written by
Laboratory Physicist Dean Hudek
Instructional material presented at W34 at the Beyond the First Year Laboratory conference and part of W36 "Advanced & Intermediate Laboratories" at the 2012 AAPT summer meeting.
A laboratory manual, a complete list of equipment needed, and experimental tips are included.
The main goals for the experiments are:
• To measure hyperfine splitting of atomic energy levels in 87Rb.
• To become familiar with optical techniques
• To become familiar with Michelson interferometry and measurement calibration
Last Modified January 30, 2013
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