Master's programme in Physics

• Advanced Laboratory Course for Master's Students

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  • 20102730 Internship
    (P) Advanced Laboratory Course for Master Students (Kirill Bolotin)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-19:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: FP-R FP-Räume (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Inhalt:
    Advanced lab course in experimental physics. Experiments are performed in groups of two (and sometimes three) students. Every student has to participate in a total of eight experiments. The experimental work will be documented in a report. The lab course is accompanied by a seminar series (Tue, 2-4pm), where students present the experiments and jointly discuss their results and interpretation.

  • 20102711 Seminar
    (S) Advanced Laboratory Course for Master Students (Kirill Bolotin)
    Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-16)
    Location: 1.3.14 Hörsaal A (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Registration until 11.10.2013 online Advanced Laboratory Course

    Comments

    Advanced lab course in experimental physics. Experiments are performed in groups of two (and sometimes three) students. Every student has to participate in a total of eight experiments. The experimental work will be documented in a report. The lab course is accompanied by a seminar series, where students present the experiments and jointly discuss their results and interpretation.
    
    For registration and further information please visit    https://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/praktika/index.html

• Selected Topics in Physics 1

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  • 20123611 Seminar
    Operando Spectroscopy in Biophysics and Chemical Energy Conversion (Holger Dau)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Selected Topics in Physics - seminar with discussion groups and presentations of the participants.
    New experimental methods denoted as ‘operando spectroscopy’ are discussed, with focus on investigation of
    (i) light-driven water splitting in biological photosynthesis and
    (ii) electrically driven processes in the sustainable, CO₂-neutral production of hydrogen (from water) as well as carbon-based fuels (from water and CO₂).

  • 20125511 Seminar
    Introduction to Spintronics (Tom Seifert)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Overview: Spintronics, an emerging field at the intersection between quantum physics and electronics, is a very promising approach for future information technology. This seminar serves as an introduction into the fascinating realm of spin-based electronics, exploring its fundamental principles, technological applications, and future prospects. Delving into the aspects of spintronics, participants will embark on a journey to understand how harnessing the electron spin degree of freedom might lead to the development of faster, more energy-efficient devices.

    Key Spintronic Topics Covered:

    1. Foundations of Spintronics: Participants will explore the basic concepts of spin and its significance in electronic systems. From the Stern-Gerlach experiment to spin-orbit coupling, this section provides a solid grounding in the underlying physics of spintronics.
    2. Spin Transport and Manipulation: Understanding how to control the flow of spin-polarized electrons is crucial for practical applications. Participants will learn about spin injection, transport mechanisms, and methods for manipulating and detecting spin currents.
    3. Spin-Based Devices: From spin valves via magnetic tunnel junctions to magnetic random-access memory, spintronics has spawned a plethora of novel device architectures. This segment examines the design, fabrication, and functionality of spin-based devices, highlighting their potential for revolutionizing memory, computing, and sensing technologies.
    4. Emerging Trends and Future Directions: The seminar concludes with a glimpse into the future of spintronics. Participants will explore cutting-edge research areas such as ultrafast spintronics and spin-orbitronics, paving the way for next-generation applications.

    Target Audience: This seminar is tailored for master students with some prior knowledge in the field of solid-state physics. No prior knowledge of spintronics is required, making it accessible to a broad audience eager to explore this interdisciplinary field.

    Format: The seminar will start with a lecture devoted to giving a general introduction and motivation to the field of spintronics followed by a second lecture covering methodological basics of how to give a scientific talk.

    The main part of the seminar comprises a series of talks given by the participants (at least 1 per participant, starting at week 3). A follow-up discussion with the audience will shed light onto the respective scientific aspects as well as on the methodological facets regarding the way the content was presented by the participant. Topics of the participants’ talks will be discussed during the first lecture. The content will then be further specified together with the lecturer who also provides suggestions for relevant literature. One week prior to the presentation, the talk is reviewed together with the lecturer and possible adaptations are discussed.  

  • 20125811 Seminar
    Advanced Statistical and Stochastic Physics of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Many-Body Systems (Roland Netz)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-04-16)
    Location: Di 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Seminar presentations of seminal publications on various topics related to the statistical mechanics and stochastic description of many-body systems with a focus on biological and soft systems. 

    Examples of seminar topics are:

     

    • Onsager relations
    • renormalization group theory 
    • field-theoretic description of two-component plasmas, mean-field versus strong-coupling limit
    • phase transitions on lattices
    • projection techniques and coarse-graining
    • classical density functional theory, liquid state theory
    • de Gennes´ reptation theory for the dynamics of polymer melts
    • Parisi´s replica method for the description of quenched random systems
    • non-equilibrium steady state systems
    • self-organization in non-equilibrium systems, reaction-diffusion equation  
    • fluctuations theorems for non-equilibrium reactions
    • non-linear spectroscopy
    • statistical interference, principal component analysis, clustering
    • hydrodynamic Instabilities : Serrin´s Theorem 

    Suggested reading

    • Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, Robert Zwanzig
    • Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, S.R. de Groot and P. Mazur
    • The Fokker-Planck equation, H. Risken
    • Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry, N.G. van Kampen
    • Elementary fluid dynamics, D.J. Acheson
    • Self-organization in non equilibrium systems, G. Nicolis and I. Prigogine

  • 20125911 Seminar
    Mikrooptics in natural systems (Louisa Dalgleish)
    Schedule: Mi 08:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: A6/SR 007/008 Seminarraum (Arnimallee 6)
    

    Comments

    In this seminar, we will focus on a range of micro-optical and photonic phenomena which occur in natural systems.

