Course overview
Laboratory experiments in selected areas including atomic and nuclear physics, optics and electromagnetism, plus a practical analogue electronics course.
Course learning outcomes
- Use transistors, operational amplifiers and phase sensitive detection
- describe at least two of the following effects:Fourier techniques in opticsx-ray fluorescence xspectraelectro-optic effec, thyperfine structure of Csreflection from terminated or unterminated transmission lines, gamma or alpha radiation, electron spin resonance
- connect a digital oscilloscope to a computer and record a signal with an appropriate sampling rate
- generate and interpret the power spectrum of the recorded data,use the tools, methodologies, language and conventions of physics to test and communicate ideas and explanations
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