B027266 - SOLID-STATE PHYSICS AND PHOTONICS LABORATORY

Italian

Basic concepts of the main experimental techniques for condensed matter optical spectroscopy: laser sources, detectors and experimental setups

Optical Spectroscopy: Methods and Instrumentations, by N.V.Tkachenko,
Elsevier (2006)

Semiconductor Optics, by C.F.Klingshirn.

Ultrashort laser pulse phenomena, by J-C.Diels and W.Rudolph.

Experimental techniques in the field of optical spectroscopy for the measurement of different physical quantities which are relevant for the investigation of solids, in particular semiconductor nanostructures. Fundamental of photonics

Physics of condensed matter basics, in particular semiconductor physics.
Mandatory courses of Physics of Matter

Plenary lectures and laboratory training

Students will be asked to prepare 2 reports ( about 10 pages each) on the laboratory activities.

Office hours: By appointment from Monday to Friday

Website: Moodle platform

Oral exam (≈45 min) with discussion of the laboratory reports to assess the acquisition of fundamental knowledge in the field of optical spectroscopy/photonics and the ability of operating in a research laboratory. The laboratory reports will be evaluated on the basis of data analysis and error propagation.

Detectors and setups for optical spectroscopy: photomultipliers and photodiodes. Photon counting and Time-correlated single photon counting. The Streak camera. Non-linear optical techniques for time-resolved spectroscopy: frequency up-conversion and Kerr gate. II order autocorrelation and the autocorrelator. Examples of semiconductor optical spectroscopy.
In the lab: Time-integrated and time-resolved spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures by means of TCSPC setups. Measurement of a ps pulse time width by means of an autocorrelator.
Spectral analysis of a photonic cavity.