Knowledge Base

From OLEG

Contents 1 Workflow Best Practices 2 Practical Lab Knowledge 3 Writing Resources 4 Optical Nuggets 5 Useful Links (Research/Sports/Hobby)

Workflow Best Practices

* Technical Artwork Creation	* LaTeX Wisdom & Lessons
* Graph/Plot Creation	* Lab Notebook Good Advice
* Naming Research Papers	* something here

Practical Lab Knowledge

• How to properly install tube and pipe fittings
• How to measure diffraction properties (efficiency, scattering, and transmittance)) of gratings
• How to measure transmittance, reflectance, and absorption in general (non gratings)
• How to float an optical table (link)
• How to use Glue Dispenser
• How to spread dry-spacers with Spacer Box
• Laser classification and safety (link)

Writing Resources

• Standard OLEG manuscript creation process
• Compilation of manuscript writing best practices and common errors
• Latex and Word Templates
• Excellent English punctuation and grammar resource: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
• Other articles and resources on technical writing
• Grant writing resources
• Current OLEG manuscript list

Optical Nuggets

• Absorption, complex refractive index relationships
• OLEG Introduction to Etendue (link)
• Direction Cosine Space (link)
• Light polarization & Stokes parameters

Useful Links (Research/Sports/Hobby)

• World of Liquid Crystal Displays
• Liquid Crystal Technologies