• Selected Topics in Physics 2

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  • 20123611 Seminar
    Operando Spectroscopy in Biophysics and Chemical Energy Conversion (Holger Dau)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Selected Topics in Physics - seminar with discussion groups and presentations of the participants.
    New experimental methods denoted as ‘operando spectroscopy’ are discussed, with focus on investigation of
    (i) light-driven water splitting in biological photosynthesis and
    (ii) electrically driven processes in the sustainable, CO₂-neutral production of hydrogen (from water) as well as carbon-based fuels (from water and CO₂).

  • 20125511 Seminar
    Introduction to Spintronics (Tom Seifert)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Overview: Spintronics, an emerging field at the intersection between quantum physics and electronics, is a very promising approach for future information technology. This seminar serves as an introduction into the fascinating realm of spin-based electronics, exploring its fundamental principles, technological applications, and future prospects. Delving into the aspects of spintronics, participants will embark on a journey to understand how harnessing the electron spin degree of freedom might lead to the development of faster, more energy-efficient devices.

    Key Spintronic Topics Covered:

    1. Foundations of Spintronics: Participants will explore the basic concepts of spin and its significance in electronic systems. From the Stern-Gerlach experiment to spin-orbit coupling, this section provides a solid grounding in the underlying physics of spintronics.
    2. Spin Transport and Manipulation: Understanding how to control the flow of spin-polarized electrons is crucial for practical applications. Participants will learn about spin injection, transport mechanisms, and methods for manipulating and detecting spin currents.
    3. Spin-Based Devices: From spin valves via magnetic tunnel junctions to magnetic random-access memory, spintronics has spawned a plethora of novel device architectures. This segment examines the design, fabrication, and functionality of spin-based devices, highlighting their potential for revolutionizing memory, computing, and sensing technologies.
    4. Emerging Trends and Future Directions: The seminar concludes with a glimpse into the future of spintronics. Participants will explore cutting-edge research areas such as ultrafast spintronics and spin-orbitronics, paving the way for next-generation applications.

    Target Audience: This seminar is tailored for master students with some prior knowledge in the field of solid-state physics. No prior knowledge of spintronics is required, making it accessible to a broad audience eager to explore this interdisciplinary field.

    Format: The seminar will start with a lecture devoted to giving a general introduction and motivation to the field of spintronics followed by a second lecture covering methodological basics of how to give a scientific talk.

    The main part of the seminar comprises a series of talks given by the participants (at least 1 per participant, starting at week 3). A follow-up discussion with the audience will shed light onto the respective scientific aspects as well as on the methodological facets regarding the way the content was presented by the participant. Topics of the participants’ talks will be discussed during the first lecture. The content will then be further specified together with the lecturer who also provides suggestions for relevant literature. One week prior to the presentation, the talk is reviewed together with the lecturer and possible adaptations are discussed.  

  • 20125811 Seminar
    Advanced Statistical and Stochastic Physics of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Many-Body Systems (Roland Netz)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-04-16)
    Location: Di 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Seminar presentations of seminal publications on various topics related to the statistical mechanics and stochastic description of many-body systems with a focus on biological and soft systems. 

    Examples of seminar topics are:

     

    • Onsager relations
    • renormalization group theory 
    • field-theoretic description of two-component plasmas, mean-field versus strong-coupling limit
    • phase transitions on lattices
    • projection techniques and coarse-graining
    • classical density functional theory, liquid state theory
    • de Gennes´ reptation theory for the dynamics of polymer melts
    • Parisi´s replica method for the description of quenched random systems
    • non-equilibrium steady state systems
    • self-organization in non-equilibrium systems, reaction-diffusion equation  
    • fluctuations theorems for non-equilibrium reactions
    • non-linear spectroscopy
    • statistical interference, principal component analysis, clustering
    • hydrodynamic Instabilities : Serrin´s Theorem 

    Suggested reading

    • Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, Robert Zwanzig
    • Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, S.R. de Groot and P. Mazur
    • The Fokker-Planck equation, H. Risken
    • Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry, N.G. van Kampen
    • Elementary fluid dynamics, D.J. Acheson
    • Self-organization in non equilibrium systems, G. Nicolis and I. Prigogine

  • 20125911 Seminar
    Mikrooptics in natural systems (Louisa Dalgleish)
    Schedule: Mi 08:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: A6/SR 007/008 Seminarraum (Arnimallee 6)
    

    Comments

    In this seminar, we will focus on a range of micro-optical and photonic phenomena which occur in natural systems.

• Selected Topics in Physics 3

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  • 20123611 Seminar
    Operando Spectroscopy in Biophysics and Chemical Energy Conversion (Holger Dau)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Selected Topics in Physics - seminar with discussion groups and presentations of the participants.
    New experimental methods denoted as ‘operando spectroscopy’ are discussed, with focus on investigation of
    (i) light-driven water splitting in biological photosynthesis and
    (ii) electrically driven processes in the sustainable, CO₂-neutral production of hydrogen (from water) as well as carbon-based fuels (from water and CO₂).

  • 20125511 Seminar
    Introduction to Spintronics (Tom Seifert)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Overview: Spintronics, an emerging field at the intersection between quantum physics and electronics, is a very promising approach for future information technology. This seminar serves as an introduction into the fascinating realm of spin-based electronics, exploring its fundamental principles, technological applications, and future prospects. Delving into the aspects of spintronics, participants will embark on a journey to understand how harnessing the electron spin degree of freedom might lead to the development of faster, more energy-efficient devices.

