Project Resources
Many of the experiments performed require setups on an optical workbench. It is known that many of the students will have no prior experience in setting up optical equipment. Consequently, lecture time is devoted to introducing concepts important when working with optical setups and we provide an explanatory page on the subject (click the link above).
Experiment/Data Resources
We also acknowledge that this course with be much more work than students have encountered before and they will not have the wealth of experience dealing with electronics, data, and other aspects critical to a successful report. With this in mind we have provided several useful references for students below.
Below is a book written by Prof. Mans about electronics
Electronics for Experimenters by Jeremiah Mans: E4E-2010.pdf
Researching Scientific Articles
Another important aspect of this course is researching for and writing a scientific paper. Below we have provided many links to resources that will help when you research
Least Squares Fit Spreadsheets: LSQFit.xls LSQFit2D.xls
Find your favorite online LaTeX editor, such as https://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php
Type your out your equation using LaTeX
Save your equation as picture
Upload picture to your google site
Create your equation using Microsoft Word or Google Doc equation editor, take screenshot of that equation, upload it to google site