Terminated in academic year 2015/2016

Spectroscopy of Nanostructures

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	516-0071/01
Abbreviation	SN
Course title	Spectroscopy of Nanostructures
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Institute of Physics
Course coordinator	doc. Dr. Mgr. Kamil Postava

Subject syllabus

Contents:
- Physical principles of optical spectroscopy - electron transitions, origin of
spectral dependence of optical parameters, the Kramers-Kronig dispersion
relations.
- Modeling of light propagation in spectroscopic methods, matrix formalisms.
- Specific aspects of optical spectroscopy of nanostructures - methods of effective media approximation and their use in modeling of optical functions of nanostructures,
nanocomposite and porous materials.
- Construction and components of spectrometers, ellipsometers, and spectral
interferometers.
- Methods for processing and fitting of spectroscopic data.
- Reflection and transmission spectroscopy in the visible, near ultraviolet
and near-infrared, spectroscopic ellipsometry, FTIR
spectroscopy in the mid-infrared range, magneto-optic spectroscopic ellipsometry.
- Modern methods and trends spectroscopy

Literature

HOLLAS, J. M., Modern Spectroscopy (4th ed.), John Willey & Sons, 2009.
FOX, M., Optical properties of solids, Oxford Univ. Press, 2003.
SVANBERG, S.: Atomic and molecular spectroscopy: basic aspects and practical
applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1991;
STENZEL, O., The physics of thin film optical spectra, Springer, Berlin, 2005;

Advised literature

PALIK, E. D., Handbook of optical constants of solids, Academic Press, New
York, 1998;
OHLÍDAL, I., FRANTA, D.: Ellipsometry of thin film systems, In: Progress in
Optics, Vol. 41, Ed. E. Wolf, 2000;
ZVEZDIN, A. K., KOTOV, V. A.: Modern magnetooptics and magnetooptical
materials, IOP, Bristol 1977;

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