The first lab session is devoted to a preliminary experiment that 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 experiment 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 | January 20 | MLK HOLIDAY NO LECTURE |
Equipment intro lab |
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| 2 | January 27 |
Introduction to Physics 401 Transients and oscillations in RLC circuits |
Transients in RLC circuits |
Equipment** | |
| 3 | February 3 |
Transients and oscillations in RLC circuits (Part C) Lab Reports |
Report writing workshop Useful Resources |
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| 4 | February 10 | Torsional oscillator I Slides |
Torsional oscillator I Writeup Damping Analysis Notes [EVC] |
RLC | |
| 5 | February 17 | Torsional oscillator II Slides |
Torsional oscillator II The same writeup as above |
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| 6 | February 24 | Frequency domain analysis of linear systems Slides |
Frequency domain analysis of linear circuits using synchronous detections I Writeup |
Torsional oscillator | |
| 7 | March 3 | Synchronous detection Slides Lab Oral Presentation Slides |
Frequency domain analysis of linear circuits using synchronous detections II The same writeup as above |
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| 8 | March 10 | Pulses in transmission lines Slides Improving Your Report Writing Slides |
Pulses in transmission lines Writeup Coax RG8U Specifications Coax RG58U Specifications |
Frequency domain analysis | |
| 9 | SPRING BREAK | ||||
| 10 | March 24 | Error & Noise Slides |
Orals 1 | Transmission lines (for peer-review) | |
| 11 | March 31 | Microwaves Slides |
Microwave cavities Writeup |
Peer - review Report | |
| 12 | April 7 | AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility I Slides |
Final Project Week #1 |
Transmission lines (final version for grading) | |
| 13 | April 14 | AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility II Slides |
Final Project Week #2 The same writeup as above |
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| 14 | April 21 |
AC measurement of magnetic susceptibility III Orals 1: Summary |
Final Project Week #3 The same writeup as above |
Microwave cavities | |
| 15 | April 28 | ORALS | Report help session | ||
| 16 | May 5 | ORALS | NO LAB (Reading Day) | ||
| 17 | May 12 | Final Report and Resubmissions Due May, 9th 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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