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<h1>PHYS 4210 3.0 Advanced Experimental Physics I </h1>
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<h1>PHYS 4210 & 4211 3.0 </h1>
  
 
<p>Selected advanced experiments in physics related to
 
<p>Selected advanced experiments in physics related to
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topics in solid state physics, atomic spectroscopy,
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topics in solid state physics, atomic spectroscopy, microwaves, low-noise measurements, superconductivity, and nuclear and particle physics.
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microwaves, low-noise measurements,
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superconductivity, and nuclear and particle physics.</p>
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Prerequisites: SC/PHYS 3220 3.00; registration in a Bachelor or Honours Program in physics and astronomy or in biophysics. Co-requisite: SC/PHYS 3040 6.00.</p>
  
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<h2>Course Director</h2>
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<p> See the course [http://eclass.yorku.ca eClass] for all administrative details. </p>
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<p>Dr. Matthew George</p>
 
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<p>122PSE</p>
 
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<p>mgeorge@yorku.ca</p>
 
  
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<h2>Teaching Assistants </h2>
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<h1>Laboratory Manual</h1>
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<table width=600>
 
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<tr><td> Aabid Patel</td>  <td> Eric Davidson </td>  </tr>
 
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<tr><td> 244 PSE</td>    <td> 309 PSE </td>    </tr>
 
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<tr><td> a36patel@yorku.ca </td>  <td>ebadavid@yorku.ca</td> </tr>
 
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</table>
 
  
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<h2>Laboratory Technologists </h2>
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Winter 2026 PHYS 42110/4211 Lab Scheduling procedures will be announced via the eClass course website http://eclass.yorku.ca/ prior to the beginning of term.
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<table width=400>
 
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<tr><td> Matthew George</td>  <td> Nick Balaskas  </td>    </tr>
 
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<tr><td> 122 PSE</td>    <td> 122 PSE </td>    </tr>
 
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<tr><td> mgeorge@yorku.ca </td>  <td> nickolaos@yorku.ca </td>  </tr>
 
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</table>
 
  
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<h2>Prerequisite</h2>
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<!-- <p> To sign up for an experiment use the schedulers on the course [http://moodle.yorku.ca Moodle Site] </p>
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<ul>
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<p> '''Please submit a request to sign-up at least 24 hours before the time you wish to perform the lab.''' You will receive an email confirmation from the responsible TA confirming the time and date. Please show up prepared for the demo, and on time!</p> -->
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<li>SC/PHYS 3210 6.0 or SC/PHYS 3220 3.0</li>
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<ul>  
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<li>SC/PHYS 4061 3.0</li>
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/How to Choose Experiments|How to Choose Experiments]] </li>
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<li>registration in an Honours
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/How to Write Reports|How to Write Reports]] </li>
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Program in Physics or Astronomy. </li>
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Lab Safety|Lab Safety]] </li>
 
</ul>
 
</ul>
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Radioactive Decays|Radioactive Decays]]</td><td> 111 PSE </td><td></td></tr>-->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Rutherford II|Rutherford Scattering II]]</td><td> 111 PSE </td><td></td></tr>-->
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<!--<tr><td> [[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Rutherford I|Rutherford Scattering I]] </td><td> 111 PSE </td><td></td></tr>-->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 3220/new Excitation Potentials|The Franck-Hertz Experiment - Excitation Potentials of Mercury and Neon]]</td><td> 126 PSE </td><td></td></tr>-->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Fourier Optics|Fourier Optics*]] </td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr>-->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Coaxial Cable|Coaxial Cable]]</td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr>-->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Digital Oscilloscope|Digital Storage Oscilloscope]] </td><td> 126 PSE </td><td></td></tr>-->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Viscosity|Viscosity]] </td><td> 150 PSE</td><td></td></tr>-->
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<!-- <tr><td> [[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Thermionic|Thermionic Emission]]</td><td> 150 PSE</td><td></td></tr>  -->
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<!-- <tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Cavendish|Measurement of the Gravitation Constant G: The Cavendish Experiment]]  </td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr>  -->
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<!-- <tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Millikan|Determination of the Electric Charge Unit ''e'' : The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment]] </td><td> 111 PSE </td><td></td></tr>  -->
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<!-- <tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Speed of Light|A Measurement of the Velocity of Light: The Foucault-Michelson Experiment]] </td><td> 209 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<h2> List of Available Experiments </h2>
  
