Department of Physics

10ΥΚΟ07 Basic Physics Laboratory III

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

Course outline

Course content

• Spectrometer: gratings and prisms.
• Study of isothermal processes in gasses and the Otto cycle.
• Measurement of the speed of longitudinal waves and elastic constants in solids.
• Measurement focal distance and relevant aberration errors of convex lenses.
• Study of polarized light. Measurement of optical activity by polarimeter.
• Measurements with Michelson interferometer.
• Study of wave phenomena with microwaves. Reflection. Refraction. Interference. Diffraction. Polarization. Standing waves.
• Study of the Doppler effect in air.
• Preparation, presentation and teaching of laboratory experiments and the basic principles of experimentation in physics, by Physics Department students to high-school pupils.