Week eight at LASP has flown by, filled with plenty of research and some memorable adventures. Hugh and I continued working on repeatability and started to help draft a paper for the upcoming SPIE conference. After our internship some of the undergrads we have worked with will go present the paper at SPIE. The SPIE conference is a international conference for optics. It’s exciting to finally see everything coming together for other people to see.
Thanks to last week’s improvements, our experimental setup has become increasingly reliable. We have had many tests that align perfectly so we see that our repeatability is becoming better and better. Now that the setup is stable, we’ve found ourselves dealing with a lot of data. Organizing and analyzing it thoroughly for the paper has taken a lot of time, but it is very important to present accurate and relevant data. Working on the paper with us are people from Bath, England who manufacture the fiber. We have to ensure we are collaborating with them because it is their fiber.
Creating graphs illustrating changes in light intensity per meter of fiber has been particularly useful for understanding and presenting our findings clearly. These visualizations are helping us better explain why each small adjustment to the fibers or setup can significantly impact our results. It’s amazing to look back at all those repetitive control tests and realize just how critical they were for establishing the reliability of our data. Unfortunately I cannot show any of these graphs because they are going into the paper.
Outside the lab, Hugh and I had an amazing adventure hiking Longs Peak. We headed out very early in the morning and started the climb.
It was a challenging hike but the satisfaction of reaching the top and taking in the stunning views made it worth it.
With the internship nearing its end, I’m feeling the pressure to make the most of the our last week or so. Looking back, I’m amazed at how much we’ve learned and achieved so far.
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