An Advanced Physics Laboratory in Solid State Physics

圣何塞州立大学物理系在其课程中增加了一门新的高年级本科生固体物理实验课程。这个实验室是对固态物理学讲座课程的补充。新的实验和讲座课程（每学期扩展到两个学期）将成为凝聚态物理新课程的核心。在实验室中，学生将进行（或将进行）关于x射线晶体学、电阻率、霍尔效应和磁阻、光导、磁学、电子顺磁共振、超导、液晶、液氦和穆斯堡尔效应的研究。将重点放在半导体的研究，以及晶体和非晶态物质之间的差异。这里提供的主要设备，以加强本实验课程包括1)Cary 14分光光度计的电子升级，2)2 K和室温之间系统的温度控制器，3)80 K和350 K之间的可编程温度控制器，4)磁铁电源，5)真空泵和压力表，6)液氦杜瓦瓶，以及7)用于盖革-穆勒管的速率计和电源。该大学将提供等额的资助。

The Physics Department at San Jose State has added a new upper division undergraduate laboratory course in solid state physics to its curriculum. This laboratory supplements a lecture course in solid state Physics. The new lab and the lecture course (expanded to two semesters each) will be the core of a new Concentration in Condensed Matter Physics. In the lab, students perform (or will perform) work on x-ray crystallography, electrical resistivity, Hall effect and magnetoresistance, photoconductivity, magnetism, electron paramagnetic resonance, superconductivity, liquid crystals, liquid helium, and Mossbauer effect. There will be an emphasis on studies of semiconductors, and on the differences between crystalline and amorphous forms of matter. Major equipment provided here to strengthen this lab course includes 1) an electronics upgrade for a Cary 14 Spectrophotometer, 2) temperature controller for systems between 2 K and room temperature, 3) programmable temperature controllers between 80 K and 350 K, 4) magnet power supplies, 5) a vacuum pump and gauges, 6) a liquid helium dewar, and 7) a ratemeter and power supply for a Geiger-Muller tube. The University will match the award with an equal amount of funds.