PH 351
Advanced Lab II
INSTRUCTOR: Cecilia J. Vogel Office:
207 Science, 794-3404
e-mail: ceciliavogel@augustana.edu Web:
helios.augustana.edu/~cv/352 AIM: phvogel87
Course description: Selected experiments in
optics.
Experiments:
Michelson
Interferometer
Diffraction
and Interference
plus
two more experiments selected from the following:
High
Speed Photography
Holography
Dispersion
Photoelectric
Effect
Spectra
Fiber
Optics
Grading:
You will be
graded on the following factors in equal measure:
- Attendance and participation in experimental work.
- Data and observations in notebook
- Format and clarity of writeup
- Determination and accuracy of results
- Interpretation and analysis, including error analysis
Below are
selected instructions given by Dr. van Howe in the fall term
(edited slightly). We will continue these procedures.
Lab Notebook:
Your data
collection, observations, and analysis should be recorded in a
bound lab notebook. Proper record keeping will be a portion of
your grade for every lab write-up.
- Use pen.
- Be sure to date the top of every page on which you
write.
- Be sure to record an estimate of error
in every measurement you make.
- Sketch experimental setups.
- Among hand-written data, notes, and calculations, notebooks
could include pasted-in print-outs of tables, figures, spread-sheets,
or any kind of electronic media that could be useful for the
record.
- Be as neat as you can but not overly-worried about making
mistakes. Simply cross them out and move along.
- Filling out the notebook should be a "real-time" process.
Here are some sample pages of one of my recent lab notebooks, LabRecord.pdf
Lab
write-ups:
Here is a msword
template, WriteupTemplate.doc,
to be used for write-ups. Note that for your figures, you will
need to embed plots directly into word. Make them look nice but don't
waste time. We aim to be good physicists, not graphic artists.
Here are some examples to help you in writing:
1. One of my write-ups for an advanced lab course in undergrad, UgradExample.pdf
2. One of my write-ups for an advanced lab course in graduate school , GradExample.pdf
3. Professors Sieglaff’s PH 351 formal write-up example (very
nice! A+), SieglaffExample.pdf
4. One of my publications in Optics Letters, OptLettExample.pdf
You’ll note that the format of all are extremely similar, if not
exact. Though none are perfect, these are good examples and here to
provide direction.
Here is a
document showing common mistakes in lab writeups.