    Key Spintronic Topics Covered:

    1. Foundations of Spintronics: Participants will explore the basic concepts of spin and its significance in electronic systems. From the Stern-Gerlach experiment to spin-orbit coupling, this section provides a solid grounding in the underlying physics of spintronics.
    2. Spin Transport and Manipulation: Understanding how to control the flow of spin-polarized electrons is crucial for practical applications. Participants will learn about spin injection, transport mechanisms, and methods for manipulating and detecting spin currents.
    3. Spin-Based Devices: From spin valves via magnetic tunnel junctions to magnetic random-access memory, spintronics has spawned a plethora of novel device architectures. This segment examines the design, fabrication, and functionality of spin-based devices, highlighting their potential for revolutionizing memory, computing, and sensing technologies.
    4. Emerging Trends and Future Directions: The seminar concludes with a glimpse into the future of spintronics. Participants will explore cutting-edge research areas such as ultrafast spintronics and spin-orbitronics, paving the way for next-generation applications.

    Target Audience: This seminar is tailored for master students with some prior knowledge in the field of solid-state physics. No prior knowledge of spintronics is required, making it accessible to a broad audience eager to explore this interdisciplinary field.

    Format: The seminar will start with a lecture devoted to giving a general introduction and motivation to the field of spintronics followed by a second lecture covering methodological basics of how to give a scientific talk.

    The main part of the seminar comprises a series of talks given by the participants (at least 1 per participant, starting at week 3). A follow-up discussion with the audience will shed light onto the respective scientific aspects as well as on the methodological facets regarding the way the content was presented by the participant. Topics of the participants’ talks will be discussed during the first lecture. The content will then be further specified together with the lecturer who also provides suggestions for relevant literature. One week prior to the presentation, the talk is reviewed together with the lecturer and possible adaptations are discussed.  

  • 20125811 Seminar
    Advanced Statistical and Stochastic Physics of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Many-Body Systems (Roland Netz)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-04-16)
    Location: Di 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Seminar presentations of seminal publications on various topics related to the statistical mechanics and stochastic description of many-body systems with a focus on biological and soft systems. 

    Examples of seminar topics are:

     

    • Onsager relations
    • renormalization group theory 
    • field-theoretic description of two-component plasmas, mean-field versus strong-coupling limit
    • phase transitions on lattices
    • projection techniques and coarse-graining
    • classical density functional theory, liquid state theory
    • de Gennes´ reptation theory for the dynamics of polymer melts
    • Parisi´s replica method for the description of quenched random systems
    • non-equilibrium steady state systems
    • self-organization in non-equilibrium systems, reaction-diffusion equation  
    • fluctuations theorems for non-equilibrium reactions
    • non-linear spectroscopy
    • statistical interference, principal component analysis, clustering
    • hydrodynamic Instabilities : Serrin´s Theorem 

    Suggested reading

    • Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, Robert Zwanzig
    • Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, S.R. de Groot and P. Mazur
    • The Fokker-Planck equation, H. Risken
    • Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry, N.G. van Kampen
    • Elementary fluid dynamics, D.J. Acheson
    • Self-organization in non equilibrium systems, G. Nicolis and I. Prigogine

  • 20125911 Seminar
    Mikrooptics in natural systems (Louisa Dalgleish)
    Schedule: Mi 08:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: A6/SR 007/008 Seminarraum (Arnimallee 6)
    

    Comments

    In this seminar, we will focus on a range of micro-optical and photonic phenomena which occur in natural systems.

• Selected Topics in Physics 4

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  • 20123611 Seminar
    Operando Spectroscopy in Biophysics and Chemical Energy Conversion (Holger Dau)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Selected Topics in Physics - seminar with discussion groups and presentations of the participants.
    New experimental methods denoted as ‘operando spectroscopy’ are discussed, with focus on investigation of
    (i) light-driven water splitting in biological photosynthesis and
    (ii) electrically driven processes in the sustainable, CO₂-neutral production of hydrogen (from water) as well as carbon-based fuels (from water and CO₂).

  • 20125511 Seminar
    Introduction to Spintronics (Tom Seifert)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Overview: Spintronics, an emerging field at the intersection between quantum physics and electronics, is a very promising approach for future information technology. This seminar serves as an introduction into the fascinating realm of spin-based electronics, exploring its fundamental principles, technological applications, and future prospects. Delving into the aspects of spintronics, participants will embark on a journey to understand how harnessing the electron spin degree of freedom might lead to the development of faster, more energy-efficient devices.

    Key Spintronic Topics Covered:

    1. Foundations of Spintronics: Participants will explore the basic concepts of spin and its significance in electronic systems. From the Stern-Gerlach experiment to spin-orbit coupling, this section provides a solid grounding in the underlying physics of spintronics.
    2. Spin Transport and Manipulation: Understanding how to control the flow of spin-polarized electrons is crucial for practical applications. Participants will learn about spin injection, transport mechanisms, and methods for manipulating and detecting spin currents.
    3. Spin-Based Devices: From spin valves via magnetic tunnel junctions to magnetic random-access memory, spintronics has spawned a plethora of novel device architectures. This segment examines the design, fabrication, and functionality of spin-based devices, highlighting their potential for revolutionizing memory, computing, and sensing technologies.
    4. Emerging Trends and Future Directions: The seminar concludes with a glimpse into the future of spintronics. Participants will explore cutting-edge research areas such as ultrafast spintronics and spin-orbitronics, paving the way for next-generation applications.

    Target Audience: This seminar is tailored for master students with some prior knowledge in the field of solid-state physics. No prior knowledge of spintronics is required, making it accessible to a broad audience eager to explore this interdisciplinary field.

    Format: The seminar will start with a lecture devoted to giving a general introduction and motivation to the field of spintronics followed by a second lecture covering methodological basics of how to give a scientific talk.

    The main part of the seminar comprises a series of talks given by the participants (at least 1 per participant, starting at week 3). A follow-up discussion with the audience will shed light onto the respective scientific aspects as well as on the methodological facets regarding the way the content was presented by the participant. Topics of the participants’ talks will be discussed during the first lecture. The content will then be further specified together with the lecturer who also provides suggestions for relevant literature. One week prior to the presentation, the talk is reviewed together with the lecturer and possible adaptations are discussed.  

