Nonlinear and quantum optics in the student lab

Within CRC 1375 NOA (Nonlinear Optics down to Atomic scales) dedicated ot the theoretical description of nonlinear light-matter interactions on atomic scales, teaching concepts for a NOA student lab and Deutsches Optisches Museum (D.O.M.) are developed. To do so the concept of didactics reconstruction is applied to the research topics of the CRC, where topics from lasers, higher harmonic generation, spectroscopy and nano materials are important. Due to the very interdisciplinary field between physics and astronomy an interdisciplinary approach is essential.

The student lab will connect the topics of the CRC with physics topics taught in schools. Possible experiments include spectroscopy, simulations and analog experiments about nonlinear phenomena. A special chellange will be the Showcases of Modern Optics resaerch desinged for D.O.M., which are intended to communicate the research topics of NOA to the broad public. This is done in close collaboration with the scientists in the single research projects. A centerpiece will be a setup on quantum imaging (imaging with undetected photons), which will be part of D.O.M.'s permanent exhibition.