Welcome to Physics 145, Winter Semester 2010

Introductory Experimental Physics Lab I (AC Physics)

Instructor: Branton J. Campbell

Office: N261 ESC, Tel: 422-5758

Lectures: Tues. Noon to 1:00 PM in C295 ESC

Lab location: S420 ESC

Office hours: Right after lecture (1:00 to 2:00 PM) or by appointment.

 

Course syllabus & schedule

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Lab 1: Geometric and wave optics

Lab 2: Visible-light spectroscopy

Lab 3: Interference & diffraction

Lab 4: Data analysis I -- Data Analysis Reference Materials

Lab 5: Data analysis II

Lab 6: Computer-assisted data acquisition and experiment control with Labview

Lab 7: High-pass filters and frequency-response measurements

          Complex variables homework assignment due at the beginning of Lab 6, worth 4 extra-credit points.

Lab 8: Low-pass filters and time-response measurements

Lab 9: LRC circuits

Lab 10: Mechanical and acoustical resonators

Lab 11: Fourier spectra

Lab 12: Loudspeakers

Lab 13: Student-Designed Experiment

 

Lecture Slides: Data Analysis, Optics, Fourier Spectra, AC Impedance, Loudspeakers