  • 20125811 Seminar
    Advanced Statistical and Stochastic Physics of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Many-Body Systems (Roland Netz)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-04-16)
    Location: Di 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Seminar presentations of seminal publications on various topics related to the statistical mechanics and stochastic description of many-body systems with a focus on biological and soft systems. 

    Examples of seminar topics are:

     

    • Onsager relations
    • renormalization group theory 
    • field-theoretic description of two-component plasmas, mean-field versus strong-coupling limit
    • phase transitions on lattices
    • projection techniques and coarse-graining
    • classical density functional theory, liquid state theory
    • de Gennes´ reptation theory for the dynamics of polymer melts
    • Parisi´s replica method for the description of quenched random systems
    • non-equilibrium steady state systems
    • self-organization in non-equilibrium systems, reaction-diffusion equation  
    • fluctuations theorems for non-equilibrium reactions
    • non-linear spectroscopy
    • statistical interference, principal component analysis, clustering
    • hydrodynamic Instabilities : Serrin´s Theorem 

    Suggested reading

    • Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, Robert Zwanzig
    • Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, S.R. de Groot and P. Mazur
    • The Fokker-Planck equation, H. Risken
    • Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry, N.G. van Kampen
    • Elementary fluid dynamics, D.J. Acheson
    • Self-organization in non equilibrium systems, G. Nicolis and I. Prigogine

  • 20125911 Seminar
    Mikrooptics in natural systems (Louisa Dalgleish)
    Schedule: Mi 08:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: A6/SR 007/008 Seminarraum (Arnimallee 6)
    

    Comments

    In this seminar, we will focus on a range of micro-optical and photonic phenomena which occur in natural systems.

• Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics

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  • 20104401 Lecture
    Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics (Cecilia Clementi)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00, Fr 10:00-12:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-04-16)
    Location: Di 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14), Fr 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Inhalt:

    • equilibrium ensembles
    • thermodynamics: thermodynamic potentials, laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic cycles
    • ideal quantum gases
    • phase transitions
    • interacting systems
    • introduction to non-equilibrium statistical mechanics

    Suggested reading

    • R.K. Pathria, Statistical Mechanics (Butterworth Heinemann 1996)
    • F. Schwabl, Statistical Mechanics (2n ed., Springer 2006)
    • F. Reif, Fundamentals of statistical and thermal physics (McGraw-Hill 1965)
    • W. Nolting, Grundkurs theoretische Physik 6: Statistische Physik (Springer 2005)

  • 20104402 Practice seminar
    Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics (Cecilia Clementi)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00, Di 16:00-18:00, Fr 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-23)
    Location: Di 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14), Di 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14), Fr 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Quantum Field Theory and Many Body Physics

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  • 20114201 Lecture
    Quantum Field Theory and Many Body Physics (Felix von Oppen)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00, Do 10:00-12:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Content: Introduction to (non-relativistic) Quantum Field Theory: Green functions, diagrammatic perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams, functional integral formulation, selected applications to condensed matter systems. Target audience: Masters students in physics. Prerequisites: Advanced quantum mechanics

  • 20114202 Practice seminar
    Quantum Field Theory and Many Body Physics (Felix von Oppen)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00, Fr 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-26)
    Location: Do 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14), Fr 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Advanced Atomic and Molecular Physics

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  • 20104701 Lecture
    Advanced Atomic and Molecular Physics (Karsten Heyne)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00, Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: Mo 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Welcome to your study of AMol Physics! This lecture will give you an introduction to a wide range of topics in the mentioned field and can be seen as the starting point for a successful master or Ph.D. thesis. After a repetition of the main aspects of atomic structure we will move to molecules and will present Born-Oppenheimer approximation, molecular orbital and valence bond theories, polyatomic systems with Hückel approximation and self-consistent field calculations (Hartree-Fock formalism and DFT). The lecture will continue with a selection of experimental methods that are used to determine molecular structure and dynamics: vibrational spectroscopy and normal mode analysis, electronic spectroscopy (chromophores, exciton coupling, two-photon absorption), fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging techniques, NMR spectroscopy (chemical shift, scalar coupling, AX, AB and A2 spectra, NOE and multidimensional NMR), EPR spectroscopy with double resonance techniques, and aspects of intermolecular interactions as ion-dipole, dipole-dipole, van der Waals or hydrogen bond.

    Suggested reading

    Literature: H. Haken, H. C. Wolf - Molecular Physics and Quantum Chemistry, P. Atkins, J.de Paula - Physical Chemistry, W. Demtröder - Molecular Physics, P. Atkins, R. Friedman - Molecular Quantum Mechanics, G. M. Barrow - Introduction to molecular spectroscopy

  • 20104702 Practice seminar
    Advanced Atomic and Molecular Physics (Karsten Heyne, José Luis Pérez Lustres)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Advanced Biophysics

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  • 20114101 Lecture
    Advanced Biophysics (Joachim Heberle, Benesh Joseph)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00, Fr 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-16)
    Location: 1.3.14 Hörsaal A (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Inhalt: 10 ECTS; only together with practical course 20114102!

