Haverford College Physics 326a-2011 -- Advanced Physics Laboratory
Meets: MF 1:15-4:00 OR TT 1:00-3:45 in INSC H106

Instructor: Walter F. Smith (X1332, INSC L110)
Office hours: Tu 11-12, Th 10-11, F 9:30-10:30 or by appointment

Syllabus (choose a format) Web Page .. PDF .. Word Format

 

Assignments
Exams

#1 (due 9-9-11): Web Page .. PDF .. Word
#2 (due 9-16-11): Web Page .. PDF .. Word
#3 (due 9-23-11): Web Page .. PDF .. Word
#4 (due 9-30-11): Web Page .. PDF .. Word
#5 (due 10-7-11): Web Page .. PDF .. Word




 

Lecture Summaries

Monday / Tuesday
Thursday / Friday
8/29-30/11 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Input and output impedance, oscilloscope basics
9/1-2/11 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Complex representation for AC circuits, decibels, bandwidth, 10X probes
9/5-6/11
Labor Day
9/8-9/11 Web page .. PDF .. Word
RMS amplitude, addition of noise sources, white noise vs. 1/f noise, ENBW, Johnson noise, model for amplifier noise
9/12-13/11 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Interference
 9/15-16/11 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Ground loops
9/19-20/11 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Digital resolution, aliasing		  




Links, songs, etc.
 
Background image: An Atomic Force Microscope image of carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes were created and the image taken by previous 326 students Amy Perlman and James Sundquist.