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Optical properties of matter - NAFY026

Title:	Optické vlastnosti látek
Guaranteed by:	Institute of Physics of Charles University (32-FUUK)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2022
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	5
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	prof. RNDr. Roman Grill, CSc.

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Annotation -

Last update: T_KFES (28.04.2016)

Interaction of light with atom and solid state. Optical constants and their connection with band structure. Dispersion relations and general properties of optical constants. Optical properties of metals, semiconductors and ionic crystals. Optical transitions. Nonlinear optical phenomena. Light generation. Luminescence and stimulated emission. Introduction to optoelectronics. Optoelectronic devices.

Course completion requirements -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Jan Kunc, Ph.D. (06.06.2023)

Active presence at exercises.

Oral exam.

Literature -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Jan Kunc, Ph.D. (06.06.2023)

[1] Mark Fox, Optical Properties of Solids, Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics

[2] Marius Grundmann, The Physics of Semiconductors, Springer 2016

[3] Peter Y.Yu, Manuel Cardona: Fundamentals of Semiconductors. Springer-Verlag Berlin 1996.

[4] K.Seeger: Semiconductor Physics: Springer Verlag Berlin 1989 a další vydání

[5] M.A.Herrman: Semiconductor Superlattices. Akademie-Verlag Berlin 1986

[6] Raymond Wolfe, Applied Solid State Science, Academic Press, 1972

[7] Joseph Callaway, Quantum Theory of the Solid State, Academic Press 1974

[8] B.E.A.Saleh a M.C.Teich: Základy fotoniky, sv. 1 - 4. Matfyzpress Praha 1995.

[9] Ch.Kittel: Úvod do fyziky pevných látek, Academia Praha 1985.

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Jan Kunc, Ph.D. (06.06.2023)

The student should understand the matter taught in the lecture and during exercises.

Syllabus -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Jan Kunc, Ph.D. (06.06.2023)

1. Phenomenological description

Electromagnetic waves, definition of optical constants, dispersion relation and general properties of optical constants

2. Optical properties of semiconductors and ionic crystals

Quantum theory of optical transitions, interband absorption, allowed and forbidden optical transitions, direct and indirect transitions, impurity absorption, reststrahlenband reflection, polariton

3. Optical properties of metals

Free electron model, plasma edge, skin effect, free carrier absorption, interband transitions

4. External fields

Induced anisotropy, magnetooptical effects on free electrons, cyclotron resonance, Faraday rotation, Voigt effect, Landau levels, interband magneto-absorption

5. Nonlinear optical effects

Phenomenological description, second harmonic generation, two-photon absorption, Raman scattering, electro-optical effect, four-wave mixing

6. Optoelectronics

Light sources, detectors, their fundamental parameters and characteristics, solar cells, luminescent diodes, and semiconductor lasers.