Physics 431, Summer 2012
Experimental Physics

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

Instructor: Larry Sorensen
Email: seattle@uw.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

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 1 (NMR-1)
NMR-1 Lab Reports
Multimedia Introduction
Essential NMR-1
NMR-1 Goals
The other Physics 431 Site

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 2 (NMR-2)
NMR-2 Lab Reports
Multimedia Introduction
Essential NMR-2
NMR-2 Goals
The other Physics 431 Site

Johnson Noise and Shot Noise
Noise Lab Reports
Multimedia Introduction
Essential Noise
Noise Goals
The other Physics 431 Site
Motchenbacher Textbook

Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
SPR Lab Reports
Multimedia Introduction
Essential SPR
Surface Plasmon Resonance Goals
Dispersion Relations
The Dielectric Function
The other Physics 431 Site

Diffraction
Diffraction Lab Reports
Multimedia Introduction
Essential Optical Diffraction
Essential Electron Diffraction
Optical Diffraction Goals
Electron Diffraction Goals
The Convolution Theorem
The First Born Approximation
The other Physics 431 Site






Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 1 (NMR-1)
UC Davis NMR-1 Lab
Berkeley NMR-1 Lab
Caltech NMR-1 Lab
Rutgers NMR-1 Lab
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 2 (NMR-2)
MIT Students
MIT NMR-2 Lab
Berkeley NMR-2 Lab
MRI Resources on the Web
MRI for Non-Physicists
From NMR to MRI
Kindergarden MRI
MRI Lecture

Johnson Noise and Shot Noise
Noise
MIT Students
MIT's Noise Lab
Harvard Johnson Noise
Harvard Shot Noise
Harvard Noise Lab

Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
Biocore
ResTec
Exploring SPR
Applications
Jeremy's Evening MS Project Report
Jin's Evening MS Project Report

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

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

Diffraction Books
Ashcroft and Mermin (djvu)
Kittel (djvu)
Cullity (pdf)




The History of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Nobel Prizes for NMR
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
NMR Resources on the Web

More Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
Inexpensive SPR
Surface Plasmon Physics
Surface plasmon resonance sensors: review
Quantitative SPR
Plasmonics Seminar
SPR Seminar
SPR on the Web
Introduction to SPR
SPR Tutorial
Angle and Wavelength SPR
SPR Lasers
Bio-SPR
SPR Lecture
How Bio-SPR Started
Biocore



Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Textbooks
Abragam: The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism
Slichter: Principles of Magnetic Resonance
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

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

Condensed Matter Physics Textbooks
Ashcroft and Mermin (djvu)
Ashcroft and Mermin (pdf)
Kittel (djvu)
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