Physics 431, Summer 2011
Experimental Physics

http://faculty.washington.edu/seattle/

Instructor: Larry Sorensen
Email: seattle@u.washington.edu

Office: B-435 Physics-Astronomy
Office Hours: During or after class--or by appointment

Description
The physics and the experimental techniques of condensed matter physics, including: classical and modern state-of-the-art experimental methods, experimental design and philosophy, the intellectual content and excitement of experimental physics, the associated Nobel Prizes, and the current frontiers.

Information


Optical Diffraction
Optical Diffraction Goals
Optical Diffraction and the Fourier Transform 1
Optical Diffraction and the Fourier Transform 2
Becky's Evening MS Project Report
Bergsten's 1974 slides

Electron Diffraction
Electron Diffraction Goals
Electron and X-Ray Diffraction and the Fourier Transform
The Allowed Cubic Reflections
The Structure Factor
The Reciprograph Applet

Diffraction Textbooks
Aschroft and Mermin (djvu)
Aschroft and Mermin (pdf)
Kittel


SPR Quick Start
Exploring SPR
Inexpensive SPR
Surface Plasmon Physics
Surface plasmon resonance sensors: review
Quantitative SPR
Applications
Plasmonics Seminar
SPR Seminar


Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
Surface Plasmon Resonance Goals
SPR on the Web
Introduction to SPR
SPR Tutorial
Angle and Wavelength SPR
SPR Lasers
Bio-SPR
SPR Lecture
How Bio-SPR Started
Biocore
ResTec
Jeremy's Evening MS Project Report
Jin's Evening MS Project Report

SPR Textbooks
Plasmonics
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Surface Plasmon Nanophotonics
Surface modes in physics
Mahan Many-particle physics


Thermal Johnson Noise and Shot Noise
Noise Goals
MIT's Noise Lab

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance on the Web
NMR Resources on the Web
Nobel Prizes for NMR

NMR and MRI Textbooks
Abragam: The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism
Callaghan: Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy
Fukushima: Experimental Pulse NMR: A Nuts and Bolts Approach
A Complete Introduction to Modern NMR Spectroscopy
Buxton: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Huettel: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Lambert: NMR Spectroscopy
Schorn: NMR Spectroscopy

The History of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NMR in the Beginning
A brief history of NMR
NMR Spectroscopy: Past and Present
Early NMR Experiences and Experiments
NMR in Solids: A Historical Perspective
Abragam, Bloembergen, and Ernst
Ed Purcell Interview 1
Nico Bloembergen Interview 2
Erwin Hahn Interview 2
Robert Pound Interview 1
Robert Pound Interview 2

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
MRI Resources on the Web
MRI for Non-Physicists
From NMR to MRI
Kindergarden MRI
MRI Lecture

The Proton Spin Problem: How is the magnetic moment of the proton produced?
2007 How does the proton spin?
2008 A possible resolution of the proton spin problem
2008 The spin of the proton
2008 The spin content of the proton
2010 Challenges in uncovering the proton's spin
2010 Understanding the proton's spin structure
2011 Spin in QCD

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 1 (NMR-1)
NMR-1 Goals
Berkeley's NMR-1 Lab
Berkeley's NMR-1 Video

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 2 (NMR-2)
NMR-2 Goals
FT-NMR History 1
FT-NMR History 2
FT-NMR History 3
T1 and T2
T1 and T2
Berkeley's NMR-2 Lab
Berkeley's NMR-2 Video

Low Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Terranova MRI Presentation
Terranova Brochure
Terranova Sample Chapter
Teachspin Brochure 1
Teachspin Brochure 2
Teachspin 2009 Newsletter
Teachspin 2005 Newsletter

Reading

Example Lab Reports
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