Subsections
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- This lab course is designed to encourage students to explore the
physics behind waves and optics phenomena. The lab proceeds in tandem
with the Waves & Optics course offered in the same semester. The
experiments in this course include: measuring fundamental modes in a
vibrating string using a sonometer, exploring the physics of sound and
music on a CRO, Melde's setup for standing waves, prism spectrometer,
constant deviation spectrometer, Newton's rings setup, polarimeter to
measure specific rotation, Fresnel's biprism, diffraction grating
using a laser source and measuring the wavelength of sodium source
using interference observed with a Michelson interferometer setup.
