Physics 240

      Design, Fabrication, and Use of Scientific Apparatus

      Spring Term, 2008

      Instructor:Bryan Peterson
      Office:N355 ESC           Research Area:C341 ESC
      Phone:422-7417           Phone:422-5665
      Office Hours: TBA and by appointment
      E-mail: bryan_peterson@byu.edu

      Section 1:MTuWTh 8:00-10:50 AM
      TA:TBA
       TBA

      About the Course

      Course Calendar

        Section 1

      Please note that the schedule is subject to change - this calendar is not cast in concrete.

      Schedule Details

      Lab Handouts

        Machine Shop:
        • Machine Shop Regulations
        • Virtual Machining Tutorial
        • Chart of Tool Speeds
        • Heater Block Drawing
        • Heater Block Job Sheet
        • Heater Cap Drawing
        • Heater Cap Job Sheet
        • Heater Rod Drawing - simple external threads
        • Heater Rod Drawing - cut external threads (see below for instructions on drawing threads)
        • Heater Rod Job Sheet
        CAD Training:
          SolidWorks is found on the 4 computers at the rear of the room and the one in the front left corner nearest the door. You will have to work on one of those computers. You need to complete the online tutorial, duplicate the drawings of the heater block, cap, and rod, and draw the jack-in-a-cube by taking measurements from the cubes available in the lab.

          Look here for instructions on drawing an external thread in SolidWorks so that it really looks like a thread.

        LabVIEW Basics:
          The files for the LabVIEW Basics course are found on the computers in the lab. They are in the directory "C:\labfiles\LabVIEW Basics I" - as you work through the course you will have to save the files you modify elsewhere. You should complete sections 3-8 in the LabVIEW Basics manual. I am assuming that you have already been exposed to LabVIEW in Physics 145, 150, or 250. If you haven't already worked with LabVIEW you will need to complete the "Getting Started With LabVIEW" manual before going through the LabVIEW Basics manual.
        Temperature Measurement Lab:
        • Heater Construction Handout - This is a 7 MB file because of the pictures, it will take a while on a slow connection.
        • Data sheet on the heater material
        • Building a Constant Current Source
        • Temperature Measurement Lab Handout
        • How to make KaleidaGraph (mostly) happy
        Temperature Controller Contest:
        • Temperature Controller Handout and Contest Rules
        Superconductivity Measurements:
        • Superconductor R vs. T
        • Formal Superconductor Report

          Some sample papers on BSSCO for you to peruse:

            These links are to the abstract for the articles. If you are using a computer on BYU campus you should be able to access the full text from the "PDF" link at the bottom of the page. If you are not on campus you can access the full text by authenticating through the library web site and accessing the journals from their links.

            • H. K. Lee, et. al., "Preparation and properties of Pb-doped Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductors," J. Appl. Phys. 66(4), 1881-1883 (15 August 1989).
            • K. Togano, et. al., "Properties of Pb-doped Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductors," Appl. Phys. Lett. 53(14), 1329-1331 (3 October 1988).
            • S. M. Green, et. al., "Effects of compositional variations on the properties of superconducting (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Oδ," J. Appl. Phys. 66(2), 728-734 (15 July 1989).

          The AIP Style Manual - There are similar style guides for nearly every journal. You need to be acquainted with the style for the journal in which you wish to publish your paper. This particular guide is out of print and is superseded by the guides published by each particular journal. For instance, the guide for the Journal of Applied Physics can be found here and the guide for the Astrophysical Journal can be found here.

          And some random sample papers to see formatting:

            Again, these are just abstracts. Use the links from the abstracts to get the actual papers.
            • Rev. Sci. Instr., May 2000, 71(5), 2136-2146 (May 2000)
            • Rev. Sci. Instr., Feb. 1989, 60(2), 261-264 (February 1989)
            • Phys. Rev. B, 2001, 63(6), 064505 (January 2001)
            • Phys. Rev. B, 2001, 64(10), 100504 (August 2001) (Rapid Commun.)
        Small Signal Detection and Noise:
        • Photodiodes, LEDs, and the Lock-in Amplifier
        • Data sheet for the LMC6001 amplifier
        • Data sheet for UDT Photoconductive photodiodes
        Student-designed Experiment:
        • Group Project and Presentations

      Equipment Manuals

      • Kepco ATE36-8 power supply
      • National Instruments PCI E-series DAQ board
      • National Instruments BNC-2120 Connector Block Installation and Configuration Guide

      Check Your Scores

      Get a CID (Class ID) number

      Contact Bryan Peterson with questions or comments about this page.