Individual course details | ||||||||||
Study programme | PhD studies in Physics | |||||||||
Chosen research area (module) | Condensed matter physics and statistical physics | |||||||||
Nature and level of studies | Academic studies of the third degree | |||||||||
Name of the course | Spectroscopic methods in condensed mater physics | |||||||||
Professor (lectures) | Zoran V. Popović | |||||||||
Professor/associate (examples/practical) | Nenad Lazarević | |||||||||
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ECTS | 15 | Status (required/elective) | elective | |||||||
Access requi | Undergraduate course in Solid state physics | |||||||||
Aims of the course | Introduction to the optical spectroscopy techniques used in solid state physics | |||||||||
Learning outcomes | Training in the use of spectroscopic techniques for the characterization of materials | |||||||||
Contents of the course | ||||||||||
Lectures | 1.
Introduction Quantum mechanics of electrons, electrons in periodic potentials, phonons, plasmons, magnons. 2. Electromagnetic radiation ( EM ) Light sources, detectors, spectral decomposition of light (optical filters, monochromators and spectrometers, interferometers). 3. The dielectric function Optical constants and dispersion relation, the dielectric function of the material, which includes phonon, plasmon and spin ordering related absorption; experimental determination of the dielectric function (ellipsometry). 4. Spectroscopy in the visible spectral range of EM radiation Optical absorption (fundamental , impurity), luminescence. 5. Symmetry and selection rules in crystals The symmetry of molecules and crystals; group theory representations, point, diperiodic and space groups, a factor group analysis. 6. Light scattering spectroscopies The experimental techniques, Raman scattering, calculation of the intensity of Raman scattering, Raman tensors; Raman scattering in disordered systems, resonant Raman scattering; Brillouine and Rayleigh scattering. 7. Infrared spectroscopy Light sources, optical components and detectors in the infrared and far-infrared part of the spectrum, Fourier spectroscopy. 8. UV and X-ray spectroscopy x - ray fluorescence, x - ray electron spectroscopy. 9. Nuclear spectroscopic methods in solid state physics ESR , NMR, Moessbauer spectroscop, muon-SR, neutron spectroscopy, spectroscopy of charged particles (positron, electron, ion). |
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Examples/ practical classes | Practical work in the Institute of Physics - Zemun on the use of spectroscopic techniques | |||||||||
Recommended books | ||||||||||
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Kuzmany: "Solid State Spectroscopy", Springer 1998. 2. P. Yu, M. Cardona: "Semiconductor Physics", Springer 1996. 3. W. Hayes, R. Loudon: "Scattering of light by crystals", Wiley, 1978.. 4. S. Perkowitz: "Optical characterization of semiconductors", Academic, 1994. 5. G. Burns, A.M. Glazer: „Space Groups for Solid State Scientists“. 6. W. Fateley et al., "Infrared and Raman selection rules for Molecular and Lattice Vibrations: The Correlation Method", J. Wiley, 1972. |
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Lectures | Examples& | Student project | Additional | |||||||
Teaching and learning methods | Mentoring with practical work in the laboratories of the Center for Solid State Physics and New Materials, Institute of Physics - Zemun | |||||||||
Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||||||||
assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |||||||
coursework | written examination | |||||||||
practicals | 30 | oral examination | 50 | |||||||
papers | ||||||||||
presentations | 20 | |||||||||