F6530 Spectroscopy techniques

Faculty of Science
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Adam Dubroka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Adam Dubroka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Adam Dubroka, Ph.D.
Department of Condensed Matter Physics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Adam Dubroka, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Condensed Matter Physics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 16. 2. to Fri 22. 5. Tue 14:00–15:50 F-ucebnaCP,9/01001
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
F6530/01: Mon 16. 2. to Fri 22. 5. Tue 16:00–16:50 F-ucebnaCP,9/01001
Prerequisites
This lecture is suitable for master students or for students in first years of doctoral studies. In case of need for a bachelor thesis, it is possible to pass the lecture already in third year of the bachelor studies.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Abstract
The main objective of the course is to explain to students the construction of spectroscopic systems, principles of measurements and basics of data analysis. The main focus is on optical spectroscopy from infrared to ultraviolet range, the lecture includes the X-ray spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance as well.
Learning outcomes
Student will be after the course able:
- to get oriented in spectroscopic quantities and its units
- to get oriented in components of spectroscopic systems and design simple experiments
- to get oriented in basic physical principles of spectroscopies, for example infrared, Raman, X-ray and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Key topics
Spectroscopic units and conversions
Sources of radiation: broadband, calibration, lasers
Detectors: photomultiplier, photoconducting, CCD, photon counting. Lock in amplifier.
Optical components: lenses, mirrors (spherical, parabolic, toroidal, elliptical), optical fibers, polarizers, retarders, filters
Dispersion spectrometers (prism, grating), construction, resolution
Fourier spectrometer
Propagation of electromagnetic wave in medium and the incidence on boundary, Lorentz oscillator
Techniques of optical spectroscopy:
Transmission (Beer-Lambert law, vibration in IR
Reflection (normals, phonons, Kramers-Kronig relations)
basics of data analysis
ellipsometry (principle, configuration PSA, PSCA, sensitivity, surface roughness, determination of thickness and optical constants of a layer on substrate, multiangle ellipsometry, inversion problem)
IR microscopy (objectives, single element and focal plane array)
grazing incidence spectroscopy (TO, LO frequency, Berreman effect)
Attenuate total reflection - ATR, surface plasma resonance
Specromicroscopy: far field, near field techniques (with aperture and apertureless)
Luminescence
Time resolved spectroscopy, pump-probe spectroscopy, THz time domain spectroscopy
Profiles of spectral lines (Lorentz, asymmetric Lorentz, Gauss, Gauss-Lorentz) Raman spectroscopy
Group theory, symmetry and vibration
X-ray spectroscopy 1: X-ray sources, monochromatisation, index of refraction, absorption, imaging
X-ray spectroscopy 2: fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray detectors, photoemission spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, fine structure of absorption edge
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Excursion to laboratories
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • HOLLAS, J. Michael. Modern Spectroscopy. 4th ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN 978-0-470-84416-8.
    not specified
  • KUZMANY, Hans. Solid-state spectroscopy : an introduction. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1998, xv, 450. ISBN 3540639136. info
  • MALÝ, Petr. Optika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2008, 361 s. ISBN 9788024613420. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
lecture, seminary
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
active attendance at the seminars, preparation of an elaborate on a chosen topic and its presentation on the colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: L.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2000, Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
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