Department of Physics

10ΥΚΟ07 Basic Physics Laboratory III

Course webpage:  https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS204

Course outline

Course content

• Prism and grating spectrometers.
• Study of isothermal process of a gas and the Otto cycle.
• Measurement of the speed of longitudinal waves and elastic constants in solids.
• Measurement of convex lenses focal distance and relevant aberration errors.
• Study of polarized light. Measurement of rotation capacity by polarimeter.
• Measurements with Michelson interferometer.
• Study of wave phenomena with microwaves (reflection, refraction, polarization, interference, diffraction, standing waves.
• Interference and diffraction using laser light on adequate gratings.
• Preparation, presentation and teaching of laboratory experiments, as well as the basic principles of experimentation in physics, by Physics Department students to other university students and high-school pupils, for the acquisition of pedagogical and educational competence by the students of the Department.