Entry requirements

120 credits with 75 credits in chemistry, physics, materials science and/or materials engineering, including 10 credits in spectroscopy. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describe and explain fundamental concepts in laser physics,
• critically analyze the function and properties of a number of common lasers,
• describe and critically analyze the most common methods in laser spectroscopy as well as their their applications in studying photochemical and photophysical processes,
• apply and use laser spectroscopic instruments in practice.

Content

Properties of light, interaction between light and matter, principles of laser action, properties of laser radiation, non-linear phenomena and generation of short pulses, laser systesm for spectroscopy, instrumentation for detection of optical signals and time-resolved measurements, absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, non-linear spectroscopy, time-resolved and ultra-fast laser spectroscopy, special applications of laser spectroscopy, laboratory exercises.

Instruction

Lectures, tutorial exercises, seminars, laboratories, seminars and project.

Assessment

Seminars (6 credits), written and oral presentations of project (2 credits), laboratory exercises (2 credits). The final grade corresponds to a weighted sum of the different course components

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.

Other regulations

The course cannot be counted towards a degree together with 1KB757 Lacer Spectroscopy.