PHYS 318 : INTERMEDIATE LAB
The University of Virginia
Spring 2004
Rooms: 208, 209; 105 (darkroom)
Class hours: 1400-1700 T R
Instructors:
George Hess
Office hours: By arrangement
CURRENT INFORMATION.
CLASS SYLLABUS.
EXPERIMENTS:
Atomic spectroscopy.
Use a grating spectrometer with computer interface to study dischange tube and other spectra.
Electron spin resonance.
Microwave frequency magnetic resonance absorption by unpaired electrons in various materials.
Holography.
Recording of transmission holograms; holographic interferometry.
Josephson effects
[See notebook for instructions and background].
Tunneling of electron pairs between superconductors and the a.c. and d.c. Josephson effects.
Laser spectroscopy
[See notebook for instructions and background].
Use of a diode laser to study resonant absorption in rubidium vapor, including hyperfine structure.
Instructions
for downloading data from the TDS220 storage scope to computer.
Nuclear
.
Gamma spectroscopy and gamma-gamma correlations.
Nuclear magnetic resonance.
Manipulation of nuclear spin orientation by pulsed radio-frequency fields. Measurement of spin relaxation times T
1
and T
2
.
Instructions
for downloading data from the HP54503A storage scope to computer.
Optical diffraction and ultrasonics.
Diffraction of light by traveling or standing ultrasonic waves in liquids.
Optical pumping.
Dynamic polarization of rubidium atoms by resonant circularly polarized light. Determination of the weak-field Zeeman splitting by magnetic resonance; quadratic Zeeman effect.
Vacuum techniques.
Properties of various types of pumps, pressure gauges, etc.; deposition of metal films.
X-ray diffraction.
Bragg diffraction by powder samples of simple crystals, using the Siemens diffractometer.
Zeeman effect.
Splitting of mercury spectral lines in a magnetic field.
Scanning Probe Microscopy
.
Use of atomic force microscope and scanning tunneling microscope to study surfaces of various samples
Magnetic levitation
/
Densimeter
[See notebook for instructions and background].
Measure the density of water as a function of temperature using a magnetic float.
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