Experimental Methods
Lecturers:
Y. Ando, M. Braden, A. Grüneis, M. Grüninger, J. Hemberger, P. v. Loosdrecht, T. Lorenz, T. Michely
Aims of the course:
To give an overview of the methods used in modern experimental condensed matter physics research. The contents of the course relate to synthesis, structural characterization, transport properties and spectroscopy. Specific consideration will be given to the methods that have been developed and are used at the University of Cologne.
time | Wednesday, 16:00-17:30 The lecture starts on April 13, 2016, the final regular lecture will be on July 20, 2016.
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location | seminar room II |
Topics
13.4.2016 | Lorenz | Growth of high quality bulk single crystals |
20.4.2016 | Ando | Thin film devices (device fabrication, field-effect gating, magnetotransport) |
27.4.2016 | Lorenz | Thermodynamics and Transport (specific heat, thermal expansion, electric and thermal transport) |
4.5.2016 | Braden | Scattering methods I: structure determination (x-rays, electrons, neutrons) |
11.5.2016 | Braden | Scattering methods II: excitations (phonons and magnons) |
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25.5.2016 | Grüninger | Optical spectroscopy (dielectric function,THz, infrared, VIS-UV) |
1.6.2016 | Grüninger | Inelastic light scattering (Raman, RIXS) |
8.6.2016 | Hemberger | AC and DC susceptibility I |
15.6.2016 | Hemberger | AC and DC susceptibility II |
22.6.2016 | Matteo Montagnese | Ultrafast spectroscopy I (UV-VIS-IR based) |
29.6.2016 | Michely | High resolution microscopy and local spectroscopy I: Preparation of surfaces, scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy |
6.7.2016 | Matteo Montagnese | Ultrafast spectroscopy II (x-ray based) |
13.7.2016 | Grüneis | Photoemission spectroscopy (XPS, UPS, inverse PES, ARPES) |
20.7.2016 | Grüneis | X-ray absorption (NEXAFS) and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, spin-resolved ARPES |
Presentations
The presentations can be downloaded from ILIAS (sign in with your smail account):
https://www.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ilias/goto_uk_crs_1771040.html
Literature
Crystal growth:
G. Dhanaraj, K. Byrappa, V. Prasad, and M. Dudley, eds., Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth (Springer, 2010).
Scattering:
C. Giacovazzo, Fundamentals of Crystallography (Oxford Science Publications, 1992)
Neutron scattering:
G.L. Squires, Thermal Neutron Scattering (Cambridge University Press, 1978)
Raman/optical spectroscopy:
Kuzmany: Solid-State Spectroscopy: An Introduction (Springer, 2009)
Ultrafast spectroscopy:
Optical Techniques for Solid-State Materials Characterization, eds. Rohit P. Prasankumar, Antoinette J. Taylor, CRC press (2011). ISBN 9781439815373.
Scanning probe techniques:
Bert Voigtländer: Scanning Probe Microscopy (Springer 2015)
Photoelectron Spectroscopy:
S. Hüfner, Photoelectron Spectroscopy Principles and Applications (Springer, 1996)
NEXAFS/XMCD:
Joachim Stohr ,NEXAFS Spectroscopy (Springer, 1996)