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PHYS 4210 3.0 Advanced Experimental Physics I

Selected advanced experiments in physics related to topics in solid state physics, atomic spectroscopy, microwaves, low-noise measurements, superconductivity, and nuclear and particle physics.

Course Director

Dr. Matthew George

122PSE

mgeorge@yorku.ca

Teaching Assistants

Aabid Patel Eric Davidson
000 PSE 000 PSE
@yorku.ca @yorku.ca

Laboratory Technologists

Matthew George Nick Balaskas
122 PSE 122 PSE
mgeorge@yorku.ca nickolaos@yorku.ca

Prerequisite

  • SC/PHYS 3210 6.0 or SC/PHYS 3220 3.0
  • SC/PHYS 4061 3.0
  • registration in an Honours Program in Physics or Astronomy.

Lectures

In general, lectures will not be held every week. We will meet for the first time on Monday September 12, 2011 in room 225 Bethune College where we will discuss mainly administrative issues. We will meet again later in the term to discuss the presentations and exam.

Laboratory Manual

To sign up for an experiment : Experiment Sign-up

List of Experiments

  1. Rutherford Scattering II
  2. Coaxial Cable
  3. Waveguides
  4. Optical Fibers
  5. He-Ne Lasers
  6. Fourier Optics
  7. Zeeman Effect
  8. Mass Spectrometer
  9. Gamma Ray Spectroscopy
  10. Johnson Noise
  11. Semiconductors II
  12. Electron Spin Resonance
  13. Sonoluminescence (coming soon!)