Syllabus and schedule for Modern Physics Lab

Experiments:

A1 / AO effect
A2 / Modern interferometry
A3 / Brownian motion
A4 / Muon Physics
A5 / STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy)
B1 / Fourier optics
B2 / Sonoluminescence
B3 / Computerized Cavendish Balance
B4 / Zeeman effect
C1 / Coherence of light
C2 / Cloud chamber
C3 / One photon-two slit experiment
C4 / Physiological electrical signal
C5 / Elliptical polarization

Assigned experiments for each group

group / Experiment-1 / Experiment-2 / Experiment-3 / Experiment-4 / Experimental-5
1 / A1 / A2 / A3 / A4 / A5
2 / A2 / A3 / A4 / A5 / A1
3 / A3 / A4 / A5 / A1 / A2
4 / A4 / A5 / A1 / A2 / A3
5 / A5 / B1 / B2 / B3 / B4
6 / B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / A4
7 / B2 / B3 / B4 / A3 / B1
8 / B3 / B4 / A2 / B1 / B2
9 / B4 / A1 / B1 / B2 / B3
10 / C1 / C2 / C3 / C4 / C5
11 / C2 / C3 / C4 / C5 / C1
12 / C3 / C4 / C5 / C1 / C2
13 / C4 / C5 / C1 / C2 / C3
14 / C5 / C1 / C2 / C3 / C4

Schedule

2/18,19 / Introduction
2/25,26 / 10 mins presentation from each group for experiment-1.
Experiment-1
3/4,5 / Experiment-1
3/11,12 / Experiment-1
3/18,19 / Last day to submit experiment-1 report.
Experiment-2
3/25,26 / Experiment-2
4/1,2 / Spring Holidays
4/8,9 / Experiment-2
4/15,16 / Last day to submit experiment-2 report.
Experiment-3
4/22,23 / Experiment-3
4/29,30 / Experiment-3
5/6,7 / Last day to submit experiment-3 report.
10 mins presentation from each group for experiment-4
Experiment-4
5/13,14 / Experiment-4
5/20,21 / Experiment-4
5/27,28 / Last day to submit experiment-4 report.
Experiment-5
6/3,4 / Experiment-5
6/10,11 / Last day to submit experiment-5 report.
10 mins summary presentation from each group

Grading policy:

5 points for each 10 mins presentation (and 3 mins Q&A) (10%).

15 points for each report (75%).

15 points for the summary presentation (15%).