Pictures of your lab (experimentalists & theoreticians)

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The discussion centers around sharing images of various physics labs, particularly laser and theoretical labs. Participants showcase their work environments, with one user detailing a nonlinear optics lab where an Argon laser is used to generate different colored beams through a series of processes. There is a playful exchange about the authenticity of the images, with some users humorously questioning the cleanliness of the lab and the visibility of laser beams. Others share their own lab setups, including theoretical workspaces filled with books, and engage in light-hearted banter about safety in labs and the nature of their experiments. The conversation reflects a mix of technical details about laser systems and a camaraderie among those in the scientific community.
  • #31
Cyrus said:
Arent we kinky...

Ivan Seeking said:
And she seemed like such a nice girl.

It's all in the name of science. Really. o:)
 
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  • #32
Keep 'em coming! Working in a place like those posted was, and still is, my very childhood dream. :smile:
 
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  • #34
Math Is Hard said:
It's all in the name of science. Really. o:)

:smile: Yes, I used to use that line on Tsu all the time.
 
  • #36
I would post a pic of my lab but I am a theoretician semi... so would a pencil and paper do
 
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  • #38
NoobixCube said:
I would post a pic of my lab but I am a theoretician semi... so would a pencil and paper do

As long as the pencil is some kind of high power laser and the paper is some human being :biggrin:
Think you can manage that?:-p
 
  • #41
Ivan Seeking said:
The Theoretician's lab
Half a brain?
 
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  • #43
Gokul43201 said:
Half a brain?

Well you know, they're very, very left brained.
 
  • #44
Gokul43201 said:
Half a brain?

Your entire lab is a corner?
 
  • #45
Ivan Seeking said:
Your entire lab is a corner?
Actually it's just the bottom half of the corner. I share that corner with another grad student - he has the top half, where he runs some kind of anti-gravity experiments.
 
  • #46
Gokul43201 said:
Actually it's just the bottom half of the corner. I share that corner with another grad student - he has the top half, where he runs some kind of anti-gravity experiments.

:smile: Okay, you got me.

Has the anti-gravity caused any problems, or is it well collimated?
 
  • #47
Heres my lab as promised!
 

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  • #49
George Jones said:
I am theoretician; here are my books.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5069/office2id7.th.jpg

"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good." Samuel Johnson
Great tag line. I hope Isackson's 'Einstein' on the desk there was inclination. I certainly enjoyed it.
 
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  • #50
mheslep said:
Great tag line. I hope Isackson's 'Einstein' on the desk there was inclination. I certainly enjoyed it.

My wife and I both read it, and we both enjoyed it.
 
  • #51
George Jones said:
I am theoretician; here are my books.

Impressive collection. You are a considerably more advanced theoretician than NoobixCube... NoobixCube are you sure your not a primary school teacher? :-p
 
  • #53
n0_3sc said:
Here are some more pics. A friend is a good photographer and has an awesome camera so without revealing too much of our labs (a requirement) guess what these represent:

That's part of a laser system. We have a similar Ti-Sapphire laser from Spectra Physics with 2 YAG lasers going through a TSA.

Zz.
 
  • #54
Good job ZapperZ!
 
  • #55
n0_3sc said:
Good job ZapperZ!

OK, so now it's my turn. Identify the copper thingy with the tubes sticking out of it. :)

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1645/img5985ac0.jpg

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
OK, so now it's my turn. Identify the copper thingy with the tubes sticking out of it. :)

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1645/img5985ac0.jpg

Zz.
HTS. Entire rig some kind of particle collider.
 
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  • #57
That looks bloody awesome.
Yeah, my guess too is something to do with a particle accelerator/collider... The copper tubing is being cooled by whatever is flowing through those hoses...? I'm really curious as to what the whole setup is/does.
 
  • #58
After googling for "particle colliders" I'm taking a guess the rings are "Damping Rings" or an "RF Cavity"?
 
  • #59
ZapperZ said:
OK, so now it's my turn. Identify the copper thingy with the tubes sticking out of it. :)

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1645/img5985ac0.jpg

Zz.

Perpetual motion machine!
 
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