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B016297 - LABORATORY OF METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL AND DYNAMIC SURVEY
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Academic Year 2021-22
Coorte 2020 - Second Cycle Degree in CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Chemistry "Ugo Schiff"
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
CHIM/02 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
60
Teaching Term
21/02/2022 ⇒ 17/06/2022
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Principles of non linear optics and applications of non linear pump-probe techniques
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Laser Spectroscopy W. Demtroder
Learning Objectives
Knowledge of non linear optical techniques and of the practical laboratory applications especially as the production, detection and apllication of ultrafast laser pulses is concerned.
Prerequisites
Course of METODI SPERIMENTALI DI INDAGINE STRUTTURALE E DINAMICA
Teaching Methods
Frontal lectures and laboratory practice
Further information
Laboratory exercises are performed individually or in groups of maximum 3 students
Type of Assessment
Discussion of a written individual report on the laboratory practice and oral examination
Course program
Principles of non linear optics. Temporal and spatial coherence. Phase matching, armoni generation, parametric generation. Gaussian beams. Pulsed lasers and production of short pulses: Q-switching, mode locking, Kerr lens, compression of laser pulses. Characterization of ultrashort laser pulses, optical correlation. Pump-probe techniques. Optical Kerr effect, transient infrared absorption both 1D and 2D, energy transfer processes: Forster and Dexter mechanisms.