After successful completion of the course, students are able to master basic lab techniques and methods, as well as data acquisition and analysis. The underlying scientific question of the project, the location in the "bigger picture", the chosen methods and the obtained results can be argued (mostly in the form of a brief written report).

Physical quantities such as length, time, mass, voltage are more and more defined based on quantum mechanical effects. This makes quantum mechanics increasingly important in metrology and consumer technology (GPS system). This project work will investigate the link between basic physics systems like atomic transitions, optical cavities, oscillating cirquits to definitions of time and distance. We will build various test experiments to develop "quantum based" time standards.

Hands-on (supervised) lab work.

Mostly through written report or manual.