MEASURING THE SPEED OF LIGHT WITH A FIBER OPTIC KIT - AN UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIMENT

Authors
GULMEZ E
Citation
E. Gulmez, MEASURING THE SPEED OF LIGHT WITH A FIBER OPTIC KIT - AN UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIMENT, American journal of physics, 65(7), 1997, pp. 614-618
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
American journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029505
Volume
65
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
614 - 618
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(1997)65:7<614:MTSOLW>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The speed of light in an optical fiber is measured using a simple, com mercially available educational kit. The procedure consists of determi ning the time-delay for a modulated light pulse traveling through fibe rs of different lengths. The time-delay caused by the electronic circu its is then accounted for in a systematic way. (C) 1997 American Assoc iation of Physics Teachers.