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Phys 221Optics and Waves

• 2002-03-1

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How to prepare a scientific report
How to prepare a poster

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In the final report
The cover page
Phys 221 Optics and Waves Name of Instructor


In the cover page the name of the course, Names
of instructors, Title of the project, the names
of the contributors and semester will be given.

Title of the Project
by
Names of the contributors
METU
2002-03-1
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The Table of Contents
In the Table of Contents (TOC), You will give
the titles of the sections, the titles of all the
sub-sections, the corresponding page numbers and
the references.
Table of Contents
1. Introductionpg.
2. Plasma Accelerators...pg.
2.1. Types of Accelerators..pg.
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5. Discussion and Conc..pg.
References
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The Scientific Report
The cover page and TOC wont be numbered. You
will write your report starting from page 1. The
report will be written in 10-12 font size and
double spaced.
You are totally free in designing your report.
However, you must be careful in writing the
sections below
The figures, The equations and The references.
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Inserting the figures
In your presentations and reports, we advise you
to use the figures to present some of your ideas.
This is an effective way of expressing your
ideas.
The figures can be in the main body of the text.
Each figure must have a Figure Caption indicating
the number of the figure and a short expression
of what it represents.
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Inserting the Equations
You may have some equations describing the
physical phenomenon subject to your report.
While presenting the equations they must be
centered and numbered.
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References
In a scientific report, paper or a thesis, you
are expected to use several references. The
references must be indicated in the main body of
the text by assigning a number for each. They
must be listed in the References part of the
report as a list indicating the numbers.
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For example,
The generation of large amplitude plasma waves by
means of n short laser pulses is presented. S.
Dalla and M. Lontano, Phys. Rev. E 49, R1819
(1994)
Instead of n short laser pulses, we have
demonstrated the particle acceleration by means
of a single laser pulse making multiple round
trip propagation B. Yedierler and S. Bilikmen,
Eur. Phys. J. D 13, 367 (2001)
You may write, The particle acceleration in
plasmas by means of n short laser pulses 1 and
multiple passages of a single pulse 2 is
present in the literature.
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How to write the references
If you are writing a book reference, F. L.
Pedrotti and L. S. Pedrotti, Introduction to
Optics Prentice Hall Inc., New Jersey (1987), p.
158.
If you are writing a Journal reference, S. Dalla
and M. Lontano, Phys. Rev. E 49, R1819 (1994).

• If you provide the information from somebody,
• A.Ecevit, Private communication, METU, Ankara
  (2001).
• If you write a reference from internet,
• Retrieved October 28,2001
• From the World Wide Web
• http//www.energylan.sandia.gov

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How to prepare the Poster
The poster presentation is a good way of academic
interaction.
While preparing the posters, you must
consider How does your poster look? Is it
readable from a distant point? Is it
understandable and easy to follow?
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As an example...
Title
Names of the contributors
References
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Do not Forget!

• Nobody will ask you a question to get you in
  trouble.
• We all know you are sophomores, we are not
  expecting scientific contributions but you must
  understand what you have studied.
• Be scientific, be careful in expressing the facts
  and be as clear as you can.
• If you dont know the answer of a question simply
  say I dont know