Spring 2003
 

 List of experiments:

1. Optics:

IO.1 Fabry-Perot Interferometer pdf, MSWord

IO.2 Michelson Interferometer    pdf, MSWord
(measure the refractive index of air and the splitting of the yellow doublet of sodium atom -- good first expt.)

IO.3. Prism Spectrometer pdf, MSWord
(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. pdf, MSWord

IO.5. Elliptically Polarized Light pdf, MSWord

IM.1. Franck-Hertz Experiment    pdf, MSWord
(inelastic scattering of electrons on the mercury atom.)

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

IM.3. Nuclear decay and counting statistics pdf, MSWord
(learn about Geiger Müller counter, measure halflives of radiaoctive nuclides, and get some notions of counting statistics).
 

IE.1. The earth's magnetic field pdf, MSWord
(measurement of the earth's magnetic field with a flip-coil)

IE.2. The Cavendish balance   pdf, MSWord
(measurement of the gravitational constant with a torsion pendulum)

IE.3. Hysteresis curve for iron pdf, MSWord
(measure the magnetization of an iron ring)

IE.4. Operational Amplifier pdf MSWord
(build amplifiers using opamp.chips) - add'l info.