    This module will present and substantiate biophysical methods and concepts. Selected methods like spectroscopy and diffraction and their application to proteins and biomembranes are of particular relevance. The lecture series will cover a selection of the following methods:

    absorption spectroscopy in the UV, visible and IR region;

    fluorescence spectroscopy,

    time-resolved approaches;

    spectroscopy with polarized light;

    vibrational spectroscopy: Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), resonance Raman, surfance-enhanced Raman and IR;

    diffraction with X-rays, Neutrons and electrons;

    crystallization and protein crystallography;

    nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); light scattering; single molecule spectroscopy;

    atomic force microscopy (AFM and optical tweezer);

    theoretical methods: MD simulations, Poisson-Boltzmann, QM/MM, coarse-grained MD

    Suggested reading

    Since a comprehensive textbook in Biophysics is not available, here is a list of books from which parts will be used in the lecture:

    Sackmann & Merkel: Lehrbuch der Biophysik

    Tuszynski & Kurzynski: Introduction to Molecular Biophysics.

    Cantor & Schimmel: Biophysical Chemistry.

    Walla: Modern Biophysical Chemistry.

    Brandén & Tooze: Introduction to Protein Structure.

    Winter & Noll: Methoden der Biophysikalischen Chemie.

    Gennis: Biomembranes

  • 20114130 Internship
    Advanced Biophysics (Joachim Heberle, Benesh Joseph)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: keine Angabe
    

    Comments

    10 ECTS only together with lecture 20114101! The advanced laboratory course in biophysics will contain selected spectroscopic techniques on relevant biomolecules like proteins and artificial membranes. Among others, the course will include stationary and time-resolved optical and vibrational spectroscopy of proteins, impedance spectroscopy and application of a quartz micro balance to artificial membranes as well as activity measurements of a molecular proton pump by the stopped-flow technique. Groups of two students each have to perform four experiments during this course. Evaluation of the experiments will be done in written form.

• Special Topics in Magnetism

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  • 20108901 Lecture
    Magnetic Molecules: A Way to Reach Quantum Qubits (Wolfgang Kuch, Sangeeta Thakur)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-24)
    Location: 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/einrichtungen/ag/ag-kuch/teaching

    Comments

    The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the achievements in the field of magnetic molecules, specifically spin-crossover molecules (SCO) and single-molecule magnets (SMMs), obtained through the use of various spectroscopic techniques. The lecture focuses on the bridge between applied and basic sciences by exploring the research done at FU Berlin on magnetic molecules as well as recent work from literature. This course explains the use of different spectroscopic methods, such as X-ray absorption spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and Mössbauer spectroscopy, to understand the electronic and magnetic properties of materials, with a special focus on SCO molecules.

    Recently, single-molecule magnets (SMMs) have gained attention due to their ability to behave as qubits. In the lecture, we will discuss why SMMs are important, how the field has developed, and where we reach with the development of SMMs to behave as qubits.

    Topics of the lecture include: Introduction to Magnetic Molecules: Spin Crossover Molecules, Different Spectroscopic Methods: Measurements and Analysis, Influence of Substrates on the Magnetic Properties of Molecules, Application of Magnetic Molecules and Spin Crossover Molecules: A bridge between basic understanding and applications: a way to quantum qubits using SMMs.

    Suggested reading

    • Spin-Crossover Molecules on Surfaces: From Isolated Molecules to Ultrathin Films

    https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202008141

    • Defying the inverse energy gap law: a vacuum-evaporable Fe(ii) low-spin complex with a long-lived LIESST state

    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/SC/D3SC00561E

    • Thermal- and Light-Induced Spin-Crossover Characteristics of a Functional Iron(II) Complex at Submonolayer Coverage on HOPG

    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02774

    • Spin dynamics in single-molecule magnets and molecular qubits   https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/dt/d0dt01414a
    • Annual Review of Materials Research

    Molecular Magnetism

    • Nicholas F. Chilton

    Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom;

    https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-matsci-081420-042553

    Books to follow................

    1. Spin-Crossover Material Properties and Applications
       Edited by MALCOLM A. HALCROW School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, UK

     

                    Barbara Sieklucka, Dawid Pinkowicz

                © 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

           (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/9783527694228)

    3.          X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the Chemical and Materials Sciences

    John Evans

    Professor Emeritus, University of Southampton, UK

    Visiting Scientist, Diamond Light Source, UK

    (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/9781118676165?download=true

    (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/9781118519301)

    Molecular Magnetic Materials

  • 20108902 Practice seminar
    Magnetic Molecules: A Way to Reach Quantum Qubits (Wolfgang Kuch, Sangeeta Thakur)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-05-02)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Special Topics in Molecular Physics

  0352cA3.12
  • 20120701 Lecture
    Special Topics in Molecular Physics - Advanced Optics (José Luis Pérez Lustres, Karsten Heyne)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    This lecture focusses on spectroscopic methods used to investigate molecular systems (mainly) in condensed phase. Light-matter interaction will be discussed to understand linear and non-linear spectroscopic methods. Frequency conversion methods will be introduced and pump-probe and 2D spectroscopic methods will be discussed as examples.

  • 20120702 Practice seminar
    Practice seminar for Advanced Optics - Special Topics in Molecular Physics (José Luis Pérez Lustres)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-22)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Special Topics in Molecular Biophysics

  0352cA3.13
  • 20104901 Lecture
    Production of biological samples in biophysics (Ramona Schlesinger)
    Schedule: Mo 16.09. 09:00-15:00 (Class starts on: 2024-09-16)
    Location: - 1.1.18 Gruppen-/Seminarraum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    max. 6 Plätze; Nachrückerliste: r.schlesinger@fu-berlin.de

    Comments

    Lectures about how to mutagenise a protein, cloning techniques, expression and purification of proteins will be given prior to the practical exercises in the lab.

