronics and optics laboratory classes for junior and senior level students.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0106091,
title = {Exploring closed-loop feedback control using experiments in optics},
author = {K. A. Jensen and R. J. Larson and S. D. Bergeson and E. F. McCormack},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0106091},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, LaTeX, submitted to Am. J. Phys