Experiments

The links provided will take you to a Conceptual Introduction to Quantum Analogs and to newsletters describing many of the experiments that can be done with TeachSpin’s Quantum Analogs. Below, you will find the table of contents for the Student Version of the User Manual. It will give you an insight into the range of explorations possible with this apparatus.

STUDENT MANUAL

0. Introduction to the Apparatus
1. Standing Sound Waves in a Tube –
Analog to a Quantum Mechanical Particle in a Box
1.1 Initial set up and theory
1.2 Measure a spectrum in the tube using an oscilloscope
1.3 Measure a spectrum with the computer and compare
it to the spectrum found with the oscilloscope
2. Modeling a Hydrogen Atom with a Spherical Resonator
2.0 Theoretical Background
2.1 Measure resonances in the spherical resonator and
determine their quantum numbers
2.2 Measure spectra and wave functions in the spherical
resonator using the computer
3. Broken Symmetry in the Spherical Resonator and Modeling a Molecule
3.1 Lifting Degeneracy of states with different magnetic
quantum numbers
3.2 Modeling a molecule
4. Modeling a One Dimensional Solid
4.1 From a free electron to an electron in a periodic potential
4.2 Atom – Molecule – Chain
4.3 Superstructures and unit cells with more than one atom
4.4 Defect States
5. Appendices
Appendix 1 Controller Box – Technical Description
Appendix 2 Recognizing and Correcting Saturation
Appendix 3 Connecting to a Computer – Instructions & Troubleshooting

STUDENT MANUAL

Table of Contents