Here you go. Due March 25, the end of the week after spring break. There are 10 questions in total: 8 problems, and two short take-home experiments in which you will investigate thin film interference.
The procedure for the experiments you can find here. You will need a plano-convex lens and two glass slides, which I will provide in Thursday's (10 March) lecture. If you are not at that lecture, arrange to meet me at another time to get your components. Of course, you may feel free to use any stray plano-convex lenses you have lying around; the longer the focal length the better. ;-)
The experiments are quite simple, and almost purely qualitative, but I think quite illustrative and a bit of fun. There are a lot more things that can be done beyond what is in the procedure, so be creative and see what you can figure out. Both of them together should take no more than an 30-60 min, depending on your level of curiosity.
UPDATE - if you'd rather pick up your components sooner, I'll be in my Bevill office until about 2:30 today.
UPDATE 2 - small typo in the figure in problem 1. The lateral distance should be "R" not "8m." The height is still 8m. File has been reposted with the same name.
The procedure for the experiments you can find here. You will need a plano-convex lens and two glass slides, which I will provide in Thursday's (10 March) lecture. If you are not at that lecture, arrange to meet me at another time to get your components. Of course, you may feel free to use any stray plano-convex lenses you have lying around; the longer the focal length the better. ;-)
The experiments are quite simple, and almost purely qualitative, but I think quite illustrative and a bit of fun. There are a lot more things that can be done beyond what is in the procedure, so be creative and see what you can figure out. Both of them together should take no more than an 30-60 min, depending on your level of curiosity.
UPDATE - if you'd rather pick up your components sooner, I'll be in my Bevill office until about 2:30 today.
UPDATE 2 - small typo in the figure in problem 1. The lateral distance should be "R" not "8m." The height is still 8m. File has been reposted with the same name.
Will the take-home experiments be done in groups or singly?
ReplyDeleteYou can work on them together if you want (everyone turns in their own description), but I should have enough components for everyone to do their own. Up to you.
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