Instructor: Dr. Dieter Brill email: brill@umd.edu
TA: TBA
Class sections (all in room PHY3214):
0101 Tu........ 9:00am-10:50am
0201 Tu........ 2:00pm- 3:50pm
0501 W.........12:00pm- 1:50pm
0701 Th........10:00am-11:50am
0801 Th........ 2:00pm- 3:50pm
Textbook: Physics 107 Laboratory Manual, current edition.
This manual explains all the procedures and the grading of the lab. Please read the introductory material and the instructions
for experiment 1 before you come to class the week of September 6.
Schedule of experiments (note that the session of week 1 is short, only to acquaint you with the laboratory):
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Week |
Dates |
Expt |
Experiment |
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1 |
Aug 31 – Sep 01 |
- - |
Instructor meets students in lab. |
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2 |
Sep
06 –
Sep 08 |
1 |
Camera Obscura |
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3 |
Sep
13 – Sep 15 |
2 |
Pinhole Camera |
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4 |
Sep
20 – Sep 22 |
3 |
Light
Reflection, Mirrors and Images |
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5 |
Sep
27 – Sep 29 |
4 |
Light
Refraction |
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6 |
Oct
04 –
Oct 06 |
5 |
Images
Shaped Surfaces, Simple Lenses |
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7 |
Oct 11 – Oct 13 |
2-6 |
Make-Up Week |
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8 |
Oct
18 – Oct 20 |
6 |
More
Simple Lenses |
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9 |
Oct
25 – Oct 27 |
7 |
The
Camera |
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10 |
Nov
01 – Nov 03 |
8 |
Polarized
Light and Birefringence |
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11 |
Nov
08 – Nov 10 |
9 |
Light Interference |
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12 |
Nov
15 – Nov 17 |
10 |
Light
Diffraction |
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13 |
Nov 22 – Nov 24 |
None |
Thanksgiving Week – No Labs |
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14 |
Nov 29 – Dec 01 |
11 |
Diffraction
Gratings, Color and Holography |
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15 |
Dec 06 – Dec 8 |
7 - 11 |
Make-Up Week |
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Dec 13 |
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Last Day of Classes |
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Dec 14 |
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Reading Day |
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16 |
Dec 15 – Dec 21 |
None |
Final Exams |
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Dec 21 |
- - |
Main Winter Commencement Ceremony |
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