PHYS 545 - Advanced Experimental Methods in Material Science

(3 units)

Prerequisites: PHYS 254; PHYS 350 or consent of instructor.
Modern physical measurement techniques including scanning probe microscopy, pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance, optical photolithography, and Arduino micro controller. Measurements of relaxation times, nano-structure surface analysis, electrical characterization of thin films. Resistor circuit design, sensors, convolution, auto-and cross-correlation and FFT.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hrs, laboratory 3 hrs) Double Numbered with: PHYS 445