Course detail
Spectroscopic Methods for Non-Destructive Diagnostics
FEKT-DPA-FY2Acad. year: 2025/2026
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.
Guarantor
Department
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
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.
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
Kittel, Ch.: Introduction to Solid State Physics. 7th ed. Wiley, 1996. (EN)
Leng, Y.: Materials Characterization: Introduction to Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods. Wiley, 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-82299-9. (EN)
Réfrégier, P.: Noise Theory and Application to Physics. From Fluctuations to Information. Springer, 2004. (EN)
Sze, S.M., NG, Kwok, K. Physics of Semiconductor Devices. 3rd edittion, Wiley, 2006. (EN)
Workman, J., Springsteen, A.: Applied Spectroscopy – A Compact Reference for Practitioners, Elsevier Inc., 1998, ISBN 978-0-12-764070-9. (EN)
Leng, Y.: Materials Characterization: Introduction to Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods. Wiley, 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-82299-9. (EN)
Réfrégier, P.: Noise Theory and Application to Physics. From Fluctuations to Information. Springer, 2004. (EN)
Sze, S.M., NG, Kwok, K. Physics of Semiconductor Devices. 3rd edittion, Wiley, 2006. (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 DPA-EKT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DPA-KAM Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DPA-MET Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DPA-SEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DPA-TEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DPA-TLI Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DPAD-EEC Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional