Each year of the Bachelor’s Degree program includes a Physics Laboratory Course. The laboratory courses are designed and organized to provide students with a gradual and effective path, leading to full mastery of measurement methods, experimental data analysis, and the use of complex instruments and technologies.
Laboratories of the First Two Years. Upon completing the Laboratory 1 and 2 courses, students acquire, among other things, the ability to:
- perform measurements related to mechanics, thermology, geometrical optics, and rationalize the behavior of electronic circuits with analog or digital components, with specific instrumentation (also remotely controlled), and automatic data-acquisition hardware (Arduino open-source platform);
- estimate the uncertainties associated with measurements, and apply basic statistical tools to experimental data analysis;
- use computers to plot and analyze data, test the compatibility of measurements and models, write and execute a Python script for data analysis and presentation, and use LaTeX for writing reports.
Third-Year Laboratories. The two alternative courses, Laboratory 3 and Digital Technologies, provide an in-depth study of the operation of devices and electronic circuits, both analog and digital, as well as sensor technology. In the Laboratory 3 course, various aspects of circuit understanding and design are examined, and experiments are conducted to highlight the dual, classical and quantum, nature of matter (e.g., measurement of the e/m ratio, Franck-Hertz experiment, photoelectric effect). In the Digital Technologies course, programming and automation techniques are explored in greater depth, through experiments ranging from classical physics (e.g., Lambert-Beer law, chaotic circuits) to modern physics (e.g., conductance quantization, spin resonance, rubidium spectroscopy).
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Last updated on: 14/01/2025