Spring 2027

Laboratory Course in Plasmas

Laboratory course covering techniques for creating, exciting, and measuring lab plasmas and using associated apparatus, including UHV hardware and diagnostics.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Benedikt Geiger

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • List the necessary hardware to generate and measure ultra-high vacuum conditions

  • Describe the plasma formation process when using a biased electrode or wave-heating

  • Explain the working principle of Langmuir plasma diagnostics

  • Perform data analysis in the framework of self-driven and independent research

  • Prepare a clearly written experimental report

  • Interpret experimental data based on comparisons with theory and modelling results

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Prerequisites

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PHYSICS/​E C E/​N E 525 or graduate/professional standing

NE 526

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BENEDIKT GEIGER is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Techniques for creating, exciting, and measuring lab plasmas
  • Hardware for generating and measuring ultra-high vacuum conditions
  • Plasma formation via biased electrodes or wave-heating
  • Working principles of Langmuir plasma diagnostics

Skills

  • Creating, exciting, and measuring lab plasma properties using associated apparatus
  • Identifying hardware for generating and measuring ultra-high vacuum conditions
  • Explaining the working principles of Langmuir plasma diagnostics
  • Interpreting experimental data by comparing it with theoretical and modeling results

Grades

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NE 526 · Spring 2027

Laboratory Course in Plasmas

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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