Modern Physics Laboratory (33.340) Experiments

Carnegie Mellon University
Modern Physics Laboratory (33.340)
EXPERIMENTS

These are the experiments presently available in the course. The links let you download the lab write-ups for the experiments. Hardcopies are also available in the Lab office, as are some supplements that you may find useful.
EXPERIMENT
Handouts
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENT
Handouts
EQUIPMENT
Chaos
chaos
Compton Scattering

Data on nuclear energy levels, absorption, moments... (PDF)
compton
Cosmic Ray Muons
muons
Electron Spin Resonance

Notes on an E&M waveguide (PDF).

Tutorial on running fitter in Mathematica (PDF).

Mathematica Notebook.
esr
Light Scattering
light
Magnetic Susceptibility
magsus
Mossbauer Spectroscopy

Supplement on Saturation of Absorption Lines (PDF)

Notes on the isomer shift (PDF)

Data on nuclear energy levels, absorption, moments... (PDF)
moss
Neutron Activation

Data on nuclear energy levels, absorption, moments... (PDF)
neutron
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Supplement on Carr-Purcell & Meiboom-Gill pulse sequences (PDF)

Supplement on the FID line shape and field gradients (PDF)
nmr
Optical Pumping

Supplement on Saturation of Absorption Lines (PDF)

Supplement on the FID line shape and field gradients (PDF)

Notes on the g-factor for hyperfine splitting (PDF)

Article about application to atomic clocks of the Optical Pumping technique (PDF)
optical pumping
Raman Spectroscopy
raman
X-ray Diffraction
xray
The Zeeman Effect
zeeman
Detecting Evidence for Dark Matter.
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Last updated on 1/9/18 by schumacher@cmu.edu.