• Level of study

    BAC +5

  • ECTS

    5 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

  • Hourly volume

    33h

Description

This module aims to teach the operating principles of the main techniques for characterizing the structure (volume and surface) and properties (optical, electronic, ...) of condensed matter:

  • X-ray and electron diffraction techniques
  • optical spectroscopy techniques (absorption, reflection, luminescence)
  • local probe microscopies

    This module aims to teach the operating principles of the main techniques for characterizing the structure (volume and surface) and properties (optical, electronic, ...) of condensed matter:

    • X-ray and electron diffraction techniques
    • optical spectroscopy techniques (absorption, reflection, luminescence)
    • local probe microscopies
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Objectives

  • review the physical phenomena behind these different techniques
  • train students to be informed users of these techniques
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Necessary pre-requisites

- Organization of the material

- Wave physics

- Atoms, Molecules and Radiation

- Physics of condensed matter: structural properties, electronic properties

Recommended Prerequisites:

- Quantum mechanics

- Introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology

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Syllabus

X-ray and electron diffraction

Optical spectroscopy: Maxwell's equations; propagation of an electromagnetic wave in a material medium; complex dielectric permittivity; radiation absorption; Fresnel coefficients and reflectivity; ellipsometry; luminescence; radiative and non-radiative relaxation and recombination phenomena; excitation of photoluminescence; radiative and non-radiative lifetime measurements

Local probe microscopies: operating principles of SPM: AFM, STM, ...; Atomic, molecular and particulate interactions, contact mechanics, vibrational response of a lever, tunneling, electronic states.

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