  • 20104902 Practice seminar
    Production of biological samples in biophysics (Ramona Schlesinger)
    Schedule: Mo 16.09. 15:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-09-16)
    Location: - 1.1.18 Gruppen-/Seminarraum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Practical exercises : -molecular biological techniques e.g. transformation of bacteria with plasmids in preparation of expressing a membrane protein -cultivation of bacteria to express the protein -purification of membrane proteins by affinity chromatography -analysis of DNA and protein preparations by agarose- and SDS-gelelectrophoresis

• Advanced Astronomy and Astrophysics

  0352cA3.14
  • 20103230 Internship
    Astrophysical practical course (Beate Patzer)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 2.3.12 Übungs-/Praktikumraum (Dachgeschoss Trakt 3) (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Empowering to participate is limited and is done in sequence of registration. Registration will be open between 01.10.2014 and 12.10.2014. To enroll, please send an e-mail toAstrophysik with the keyword "Praktikum"

    Comments

    Method: teamwork (small groups) on different astronomical topics. Subject: Classification of stars, RV method, rotation of the Sun, stellar spectroscopy with CCD camera, observation with telescopes, astronomical systems of coordinates, galactic rotation curve, properties of eclipsing binaries, light curves of dwarf novae.

  • 20109601 Lecture
    Astrophysical Fluid Mechanics (Michael Schulreich)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-16)
    Location: TU Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, Eugen-Paul-Wigner-Gebäude, Raum EW 226
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Kenntnisse in Physik und Mathematik. Bachelor-Abschluss erwünscht

    Eligible lecture of the module „Advanced Astronomy and Astrophysics“ (Physics/Master). Open also for all students with interest in astronomy and astrophysics

    Comments

    Preliminaries – Kinematics of fluid motion – Stress in fluids –     Equations of motion, energy, and state, and (astrophysical)     applications – Sound and shock waves – Fluid instabilities –     Turbulence – Basic magnetohydrodynamics

  • 20117701 Lecture
    Plasma Astrophysics (Wolf-Christian Müller)
    Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-16)
    Location: Hauptgebäude der TU, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, Raum H 0107
    

    Comments

    ZIELGRUPPE:
    Eligible lecture of the module „Advanced Astronomy and Astrophysics“ (Physics / Master). Open also for all students with interest in astronomy and astrophysics.

    VORAUSSETZUNG:
    Basic knowledge in Physics and Mathematics. Knowledge of the physics /B.Sc. Module „Einführung in die Astronomie und Astrophysik“ advised.

    INHALT:
    Theoretical basics of the plasma description, magnetic fields in the universe, magnetic reconnection, magnetosphere of the Earth, plasma turbulence, turbulent dynamo, plasma shock-fronts, cosmic rays

  • 20122001 Lecture
    Physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium (Michael Schulreich)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: TU Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, Eugen-Paul-Wigner-Gebäude, Raum EW 226
    

    Comments

    INHALT:
    Introduction – Radiation and magnetic fields – Radiative transfer and excitation – Neutral interstellar gas – Ionized interstellar gas – ISM at high energies – Interstellar dust – Heating and cooling processes – Shock phenomena – Interstellar turbulence – Equilibrium, collapse, and star formation – Changes of state and transformations

    ZIELGRUPPE:
    Eligible lecture of the module „Advanced Astronomy and Astrophysics“ (Physics/Master). Open also for all students with interest in astronomy and astrophysics.

    VORAUSSETZUNG:
    Kenntnisse in Physik und Mathematik. Bachelor-Abschluss erwünscht.

• Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics A_1

  0352cA3.15
  • 20107501 Lecture
    AI, Data, Algorithm & Power (Tanja Kubes)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-07-22)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Note: The teaching format does not consist of lecture & tutorial as announced in the course catalogue, but is an MA seminar in block seminar format!

    Comments

    There is hardly an area of our global, technological and social life in which artificial intelligence, data and algorithms do not play a role. When we talk about artificial intelligence, data and algorithms, we often focus on the ways in which these new technologies can support us. Think, for example, of how big data can help detect or even prevent certain diseases at an early stage. In the face of these great possibilities, we often forget that the technologies we are dealing with are all but neutral. They are always linked to relations of power and are loaded with sexism, racism and other forms of exclusion.

    In order to conceptualise AI, data and algorithms in ways that are as non-discriminatory as possible, it is therefore crucial to consider the following questions: Who develops what (and for whom)? Who can make which decisions? Which aims are pursued in which developments and which are, in turn, excluded? In the seminar, we will look at current debates on AI, data, algorithm and power and discuss examples (facial recognition systems, social credit system, predictive policing, etc.) from an ethical, feminist, and intersectional perspective.

  • 20107502 Practice seminar
    AI, Data, Algorithm & Power (Tanja Kubes)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-07-22)
    Location: Mo 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Di 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Mi 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20122801 Lecture
    Gender and Diversity in Physics (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Note: The teaching format does not consist of lecture & tutorial as announced in the course catalogue, but will be held in a seminar format!

    Comments

    There is growing awareness that a scientist's gender can have an impact on a career in physics, even though it should have no influence. This applies also for ethnicity or national background, social background, and other social characteristics. In the seminar you will learn about research that addresses issues of gender and diversity in physics and related fields. We will discuss research on the cultures of physics, on knowledge making practices in physics and on epistemological issues in science. It is not obligatory but recommended to have attended an introductory course on Gender & Science. Interested students of all disciplines are welcome to attend.

  • 20122802 Practice seminar
    Gender and Diversity in Physics (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics A_2

  0352cA3.16
  • 20107501 Lecture
    AI, Data, Algorithm & Power (Tanja Kubes)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-07-22)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Note: The teaching format does not consist of lecture & tutorial as announced in the course catalogue, but is an MA seminar in block seminar format!

    Comments

    There is hardly an area of our global, technological and social life in which artificial intelligence, data and algorithms do not play a role. When we talk about artificial intelligence, data and algorithms, we often focus on the ways in which these new technologies can support us. Think, for example, of how big data can help detect or even prevent certain diseases at an early stage. In the face of these great possibilities, we often forget that the technologies we are dealing with are all but neutral. They are always linked to relations of power and are loaded with sexism, racism and other forms of exclusion.

