KEB-65157 Experimental Optical Spectroscopy, 5 cr
Additional information
The aim of the course is to get familiar with basic principals used to build instruments for modern spectroscopy studies, and to discover great opportunities and principal limitations of the optical spectroscopy methods.
Suitable for postgraduate studies.
Person responsible
Nikolai Tkachenko
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| KEB-65157 2019-01 | 2 |
Nikita Durandin Ekaterina Lisitsyna Nikolai Tkachenko |
Learning Outcomes
The course consists of two parts: lectures and laboratory works. The lecture part is aimed to build up understanding of principles of modern optical spectroscopy including ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy; knowledge of what and how can be studied by optical spectroscopy; ability to evaluate key features and parameters of spectroscopy instruments, e.g. for single molecule detection or femtosecond time resolution. The laboratory part is designed to gain personal experience in conducting spectroscopy measurements using state-of-the-art instruments.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | An introduction to optics and optical measurements | ||
| 2. | Advanced presentation of main techniques used in optical spectroscopy experiments, including steady state spectrophotometers and fluorimeters, and numerous time-resolved techniques such as femtosecond pump-probe and up-conversion, picosecond time correlated single photon counting, nanosecond flash photolysis and others. | ||
| 3. | An overview of methods of analysis of the results of spectroscopy measurements | ||
| 4. | Optical spectroscopy measurements: prepare samples, conduct the measurements, and analyze the results |
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Additional information | Examination material |
| Book | Optical Spectrocopy: Methods and Instrumentation | Nikolai V. Tkachenko | 978-0-444-52126-2 | Introduction to optical spectroscopy measurements and description of main steady state and time-resolved spectroscopy techniques | Yes | |
| Book | Photochemistry laboratory works | N. Tkachenko, E. Vuorimaa-Laukkanen, T.-P. Ruoko | Descriptions and instructions for the laboratory works | No | ||
| Lecture slides | Experimental optical spectroscopy | Nikolai Tkachenko | lecture presentation slides | Yes |
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| KEB-65157 Experimental Optical Spectroscopy, 5 cr | KEB-65156 Experimental Optical Spectroscopy, 4 cr |