Experimental Physics III, WS 2024/25

Lectures	Exercises
Prof. Dr. Frank Cichos Monday: 11:15–12:45, GrHS Thursday: 11:15–12:45, GrHS	Tuesday: 11:15–12:45, SR 224 (Markus Anton) Tuesday: 15:15–16:45, ThHS (Diptabrata Paul)

The exercises will start on October 22.
The weekly assignments will be made available in Moodle.
The solutions to the exercise sheets have to be handed in on Thursdays before the lecture until 11:15 via Moodle. Later submissions will not be accepted.
Prerequisite for the admission to the examination are 50 % of the total points (sharp!).
The module will end with a written examination of 180 min duration.
The exam will take place on February 24, 2025, 09:00–12:00 in the Large Lecture Hall.
Hints for the exam:
1. You can use a self-written formula sheet of 1 page (only written on the front page, but not on the back page) during the exam.
2. Please do not use pencils for writing in the exam.
3. As calculator, you can use a normal calculator or a graphing calculator. Other devices are not allowed.
The retake exam will take place on March 31, 2025, 09:00–12:00 in the Small Lecture Hall. The results of the first exam will be published until March 14, 2025.

Part 1

Part 2

Demtröder: Atoms, Molecules and Photons, Springer, 2010 (amazon)
Haken, Wolf: The Physics of Atoms and Quanta: Introduction to Experiments and Theory, Springer, 2005 (amazon)
Harnwel, Livingood: Experimental Atomic Physics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1933 (amazon)

Visualizations of quantum mechanics (1D, 2D, 3D)
Visualizations of the hydrogen atom
Weak measurements: The following articles provide theoretical insights into quantum mechanical measurements, but use the bra–ket formalism, which is not discussed in the lecture: Jakobs und Steck, Brun and Tamir und Cohen
Millikan: The Electron (book)

The link to the website of the lectures and lecture materials are available to logged in users here.