THIRD YEAR LABORATORY 2006 EXPERIMENT LIST

EXPT	TITLE	POINTS	NOTES
1	*Properties of HeNe Laser Light	10	P M E
2	*Injection Laser Diodes	6	N E
3	*Polarisation of Light	8	P
4	*Holography	10+	P!(1)
5	*Acousto Optics	6	P E
6	*Fourier Optics	12+	P
7	*Fourier Transform Spectrometry	10+	P
8	*Photo-Detector and Light Source Characteristics	10	P
9	*Optical Spectroscopy	8
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10	*Optical Fibres	10	P M E
11	*Optical Fibre Sensors	8	P (10) E
12	*Optical Fibre Communication	10	P (10) E
15	*Optical Time Domain Reflectometry	4	P E
16	*The Neodymium YAG Laser	6	P (1)(2) E
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18	Semiconductor Band Gaps	4	N
19	Conductivity of Germanium	6	N
20	High Temperature Superconductivity	12+	P N
21	Josephson Effects	4
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22	Magnetic Measurements	10	N M
23	Magnetostriction	6	P
24	Magnetic Transitions	10+	P
25	Pulsed NMR  and MRI	10+	M
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26	$ Scanning Electron Microscopy1	12	P! N M
27	$ Electron Probe Micro Analysis1	10	P! (26)
28	$ X-Ray Diffraction2	12	P! N
29	$ Transmission Electron Microscopy2	10	P! M(28)
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31	Sputter Deposition	8	P N
32	Electron Tunnelling	10	P N
33	Mean Free Path	10	P
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34	Frequency Spectrum Analysis	4+
35	Transmission Lines	12+	P
36	Waveguides	8	P M (35)
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37	Alpha, Beta and Gamma Radiation	10	M
38	Gamma Ray Spectrometry	10+	P M
39	Neutron Irradiation	10+	P M
40	Coincidence Counting	12	P M (38)
41	Moessbauer Effect	8+	(38)
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42	Electron Paramagnetic Resonance	8+	P (36)
43	Chaotic Motion	10+
44	Muon Lifetime	6	(38)
45	Zeeman Effect	8	P
46	Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy	6+	N
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Notes:

most experiments are located in room 101 OMB, except for:
* - in the Optoelectronics Teaching Laboratory, room LG46, Main Building
$ - outside the School; advance bookings are necessary

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+ - additional points awarded for optional extensions of expt
(x) - number of recommended pre requisite experiment
P - experiment may (P! = should) be done with a partner
1 - experiment runs in session 1 only
2 - experiment runs in session 2 only
E - recommended for photonics engineering students
N - recommended for nanotechnology students
M - recommended for medical physics students