Demonstration List

Spring 2003, Physics 8, Rick Gaitskell

 

Lecture 1.  Wednesday, January 22.

  • Single Photon Interference

  • Laser Double slit interference

  • Transverse Wave Machine with UV light

  • PRS with second projector

  • Laser pointer

Lecture 2.  Friday, January 24.

·        Transverse Machine with UV

·        Longitudinal Wave Machine with UV light

·        Airtrack w one glider and spring, wax to double the mass

·        BB mass and spring, second spring with 2K

  • PRS with second projector

  • Laser pointer

Lecture 3.  Monday, January 27.

  • Air track with two coupled gliders, one glider behind a board blinder and taped to the track so it does not move.

  • Coupled physical pendulums, board blinder, black cloth covering the whole thing.

 

Lecture 4.  Wednesday, January 29.

  • Two coupled physical pendula again, (no board)

  • Shive wave machine with driver, end clamp,

  • Vibrating string with strobe, UV's

  • PRS and projector

Lecture 5.  Monday, February 3.

  • Vibrating string w strobe lights, UV lights

  • Visual Beats from two independent function generators summed together on the oscilloscope

  • Audio Beats from two tuning forks

  • PRS (with names file), second projector.

  • (Don't forget the IR laser pointer/mouse thingy!)

Lecture 6.  Wednesday, February 5.

  • Two coupled physical pendula again, no board.
  • Shive with driver, end clamp, (no UV).
  • Vibrating string w strobe, UV's.
  • PRS.
Lecture 7.  Monday, February 10.
  • PRS
  • Beats with two function generators, and two tuning forks.
  • Ripple tank, interference and diffraction.
  • Interference using two ropes painted with stripes.
  • Shive wave machine again. No driver.
    (Wed: sound interference, laser double slit)
Lecture 8.  Wednesday, February 12.

· Ripple tank
· Interference of sound (IOS).
· Laser double slit interference (DSI) and diffraction grating.
· Interference using two ropes painted with stripes.