Physics Laboratory

Physics Laboratory is a laboratory where students make advanced experiments in Physics. Each experiment requires from student to: prepare theoretical background description, prepare experimental setup and make an experiment, analyze results and prepare a report in a form similar to scientific publication.

Physics Laboratory is a laboratory where students make 3 advanced experiments selected from various fields of Physics. Experiments are selected from the following list:

- Laser anemometry (Doppler effect),

- Zeeman effect in atoms,

- Determination of the ratio e/kB and the energy gap in semiconductors,

- Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR),

- Compton effect,

- Franck-Hertz experiment

- Optical Tweezers / Atomic Force Microscope.

Each experiment has a separate list of literature references, provided by a supervisor. Each experiment requires from student to: prepare theoretical background description, prepare experimental setup and make an experiment, analyze results and prepare a report in a form similar to scientific publication.

Basic literature:

1. D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, Wiley 2018.

2. R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Addison Wesley 2005.

3. H. Haken, H. C. Wolf. The Physics of atoms and quanta. Introduction to experiments and theory, Springer 2000.

4. Wolfgang Demtröder. Laser spectroscopy. Springer 2008.

5. C. Kittel. Introduction to Solid State Physics. Wiley 2004.

Additional literature:

Each experiment has a separate literature list. The tutor assists the student in choosing the most appropriate positions. The laboratory has its own library. Books can be used on site or borrowed briefly.

Assessment methods:

- colloquium - W1, W2, U1, U2, K1

- written report - U3, U4, K2

Assessment criteria:

The student is required to complete 3 experimental tasks. The task consists of: passing a colloquium on theoretical knowledge of the task, and presenting a written report of completed experiment. The report should contain the description of the experiment and its results. Each task is assessed taking into account the above-mentioned 2 elements (colloquium and report) with equal weights.

fail- < 50 %

satisfactory- 50-59 %

satisfactory plus- 60-69 %

good- 70-79 %

good plus- 80-89 %

very good- 90-100 %