PH3480 Modern Physics Laboratory ... (0-0-6) s ... 2 Cr

There is no required text.

• Experimentation, Baird (ISBN 0-13-295338-2)
• Experimental Physics Measurement, Dunlap (ISBN 0-19-504949-7)

I. DATA ANALYSIS EXERCISE

II. LIST OF REGULAR LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS

1. EXPERIMENTS WITH THE SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETOMETER (SQUID) (NOBEL PRIZES: 1913, H. Kamerlingh Onnes; 1962, L.D. LANDAU; 1972, J. Bardeen, L. N. Cooper, and J.R. Schrieffer; 1973, I. GIAEVER AND B. D. JOSEPHSON; 1987, K.A. Mšller and J.G. BEDNORZ)
2. SUPERCONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS: T_c AND TEMPERTURE DEPENDANCE OF I_c
3. SEMICONDUCTOR EXPERIMENTS: HALL EFFECT MEASUREMENT (1956 NOBEL PRIZE, W. SHOCKLEY, J. BARDEEN AND W.H. BRATTAIN)
4. THE MOSSBAUERR SPECTROSCOPY EXPERIMENT (1961 NOBEL PRIZE, R. MOSSBAUER )
5. CIRCULAR POLARIZATION ("OPTICAL") EXPERIMENTS
6. SEMICONDUCTOR EXPERIMENTS: BAND-GAP DETERMINATION (on reserve)
7. ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE EXPERIMENT (on reserve)
III. TEAM PROJECT: THE FRANCK-HERTZ EXPERIMENT (1925 NOBEL PRIZE, J. FRANK AND G. HERTZ)

1. To complete PH3480, students perform
(a) Data Analysis Exercise (DAE);
(b) 6 Experiments from the Regular Experiments List, and
(c) a Team Project.
2. All of the experiments (including the team project) must be completed with a scientific Report.

3. In scientific Reports, all plots are done using graphics and drawing software programs.

4. Reports must include the following. (a) An introductory with your objective(s); (b) theoretical background of the experiment; (c) description of the experimental setup and measurement procedures; (d) the Tables of primary results and computational results (they can be together if space allows); (e) all necessary graphs/plots to demonstrate your final results and provide a basis for discussion; (f) a detailed discussion section of your results with explanation of main findings; and (g) a brief summary/conclusion.