Experimental methods in condensed matter physics
Lecturers:
Y. Ando, M. Braden, M. Grüninger, J. Hemberger, P. van Loosdrecht, T. Lorenz, T. Michely and I. Lindfors-Vrejoiu
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 11, 2018, the last lecture will be given on July 11, 2018.
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location | seminar room 2, Institute of Physics II |
Topics
11.04.2018 | Lorenz | Growth of high-quality bulk single crystals |
18.04.2018 | Lorenz | Thermodynamics and transport (specific heat, thermal expansion, electric and thermal transport) |
25.04.2018 | Hemberger | Dynamic response 1 - Permittivity and conductivity |
02.05.2018 | Hemberger | Dynamic response 2 - Magnetic susceptibility, spin-resonance, and ultrasound |
09.05.2018 | Braden | Scattering methods I: structure determination (x-rays, electrons, neutrons) |
16.05.2018 | Braden | Scattering methods II: excitations (phonons and magnons) |
30.05.2018 | Michely | Surface Microscopy I: Basic concepts, AFM and STM, LEEM |
06.06.2018 | Michely | Surface Microscopy II: Spectroscopic methods, inelastic and spin polarized tunneling |
13.06.2018 | Ando | Thin film devices (device fabrication, field-effect gating, magnetotransport) |
20.06.2018 | Grüninger | Optical spectroscopy (dielectric function,ellipsometry, FTIR, time-domain spectroscopy) |
27.06.2018 | van Loosdrecht | Ultrafast spectroscopy (UV-VIS-IR based) |
04.07.2018 | Grüninger | Inelastic light scattering (Raman, RIXS) |
11.07.2018 | Lindfors-Vrejoiu | Pulsed Laser Deposition |
Presentations
The presentations can be downloaded from ILIAS (sign in with your smail account):
https://www.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ilias/goto_uk_crs_2455723.html
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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)