The Advanced Laboratory Course has three teaching goals: To provide students with a variety of experimentalist skills, to expose students to a collection of topics in experimental physics, and to provide a sense of the nature of independent research. The Laboratory itself has a large inventory of instrumentation, equipment, and mechanical, electronic, and optical components that support a broad spectrum of experiments.
The Advance Laboratory has two phases. The first phase consists of pre-designed experiments, chosen by the student from a list covering topics in Electronics, Modern Physics, and Optics. A written report follows the completion of each experiment. About mid-semester, the student begins to conceive of an independent experimental project covering any field relevant to experimental physics. This project is the focus of the second phase, beginning in early April. The instructors make every effort to support original and creative projects. At the end of the Semester, the student submits and extended project report and also gives an oral presentation.
EMAIL LIST IMPORTANT: All students enrolled in 3340/4430/5430 should be enrolled in the class mailing list. To do this, send the following message from your email address to listproc@lists.colorado.edu subscribe phys-3340sp2005 <your-full-name> Please note that it may take a few dyas for the email list to be set up. If this command fails, try again in a day or two. If you later drop this class, you can remove yourself from the mailing list by sending unsubscribe phys-3340sp2005 from your email accout to the same address. |
In particular, the "Advanced Lab Overview" file delineates the course requirements.
Here is a pdf version of the Lab Safety Primer (as above). Please download and become familiar with it!
Hints and tips on LaTeX can be found at this web site (as well as many others!)
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