    In order to conceptualise AI, data and algorithms in ways that are as non-discriminatory as possible, it is therefore crucial to consider the following questions: Who develops what (and for whom)? Who can make which decisions? Which aims are pursued in which developments and which are, in turn, excluded? In the seminar, we will look at current debates on AI, data, algorithm and power and discuss examples (facial recognition systems, social credit system, predictive policing, etc.) from an ethical, feminist, and intersectional perspective.

  • 20107502 Practice seminar
    AI, Data, Algorithm & Power (Tanja Kubes)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-07-22)
    Location: Mo 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Di 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Mi 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20122801 Lecture
    Gender and Diversity in Physics (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Note: The teaching format does not consist of lecture & tutorial as announced in the course catalogue, but will be held in a seminar format!

    Comments

    There is growing awareness that a scientist's gender can have an impact on a career in physics, even though it should have no influence. This applies also for ethnicity or national background, social background, and other social characteristics. In the seminar you will learn about research that addresses issues of gender and diversity in physics and related fields. We will discuss research on the cultures of physics, on knowledge making practices in physics and on epistemological issues in science. It is not obligatory but recommended to have attended an introductory course on Gender & Science. Interested students of all disciplines are welcome to attend.

  • 20122802 Practice seminar
    Gender and Diversity in Physics (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics A_3

  0352cA3.17
  • 20107501 Lecture
    AI, Data, Algorithm & Power (Tanja Kubes)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-07-22)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Note: The teaching format does not consist of lecture & tutorial as announced in the course catalogue, but is an MA seminar in block seminar format!

    Comments

    There is hardly an area of our global, technological and social life in which artificial intelligence, data and algorithms do not play a role. When we talk about artificial intelligence, data and algorithms, we often focus on the ways in which these new technologies can support us. Think, for example, of how big data can help detect or even prevent certain diseases at an early stage. In the face of these great possibilities, we often forget that the technologies we are dealing with are all but neutral. They are always linked to relations of power and are loaded with sexism, racism and other forms of exclusion.

    In order to conceptualise AI, data and algorithms in ways that are as non-discriminatory as possible, it is therefore crucial to consider the following questions: Who develops what (and for whom)? Who can make which decisions? Which aims are pursued in which developments and which are, in turn, excluded? In the seminar, we will look at current debates on AI, data, algorithm and power and discuss examples (facial recognition systems, social credit system, predictive policing, etc.) from an ethical, feminist, and intersectional perspective.

  • 20107502 Practice seminar
    AI, Data, Algorithm & Power (Tanja Kubes)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-07-22)
    Location: Mo 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Di 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Mi 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20122801 Lecture
    Gender and Diversity in Physics (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Note: The teaching format does not consist of lecture & tutorial as announced in the course catalogue, but will be held in a seminar format!

    Comments

    There is growing awareness that a scientist's gender can have an impact on a career in physics, even though it should have no influence. This applies also for ethnicity or national background, social background, and other social characteristics. In the seminar you will learn about research that addresses issues of gender and diversity in physics and related fields. We will discuss research on the cultures of physics, on knowledge making practices in physics and on epistemological issues in science. It is not obligatory but recommended to have attended an introductory course on Gender & Science. Interested students of all disciplines are welcome to attend.

  • 20122802 Practice seminar
    Gender and Diversity in Physics (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics A_4

  0352cA3.18
  • 20107501 Lecture
    AI, Data, Algorithm & Power (Tanja Kubes)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-07-22)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Note: The teaching format does not consist of lecture & tutorial as announced in the course catalogue, but is an MA seminar in block seminar format!

    Comments

    There is hardly an area of our global, technological and social life in which artificial intelligence, data and algorithms do not play a role. When we talk about artificial intelligence, data and algorithms, we often focus on the ways in which these new technologies can support us. Think, for example, of how big data can help detect or even prevent certain diseases at an early stage. In the face of these great possibilities, we often forget that the technologies we are dealing with are all but neutral. They are always linked to relations of power and are loaded with sexism, racism and other forms of exclusion.

    In order to conceptualise AI, data and algorithms in ways that are as non-discriminatory as possible, it is therefore crucial to consider the following questions: Who develops what (and for whom)? Who can make which decisions? Which aims are pursued in which developments and which are, in turn, excluded? In the seminar, we will look at current debates on AI, data, algorithm and power and discuss examples (facial recognition systems, social credit system, predictive policing, etc.) from an ethical, feminist, and intersectional perspective.

  • 20107502 Practice seminar
    AI, Data, Algorithm & Power (Tanja Kubes)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-07-22)
    Location: Mo 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Di 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Mi 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20122801 Lecture
    Gender and Diversity in Physics (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Note: The teaching format does not consist of lecture & tutorial as announced in the course catalogue, but will be held in a seminar format!

    Comments

    There is growing awareness that a scientist's gender can have an impact on a career in physics, even though it should have no influence. This applies also for ethnicity or national background, social background, and other social characteristics. In the seminar you will learn about research that addresses issues of gender and diversity in physics and related fields. We will discuss research on the cultures of physics, on knowledge making practices in physics and on epistemological issues in science. It is not obligatory but recommended to have attended an introductory course on Gender & Science. Interested students of all disciplines are welcome to attend.

  • 20122802 Practice seminar
    Gender and Diversity in Physics (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics B_1

  0352cA3.19
  • 20125401 Lecture
    Quantum Error Correction (Philippe Faist)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Current quantum computers are severly limited by noise, preventing them from running quantum algorithms that are large enough to explore the full power of quantum computing. Quantum error correction protects fragile quantum information from noise and is anticipated to enable future quantum computers to run large quantum circuits at low error rates.

