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| − | <h2> Course Director</h2>
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| − | <p>Matthew George</p>
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| − | <p>122 Petrie</p>
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| − | <p>mgeorge@yorku.ca</p>
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| − | <h2>Teaching Assistants</h2>
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| − | <tr><td> Adam Carew</td> <td> Kosuke Kato </td> </tr>
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| − | <tr><td> Petrie </td> <td> 309 PSE </td> </tr>
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| − | <h2>Schedule</h2>
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| − | <tr><td width=150><b>Labs</b></td> <td width=100>2:30pm - 5:30pm</td> <td width=150>Mondays and Tuesdays </td> <td width=70>Petrie 226 </td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td><b>Lecture</b></td><td>2:30pm - 3:20pm</td><td>Fridays</td><td>TBA</td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td><b>Tutorial</b></td><td>2:30pm - 3:20pm</td><td>Wednesdays</td><td>TBA</td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td><b>Office Hours</b></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td><i>Course Director</i></td><td>1:30pm - 2:30pm</td><td>Wednesdays</td><td>Petrie 122</td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td><i>Teaching Assistants</i></td><td>T.B.D.</td><td>Fridays</td><td>T.B.D</td></tr>
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| − | <p>Consult the [[Media:Schedule-revised.pdf|Schedule Calendar]] for detailed information on lab sessions, due dates, and lecture and tutorial dates.</p>
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| − | <p>During the first week, the TAs will organize you into groups of two, and assign a starting experiment for each group. There will likely be 10 groups, but only 9 experiments, hence each group will have one week off during the term. Each group will start with the assigned experiment and cycle through the remaining experiments sequentially. The order of experiments is given in the lab manual.</p>
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| − | <p>Students will complete a common data analysis tutorial (Lab 0) based on ''Mathematica'' during
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| − | the first two sessions and submit a lab report based on the completed tutorial and relevant
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| − | exercises.</p>
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| − | <h2>Grades</h2>
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| − | <tr><td width=150>Lab Reports</td><td width=50>65%</td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4061/Homework|Homework]]</td><td>10%</td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4061/Final Exam|Final Exam]]</td><td>25%</td></tr>
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| − | </table>
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| − | <h2>Laser Safety</h2>
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| − | <p>Each experiment in this course uses a laser. Most of the lasers used are Class 3b. Understanding what this means and how to protect yourself is an important lesson of this course. You will need to review the Laser Safety Tutorial (see the appendix of the lab manual), and during the first week, the TAs will lead a discussion on Laser Safety. A quiz based on the tutorial will be held during the 3rd laboratory session.</p>
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| − | <p><b>Only students who have understood the safety precautions and successfully completed the quiz will be permitted to take the course.</b></p>
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| − | <h2>Course Content</h2>
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| − | <p>Students will be exposed to common a data analysis tutorial (based on
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| − | ''Mathematica'') during the fIrst two weeks of the term. Subsequently, students will work in groups of two and cycle through 9
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| − | experiments related to laser spectroscopy. Since there are 10 groups of two, and only 9 experiments, each group will enjoy one week without performing a laboratory exercise. <b>Note that this does not change the due date for your reports.</b></p>
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| − | <p>Laboratory work will include pre-lab exercises, data analysis, interpretation, and answers to specific questions in the manual. Reports do not require extensive written descriptions. <b>''Mathematica'' should be used for all data analysis.</b></p>
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| − | <p>The laboratory component of the course emphasizes experimental techniques related to laser spectroscopy and hands-on skills.</p>
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| − | <p>The lecture component introduces theoretical concepts related to
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| − | instrumentation such as gas lasers, diode lasers, laser beam propagation,
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| − | Fabry -Perot resonators, electro-optic modulators, acousto-optic
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| − | modulators and optical detectors.</p>
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| − | <p>The tutorials cover theoretical concepts related to laboratory experiments.</p>
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| − | <h2>Textbook and References</h2>
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| − | <p>The principal resource is a comprehensive laboratory manual that can be
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| − | purchased from the York Bookstore.</p>
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| − | <p>There is no textbook. Here is a [[Main Page/PHYS 4061/references|useful list of references]].</p>
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| − | <h2>Lab Reports</h2>
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| − | <p>The grade for lab reports will be based on attendance and content.</p>
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| − | <p>The first lab report is related to the data analysis tutorial that will be
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| − | completed over three, 3-hour lab sessions. Subsequent experiments will
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| − | each involve two, 3-hour lab sessions.</p>
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| − | <p>The requirements and format for lab reports are clearly specified in the
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| − | section titled "Format of Lab Reports" in the laboratory manual.</p>
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| − | <p><b>Graduate students are required to complete additional exercises.</b></p>
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| − | <p>Please consult TAs if the requirements are not clear.</p>
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| − | <p>The first lab report (on the ''Mathematica'' tutorial) requires submission in
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| − | hardcopy and in electronic format. Part of the grade for this report will
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| − | depend on the functionality of the ''Mathematica'' notebooks that students
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| − | will submit in electronic form. All other labs require only hard copy
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| − | submissions.</p>
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| − | <h2>Due Dates</h2>
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| − | <p>Pre-lab exercises and lab reports should be submitted to the TAs in
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| − | PSE 226 by 2:30 PM, at the beginning of lab sessions. Please see
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| − | specified due dates for lab reports in the Schedule section above.</p>
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| − | <p>Lab reports submitted by 4:30 PM on the day after the due date will