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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<table width=750>
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<p>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.</p>
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<tr><td width=550>'''Experiment'''</td><td width=100>'''Location'''</td><td width=150> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Muon Lifetime|Muon Lifetime]]</td><td> 111 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Waveguides|Waveguides*]] </td><td> 111 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Gamma Ray Spectroscopy|Gamma Ray Spectroscopy*]] </td><td> 111 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Zeeman Effect|Zeeman Effect*]] </td><td> 126 PSE</td><td><!-- Currently Not Available --></td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Electron Spin Resonance|Electron Spin Resonance]] </td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 3220/High-TC Superconductivity|High-TC Superconductivity*]]</td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Mass Spectrometer|Mass Spectrometer]]</td><td> 150 PSE</td><td><!-- Currently Not Available --></td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/He-Ne Lasers|He-Ne Lasers*]]</td><td> 150 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Bell's Inequalities|Bell's Inequalities*]]</td><td> 111 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Sonoluminescence|Sonoluminescence]]</td><td> 111 PSE</td><td></td></tr>
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<h3>Not in service</h3>
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Semiconductors I|Semiconductors I]] </li>
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Excitation Potentials|The Excitation Potentials of Mercury: The Franck-Hertz Experiment]] </li>
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</ul>  -->
  
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<h2> Grading Scheme</h2>
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<!-- <h1>PHYS 4211 3.0 </h1>
  
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<p>Students must complete 4 experiments with reports, and an oral exam which will be based on their choice of experiments. There is an option to give an in class presentation on a current experimental physics topic (not your own!). This [[Main Page/Phys 4210/Presentation|Presentation]] will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes of questions.</p>
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<p>Selected advanced experiments in physics related to
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topics in solid state physics, atomic spectroscopy,
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microwaves, low-noise measurements,
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superconductivity, and nuclear and particle physics. Open laboratory hours.
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Prerequisites: SC/PHYS 3220 3.00; registration in Bachelor or Honours Program in physics and astronomy
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or in biophysics. Co-requisite: SC/PHYS 3040 6.00.</p>
  
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<p>Each lab report will be graded out of 20. The marks for each lab report will be assigned as follows:</p>
 
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<table width=200>
 
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<tr><td width=150>Abstract</td><td>2</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Introduction/Theory</td><td>4</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Procedure/Method</td><td>4</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Results/Analysis</td><td>5</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Discussion/Conclusion</td><td>4</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>References</td><td>1</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>'''Total'''</td><td>'''20'''</td></tr>
 
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</table>
 
  
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<p>The final mark for the course will be assigned as follows:</p>
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<p> See the course [http://moodle.yorku.ca Moodle Site] for all administrative details. </p>
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<table width=300>
 
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<tr><td width=150>'''Without Presentation'''</td><td width=150>'''With Presentation'''</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Lab Reports 70% </td><td> Lab Reports  70%</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Oral Exam 30%</td><td> Oral Exam 15%</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td></td><td>Presentation 15%</td></tr>
 
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</table>
 
  
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<h3>Penalties</h3>
 
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<p> For each day late, your lab report will lose 2.5%. If the report is due Friday, and is handed in on Monday you will loose 5% from the mark for that report. If you come unprepared for a demonstration by the TA, you will loose 5%. </p>
 
  
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<h1>Schedule </h1>
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<h1>Laboratory Manual</h1>
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<table width=400>
 
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<tr><td width=250>First Lab Report Due</td><td>October 6, 2011</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Second Lab Report Due</td><td> October 27, 2011</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Third Lab Report Due</td><td> November 17, 2011</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Fourth Lab Report Due</td><td> December 5, 2011</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Presentations </td><td>Nov 28 and Dec 5</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>Oral Exam Week </td><td>Dec 7 to Dec 13</td></tr>
 
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</table>
 
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<p>Reports are due by 4:30pm on the due date, and are to be handed in to Room 122 Petrie to either M. George or N. Balaskas. If neither is present, submit the report to Lauren in the Physics Office room 128 Petrie.</p>
 
