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Lab-II (PHY 300/500)

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This is our advanced physics laboratory that offers state-of-the-art experimental training in specialist experiments to our advanced undergrads and graduate students. There is more project work, troubleshooting, experimental design and lots of open-ended inquiries. The course also comprises components of scientific writing, presentation, computation, workshop practice and innovation.

Logistics

  • Course outline and grading strategy for PHY 300/500 (Lab 2) 2019 session
  • Lab schedule: will be uploaded soon
  • Grading mental picture

Graphical programming and data acquisition using Labview pendulum-magn

  • Quick start guide to Labview by National Instruments
  • Exercise for Fall 2016 session: for supplementary material, visit this page.
  • Obtaining a temperature measurement using a thermocouple
  • Information about thermocouples from omega.com
  • Guide to thermocouples from National Instruments
  • Sample homework on Labview
  • Also, see our workshop on graphical programming 2016 and notes uploaded there

Uncertainties and measurement

  • Read Ch 1-9, T.P.A. Hase “Measurements and their Uncertainties” before 28 September 2019.
  • Homework will be uploaded soon.
  • A basic introduction to uncertainties and measurements written by Amrozia Shaheen and Sabieh Anwar
  • This is a link to a highly useful textbook written by Dr. Louis Bouchard of the University of California, Los Angeles, on “Data, Uncertainty and Error Analysis“. Slightly mathematical but it presents comprehensive coverage of data analysis one may encounter in the experimental physics lab.
  • Homework 1 (Solution): the homework deals with probability distributions,  uncertainties, and the central limit theorem
  • Homework 2 (Solution): the homework deals with data minimization techniques
  • Homework 3 (Solution)

Workshop practice Dr. Sabieh 082

  • See the webpage for the mechanical workshop
  • Details of the CNC machining centre
  • Presentation on the mechanical workshop by Muhammad Rizwan (2016) | Presentation 2018
  • Exercise for workshop practice (2016), prepared by Muhammad Rizwan | Exercise on milling, drilling and turning (2018)

How to write your lab report

Students are required to type their lab reports in LaTeX. To be able to use LaTeX on your computers, follow the following guidelines, furthermore, read this article on the importance of laboratory notebook by Jacob T. Stanley and H. J. Lewandowski of the University of Colorado,

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(1) Install MiKTeX from the website. MikTeX is a really nice implementation of LaTeX. (2) Install an editor. A free editor is Texniccenter. Another editor that requires a password is Winedt. (3) Try compiling the following sample files. If it works, and a pdf or dvi or ps output is produced, well and good. Use the template for typesetting beautiful documents rich with mathematics, equations and graphics.

All images must be in eps format. For example, figures made in Matlab in .fig format must be saved as *.eps and imported into the LaTeX source code. We normally use Adobe’s Photoshop and Illustrator for formatting of bitmapped and vector graphics respectively.

Here is a zipped file which provides you with a nice ready-made template to get started in LaTeX. Finally, here is what I am looking for and not looking for in a lab report. You may also have a look at this sample lab report.


Experiments

Code Tags
PhysMag: Nonlinear Dynamics with a Magnetic Pendulum
This experiment is an upgrade to 2.12
2.12B mechanics, nonlinear
Electrical signals propagating in a transmission line
2.25 electricity, electricity and magnetism
Wilberforce Pendulum
2.24 mechanics, waves and oscillations
Steering paramagnetic Leidenfrost drops in an inhomogeneous magnetic field
2.23 magnetism, mechanics
Mach-Zehnder Interferometry and Erasure of ‘Which-path’ Information
2.21 optics, quantum physics
Studying Phase Transition With a Strain Gage
2.7 statistical mechanics
Measuring Muon Lifetime
2.20 nuclear
Gamma-ray spectroscopy
2.19 nuclear
Synthesis of High Temperature Superconductor Using Citrate Pyrolysis and Observing the Meissner Effect
2.18 condensed matter, materials
Low temperature conductivity
2.17 condensed matter, materials
Ellipsometry
2.16 condensed matter, optics
Surface Plasmon Resonance
2.15 optics
Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence
2.14 nuclear
Synthesis and Ferroelectric Properties of KNO3 Films
2.13 condensed matter
The Magnetic Pendulum
2.12 non-linear
Tracking Brownian motion through video microscopy
2.11 statistical mechanics
Band Structure and Electrical Conductivity in Semiconductors
2.10 condensed matter, semiconductors
Michelson Interferometry
2.9 optics
Noise and Autocorrelation
2.8 signal processing
Faraday’s Effect
2.6 magnetism, optics
Chaos and Non-Linear Physics
2.5 non-linear
Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs)
2.4 quantum
Temperature oscillations in a metal: Probing aspects of Fourier analysis
2.3 thermal
Introduction to the Lock-in Amplifier
2.2 measurements, signal processing

Think-aloud activities

Track spacing on a DVD 3.8A optics
Ring on a Rotating Shaft 2.22 mechanics

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      • International Young Physicists’ Tournament (IYPT) 2019
      • International Young Physicists’ Tournament (IYPT) 2018
      • International Young Physicists’ Tournament (IYPT) 2016
    • Group Meetings
    • Grants
    • Theses and Reports
    • Scientific Publications
    • Invited Talks (Selected)
  • Outreach
    • National Laboratory Immersion Program
      • First Lahore 2012
      • Second Sukkur 2013
      • Third Lahore 2014
      • Fourth Lahore 2016
    • Labview Workshop 2016
    • Open House
    • Khwarizmi Science Society
    • Helping Pakistan’s Universities
      • National University of Technology (NUTECH) 2019
      • Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
        (PIEAS) 2019 (Final Phase)
      • Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
        (PIEAS) 2019 (Phase 2)
      • Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
        (PIEAS) 2018 (Phase 1)
      • National University of Science & Technology 2016
      • Habib University 2014
      • Preston University 2013
      • Ghulam Ishaque Khan Institute of
        Engineering Sciences and Technology 2011
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