Physics 3802L:
Physics Intermediate Laboratory

Fall 1999
 

 
   List of experiments:

1. Optics:
 

IO.1 Fabry-Perot Interferometer

IO.2 Michelson Interferometer used to measure the refractive index of air and the splitting of the yellow doublet of sodium atom. (Good first expt.)

IO.3. Prism Spectrometer used to measure the dispersion curve for glass.
(Good first expt.)

IO.4. Polarization of light on reflection from a dielectric surface (glass),and comparison of the results with Fresnel equations.

IO.5. Elliptically Polarized Light

IO.6. Projects in Fiber Optics (see instructor for manual).

  1. Handling fibers, numerical aperture
  2. Fiber attenuation
  3. 3. Single-mode fibers I
  4. Not available
  5. Coupling fibers to semiconductor sources
  6. Not available
  7. Components for fiber communication (without bidirectional coupler)
  8. Fiber optic communication link
  9. Multimode intensity sensors
2. Modern Physics Lab:
IM.1. Franck-Hertz Experiment
(inelastic scattering of electrons on the mercury  atom.)

IM.2. Charge to mass ratio of the electron. (Good first expt.)

IM.3. Nuclear decay and counting statistics.
 

3. Mechanics and E&M
IE.1. The earth inductor; measurement of the earth's magnetic field.

IE.2. The Cavendish balance; measurement of the gravitational constant.

IE.3. Hysteresis curve for iron.