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| − | incur a penalty of 10%. Two days after, a penalty of 25%. Three days or more, a mark of zero will be assigned. Late lab reports can be submitted in the Tuesday lab session, or in Petrie 128.</p>
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| − | <p>Exceptions will require the approval of the instructor.<b> Exceptions will be granted only under exceptional circumstances.</b></p>
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| − | <p><b>TAs will not accept e-mail submission of lab reports.</b></p>
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| − | <p>Graded reports will generally be returned one week after the due date.</p>
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| − | <h2>Attendance</h2>
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| − | <p>TAs will record attendance. Students are expected to be present during the
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| − | entirety of all 3-hour lab sessions or until the laboratory work is
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| − | completed.</p>
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| − | <p><b>Unless special arrangements are made with the course instructor,
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| − | students arriving more than 10 minutes after the beginning of a
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| − | laboratory session will be deemed as being absent.</b></p>
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| − | <p>If a student is absent even for a single lab session or leaves a lab session
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| − | before the work is completed, the score on the relevant lab report will be
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| − | zero. If a lab is completed within the 1 st session, TAs can certify that
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| − | attendance is not required during the 2nd session.</p>
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| − | <h2>Make-up Labs</h2>
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| − | <p>Makeup labs are intended to cover situations in which there is equipment
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| − | malfunction or factors beyond the control of students that prevented the
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| − | completion of an experiment and in cases where approval from the course
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| − | instructor is obtained due to medical reasons.</p>
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| − | <p>Students missing a lab session due to medical reasons are required to file
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| − | an attending physician statement with the course instructor (not to be
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| − | confused with a doctor's note) and demonstrate a convincing reason for
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| − | absence to schedule a makeup lab. The attending physician's statement
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| − | can be obtained from the registrar's office.</p>
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| − | <p>Students approved for a makeup lab by the course instructor should sign
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| − | up for a makeup lab with the TAs.</p>
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| − | <h2>Academic Integrity</h2>
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| − | <p>Each group is expected to perform the experiments together, with each student understanding everything that happens in the lab. Try to balance the in-lab work load fairly. The data for each experiment can be shared between partners. Students are encouraged to discuss their reports with partners, other students, TAs, and the course director.<b>However, each student is expected to submit their own lab report, which must be completed individually.</b></p>
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| − | <p><b>COPYING FROM OTHER STUDENTS OR FROM PREVIOUS LAB REPORTS IS A SERIOUS OFFENCE.</b></p>
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| − | <p>Students are urged to visit the Academic Integrity web site at York University
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| − | (http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/academic_integrityl) and complete the Academic Integrity
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| − | Tutorial.</p>
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| − | <h2>Strategies for PHYS 4061/5061</h2>
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| − | <p>Like PHYS 2213 3.0, this course meets the defInition of a three-credit lab course in the Faculty
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| − | of Science. According to the defInition, a one-credit lab course implies three hours of laboratory
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| − | work per week over the duration of the semester. For PHYS 406115061, six hours of laboratory
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| − | work per week will constitute the equivalent of two credits. The lecture module (1 lecture per
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| − | week) will constitute an additional credit.</p>
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| − | <p>Since this an upper level course, the requirements will be more intensive compared to
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| − | introductory courses (PHYS 2213). Therefore, it is particularly important that students adopt
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| − | suitable strategies that are summarized below.</p>
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| − | <li> Experiments are designed so that they can be completed within two laboratory sessions.
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| − | However, efficient utilization of time is a key requirement.</li>
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| − | <li>Please prepare thoroughly for each lab by completing pre-lab exercises, reviewing tutorials,
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| − | reading through the manual and becoming familiar with data taking requirements.</li>
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| − | <li>Do not leave the lab until you understand how the data you have obtained can be used for
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| − | graphical analysis.</li>
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| − | <li>At the end of the first lab session for each experiment, all student groups will benefit by
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| − | discussing the state of the experiment with the TAs and developing suitable plans for the 2nd lab
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| − | session.</li>
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| − | <li><p>Successful completion of data analysis is the key to this course. ''Mathematica'' notebooks are
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| − | provided throughout the lab manual. Students should be able to adapt these to analyze data
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| − | following the laboratory sessions dedicated to data analysis.</p>
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| − | <p><b>Students with an understanding of the required graphs should spend no more
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| − | than 30 minutes attempting to plot the results. If difficulties are encountered, they should
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| − | immediately attend an office hour scheduled by the TAs. The importance of interaction
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| − | with the TAs for data analysis cannot be emphasized in stronger terms.</b></p></li>
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| − | <li>Students who review the content of lectures and tutorials on a regular basis and complete
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| − | homework assignments should find the written exam to be straightforward.</li>
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