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Date |
Topic |
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September 4 |
Introduction to Course |
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September 11 |
Gnuplot hints, tricks, bugs; Introduction to Diode Lab | |
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September 18 |
Gnuplot-Windows; Diode Lab Data; Chi-Square Fits |
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September 25 |
Diode theory, plots, fits |
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October 2 |
Introduction to Faraday Effect |
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October 9 |
NO LECTURE - Gnuplot fitting hints, Systematic Errors |
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October 16 |
Polarization, filters, rotation |
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October 23 |
Model of light in materials, Error Propagation |
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October 30 |
Transistor theory |
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November 6 |
Transistor, hybrid parameter model |
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November 13 |
Summary - REPORT DISCUSSION |
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November 20 |
Bzzr Bust |
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November 27 |
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Date |
Topic |
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September 8/9 |
Data Acquisition, Fitting, Plotting |
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September 15/16 |
Junction Diode - Week A | |
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September 22/23 |
Junction Diode - Week B |
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September 29/30 |
Junction Diode - Week C |
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October 6/7 |
Faraday Effect - Week A |
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October 13/14 |
NO LABS - Thanksgiving week |
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October 20/21 |
Faraday Effect - Week B | |
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October 27/28 |
Faraday Effect - Week C | |
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November 3/4 |
Junction Transistor - Week A |
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November 10/13 |
Junction Transistor - Week B |
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November 17/18 |
Junction Transistor - Week C |
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November 24/25 |
Open |
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Date |
Topic |
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September 4 |
Gnuplot data and function plotting |
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September 11 |
Diode response function and plots |
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September 18 |
Designing an RC filter |
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| September 25 |
Fitting Multiple Temperatures |
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October 2 |
Fitting with load files |
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October 9 |
NO prelab |
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October 16 |
Weighted averages and combining errors |
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October 23 |
Examples of scientific papers |
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October 30 |
NO prelab |
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November 6 |
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November 13 |
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November 20 |
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November 27 |
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Topic |
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1 - Lab computers |
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2 - Gnuplot basics |
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3 - Unix survival skills |
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4 - Kittel, PN Junction Intro |
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5 - Science, Spintronics |
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6 - Nature, Inverse Faraday Effect |
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7 - LATEX example in Nature format |
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Name |
Link |
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prelab1.dat (use save-link-as) |
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printit (should work on physics.ubc.ca Sun) |
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| AddCols.c |
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| AddCols for Sun |
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| AddCols.exe for Windows
(Sorry, doesn't work on Windows 2000) |
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| AddCols for Linux |
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| prelab4.dat | |
| prelab5.dat |
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| Split.c |
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| Split for Sun |
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| Split
for Linux |
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| Split.exe for Windows (probably
won't work on Windows 2000) |
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| Scan.c |
Authors: Tom Mattison, Jeff Mottershead, Andrea Damascelli