Physics 3802L:
Physics Intermediate Laboratory


 List of experiments:


1. Optics:

IO.1 Interferometry

IO.2 Fabry Perot Interferometer pdf, MSWord

IO.3 Michelson Interferometer   
(measure the refractive index of air and the splitting of the yellow doublet of sodium atom)

IO.4. Prism Spectrometer  
(measure the dispersion curve for glass.

IO.5. Polarization of light on reflection from a dielectric surface (glass),and comparison of the results with Fresnel equations. pdf, MSWord

IO.6. Elliptically Polarized Light pdf, MSWord

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
(Obtain e/m ratio for electrons by measuring deflection of electron beam in magnetic field of a Helmholtz coil)

IM.3. Nuclear decay and counting statistics
(learn about Geiger Müller counter, measure halflife of a radioactive nuclide, and get some notions of counting statistics).
 

3. Mechanics and E&M
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 Amplifier  
(build amplifiers using opamp.chip)