Physics 441/2 On-line Lab Manual
An Example of a Short Write Up
On Statistics and Fits
You must do at least one experiment from each subfield: Atomic/Optical (AMO), Solid State/Materials(SSM), Nuclear/Particle (NPP).
In your first term, you must do at least one Category B experiment.
In your second term, you must do at least two Category B experiments.
| Click on an experiment to get a manual | At/CM/NP* | Category | Weeks | |
| Alpha-particle Spectroscopy | NPP | A | ||
| Atomic Force Microscope | SSM | B | ||
| Atomic(Molecular ) Spectroscopy | AMO | A/B | ||
| Compton
Effect |
NPP | A | ||
| Doppler-free
Spectroscopy |
AMO | B | ||
| Electron Diffraction | AMO/SSM | A | ||
| Faraday Effect | AMO | A | ||
| Ferroelectrics and Phase Transitions | SSM | B | ||
| Franck-Hertz Experiment | AMO | A | ||
| Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy | NPP | A | ||
|
Hall Effect |
SSM | A/B | ||
| High-temperature
Superconductors |
SSM | A | ||
|
Mass Spectrometer |
AMO/NPP | broken | ||
| Muon Lifetime | NPP | A | ||
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | ALL | B | ||
| Optical
Pumping |
AMO | B | ||
| Photoelectric Effect | AMO | A | ||
| NPP | B | |||
| Radioactivity | NPP | A | ||
| Raman Spectroscopy | AMO/SSM | B | ||
| Semiconductors and Metals | SSM | B | ||
| Transmission Electron Microscope | SSM | broken | ||
| X-ray Spectroscopy | ALL | B | ||
| AMO | A/B |
A new experiment on Chaos may also be available. (See Melissinos & Napolitano, Sec. 3.7). In addition, a “design your own experiment” is possible for the last experiment. This can be an extension of a previous experiment, “fixing” an ailing experiment, or a “new” experiment with apparatus available in the lab (e.g. atom trapping). For this option, you should make a 2-page proposal to be approved by the instructor. This option is most appropriate for 2nd semester students who did well in Physics 441.