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Adaptation of acoustic model experiments of STM via smartphones and tablets

Authors :
Katrin Hochberg
Martin Aeschlimann
Michael Thees
Jochen Kuhn
Source :
The Physics Teacher. 55:436-437
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), 2017.

Abstract

The importance of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) in today’s research and industry leads to the question of how to include such a key technology in physics education. Manfred Euler has developed an acoustic model experiment to illustrate the fundamental measuring principles based on an analogy between quantum mechanics and acoustics. Based on earlier work we applied mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets instead of using a computer to record and display the experimental data and thus converted Euler’s experimental setup into a low-cost experiment that is easy to build and handle by students themselves.

Details

ISSN :
0031921X
Volume :
55
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Physics Teacher
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........5cda030b0144209ff3eea5490ff29f3a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5003749