Optical Spectroscopy Techniques for Materials Science

Education facts

Code: 5FY223

This course covers various spectroscopic methods for understanding fundamental properties and processes in materials, as well as different types of interactions between light and matter. The course starts with atoms and molecules and how they shape solid materials. Several different spectroscopic methods, both in terms of absorption and emission, are studied experimentally and theoretically. The methods studied include time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy, among others. Emphasis lies on the processes and phenomena that can be observed in materials when they interact with light, and the time scales of such processes. Examples of processes that are treated are excitons, plasmons, and magnons, how they can be observed, studied, and what they can teach us about the electronic properties of materials. These types of quasiparticles also have great importance in various applications, such as solar cells, biosensors, lasers, magnetic storage, photochemistry and light-emitting diodes. The course introduces theoretical aspects that are relevant for understanding the interaction between light and matter, as well as theories and methods relevant to the specific spectroscopic techniques.

Entry requirements

90 credits including Modern Physics or Biophysical Chemistry: Spectroscopy or equivalent. Proficiency in English and Swedish equivalent to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies. Requirements for Swedish only apply if the course is held in Swedish.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Optical Spectroscopy Techniques for Materials Science

  Umeå University

  Start date: 25 March 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %