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Experimental methods in condensed matter physics

Lecturers:

Y. Ando, M. Braden, A. Grüneis, M. Grüninger, J. Hemberger, P. van Loosdrecht, T. Lorenz, and T. Michely

Aims of the course:

To give an overview of the methods used in modern experimental condensed matter physics. 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 19, 2017, the last lecture will be given on July 26, 2017.


 

location

seminar room, Institute of Physics II

Topics

19.4.2017

Lorenz

Growth of high-quality bulk single crystals

26.4.2017

Lorenz

Thermodynamics and transport (specific heat, thermal expansion, electric and thermal transport)

3.5.2017

Ando

Thin film devices (device fabrication, field-effect gating, magnetotransport)

10.5.2017

Braden

Scattering methods I: structure determination (x-rays, electrons, neutrons)

17.5.2017

Braden

Scattering methods II: excitations (phonons and magnons)

24.5.2017

Hemberger

AC and DC susceptibility

31.5.2017

Grüneis

Photoemission spectroscopy (XPS, UPS, inverse PES, ARPES)

7.6.2017

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14.6.2017

Grüneis

X-ray absorption (NEXAFS) and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, spin-resolved ARPES

21.6.2017

Michely

Surface science I: sample preparation and vacuum technology

28.6.2017

Michely

Surface science II: high-resolution surface microscopy

5.7.2017

Grüninger

Optical spectroscopy (dielectric function,ellipsometry, FTIR, time-domain spectroscopy)

12.7.2017

Grüninger

Inelastic light scattering (Raman, RIXS)

19.7.2017

van Loosdrecht

Ultrafast spectroscopy I (UV-VIS-IR based)

26.7.2017

van Loosdrecht

Ultrafast spectroscopy II (x-ray based)

Presentations

The presentations can be downloaded from ILIAS (sign in with your smail account):

https://www.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ilias/goto_uk_crs_2110187.html

Students from Bonn University have access to ILIAS via ecampus (sign in with your ecampus account and click "Call ECS Course").

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)