Experimental Optical Spectroscopy, 5 cr

Tampere University

Teaching periods

Course code

KEM.440

Language of instruction

English

Academic years

2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024

Level of study

Advanced studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Nikolai Tkachenko

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences 100 %

Coordinating organisation

Environmental Engineering and Chemistry Studies 100 %

An introduction to optics and optical measurements
Advanced presentation of main techniques used in optical spectroscopy experiments, including steady state spectrophotometers and fluorimeters, and numerous time-resolved techniques such as femtosecond pump-probe and up-conversion, picosecond time correlated single photon counting, nanosecond flash photolysis and others.
An overview of methods used to analyze the results of spectroscopy measurements
Laboratory work: prepare samples, conduct the measurements, and analyze the results
Laboratory work: practical skills of using research grade spectroscopy instruments.

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