Simple do-it-yourself experimental set-up for electron charge qe measurement

A simple experiment for the electron charge qe measurement is described. The experimental set-up contains standard electronic equipment only and can be built in every high-school lab all around the world with several days' pocket money budget. It is concluded that it is time such a practice sho...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of physics 2018-08, Vol.39 (6)
Hauptverfasser: Mishonov, T M, Petkov, E G, Mihailova, N Zh, Stefanov, A A, Dimitrova, I M, Gourev, V N, Serafimov, N S, Danchev, V I, Varonov, A M
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Zusammenfassung:A simple experiment for the electron charge qe measurement is described. The experimental set-up contains standard electronic equipment only and can be built in every high-school lab all around the world with several days' pocket money budget. It is concluded that it is time such a practice should be included in regular high-school education. The achieved 13% accuracy is comparable to the best student university labs. The measurement is based on Schottky noise generated by a photodiode. Using a criterion of dollar-per-accuracy for the electron charge qe measurement, this is definitely the world's best educational experiment. An industrial replica can easily be sold across the globe.
ISSN:0143-0807
1361-6404
DOI:10.1088/1361-6404/aad3d7