Courses
Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday 13:00-14:00
Anouncements:
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:
Computers I
Course description: Introduction to programming with Fortran. Variables and arithmetic expressions, input/output. Flow control, loop structures. Arrays. Subroutines, functions.Course material: Lecture slides etc
The course consists of: 4h/week theory, 2h/week labwork (1st semester, 6 ECTS units)
Computers II
Course description: Programming with C++. Variables and arithmetic expressions, input/output, flow control, loop structures, arrays. Functions, structures, classes.Course material: Lecture slides etc
The course consists of: 4h/week theory, 2h/week labwork (1st semester, 6 ECTS units)
Quantum Theory of Matter
Course description: Quantum theory of light: black-body radiation, photoelectric effect, Compton scattering. Discrete nature of matter: atomic structure, Bohr atom, atomic spectra. Material waves: de Broglie wave, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, particle-wave duality. Quantum mechanics in 1D: wavefunction, operators, Schrodinger equation. Simple solutions: particle in an infinite quantum well, particle in a finite quantum well, quantum oscillator. Quantum mechanics in 3D: particle in a 3D quantum well, central forces and angular momentum, hydrogen atom. Atomic structure: angular magnetic moments, Zeeman effect, electron spin, spin-orbit coupling, magnetic structure.Course material: Lecture slides
quantum theory of light
discrete nature of matter
material waves
quantum mechanics in one dimension
tunneling effects
quantum mechanics in three dimensions
atomic structure
Additional material: complex numbers
The course consists of: 4h/week theory (4th semester, 4 ECTS units)
Electric, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Materials
Course description:Course material: Lecture slides
Optical
The course consists of: 4h/week theory (3th semester, 4 ECTS units)
Semiconducting and Insulating Materials
Course description:Course material: Lecture slides
Ch1
Ch2
The course consists of: 4h/week theory (9th semester, 4 ECTS units)
Photonic Materials
Anouncement: The project presentation session will be on Friday March 7th, 3pm at the Computer Room (P2)Course description: Electromagnetic theory: Maxwell's equations, constitutive relations. Light propagation in materials: dielectric function, dispersion and absorption, Drude-Lorentz model. Waves on an interface, reflection and refraction. Thin films, optical characterization, antireflection coatings. Dielectric mirrors (Bragg), photonic band structure, photonic cavities, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL). Photonic crystals, band structure, waveguides and cavities in two and three dimensions. Photon confinement: waveguides and optical fibers. Semiconductors: electronic structure, optical properties, materials systems. Quantum confinement: wells, wires and dots. Structure and materials in light emitting diodes (LED) and laser diodes (LD). Metals: optical response and properties, surface Plasmon polaritons, metallic nanoparticles and localized surface plasmons, plasmonic applications. Devices for absorbing and detecting light: photovoltaic cells, photodetectors.
Course material:
Lecture notes
Sample questions
Master lecture slides
The course consists of: 3h/week theory (9th semester elective, 3 ECTS units)
GRADUATE COURSES:
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Course material:Y4:
Lecture slides Y4
Lab exercise 1: 1D FDTD
Lab exercise 2: 1D FDTD input
Lab exercise 2: 1D FDTD makerun
E11:
Lecture slides E11
Lab exercise slides E11
E1:
Lecture: Plasmonics
Lecture: Graphene
CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS
Course material:Lecture: Graphene
Lecture: Free electrons in metals
Lecture: Harmonic lattice theory