    With this course, you will assimilate the core concepts in quantum error correction and fault tolerance, familiarize yourself with the current major quantum error correcting codes for various types of quantum hardware, learn how to apply standard techniques to construct new codes with corresponding decoders, and understand how to reliably run a quantum computation on encoded states.

    This course builds upon the concepts introduced in the course “Quantum Information Theory” and is targeted to students wishing to deepen their knowledge about modern techniques in quantum computing. This course will both equip you with a strong theoretical background useful to carry out future theoretical research in the field of quantum computing as well as help you develop key skills to join the quantum industry workforce. We will also occasionally have the opportunity to touch upon some connections to broader themes including classical codes, the theory of condensed matter physics, and (if time permits) some models of quantum gravity.

    Topics that we will cover include (tentative):
    - Fundamental principles of quantum error correction
    - Qubit stabilizer codes
    - The surface code
    - Fault tolerance with the surface code
    - Topological codes beyond the surface code
    - Quantum Low-Density Partity-Check codes (qLDPC)
    - Bosonic codes
    - Implementations/realizations on quantum hardware platforms
    - Quantum error correction in physical many-body systems and holography

    I am happy to further shape the course based on suggestions from registered students, e.g., to include additional topics or to prioritize certain topics.

  • 20125601 Lecture
    Computational electronic structure (Sangeeta Sharma)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00, Mo 14:00-16:30 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: Mo 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14), Mo 1.3.50 PC-Pool (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Lecture format: 2 hours classroom lecture with interactive computational exercises, optional
    online teaching on request by registered students, 2 hours problems class mixed analytical and
    computational.

    Comments

    Lecture outline
    Matter is made up of the order of 10^23 interacting electrons and nuclei. Even to store the many-body
    wave-function of an atom of oxygen would require yottabytes of data: the wave-function is an
    inappropriate concept to describe solid matter. Modern solid-state computational descriptions of
    matter are thus founded on a radically different notion, known as density functional theory (DFT),
    that all quantum mechanical observables can be obtained from the ground state electron density.
    This profoundly simpler object – that can be stored and computed with on present-day laptops – has
    allowed rich predictive investigation of the cornucopia of quantum materials that the 118 elements
    of the periodic table can create. Underpinning the present-day drive to create new materials that will
    obviate the environmental cost of present-day information technology, quantum materials science
    offers both insight into the nature of quantum matter as well as a practical tool of profound
    importance.
    This lecture course will cover both the theorems that underpin DFT and its usage, as well as employ
    “computer lab” lectures in which the quantum mechanics of materials will be explored at a practical
    level. Students will learn both the modern theory of electronic structure as well as computational
    skill in running the Elk computer code (elk.sourceforge.io), used by more than 2500 scientists
    worldwide.
    Lecture plan
    [Blue – blackboard lectures, green – “computer lab” lectures]
    Lecture 1: Why DFT? Many body wave-function is an inappropriate concept for solids. Hartree-Fock fails.
    Lecture 2: Hohenberg-Kohn: all observables can be calculated from the ground state density alone.
    Lecture 3: Kohn-Sham and approximating the exchange-correlation function.
    Lecture 4: Solving the Kohn-Sham equations for real materials: Al and Si.
    Lecture 5: Functional development: what they can and can’t do.
    Lecture 6: Response functions: talking to experiments.
    Lecture 7: Calculating response functions: Why is copper red-orange and LiF transparent?
    Lecture 8: Magnetism in density functional theory.
    Lecture 9: Magnetism in solids: Why is Iron magnetic and Copper not?
    Lecture 10: Forces and crystal structures.
    Lecture 11: Structure optimization: Why is Iron a bcc crystal structure and Nickle a fcc crystal structure?
    Lecture 12-13: Student seminars.

  • 20125402 Practice seminar
    Quantum Error Correction (Philippe Faist)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-23)
    Location: 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20125602 Practice seminar
    Computational electronic structure (Sangeeta Sharma)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-22)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics B_2

  0352cA3.20
  • 20125401 Lecture
    Quantum Error Correction (Philippe Faist)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Current quantum computers are severly limited by noise, preventing them from running quantum algorithms that are large enough to explore the full power of quantum computing. Quantum error correction protects fragile quantum information from noise and is anticipated to enable future quantum computers to run large quantum circuits at low error rates.

    With this course, you will assimilate the core concepts in quantum error correction and fault tolerance, familiarize yourself with the current major quantum error correcting codes for various types of quantum hardware, learn how to apply standard techniques to construct new codes with corresponding decoders, and understand how to reliably run a quantum computation on encoded states.

    This course builds upon the concepts introduced in the course “Quantum Information Theory” and is targeted to students wishing to deepen their knowledge about modern techniques in quantum computing. This course will both equip you with a strong theoretical background useful to carry out future theoretical research in the field of quantum computing as well as help you develop key skills to join the quantum industry workforce. We will also occasionally have the opportunity to touch upon some connections to broader themes including classical codes, the theory of condensed matter physics, and (if time permits) some models of quantum gravity.

    Topics that we will cover include (tentative):
    - Fundamental principles of quantum error correction
    - Qubit stabilizer codes
    - The surface code
    - Fault tolerance with the surface code
    - Topological codes beyond the surface code
    - Quantum Low-Density Partity-Check codes (qLDPC)
    - Bosonic codes
    - Implementations/realizations on quantum hardware platforms
    - Quantum error correction in physical many-body systems and holography

    I am happy to further shape the course based on suggestions from registered students, e.g., to include additional topics or to prioritize certain topics.

  • 20125601 Lecture
    Computational electronic structure (Sangeeta Sharma)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00, