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| Course name | Physics laboratory II |
| Course ID | 13.2-WF-FizD-PL-II-S17 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Field of study | Physics |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2019/2020 |
| Semester | 1 |
| ECTS credits to win | 6 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Laboratory | 60 | 4 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The goal of the advanced lab is to become familiar with experimental physics research. It is a test
run as an experimental physicist with all responsibilities. This includes learning how to conduct
meaningful experiments, mastering important experimental instrumentation and methods, analyzing
data, drawing meaningful conclusions from them and presenting your results in a succinct manner.
For this, you will conduct several experiments and error-analysis exercises.
- Physics laboratory I (General Physics Lab).
- calculus.
COURSE CONTENTS:
Experiments at an advanced level:
- Study of natural background radiation.
- Measurement of thermionic electron work function in the metals.
- Current–voltage characteristic of the diodes. Determination of the Boltzmann constant.
- Stefan–Boltzmann law verification.
- Study of photoelectric effect, Planck constant.
- Examination of temperature dependence of resistance of various solids.
- Malus Law verification. Pockels and Kerr effect investigation.
- Diffraction of laser beam on 2D grating. Reciprocal lattice.
- Characteristics of photocell.
Laboratory exercises - exercises in accordance with the instructions and recommendations of the
instructor (may increase the number of measurements to be done and recommend to perform
additional analyzes on the basis of measurements).
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
To pass the laboratory the student should make a reasonable number of exercises in order to get a total of 7.5
points, with the following scores for the exercise:
1,2,3,6 – 1.0 points,
4,7,8,9 – 1.25 points,
5,11,13,14 – 1.5 points,
10,12 – 2.0 points.
The experiments will be conducted in groups of two students. Each student should submit his/her own report.
The lab grade consists of two parts: the lab pre-quiz is worth 25% and the lab report is worth 75% of the grade
for each lab.
Pre-quiz: Students are expected to prepare for lab by reading the appropriate literature in advance of their lab.
The pre-quiz will be taken at the beginning of each lab session and will consist of several questions on
material covered in the lab manual.
Lab report: The lab report is a summary of what the student has observed and understood during the lab.
Although you will work in twos in the lab, lab reports are to be done individually.
The format is as follows:
Introduction: Briefly give a general overview of the experiment, your expectations (a hypothesis) and the
theory behind it. Summarize the main point of doing the lab. Your introduction should be about a 2 pages long.
Results: Present the data in the form of a table or a graph. Usually you will give details of what you observed
in the lab. Show any calculations carried out etc. Remember to include units.
Discussion/Conclusion: Discuss in your own words and from your point of view your results.
Example: Looking at your results, tables or graph, can you see any general trend? What is the behaviour of
the graph/line? What was the aim of the experiment? Have we achieved anything? If not, how large is the
error? Does your result make sense? Can you compare your result to those from the books? What does the
book say?
Lab reports are due one week after completion of the last measurement in the experiment.
During the last 3 weeks of the semester the students will have the option to do an extra lab to replace the
worst grade and/or to run a make-up lab. At this time, any student who missed a lab, regardless if the absence
was excused or unexcused, can make up one lab.
1] Each task has its own list of references. The instructor helps the student to choose the most
appropriate position, or suggest other items.
[1] R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands, Feynmana wykłady z fizyki, t. 1-3, Wydawnictwo Naukowe
PWN, Warszawa 2001.
[2] David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker. Podstawy fizyki, t. 1-5. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN,
Warszawa 2005/2006.
[3] D. Halliday, R. Resnik, Fizyka, PWN, Warszawa 1994.
[4] I. Sawieliew, Wykłady z fizyki, PWN, Warszawa 2002.
[5] J. Orear, Fizyka, tom 1-2, WNT, Warszawa 2008.
[6] Cz. Bobrowski, Fizyka - krótki kurs, WNT, Warszawa 2004.
[7] P.G. Hewitt, Fizyka wokół nas, PWN, Warszawa 2008.
Fizyka atomowa i spektroskopia:
[1] Hermann Haken, Hans Christoph Wolf, Atomy i kwanty. Wprowadzenie do współczesnej spektroskopii
atomowej, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1997.
[2] Wolfgang Demtröder, Spektroskopia laserowa, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1993.
Fizyka ciała stałego:
[1] Neil W. Ashcroft, N. David Termin, Fizyka ciała stałego, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa
1986.
[2] C. Kittel. Wstęp do fizyki ciała stałego, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa 1974.
[3] K. W. Szalimowa, Fizyka półprzewodników, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa 1974.
Optoelektronika i fizyka laserów:
[1] Bernard Ziętek, Lasery, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń 2008.
[2] Bernard Ziętek, Optoelektronika. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń 2004.
[3] Koichi Shimoda, Wstęp do fizyki laserów, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1993.
Fizyka jądrowa:
[1] Ewa Skrzypczak, Zygmunt Szefliński, Wstęp do fizyki jądra atomowego i cząstek elementarnych,
Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1995.
[2] Adam Strzałkowski, Wstęp do fizyki jądra atomowego, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa
1979.
[3] Janusz Araminowicz, Krystyna Małuszyńska, Marian Przytuła, Laboratorium fizyki jądrowej, Państwowe
Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa 1978.
In English:
For each exercise, the instructor will indicate the literature. However, you may find useful:
General Physics
9[1] Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics,
Addison Wesley; 2 edition (August 8, 2005).
[2] David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, Wiley; 9 edition (March 16,
2010).
[3] Paul G. Hewitt, Conceptual Physics, Addison Wesley; 9th edition (July 2, 2001).
[4] Jay Orear, Physics, MacMillan Publishing Company (May 3, 1979).
Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy:
[1] Hermann Haken, Hans Christoph Wolf, W. D. Brewer, The Physics of Atoms and Quanta: Introduction
to Experiments and Theory, pringer; 7th rev. and enlarged ed. 2005 edition (October 19, 2005).
[2] Wolfgang Demtröder, Laser Spectroscopy: Vol. 1: Basic Principles, Springer; 4th edition (July 29,
2008).
[3] Wolfgang Demtröder, Laser Spectroscopy: Vol. 2: Experimental Techniques, Springer; 4th edition
(September 17, 2008).
Solid State Physics:
[1] Neil W. Ashcroft and N. David Mermin, Solid State Physics, Brooks Cole; 1 edition (January 2, 1976).
[2] Charles Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wiley; 8 edition (November 11, 2004).
[3] Marius Grundmann, The Physics of Semiconductors: An Introduction Including Nanophysics and
Applications, Springer; 2nd ed. 2010 edition (December 24, 2010).
Optoelectronics and laser physics:
[1] Koichi Shimoda, Introduction to Laser Physics, Springer; 2nd edition (September 3, 1986).
[2] Orazio Svelto, Principles of Lasers, Springer; 5th ed. 2010 edition (December 28, 2009).
Nuclear physics:
[1] Carlos A. Bertulani, Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell, Princeton University Press; 1 edition (April 3, 2007).
[2] Kenneth S. Krane, Introductory Nuclear Physics, Wiley; 3 edition (October 22, 1987).
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 05-03-2020 13:20)
