Optical Materials and Spectroscopy
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1 |
Review of the course subjects | Course objects will be shared, homework sets will be explained and lab sessions will be organized |
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2 |
Reflection and transmission | Theories that the Maxwell equations, Fresnel equations, reflection and refraction propagation of light in media. |
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3 |
Absorption of light I | Beer-Lambert law, Lorentz oscillator model |
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4 |
Free electrons and Plasmons | Fundamentals of free electrons and plasmons |
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5 |
Polarization | Polarization, matrix representation, polarization dependent reflection and refraction, |
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6 |
Spectroscopic ellipsometry | Refractive index, extinction coefficient and thickness measurements using spectroscopic ellipsometry |
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7 |
Lab session for Reflection and transmission and Spectroscopic ellipsometry |
Measurement of reflection and transmission Measurement of spectroscopic ellipsometry |
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8 |
FTIR and Raman, Phonons | Phonons and vibrations in crystals, fundamentals of infrared absorption and Raman scattering |
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MIDTERM EXAM
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9 |
Interband absorption in materials I | Basics of crystal lattice and band gap formation |
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10 |
Interband absorption in materials II | Interband absorption, absorption of light with an energy larger than band gap and band tails, photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy fundamentals, PL lifetime measurements |
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11 |
Excitons | Formation of excitons, and absorption and emission by excitions |
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12 |
Luminescence of nanoparticles | Quantum confinement, luminescence of nanoparticles, Raman and FTIR of nanoparticles. |
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13 |
Luminescence of color centers, rare-earth ions and transition metals | Emission from color centers, rare-earth ions, transition metals |
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14 |
Project presentations and lab session of photoluminescence | Student presentations on optical materials and spectroscopy methods |
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FINAL EXAM
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Course books: M. Fox "Optical Properties of Solids" 2010, H. Fujiwara "Spectroscopic Ellipsometry" 2007
Course instructor: Asst. Prof. Selçuk Yerci
Course hours: To be decided (preferably Wednesday 13:40 - 16:30)
Office hours: To be decided
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