Spring 2000
List of experiments:
1. Optics:
IO.1 Fabry-Perot Interferometer2. Modern Physics Lab:IO.2 Michelson Interferometer
(measure the refractive index of air and the splitting of the yellow doublet of sodium atom -- good first expt.)IO.3. Prism Spectrometer
(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).
- Handling fibers, numerical aperture
- Fiber attenuation
- 3. Single-mode fibers I
- Not available
- Coupling fibers to semiconductor sources
- Not available
- Components for fiber communication (without bidirectional coupler)
- Fiber optic communication link
- Multimode intensity sensors
IM.1. Franck-Hertz Experiment3. Mechanics and E&M
(inelastic scattering of electrons on the mercury atom.)IM.2. Charge to mass ratio of the electron.
(J.J. Thomson's experiment -- Good first expt.)IM.3. Nuclear decay and counting statistics
(learn about Geiger Mueller counter, measure halflives of radiaoctive nuclides, and get some notions of counting statistics).
IE.1. The earth's magnetic field ;
(measurement of the earth's magnetic field with a flip-coil)IE.2. The Cavendish balance
(measurement of the gravitational constant with a torsion pendulum)IE.3. Hysteresis curve for iron.
(measure the magnetization of an iron ring)IE.4. Operational Amplifiers
(build amplifiers using opamp.chips)