Thorlabs, Inc.
Overview
Thorlabs has been proud to serve photonics research and industry for 30 years. Our Discovery line of educational products covers topics from classic physics experiments to emerging fields of research. Designed for use in college lab courses or as demonstrations during a lecture, each experiment includes the complete set of components, as well as a manual that contains detailed setup instructions and extensive teaching materials. We offer them at the price of the individual components, including the educational materials free of charge.
Our list of educational kits currently includes:
• Optical Microscopy Course Kit
• Portable Optical Tweezers Kit
• Atomic Force Microscope
• Spectrometer Kits
• Polarization and 3D Cinema Technology Kit
• Michelson Interferometer Kit
• Fourier Optics Kit
• Quantum Cryptography Analogy Demonstration Kit
• Quantum Eraser Demonstration Kit
• Bomb Tester Kit
In addition, our upcoming Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy Kit, available Q4 2021 and developed in collaboration with Heidelberg University, will be introduced at our August 2 AAPT workshop.
Join Us at Our Workshop!
Thorlabs will be demonstrating our upcoming Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy Kit at 3:00 PM EDT on August 2. We invite you to join and connect!
Introductory Videos
EDU-OMC1 Optical Microscopy Course Overview
EDU-FOP2 Fourier Optics Kit Overview
EDU-QCRY1 Quantum Cryptography Teaching Kit Overview
Collaboration Opportunities
We are always looking for collaborators! If you have an experiment you have developed or an interesting concept, please get in touch so we can talk about it. Please contact: Leo Pöttinger at LPoettinger@thorlabs.com