PHYS 401 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
The first two lab sessions are devoted to preliminary experiments which will familiarize you with the concepts, apparatus, and procedures, including computing tools, you will use in the experiments that follow.
**Your work on the preliminary experiments will be graded for feedback, but will not count towards the final course grade.
| Week # | Week of | Lecture | Lab | Due |
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| 1 | August 26 |
Introduction to Physics 401 Counting statistics and Data analysis |
Counting statistics and Data analysis |
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| 2 | September 2 | LABOR DAY NO LECTURE |
Equipment intro lab For equipment manuals see the Useful Resources page |
Counting statistics** |
| 3 | September 9 | Transients and oscillations in RLC circuits Slides |
Transients in RLC circuits Writeup |
Equipment** |
| 4 | September 16 | Lab Report & Basic Error Analysis Slides |
Report writing workshop Useful Resources |
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| 5 | September 23 | Torsional oscillator I Slides |
Torsional oscillator I Writeup Damping Analysis Notes (EVC) |
RLC |
| 6 | September 30 | Torsional oscillator II Slides |
Torsional oscillator II The same writeup as above |
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| 7 | October 7 | Frequency domain analysis of linear systems Slides |
Frequency domain analysis of linear circuits using synchronous detections I Writeup |
Torsional oscillator |
| 8 | October 14 | Synchronous detection Slides |
Frequency domain analysis of linear circuits using synchronous detections II The same writeup as above Why no even harmonics in a Bipolar square wave (P. T Debevec) |
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| 9 | October 21 | Pulses in transmission lines Slides |
Pulses in transmission lines Writeup |
Frequency domain analysis |
| 10 | October 28 | Microwaves Slides |
Microwave cavities Writeup |
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| 11 | November 4 | AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility I Slides |
Final Project Week #1 - AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility I Writeup |
Transmission lines Self-Assessment |
| 12 | November 11 | AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility II Slides |
Final Project Week #2 - AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility II The same writeup as above Magnetic materials references |
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| 13 | November 18 |
AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility III Lab Oral Presentation |
Final Project Week #3 - AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility III The same writeup as above Tables for thermoelectric voltages |
Microwave cavities |
| 14 | November 25 | FALL BREAK | ||
| 15 | December 2 | Oral session I | Report help session | Orals |
| 16 | December 9 | Oral session II | No Lab | |
| 17 | December 16 | Final Report and Resubmissions Due Sunday 16Dec, 11:59pm | ||
Course materials are the work of current and prior course staff. Slides and supplementary materials labeled "EVC" and “JF” are due to E.V Colla and J. Filippini, respectively, who are also coauthors on the course lectures.
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