Master of Science in Materials Physics
Further courses are offered under the headings "Elective courses in physics" (PW) and "Seminars for physics students" (PS) and are marked with WF-PhM for Materials Physics. If you are interested in one of these courses offered in German, you may ask the lecturer whether the course could be taught in English.
In addition, you have to take at least one elective course (NWM-MAT) offered by the departments of chemistry or materials science.To complete the master's program you need to obtain 120 ECTS credit points within 4 semesters. This period can be extended by up to 2 semesters.
The obligatory requirements are
at least one advanced theory course (TV-MAT or TFP-MAT, 10 ECTS) at least one course Experimental Physics of Modern Materials (EPM-MAT, 5 ECTS) Advanced course in Experimental Solid State Physics (EV-MAT, 10 ECTS) two advanced lab or computational physics courses (WP, 10 ECTS) a physics seminar (PSM-MAT, 5 ECTS) at least 5 ECTS from elective courses in chemistry or materials science (NWM-MAT) a one year research period comprising the master thesis and master seminar (FO, 60 ECTS)
The minimum requirements add up to 105 ECTS, The remainder can be fulfilled by PWM-MAT, NWM-MAT, EPM-MAT, or TV-MAT/TFP-MAT courses.
The abbreviations in parentheses can be found in the course listings and refer to the examination regulations. The official version is available only in German. For further questions please contact Prof. M. A. Schneider
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Experimental physics of modern materials (B): Photophysics [EPM-MAT, PW] -
- Lecturer:
- Daniel Niesner
- Details:
- Vorlesung, ECTS: 5
- Dates:
- Mon, 8:30 - 10:00, Aufzeichnung auf FAU-Videoportal
- Fields of study:
- PF PhM-MA ab 1
WF Ph-MA ab 1
WF Ph-BA ab 5
WF PhM-BA ab 5
- Prerequisites / Organisational information:
- The lecture series will be given as an asynchronous online class, i.e. in the form of videos with recorded learning units that will be available via the FAU vide portal. Complementary slides and written summaries of the lectures will be available online via the studon portal. The exercise class will be held live online.
This course will discuss the basic photophysical processes involved in and following the optical excitation of materials. Experimental techniques will be introduced to characterize these processes, which involve the optical absorption of light, the subsequent energetic carrier relaxation, phototransport, and carrier recombination. The functionality and performance of a large number of optoelectronic components, such as solar cell absorbers, photodetectors, or emitter materials for light-emitting diodes, rely on different combinations of these steps. While they can, in principle, be observed in a large variety of condensed-matter systems, their dynamics differ strongly between bulk direct and indirect band semiconductors, (quantum) confined systems, or materials with strong carrier localization, which can arise from exciton or polaron formation. The spectroscopic and time-resolved techniques, which are commonly applied to characterize the responses of these different systems to photoexcitation, will be introduced. These include both optical and electron spectroscopy techniques.
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