Links For My Group

This page contains a list of links aimed at assisting members of my group. Advanced students will have their own lists, so this page was designed particularly with the beginning student in mind.

Table of Contents

Beginning Students
Physics department
Lab and department computer use
Purchasing
Research
Safety
Travel
Tutorials and Resources
Who To Tell What

Beginning Students   (back to the top)

You must read the following before working in the lab. Send me e-mail when you have done so.

• Laser Safety Manual For Our Laboratory
• Lab Computer Use Policy
• Who To Tell What
• This web page. In other words, skim over the entries listed below so you are aware of some of the information that is available. Eventually, you may need to know and make use of much of the material that is here, especially if you are a graduate student.
• Undergrads only - click here.

Here are some odds and ends that you might find useful. Read them if you like. (Eventually you will need to know this.)

• Click here for quick reads on general laser operation. Try the first one or two items in the list for basic laser information. We, like most short pulse laser based laboratories, use chirped pulse amplication. There are some links on that as well.
• A spectroscopy tutorial from NIST. Very useful for getting up to speed on terminology used in the lab.

Physics Department   (back to the top)

• AMO Home Page
• Department home Page
• Department FAQs - answers to frequently asked questions about getting things done
• Student Machine Shop

Lab And Department Computer Use   (back to the top)

• Lab Computer Use Policy
• Tutorials for the major languages including things like Matlab, Maple, Perl, ...
• University Technical Services free software available here
• Unix on-line help for printing
• Unix tutorial
  This tutorial is designed to teach the basics so you can quickly get to work,
  assuming you know a little about computers already. For more in depth information,
  it's best to ask for guidance but here are some more tutorials from the outside.
  • Unix tutorial for beginners (I recommend #3, #6-8.)
  • Unix help for users (Has an index and is searchable.)

Purchasing   (back to the top)

• Purchasing
• Receiving
• Stores
  For supplies available directly from the University.
  Note the listings for hazardous materials information, and the purchasing and receiving home pages.
• Thomas Register (use this to find a company or product)

Research   (back to the top)

• Bookstore (one way to order books)
• Library Home
  • electronic journals
  • electronic databases
    • ISI Citation Database
    • SPIN Database
  • search the library
• Click here for a list of journals
• Click here for a list of societies

Safety   (back to the top)

• Laser Safety Manual for our laboratory
• Click here for links to OSHA discussions and guidelines.

Travel   (back to the top)

Tutorials And Resources   (back to the top)

• The sine-bar and its application in a tunable dye laser
• Floating point math
  This is a tutorial I downloaded. It's long but very readable and necessary reading if you are serious about writing numerical code.
• Matlab
  A tutorial. Start matlab up and work through this.
• ProEngineer
• Genplot information sheets
  Although MathLab might soon become our laboratory standard for data analysis and publication quality figures, I use Genplot. These information sheets are supplements to the manual and on-line help. They show the results of using various settings. Make sure to print these using a color printer.
• Media Conversions
  It often happens that you need to convert one media type into another. This link contains notes I've made for myself on how to perform various conversions. Many of the notes will be incomprehensible to anyone but me, but they provide a fair list of some of the media conversion resources available. If something looks useful, just ask me about it.
• PowerPoint Pictures For Talks
  A collection of images and information I've found useful for making talks. This is an individual thing and you may not find these to be useful. If you want to look at them, download the link and save it on disk, then open it. Manipulation of some of the images is subtle - ask if you have trouble.

Who To Tell What   (back to the top)

• Accidents - I need to know right away. If you can't find me, try Mark Reed (292-6090), then John Whitcomb (292-0207).
  
  
• Conferences
  • Before a conference, read the Travel How-To Guide
  • After a conference, send e-mail to Tim Randles <tcr@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> and Melissa Weber <weber.254@osu.edu>. Tim is part of the computer group and he will add a notice on the department web page. Melissa is the College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences' Director of Communications and Outreach and the one responsible for publicizing our department. The e-mail should include the conference title, date, and location as well as the title of your talk.
• Directory changes (new phone number, new office number, home address, etc.) should be routed through Robin Prothro in the main office.
• For changes to department web pages, send e-mail to webmaster@mps.ohio-state.edu.