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Course Catalog 2011-2012

KEM-5157 Experimental optical spectroscopy, 4 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. The course will be lectured in 2011-2012.
Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Nikolai Tkachenko

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures

 

 
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 
KEM-5157 2011-01  

Requirements

final examination

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

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.

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     

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Optical Spectroscopy: Methods and Instrumentation   N. Tkachenko   978-0-444-52126-2          English  
Lecture slides   Experimental Optical Spectroscopy   Nikolai Tkachenko            English  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
KEM-1100 Engineering Chemistry Mandatory    
KEM-5056 Spectroscopy Advisable    
KEM-5100 Photochemistry Advisable    
KEM-5126 Photochemistry, Laboratory Advisable    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
KEM-5157 Experimental optical spectroscopy, 4 cr KEM-5156 Optical Spectroscopy, 4 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
KEM-5157 2011-01 An introduction to optics and optical measurements; 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; an overview of methods of analysis of the results of spectroscopy measurements   Lectures
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