First Course Handout - PHY315A - 2022-23

PHY315 (Modern Physics Lab) 2022-23 Ist
Objective of the course:

To carry out the experiments that led to the development of Quantum Mechanics including the
determination of fundamental constants and illustration of some of the significant modern phenomena of
physics. This course uses some modern experimental techniques with a view to demonstrate the basic
concepts in physics through experiments.
Instructor: Krishnacharya ([email protected]), SL-202, Ph: 7968
Student TAs:
 Ayesha Nanda ([email protected])
 Yogesh Verma ([email protected])
 Bidisha Bhatt ([email protected])
 Saddam Hussain ([email protected])
Lab Staff:
 Upendra Kumar Parashar ([email protected]), Ph: 6071
 Ramesh ([email protected]), Ph: 6071
Schedule: Lecture: Mon 8:00 to 8:50 (L-13)

Lab: Tue & Wed: 14:00 to 16:50 (NCL-106)
Course components:
A) Lecture: One lecture per week on various topics related to Modern Physics including
Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Condensed Matter
Physics and Nonlinear Dynamics.
B) Laboratory: Two laboratory days per week in a group of 3 students. Following is a tentative list of
experiments:
S. No. Name of the experiment S. No. Name of the experiment

1 Photoelectric Effect 9 Peltier Heat Pump Experiment
2 Optical Spectroscopy 10 Electrical Noise Measurement
(Rydberg constant and Quantum dots) (Johnson & Shot noise)
3 Franck-Hertz Experiment 11 Thin Film Deposition
4 Cavendish Experiment 12 van der Pauw Method
5 Speed of Light 13 Solar Cell
6 e/m by Bar Magnet 14 Chaos
7 Dielectric Constant 15 Quantum Analog System
8 Thermoelectric Effect 16 Electron Diffraction
Lab Reports:
Minimum five experiments need to be done by each one of you. In case you manage to do more, best five
will be graded. Lab reports are to be submitted before beginning a new experiment (at most one backlog
allowed). The students are expected (but not required) to spend about two lab turns on one experiment.
This is an experimental course, and we test the originality and systematicness in carrying out the
experiment and reporting the data, and thoroughness in analyzing them to reach appropriate results. Each
student is required to maintain a lab-book with all the raw data and notes (however ugly they are) and a
photocopy of the relevant data pages should be attached to the report. The students must get signatures of
one of the TAs on the relevant pages at the end of each experiment. The report may be divided into the
following sections:
a) Aim / goal (no abstract) (date of the experiment)
b) Theory (brief) / Principle
c) Procedure / apparatus / method / schematics
d) Data / observations (however ugly, show the raw data from the lab report)
e) Graphs, analysis, and calculations (includes error analysis)
f) Results and error conclusion
g) Suggestions / precautions / difficulties faced / discussion / comments
Except for data/observation and graph part, the remaining report should be handwritten or computer typed.
Highest weightage, in a report, will be given to (d) and (e) parts as listed above.
C) Project:
In the last one month of the semester (after mid-sem recess), a small project has to be chosen by each
group after brief literature search (e.g., American Journal of Physics). These may be carried out in research
labs, using central facilities or some simple experiments may be set-up in PHY315A lab itself.
Grading:
 Lab reports and lab work: 40 %
 Project (report + demonstration): 30 %
 End-sem exam: 30 % (may be two surprise quizzes)
There will be a written end-sem exam (say for about 60 mins) which would be based on lectures and
experiments.
Deregistering Policy for the course:

 Being a largely lab based course, it is imperative that you attend all the lab sessions.
 If you miss more than total 3 lecture or 4 lab turns without a proper leave approved by SUGC, we
reserve the right to deregister you from the course.
 Performing the final project and appearing in the end-sem exam is mandatory to pass the course.
Reference:
1. Lab manual is uploaded on the helloIITK portal (https://hello.iitk.ac.in/).
2. Reference for detailed discussion for individual experiments are given in the manual.

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PHY315 (Modern Physics Lab) 2022-23 Ist

Objective of the course:

Instructor: Krishnacharya ([email protected]), SL-202, Ph: 7968

Schedule: Lecture: Mon 8:00 to 8:50 (L-13)

S. No. Name of the experiment S. No. Name of the experiment

Deregistering Policy for the course:

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