Practical physics

General practical physics

The practical physics of General Physics chair in KFU is one of the best of equipping workshop in Russia up to date. The uniqueness of the practicum is that the most modern training equipment is combined with extensive methodological experience of teaching stuff of the f General Physics chair and with age-old traditions of physics teaching in KFU. The vast majority of experimental tasks are described and delivered by teaching stuff of KFU. The experience of creating the practicum was used by the universities of St. Petersburg, Saransk, Barnaul, Naberezhnye Chelny. Within the framework of the various programs of interaction between universities the practical physics were accomplished by students from Austria, Thailand and a number of Russian cities.

The practical physics is used for:

• providing of training for all the natural sciences specialties in KFU;
• work with school teachers in training courses;
• creation of the modern computer environments of education;
• work with gifted students.

Methodical specifics:

• visibility of experimental ideas;
• assembly experimental schemes by students;
• complete coverage of all the general physics course; the measurement of all fundamental constants, referred in the course of general physics;
• a possibility of setting all fundamental experiments in the course of general physics;
• an easy adaptation to a wide variety of curricula.

The principles of the arrangement of the physical physics:

• modular systems, the formation of working places, at which several experiments are performed;
• an ability to build new experimental facilities;
• the reliability of the equipment; security.

Quantitative characteristics:

• a number of laboratories: 10
• a number of working places (including identical ones): more than 200 (90 with computer registration)
• Mechanics: 50 (24)
• Molecular physics and Thermodynamics: 46 (16)
• Electricity and Magnetism: 56 (20)
• Optics 46 (18)
• Atomic Physics: 16 (12)
• a number of different experimental tasks: around 300
• Mechanics: 68
• Molecular physics and Thermodynamics: 36
• Electricity and Magnetism: 86
• Optics: 60
• Nuclear physics: 49

Medical physics

A distinctive feature of the practical works performed in the laboratory "Medical Physics" of Institute of Physics is their obvious practical orientation. They are in addition to the works which are done in the laboratories of general practical physics by students of the Institute of fundamental medicine and biology and they provide the development of the course "Medical Physics". Some of the works included in a special practicum in Master's program "Medical Physics". Laboratory works are divided into two main sections, each of them are corresponding to the most famous and popular in modern methods of research and diagnostics in medicine - "Physical principles of ultrasonic diagnostics" and "Basics of X-ray examinations", and also ultrasound and X-ray computer tomography. Blocks of labs are simulated by real medical devices. This is allowing a deeper training of medical specialists on the basis of the laboratory practicum. Primarily, it refers to works, where the equipment includes medical mannequins and models (the eyeball, breast, model of the heart, blood vessels, etc.). Introductory parts based on the test blocks allow to get acquainted with the basics of physical methods of research. The modern equipment and software allow students to explore the full range of actions under the specific method of settings. It is expected that the laboratory practicum will be provided with textbooks of studied subject.

The list of laboratory works of "Physical principles of ultrasonic diagnostics":

1. Paramount works (des­cription in the attached file)

1. Job Ф1. Ultrasonography (A-scan)
2. Job Ф8. Ultrasound B-scan
3. Job Ф13. Ultrasonic Doppler effect
4. Job Ф15. Flowing mechanics
5. Job M1. Ultrasonic TM (time-motion) –scan

1. Additional works

1. Job Ф2. The speed of sound in solids
2. Job Ф3 ultrasonic attenuation in solids
3. Job Ф6. Frequency dependence of resolution
4. Job Ф9 Ultrasound computerized tomography
5. Job Ф14 Work. Profile of flow
6. Job M2 Ultrasound examination of the female breast  model
7. Job M3 Doppler sonography
8. Job M2 Ultrasound examination of the eye model

The list of laboratory works of "Basics of X-ray examination":

1. the use of fluorescent screen for detecting X-rays
2. an examination of the implant models and the vessel
3. an absorption of x-ray radiation of materials with different  properties and thickness
4. an ionizing X-ray effect
5. X-ray tomography (CT)

Photonics

The laboratory complex "Photonics" from LD-Didactic is the world's largest complex of 20 labs dedicated to the fundamentals of photonics and the operating principle of modern optical devices and systems. This complex was designed for students of high courses and master's students of physical, engineering and technical specialties. The works vary in complexity, started from the most simple to complex, and are requiring a deeply study of the material works. The complex can be used in the laboratory as part of the various disciplines, such as optics, laser physics, optical fiber and fiber optic systems, nonlinear optics, optoelectronics. The complex study the principles of functioning of 3 types of interferometers, a spectrometer, a barcode scanner, a laser anemometer, the laser vibrometer and video cameras in the infrared range. Almost every laboratory work requires the student to demonstrate both their technical skills (alignment, adjustment, the principle of operation of the unit), and a basic understanding of the physical phenomena of study.

The list of works:

1. Analysis of the laser beam
2. Fiber laser
3. Fiber optics
4. Generation of the second harmonic on a green laser
5. Second harmonic generation on a red laser
6. Diffraction grids
7. The study of pulsed laser diode
8. The Michelson interferometer
9. Fabry-Perot interferometer
10. Camera & Image
11. A laser anemometer
12. A laser vibrometer
13. Rangefinding laser
14. The optical time domain reflectometer
15. An optical filter
16. Polarization of light
17. Work with an optical fiber
18. Barcode Scanner
19. Spectral analysis
20. Laser frequency stabilization