Week of

No. Weeks

Lab Title

Downloads

Point Value

January 14

1

Introduction to oscilloscope, function generator, digital multi-meter (DMM), and curve fitting.

Write-up

Error analysis I

Lab Notebook and Report manual

Sample report

Curve fitting (OriginLab site)

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January 21

1

Transients in RLC circuits   (no lecture - MLK Holiday)

Write-up 

Origin v8.6 manual

Fitting_slide1  Fitting_slide2

50

January 28

1

Frequency domain analysis of linear circuits using synchronous detection

 RLC lab report should be submitted electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day. Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section

Write-up

SR830 Manual

Scofield paper

100

February 4

1

Pulses in transmission lines

Frequency analysis lab report should be submitted electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day. Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section

Write-up

100

February 11

1 of 2

Millikan Oil Drop Experiment / Week 1

Transmission lines lab report should be submitted electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day. Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section

Write-up

PASCO manual

Millikan1 (right-click to download project file)

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February 18

2 of 2

Millikan Oil Drop Experiment / Week 2

100

February 25

1 of 2

Torsion Oscillator / Week 1

Millikan oil drop lab report should be submitted electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day. Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section

Write-up

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March 4

2 of 2

Torsion Oscillator / Week 2

100

March 11

1

Hall Probe Measurement of Magnetic Fields

Torsion oscillator lab report should be submitted electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day. Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section

Write-up

 Mathematica workbook

Mathematica workbook (v8)

100

March 25

1 of 2

Qualitative Studies with Microwaves / Week 1

Hall probe lab report should be submitted electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day. Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section

Write-up

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April 1

2 of 2

Microwave Cavities / Week 2

Write-up

150

April 8

1 of 3

Final Project – AC Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility / Week 1

Microwave lab report should be submitted electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day. Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section

Write-up

Chapter from book by D.J. Craik and R.S. Tebble 

SR830 Manual

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April 15

2 of 3

Final Project – AC Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility / Week 2

April 22

3 of 3

Final Project – AC Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility / Week 3.

300

April 29

Final week: Final Project Reports due on May 7th at 11.59 PM. Reports should be submitted by uploading.

Total

1000