Course description

Code: FSK3889

Credits: 7,5

School: SCI

Department: Applied Physics

Course objectives:

After finishing the course students will be able to:

- Operate in semiconductor photophysics terms

- Distinguish between processes in nanostructured and bulk materials

- Implement these concepts in the description of practical devices

- Select most adequate luminescence technique for characterization of a particular system

- Examine optical properties of various systems using luminescence method

Main Content

- Excitons and Phonons in Luminescence

- Radiative and Non-Radiative Recombination

- Stimulated Emission

- Low-Dimensional Semiconductors

- Experimental Techniques of Luminescence Spectroscopy

Course Literature

- Ivan Pelant and Jan Valenta “Luminescence Spectroscopy of Semiconductors”, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-958833-6

Examination

The course is seminar-oriented, where students take turns in presenting book chapters to the audience. Presentations are followed by discussion where participants need to be prepared with relevant questions at hand. The quality of presentations and activity at seminars will be evaluated and comprise half of the total score. A problem-solving homework is the other half of the examination. To achieve passing mark a 60% threshold in total scoring should be attained. Another part of the assesment is a laboratory work, where students will design their own optical experiment with equipment available in our lab and their samples.