Welcome to the Advanced Laboratory Course for Master Students!

The goal of the class is to learn the basics of modern experimental physics.  You will be working in a group with one other students. During the class, each group will carry out  7 experiments from different fields of physics. Each experiment will be supervised by a tutor. Tutors help with carrying out experiments and grade experimental reports completed after the experiment. In addition to reports, each group will deliver one seminar-style talk about one of their experiment to the entire class. Please enjoy the class and be safe!

Prerequisites

This class is hard! (yes, really) You should only take it if you took a similar class on a Bachelor level. You should have experience with long-form scientific writing -- you will have to submit 7 lab reports, each report 10–15 pages long. You have to have experience in the areas of quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, statistical physics (many experiments require a background in these subjects). Finally, you have to understand the basics of data analysis, such as error propagation, confidence intervals, fitting, etc... If you DO NOT have these prerequisites -- please do not take this class. Instead, register for "Preparatory Course to the Advanced Master Laboratory". This class is designed to give you this background and to prepare you for the Advanced Labs class next semester.

Important

1. To participate in the class, you must register for the course on Campus Management.

2. In addition, you should register here: Registration and fill out a quick survey. There, you will let us know your preferred group partner and experiments as well. Please do this before Monday October 14, 2024.

3. There will be an Introduction to the Master Lab on Monday, October 14, 14:00 - 16:00  Lecture Hall A.
4. The safety instruction, which is compulsory for every participant (!), will take place on Thursday, October 24, from 12:00 - 14:00, Lecture Hall B.
   
5. The experiments will start on Thursday, October 31 (see schedule). Please talk to tutors in advance.
6. There will be two lectures  Introduction to data analysis on Monday, October 28 and November 4 as well as a lecture on Scientific Integrity on November 11, (Mondays 14:00 - 16:00, Lecture Hall A)
7. The seminar talks will start on November 18.

If you do not participate in the laboratory-safety lecture and in the lecture on scientific integrity, you cannot attend the course! So please DO make sure that you come and attend both lectures! The tutors are instructed to test your knowledge of the experimental setup and other prerequisites before the experiment. If unprepared, you will NOT be allowed to take the experiment.  So please DO make sure that you prepare well for each experiment!

Offered experiments

You can find key points (pdf) for each experiment describing Physics, Technical, and Data Analysis by pressing the number (Ma1, ...)

No.	Experiments during the semester	Room
Ma1	Compton Effect	0.4.57
Ma2	Low Energy Electron Diffraction on Surfaces (LEED)	0.4.02
Ma3	Pulsed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	0.4.02
Ma4	Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES)	1.4.24
Ma6	Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)	0.3.18
Ma7	Raman Scattering:	1.1.46
Ma8	Superconductivity	0.4.09
Ma9	Photoluminescence	1.1.46
Ma10	Auger Spectroscopy	1.4.24
Ma12	Magnetooptic Kerr Effect and magnetic anisotropies (MOKE)	0.1.13
Ma14	Solid state laser principles	0.1.29
Ma15	Electron Paramagnetic Resonance	0.4.07
Ma16	Femtosecond laser spectroscopy of coherent phonons	FHI
Ma18	Phase Transition in Biological Membranes	0.1.16
Ma22	Electron transport in two-dimensional materials	0.2.06