4 ECTS credits
120 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4023289DNR for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (D) Master - preliminary level.
- Semester
- 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Taught in
- English
- Partnership Agreement
- Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
- Department
- Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
- External partners
- Universiteit Gent
- Educational team
- Decaan WE
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
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30 contact hours Lecture
- Course Content
- Classical view on linear interactions of light with matter: Maxwell’s equations in solids, material dispersion,local field factors, Kramers-Krönig relations, light absorption/refraction and the Lorentz oscillator model.
- Bulk semiconductors (interband transitions, excitons) and metals (plasmons).
- Nanostructured materials: quantum dots, quantum wells, intraband transitions.
- Luminescent molecules and color centers.
- Quantum view on linear light-matter interactions: Photons and Planck’s law, Einstein coefficients, stimulated and spontaneous emission, the oscillator strength.
- Classical view on non-linear interactions of light with matter: second order non-linearities (second harmonic generation/sum frequency generation), third order non-linearities (Kerr effect, Raman scattering) and applications of non-linear optics in optical spectroscopy.
- Advanced light sources: lasers, ultrashort pulsed lasers, supercontinuum sources.
- Materials spectroscopy 1: Pump-probe spectroscopy and femto-chemistry
- Materials spectroscopy 2: Femtosecond luminescence, advanced probes (THz, Infrared, Electron scattering, …)
- Lab session and/or invited lecture on advanced optical spectroscopy applied to novel materials.
- Additional info
English language course text, slides and a selection of recent papers from literature. Student presentations
References
- Optical Properties of Solids, M.Fox
- Luminescence Spectroscopy of Semiconductors , I. Pelant
- The Quantum Theory of Light, R. Loudon
- Non-linear optics, R. Boyd
- Theory of Optical Processes in Semiconductors: Bulk and Microstructures, P.K. Basu
- Learning Outcomes
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general competencies
- Extensive knowledge of linear and non-linear interactions of light with matter, both in bulk, molecular and nanostructured systems.
- Have a working knowledge of advanced light sources and their use in chemistry.
- Detailed knowledge of the possibilities and limitations of ultrafast optical spectroscopy in materials development.
- Critical attitude towards scientific literature.
- Grading
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The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- oral + presentation
with a relative weight of 100
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
Oral exam on work assignment and presentation
To be evaluated, each student has to write and present a review discussing a recent publication on a topic related to the course. The review is written in a two-step process. Only after a first version has been peer-reviewed by fellow students, a second version is submitted for evaluation. The evaluation is based on the written report, the presentation and the discussion following the presentation.
A single mark is given for the whole of written report, presentation and discussion
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Chemistry: Analytical and Environmental Chemistry