PHY624: Spectroscopic and measurement techniques 6 credits (40-20-0)

Objectives

To introduce the different spectroscopic and measurement techniques.

Contents

Theory of radiation and Electromagnetic spectrum, Radiation sources, Interaction of Electromagnetic Radiation with Matter, Linear absorption, Transmission, and Reflection Spectroscopy, Applications for Solid State and Semiconductors, Spectrometers and Detectors for Near-IR and Visible range of Electromagnetic spectrum, Optical Spectroscopy in Industrial Characterization Lab, Photoluminescence characterization of Semiconductor Device wavers; Applications of Near-field optical Microscopy (NSOM), Phonons and Free Electron contribution to the Dielectric Function, Ellipsometry, Examples of Biomedical Applications of FT-IR spectroscopy, Non-linear Spectroscopy, Bio-medical applications of Raman Scattering Spectroscopy, X-ray Spectroscopy; Absorption, Diffraction and Fluorescence, Macromolecular Diffraction. DNA structural analysis, Biomedical applications of X-ray spectroscopy, Neutron Diffraction Spectroscopy, Principles of Modulation Spectroscopy, Overview of NMR and EPR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry for biomedical applications.