Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

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Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Fatih ERSAN

Prof. Melis GÖKÇE

Assoc. Prof. Yelda KADIOĞLU

Lec. Arash MOBARAKI

Lec. Cenk AKYÜZ

Lec. Şerife Gökçe ÇALIŞKAN

Optical Properties of Solids

Course Code	: FİZ409
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 4

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to teach basic optical concepts and to comprehend the physical basis of the interaction of light with matter.

Course Content

Electromagnetism in Dielectrics, Optical Materials, Classification of Optical Processes. Interband Absorption, Excitons, Luminescence, Quantum Confinement, Free Electrons, Molecular Materials

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Aytaç Gürhan GÖKÇE

Learning Outcomes

1.	To define basic optical concepts
2.	To explain the interaction of light with matter
3.	To express the mechanism of interaction of light with matter
4.	To classify optical processes
5.	To describe the types of luminescence

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Optical Properties of Solids, Anthony Mark Fox, Oxfort University Press, 2001.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Introduction and basic concepts

Week 2 - Theoretical

Electromagnetism in Dielectrics

Week 3 - Theoretical

Optical Materials

Week 4 - Theoretical

Characteristic optical physics in the solid state

Week 5 - Theoretical

Propagation of light in a dense optical medium

Week 6 - Theoretical

The dipole oscillator model

Week 7 - Theoretical

Absorption

Week 8 - Theoretical

Review (Midterm)

Week 9 - Theoretical

Interband transitions

Week 10 - Theoretical

Excitons

Week 11 - Theoretical

Luminescence

Week 12 - Theoretical

Quantum Confinement

Week 13 - Theoretical

Free Electrons

Week 14 - Theoretical

Molecular materials

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%40
Term Assignment	2	%20

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	3	42
Term Project	2	14	2	32
Midterm Examination	1	8	2	10
Final Examination	1	14	2	16
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12	PÇ-13	PÇ-14
OÇ-1	3	3	3	2			2						3
OÇ-2	3	3	3	2			2						2
OÇ-3	3	2	3	2			2						3
OÇ-4	2	2	2	2			2						2
OÇ-5	2	2	1	2			2						2