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MOLECULAR PHOTONICS
cod. 18344

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Chimica fisica (CHIM/02)
Field
Discipline inorganiche chimico-fisiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Integrated course unit module: MOLECULAR PHOTONICS - THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY

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Learning objectives

Basic notion in photonics and non-linear molecular  spectroscopy <br />

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />            1. Introduction to photonics and optical non-linearity<br /><br />            2. Static non-linear optical responses<br /><br />            3. Theoretical basis<br />1. the density matrix<br />2. quantum mechanical representation of time-depemdent processes<br />3. non-linear response theory<br /><br /> <br />            4. non-linear steady-state spectroscopy  <br />1. general issues<br />2. resonant techniques (Raman, TPA..)<br />3. non-resonant techniques (SHG...)<br />4. a special case: elettroabsorption<br /> <br />5. tecniche spettroscopiche risolte nel tempo  <br />1. impulsive excitations and coherent states<br />2. basic information on specific techniques<br />             6. saturation phenomena<br /><br />                1 laser<br />                2 hole-burning <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />G.C.Schatz, M.A.Ratner, Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry, Dover (2002);<br />S. Mukamel Principles of Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy, Oxford (1995);<br />notes distributed to students and specific chapters  from books available in lical libraries.

Teaching methods

The theoretical course. Final exam oral<br />

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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