SPECTROSCOPY
Academic Year 2020/2021 - 2° Year - Curriculum ASTROPHYSICS, Curriculum PHYSICS APPLIED TO CULTURAL HERITAGE, ENVIRONMENT AND MEDICINE and Curriculum CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICSCredit Value: 6
Scientific field: FIS/03 - Physics of matter
Taught classes: 42 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Learning Objectives
Understanding of the basic principles underlying the most common spectroscopic techniques with e.m. waves for the characterization of molecules and solids.
In reference to the Dublin Descriptors:
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Critical understanding of the most advanced developments of Modern Physics, both theoretical and experimental, and their interrelations, also across different subjects.
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Remarkable acquaintance with the scientific method, understanding of nature, and of the research in Physics.
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Ability to identify the essential elements in a phenomenon, in terms of orders of magnitude and approximation level, and being able to perform the required approximations.
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Ability to use analogy as a tool to apply known solutions to new problems (problem solving).
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Ability to discuss about advanced physical concepts, both in Italian and in English.
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Ability to access to specialized literature both in the specific field of one's expertise, and in closely related fields.
Course Structure
Lessons with several practical examples e visits to laboratories.
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Detailed Course Content
- General principles on spectroscpies with electromagnetic waves.
- EM wave propagation, complex refractive index and Fresnel coefficients.
- Sources, monocromators and detectors.
- Vibrations in molecules and solids.
- Model dielectic functions.
- Absorption and emission in semiconductors and insulators.
- Light scattering.
- Spectroscopies with X-rays.
Textbook Information
H. Kuzmany, "Solid-State Spectoscopy", Springer.
J. Garcia Solè, L.E. Baus ́and D. Jaque, "An Introduction to the Optical Spectroscopy of Inorganic Solids", John Wiley & Sons.
D.C. Harris and M.D. Bertolucci, "Simmetry and Spectroscopy", Dover.
G.R. Fowles, Introduction to Modern Optics, Dover Publications
O.S Heavens, “Optical Properties of Thin Solid Films., Dover Publications
A. Borghesi, in Highlights on Spectroscopies of Semiconductors and Insulators, World Scientific
R.P. Feynman, R.B. Leighton, M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Addison-Wesley
C.E. Housecroft and A.G. Sharpe, Inorganic Chemistry, Pearson Education Limited
M. Fox, Optical Properties of Solids (cap. 5.1 - 5.3), Oxford University Press
I. Pelant and J. Valenta, Luminescence Spectroscopy of Semiconductors, Oxford University Press