Advanced Lab

These are the student lab guides for PHYS 4430 — Advanced Laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder. This site is a companion to the Canvas course where you’ll find course-specific information such as due dates and grades.

Lab Guides

Gaussian Beams Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4
Diffraction and Fourier Optics
Michelson Interferometer Week 1 | Week 2
Modeling and Measuring the Polarization of Light
Hydrogen and Mercury Spectroscopy
Laser Spectroscopy
Absolute Measurement of the Faraday
Gamma Ray Spectroscopy
Pulsed NMR
Lifetime of Muons Generated by Cosmic Rays
X-Ray Fluorescence