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| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Online publication date | 2010-04-09 |
| Title | An educational physics laboratory experiment for directly measuring the speed of light |
| Author | Krassimira Kardjilova, Peicho Popov, Valentin Lyutskanov, Vladimir Pulov, Mariela Mihova |
| Abstract | With the aid of modern electronics the speed of light was directly measured by timing the delay of a light pulse from a laser in reflecting from a mirror in experiment performed in educational Physics Laboratory. |
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| References | Aoki, K., Mitsui, T., 2008. “A tabletop experiment for the direct measurement of the speed of light”, American Journal of Physics, Vol. 6, No.9, pp.812-815. Cooke, J., Martin, M., McCartney, H., Wilf, B., 1968. “Direct determination of the speed of light as a general Physics Laboratory experiment”, American Journal of Physics, Vol.36, No.9, pp.847-847. James, M., Ormond, R., Stasch, A., 1999. “Speed of light measurement for the myriad”, American Journal of Physics, Vol.67, No.8, pp.681-684. |
| Keywords | Speed of light, student physical laboratory, lidar experiment. |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.15208/ati.2010.4 |
| Pages | 29-32 |
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