Quantum materials: fundamentals and applications

Deadline: July 1st, 23:59

Note that for Option 1 it will be easier to score highly, as writing that report also shows that you have understood the experimental part of the course. For report 2 you will be graded only on the report itself.

Option 1 - write a report on the data taken in the exercise:

• About 2 pages, but flexible
• The style should be an "internal report" i.e. aimed at colleagues in your lab that want to know what you measured and found, and how you measured it.
  
• Describe the setup used (potentially with a little sketch or picture)
• Describe the calibrations (for temperature and resistance) used
• Show the "raw" R(T) curve (including cooling and heating)
• Show a "binned" R(T) curve (heating only) taking data in e.g. 0.1K (or as you see fit) windows and showing the mean and standard error on the mean.

Option 2 - write a report on a recent experimental paper:

• You can choose one of the three papers on the moodle (all uploaded together with their supplementary material, which you should also take into account).
• Maximum two pages, use the same template as for the first report, or similar.
• The style should be an "internal report" i.e. aimed at colleagues in your lab that may be working on a topic related to that paper and want a critical summary of that work. Similar to a journal club, but you don't need a general introduction to the topic.
• Summarize what the authors claim and how they justify that claim.
• Comment on which parts of the claim are convincing, which ones are less convincing (and why), what experiments one could do to make things more convincing. You are encouraged to be critical, and not simply accept what the authors say.
• You can (and probably should) include at least one figure, which can be a "collage" of images/data from the paper and/or a sketch you find useful to illustrate that experiment.
• You can also suggest what you think could be interesting next steps starting from those results.