  
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<p> To sign up for an experiment use the schedulers on the course [http://moodle.yorku.ca Moodle Site] </p>
  
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<p> '''Please submit a request to sign-up at least 24 hours before the time you wish to perform the lab.''' You will receive an email confirmation from the responsible TA confirming the time and date. Please show up prepared for the demo, and on time!</p>
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<h1>Laboratory Manual</h1>
 
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<p> To sign up for an experiment : [http://www.physics.yorku.ca/labs/  Experiment Sign-up] </p>
 
  
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/How to Write Reports|How to Write Reports]] </li>
 
<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/How to Write Reports|How to Write Reports]] </li>
 
<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Lab Safety|Lab Safety]] </li>
 
<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 3220/Lab Safety|Lab Safety]] </li>
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<!-- <h2> List of Experiments </h2> -->
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<!-- <tr><td width=250>'''Experiment'''</td><td width=100>'''Location'''</td><td width=150> </td></tr> -->
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<!-- <tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Rutherford II|Rutherford Scattering II]]</td><td>111 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<!-- <tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Gamma Ray Spectroscopy|Gamma Ray Spectroscopy]] </td><td> 111 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<!-- <tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Muon Lifetime|Muon Lifetime]]</td><td> 111 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<!-- <tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/He-Ne Lasers|He-Ne Lasers]]</td><td> 123 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Zeeman Effect|Zeeman Effect]] </td><td> 123 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Waveguides|Waveguides]] </td><td> 111 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Coaxial Cable|Coaxial Cable]]</td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Electron Spin Resonance|Electron Spin Resonance]] </td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<!--<tr><td> [[Main Page/PHYS 3220/High-TC Superconductivity|High-TC Superconductivity]]</td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<!--<tr><td>[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Fourier Optics|Fourier Optics]] </td><td> 126 PSE</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<h3>Not in service</h3>
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<li>''[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Johnson Noise|Johnson Noise]]'' </li>
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<li>''[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Bell's Inequalities|Bell's Inequalities]]''</li>
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<li>''[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Semiconductors II|Semiconductors II]]''</li>
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<li>''[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Sonoluminescence|Sonoluminescence]]''</li>
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<li>''[[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Optical Fibers|Optical Fibers]] ''</li>
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<h2> List of Experiments </h2>
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<p> </p>
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Rutherford II|Rutherford Scattering II]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Coaxial Cable|Coaxial Cable]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Waveguides|Waveguides]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Optical Fibers|Optical Fibers]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/He-Ne Lasers|He-Ne Lasers]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Fourier Optics|Fourier Optics]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Zeeman Effect|Zeeman Effect]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Mass Spectrometer|Mass Spectrometer]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Gamma Ray Spectroscopy|Gamma Ray Spectroscopy]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Johnson Noise|Johnson Noise]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Semiconductors II|Semiconductors II]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Electron Spin Resonance|Electron Spin Resonance]] </li>
 
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<li> [[Main Page/PHYS 4210/Sonoluminescence|Sonoluminescence (coming soon!)]] </li>
 
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Latest revision as of 13:20, 18 December 2025

PHYS 4210 & 4211 3.0

Selected advanced experiments in physics related to topics in solid state physics, atomic spectroscopy, microwaves, low-noise measurements, superconductivity, and nuclear and particle physics. Prerequisites: SC/PHYS 3220 3.00; registration in a Bachelor or Honours Program in physics and astronomy or in biophysics. Co-requisite: SC/PHYS 3040 6.00.

See the course eClass for all administrative details.

Laboratory Manual

IMPORTANT NOTE: Winter 2026 PHYS 42110/4211 Lab Scheduling procedures will be announced via the eClass course website http://eclass.yorku.ca/ prior to the beginning of term.

List of Available Experiments


ExperimentLocation
Muon Lifetime 111 PSE
Waveguides* 111 PSE
Gamma Ray Spectroscopy* 111 PSE
Zeeman Effect* 126 PSE
Electron Spin Resonance 126 PSE
High-TC Superconductivity* 126 PSE
Mass Spectrometer 150 PSE
He-Ne Lasers* 150 PSE
Bell's Inequalities* 111 PSE
Sonoluminescence 111 PSE
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