Examiner: 9007 University Lecturer Roger Ryberg
AIM OF SUBJECT
This is a laboratory course in modern experimental physics. The students get access to research level equipment and are encouraged to explore the experimental techniques on their own with a minimum of restrictions. The purpose of the course is to give better understanding of experimental physics in general and to provide working knowledge of modern physical measuring techniques.The purpose is also to train oral and written presentation.
CONTENT
The course runs over two semesters. The students are making 6-8 minor experimental projects. The subjects for the porjects will be selected from different areas of physics that are represented at the School of Physics and Engineering Physics. Typical subjects are non-linear optics, optical pumping, electron and optical spectroscopy, photon correlation spectrpscopy, time-of-flight measurements and the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The groups will get access to modern equipment and have freedom in choosing their own problems and methods. The groups get access to the laboratory for three half-days. The results are to be presented in the form of a written technical report and a small seminar.
Lectures: At an introductory lecture there will be a thorough presentation of the organization of the course. Subsequently there will be one introductory lecture on each of the subject areas.
Laboratory excercises: Each group will go through 6-8 minor projects . The subjects for the projects will be selected from different areas of experimental physics. The groups are encouraged to explore the experimenal techniques on their own. They have access to theequipment for three half-days. Each group presents their results for each experiment in a technical report.
Seminars: At the end of the course, each student will present one project at a small seminar.
LITERATURE
There will be no general literature for the course. The students are referred to reprints of scientific review papers and to the manufacturers' manuals for the equipment.
EXAMINATION
Each group will present their results for each miniproject in the form of a technical report.
* Quantum Mechanics
* Condensed Matter Physics
* Statistical Physics
* Computational Physics