Haverford College Physics 326a-2012 -- Advanced Physics Laboratory
Meets: MF 1:15-4:00 in INSC H106

Instructor: Walter F. Smith (X1332, INSC L110)
Office hours: M 10-11, Tu 11-12, Th 1:15-2:15, F 10-11 or by appointment

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

 

Assignments
Exam

#1 (due 9-14-12): Web Page .. PDF .. Word
#2 (due 9-21-12): Web Page .. PDF .. Word
#3 (due 9-28-12): Web Page .. PDF .. Word
#4 (due 10-5-12): Web Page .. PDF .. Word
#5 (due 10-22-12): Web Page .. PDF .. Word
#6 (due 11-2-12): Web Page .. PDF .. Word



Exam topics

Practice questions (solutions on Moodle)

Lecture Summaries

Monday
Friday
9/7/12 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Input and output impedance, oscilloscope basics, 10X probes
9/10/12 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Complex representation for AC circuits, decibels, bandwidth		 9/14/12 Web page .. PDF .. Word
RMS amplitude, addition of noise sources, white noise vs. 1/f noise, ENBW, Johnson noise, model for amplifier noise
9/17/12 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Capacitively-coupled interference		 9/21/12 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Inductively-coupled interference, power line coupled interference
9/24/12 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Ground loops 		 
10/1/12 Web page .. PDF .. Word
Digital resolution, aliasing		  




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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.