PHYS 3411 - Methods of Experimental Physics

Teaching Pattern

• Duration of course: about 13 weeks

• Lecture hour(s) / laboratory hour(s) per week: 1 / 3

Content

• Electronics Sequence – Experiments

  • Laboratory Computation

  • Test Instruments

  • AC Circuits and Input/Output Impedance

  • Diodes and Transistors

  • Operational Amplifiers

  • Frequency Analysis of Electronic Signals

  • Digital Devices

• Electronics Sequence – Lectures

  • General introduction and Guide to notebook writing - Lab report writing and Error analysis

  • Test instruments: specifications and applications

  • AC Circuits and Input/Output Impedance

  • Electronic properties of diodes and transistors

  • Analog devices and operational amplifiers

  • Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and power spectrum of electronic signals

  • Integrated circuits: digital logic and devices

• Optics Sequence- Experiments

  • Laboratory Computation

  • Basic Optical Systems

  • Application of interferometry

  • Waveguides and Optical Fibers

  • Application of Optical Spectroscopy

  • Semiconductor Laser Diodes

  • Microwave Reflection, Scattering, and Diffraction

• Optics Sequence – Lectures

  • General introduction and Guide to notebook writing

  • Introduction of optical experiments

  • Optical interferometry and applications

  • Waveguide and fiber optics

  • Optical spectroscopy and applications

  • Laser Diodes

  • Reflection, scattering and diffraction of microwaves

Remarks

• Prerequisite: PHYS 2421

PHYS 3411 will not be offered w.e.f. 2014/15.