Course detail

Spectroscopic Methods for Non-Destructive Diagnostics

FEKT-DKA-FY2Acad. year: 2023/2024

The subject of the seminar are methods, dealing with the description, experimental investigation and localisation of defects. Main topics cover transport and stochastic processes, non-destructive diagnostics, noise diagnostics, partial discharges, acoustic emission, dielectric relaxation spectroscopy, microscopic techniques, spectroscopy, luminescence.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Entry knowledge

MEng/MSc degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Materials, Physics or Chemistry.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

0-20 points project
0-80 points final exam

Aims

The objective of the course is the description and analysis, of transport, relaxation and stochastic mechanisms in solids. Students will learn the basic methods for study of these processes and with the basic methods of their measurement. The key objective of the seminar is, however, not so much a mere acquisition of theoretical and experimental finding but rather a deeper understanding of the physical nature of all three spectroscopic methods and the ability to use and develop these methods for practical applications.
After the course, students should be able to distiguish different types of transport processes, understand the physical mechanisms of fluctuation processes and the excess transport of carriers. They should also have an overview of basic diagnostic methods and should be able to choose and use appropriate diagnostic techniques to study a particular problem. Based on these tools, the students should be able to design and develop diagnostic methods for the individual particular applications.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Sze, S.M., NG, Kwok, K. Physics of Semiconductor Devices. 3rd edittion, Wiley, 2006. (EN)
Kittel, Ch.: Introduction to Solid State Physics. 7th ed. Wiley, 1996. (EN)
Réfrégier, P.: Noise Theory and Application to Physics. From Fluctuations to Information. Springer, 2004. (EN)
Leng, Y.: Materials Characterization: Introduction to Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods. Wiley, 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-82299-9. (EN)
Workman, J., Springsteen, A.: Applied Spectroscopy – A Compact Reference for Practitioners, Elsevier Inc., 1998, ISBN 978-0-12-764070-9. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DKA-TLI Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-TEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-SEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-MET Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-KAM Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-EKT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer