WS16/17 Solid-State spectroscopy

Literature:
Hans Kuzmany, Solid-State Spectroscopy
R. Saito, Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

 

Lectures

1. Introduction

2. Hertzian dipole

3. Fourier transformation

4. Frequency and power spectrum

5. Planck law and lasers

6. Light sources

7. Spectral analysis of light

8. Detection of the light

9. Dielectric function

10. Dielectric function 2

10b. Refraction coefficient

11. Interband transition

12. Group theory

13. Electronic transitions in benzene

14. Group theory and Raman spectroscopy

15. Photoemission spectroscopy

Additional materials

1. Saito, Tight binding calculations in graphene

2. Saito, Phonon modes of carbon nanotubes

Exercises and solutions

Exercise	Solution
1. Hertzian dipole	Hertzian dipole
2. Fourier transform	Fourier transform
3. Shape of the spectral line
4. Laser	Laser
5. Spectral analysis
6. Poisson distribution
7. Reflectance and transmittance	Reflectance and transmittance
8. Dielectric function	Dielectric function
9. Phonons	Phonons
10. Dielectric function and density of states	a) Dielectric function and density of states b) Naphtalene, anthracene