Course Identification

Knowledge of undergraduate level spectroscopy and  basic knowledge in solid state physics is recommended.

1.Light scattering and molecular Raman spectroscopy. Classical and quantum-mechanical derivations

2.Symmetry and group theory: IR vs. Raman modes activity

3.Normal modes, normal coordinates and selection rules

4.From gases to liquids to fundamental aspects in Raman scattering in solids

5.Normal modes determination in crystals: Basic aspects and practical methodology.

6.Coupling with EM field: LO/TO modes, phonon-polariton, plasmon-phonon mixing

7.The effect of dimension (down to the nanoscale), disorder and alloying (mixed crystals)

9.Anharmonicity and the effect of pressure and temperature

10.Polarized Raman in Wurtzite-type semiconductors

11.Resonant Raman scattering of 2D materials

12.Electronic Raman scattering by crystal-field excitations

Upon successful completion of this course students are expected to:

[1] Explain the theory behind the various aspects of molecular and solid state Raman scattering spectroscopy and differentiate it from other vibrational spectroscopies.

[2] Critically read a manuscript with Raman scattering results, closely follow and discuss its scientific rationale.

[3] Implement the use of  Raman spectroscopy with its various experimental and theoretical aspects in the graduate research.

*G.M. Barrow “Introduction to molecular spectroscopy”

*D.L. Rousseau, R.P. Bauman, S.P. Porto “Normal mode determination in crystals” J. Raman Spect.  10 (1981) 253

 *M. Cardona,” in Light Scattering in Solids II, edited by M. Cardona  and G. Güntherodt (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1983), p. 19.

*P.Y. Yu, M. Cardona “Fundamentals of semiconductors: Physics and materials properties”