Course syllabus

Course-PM

TIF300 / FYM300 Spectroscopy lp2 HT20 (7.5 hp)

The course is offered by the Department of Physics

Contact details:

 

Examiner and Course Responsible

Timur Shegai

Department of Physics, Division of Nano and Biophysics

e-mail: timurs@chalmers.se

 

Guest Lecturers

Eva Olsson (EELS, EDXS and CL)

Department of Physics, Division of Nano and Biophysics

e-mail: eva.olsson@chalmers.se

Dinko Chakarov (Photoelectron spectroscopy)

Department of Physics, Division of Chemical Physics

e-mail: dinko.chakarov@chalmers.se

 

Teaching Assistants:

Adriana Canales

e-mail: adriana.canales@chalmers.se

Andrew Yankovich

e-mail: andrew.yankovich@chalmers.se

Lunjie Zeng

e-mail: lunjie@chalmers.se

 

 

Course purpose

Aim of the course

• To provide a broad introduction to the field of modern spectroscopy with particular emphasis on modern experimental techniques and theoretical background.
• To familiarize students with central unifying concepts and experimental as well as theoretical methods needed for the understanding of modern spectroscopy.
• To highlight the importance of symbiosis between experimental and theoretical approaches in the spectroscopy disciplines.
• To introduce the key physical concepts of atomic and molecular spectroscopy and microscopy, as well as give an overview of their applications.

 

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

• explain the basic concepts to describe phenomena that are responsible for the importance of spectroscopy in modern science and technology.
• name and explain some of the most important experimental and theoretical methods commonly used.
• apply theoretical reasoning to account for experimental observations, and to build simple physical models for properties and processes occurring in atoms and molecules upon interaction with electromagnetic radiation.
• explain the key phenomena for the interaction of electrons with matter.

 

Schedule

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Course literature

The following books are comprehensive background reading material (not compulsory) for the course and available via Chalmers Library:

 

• Long: The Raman effect, Wiley, 2002.
• Wilson: Molecular vibrations: The theory of infrared and Raman vibrational spectra.
• Le Ru and P. Etchegoin: Principle of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Elsevier, 2009.
• Lakowicz: Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Springer, 2006
• Boyd: Nonlinear Optics, Academic Press, 2008
• B. Williams and C.B. Carter, Transmission electron microscopy, Springer Science +Business Media, LLC, 2009, New York.

 

Web resources:

www.olympusmicro.com/primer/java/index.html

www.microscopyu.com/tutorials/

micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/index.html

 

Course design 

• The course content will be provided during the lectures.
• Two COMPULSORY laboratory works, devoted to (1) Optical spectroscopy and (2) Electron spectroscopy, correspondingly.
• The Optical part will include Raman and FTIR microscopy and spectroscopy.
• The Electron part will include cathodoluminescence, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS).
• The course will also contain 5 OPTIONAL home works, the successful completion of which provides BONUS points at the final exam.

Changes made since the last occasion

Due to the COVID-19 situation, all the teaching activities, including labs, will be on campus, but with strict follow of social distancing.

If you have any symptoms you must stay at home.

 

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

• explain the basic concepts to describe phenomena that are responsible for the importance of spectroscopy in modern science and technology.
• name and explain some of the most important experimental and theoretical methods commonly used.
• apply theoretical reasoning to account for experimental observations, and to build simple physical models for properties and processes occurring in atoms and molecules upon interaction with electromagnetic radiation.
• explain the key phenomena for the interaction of electrons with the matter.
• Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

Study plan

 

Examination form

• A written exam consisting of several problems and questions at the end of the course:
  (10 questions ca. 3p each, 0-12 p = failed, 12-18=3; 18-24=4, 24-30=5)
• Obligatory Labs: (passed/not passed)
• Lecture attendance: be present at a minimum of 9 out of 12 lectures
• Homeworks: in total 5 assignments (1p each, maximum total give 5 extra points at the exam, not obligatory).

 

 

New rules for PhD students:

This change does not affect the assessment of whether the doctoral student should take the first/second cycle course or not. It is the administrative handling of the doctoral student's registration on the course and the transfer of credits that will change.

 

•       The agreement that the first/second cycle course will be part of the doctoral student's curriculum must be documented in the individual study plan, ISP.
•       The doctoral student contacts the course examiner in order to make sure that there is a place for her/him on the course (beyond the number of places that are guaranteed to the students on undergraduate programmes). After that, the doctoral student fills in the application form that is available on the intranet (https://intranet.chalmers.se/formular/formular-anmalan-till-kurs-pa-grund-avancerad-niva-inom-forskarutbildning/). The doctoral student is responsible for controlling that she/he has the correct prerequisites described in the course syllabus.
•       The application should be sent in well in advance of the start of the course, and not later than during the first study week of the course. Handling of the application may be affected by on-going course selection by the undergraduate students.
•       Registration is executed by Systems Management / Ladok, within the registration period for the course instance. The course is registered as self-contained in Ladok. The doctoral student will receive an e-mail when the registration is done. The registration will give the doctoral student access to the course room in Canvas.
•       Sign-up for exams must be done by the doctoral student within the sign-up period for the exam that the doctoral student will attend. Late sign-ups will not be approved. See decision C 2017-0315. Sign-up is done in Ladok for students.
•       The registration of the doctoral student's results in Ladok will be done in the same way as for the other students on the course.
•       After the result of the exam has been reported the doctoral student needs to apply for transfer of credits to be included in her/his individual curriculum. This should be done according to the routines at the department. 
More information can be found at https://intranet.chalmers.se/en/tools-support/doctoral-studies-support/courses/subject-courses-for-phd-students/where the application is available.