General Physics Experiment I

During the first semester of my freshman year, I took the General Physics Laboratory I course. In this course, I conducted nine in-class experiments (five of which were completed after class and four during class) and completed one independent experiment after class. My lab notes and experiment reports have been posted on this blog as follows. I welcome everyone to learn and exchange ideas with me!

In-class Experiments

those completed after class

  1. Measurement of the Young’s Modulus of Metal

    Experiment Report
    Preview Report

  2. Determination of the Speed of Sound in a Medium

    Experiment Report
    Preview Report

  3. Resonance Phenomenon in an RLC Circuit

    Experiment Report
    Preview Report

  4. Quantitative Study of Light Diffraction

    Experiment Report
    Preview Report

  5. Observation of Dynamic Hysteresis Loop with an Oscilloscope

    Experiment Report
    Preview Report

those completed during class

  1. Adjustment of the Spectrometer and Measurement of Refractive Index by Grazing Incidence Method

    Inclass Report

  2. Vacuum Coating

    Inclass Report

  3. Measurement of Resistance Using a DC Bridge

    Inclass Report

  4. Michelson Interferometer Experiment

    Inclass Report

Independent Experiment

By looking through a single water droplet, one can observe that the droplet acts as an imaging system. The magnification and resolution of such lens differs as the shape of droplet changes. The morphology of droplets on the object surface was analyzed, and the imaging principle and properties of the image were explored using geometric optics. The shape of the droplet and the imaging law were obtained. The ray trajectory was calculated using Python, confirming the positive correlation between magnification ratio and droplet volume, which is consistent with the theoretical formula.

the final paper