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Current / Most Recent Semester: |
Spring 2014/15 |
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Instructor(s): |
Penger TONG
Yee Fai NG |
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Teaching Pattern: |
duration of course: about 13 weeks
lecture hour(s) / laboratory hour(s) per week: 1 / 6
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No. of Credit(s): |
3 |
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Content: |
This is a laboratory course on advanced
modern physics experiments. It emphasizes the acquisition of good
laboratory techniques in four critical areas of experimental physics
including the use of modern instrumentation, careful logging of
experimental data, proper statistical analysis of data, and
scientific writing and presentation of the experimental results.
According to the level of difficulties, the experiments are divided
into three groups:
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Group 1: |
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Photoelectric effect
Frank-Hertz experiment
Field emission electron
microscope (currently not available)
Electron spin resonance
Fourier synthesis and analysis
of electronic signals
Computer interfacing and data
acquisition
X-ray ionization, diffraction
and emission
X-ray penetration and
absorption spectrum
Image processing
Sonic band gap
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Group 2 |
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Coaxial transmission line
Zeeman effect
Milikan's oil drop experiment
Fiber optics and applications
Holography
Lock-in detection of weak
fluorescent signals
Magnetic moment of ferric ions
Alpha/Beta/Gamma spectroscopy
Chaos in a driven resonant
circuit
Dynamic light scattering study
of Brownian motion
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Group 3 |
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Scanning tunneling microscope
Pulsed nuclear magnetic
resonance
Superconductivity
X-ray diffraction of solid
materials
Gamma spectroscopy and Compton
scattering
Hall effect
Photolithography and device
fabrication
Optical pumping
LabVIEW interface in the
Franck-Hertz experiment
Imaging of a falling sphere
Thermal conductivity of solids
at low temperature
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Remarks: |
Prerequisite: (PHYS 3033 or PHYS 3036 or PHYS 3037) and PHYS 3411 |