Prof. Dr. Markus Grüninger (grueninger -at- ph2.uni-koeln.de),

II. Physikalisches Institut, phone: (470)-6280

Time

Tuesday 10:00-11:30; April 7 - July 14 2015. 

Has been moved from  Lecture Hall III to

seminar room 01TP (new building for Theoretical Physics) 

Lecture notes will be uploaded before the lecture as pdf files with voids. 

The aim of this lecture is to introduce modern experimental approaches in solid state physics. Basic concepts and different methods are illustrated with topical examples of physical problems.

Preliminary list of topics:

crystal growth & growth of thin films

structure of solids (diffraction techniques, microscopy)

transport and thermodynamic properties

spectroscopies (electronic structure, magnetism, phonons, ...): optical spectroscopy; Raman scattering; inelastic x-ray scattering; x-ray absorption; photoemission; electron energy loss; tunneling; inelastic neutron scattering; magnetic resonance; pump-probe techniques; ...

Literature

Links to papers will be given below.

Textbooks (among others):

Festkörperphysik / Solid State Physics, H. Ibach, H. Lüth (Springer)

Festkörperphysik, R. Gross, A. Marx (De Gruyter)

Solid-State Spectroscopy, H. Kuzmany (Springer)

Surface Science - An Introduction, K. Oura, V. G. Lifshits, A. A. Saranin, A. V. Zotov, M. Katayama (Springer)

An Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation, P. Willmott (Wiley)