| Prof. Michael Romalis | romalis@princeton.edu, Office: Jadwin 230, Phone 8-5586 |
| Lectures: | Tuesday 12:30-1:20 PM, Room 111 |
| Labs | One lab every two weeks, by arrangement with TA's,
total of 5 labs |
| Office Hours: | Tuesday, Thursday 2:30-3:30 PM |
| TA: Richard Saldanha |
saldanha@princeton.edu, Office: 224 or B33C, Phone: 8-4330 |
| TA: Andrzej Zuranski | zuranski@princeton.edu, Office: Jadwin 369, phone: 8-4422 |
|
Support: Jim Kukon |
jkukon@princeton.edu, Office: Jadwin B16 or 456, phone 8-6790 |
Final Exam Due on May 17th at midnight!
Data fileAverage: 66, Max: 84, Min 31, Std 13
Syllabus
Introduction to electronic
circuits
Books: There is no required textbook, however the following books may be helpful:
"The Art of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill
"Building Scientific Apparatus" by Moore, Davis,
Coplan,
"Experimental Physics: Modern Methods" by Dunlap
"Experiments in Modern Physics" by Melissinos and Napolitano
Online course for handling sealed radiation sources - Read the material and take online test. After completing the test contact Richard who will issue you a radiation badge which is required for experiments involving radioactive sources (Mossbauer, Beta spectrum and Positron labs). When handling sources you need to: (1) wear disposable gloves and (2) survey and record background radiation with a Geiger counter.
Statistics and Error Analysis
Techniques and software for
data analysis
Radioactivity
Vacuum Techniques
Detection of
high-energy particles
Semiconductors
and Optics
Superconductors and
Cryogenics
Labs
|
Experiment |
TA |
Description |
Manuals |
|
Electronics Lab (required) |
Mike |
Building a lock-in amplifer |
Lock-in amplifier Datasheets |
|
Muon Decay |
Andrzej |
Measurement of the lifetime of cosmic muons stopped in a liquid scitillator |
Muon_lifetime.pdf |
|
Mössbauer |
Richard |
Demonstration of the Mössbauer effect : recoilless emission and absorption of gamma rays |
Mossbauer.pdf |
|
Holography |
Richard |
Recording of photographic laser holograms |
Holography.pdf |
|
b spectrum |
Richard |
Measurement of the energy spectrum of beta decay electrons |
Beta_spectrum.pdf |
|
Positron decay |
Richard |
Measurement of the momentum distribution of gamma rays from positron decay |
Positron.pdf |
|
Chaotic Pendulum |
Mike |
Study of classical chaos in torsional pendulum | Chaotic Pendulum.pdf |
|
Photoelectric effect |
Andrzej |
Photoelectric effect: study of the photoemission of electrons |
Photoelectric.pdf |
|
Coulomb force |
Richard |
Test of the 1/r2 nature of the Coulomb force |
Coulomb.pdf References |
|
NMR |
Andrzej |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Spin echo and measurements of transverse spin relaxation time |
Spin_echo.pdf |
|
Optical pumping |
Andrzej |
Demonstration of optical pumping of Rb atoms and optical detection of magnetic resonance. |
Optical_pumping.pdf References |
| Two-slit interference | Andrzej | Double-slit single photon interference measurements | Interferometery.pdf |
| He-Ne laser | Mike | Build a He-Ne laser using external cavity, observe Sagnac effect | Laser Gyroscope.pdf |
Old final exam solutions: Final exam solution