Lessons (4 CFU)

Maxwell equations. Interactions between electromagnetic radiation and matter: analyses of charges and currents in a solid; polarizability, susceptibility; the complex dielectric function, complex refractive index, dielectric tensor; Lorentz and Drude models; light dispersion, absorption, reflectivity; the local field; linear response functions and Kramers-Kronig relations; fundamentals of non linear optics; neutron spectroscopy; photoemission.

Experimental techniques of optical and vibrational spectroscopy: anelastic (Brillouin, Raman) scattering; optical absorption; photoluminescence and time resolved luminescence; radio-luminescence and scintillation.

Electron paramagnetic resonance. Principles of scanning probe microscopy techniques.

Experimental activity (4 CFU)

Execution of one experimental activity among the following topics:

spectroscopy of semiconductors

micro-raman scattering

analysis of trace elements by ICP-Mass

thermoluminescence applied to archeological dating or to defect analysis

atomic force microscopy

X-ray diffraction

electron spin resonance

optical spectroscopy of insulators

X-ray fluorescence

ellipsometry

 A written final report describing the experimental activity is required. The document should be prepared in word or pdf form and sent to the professor at least one week before the examination.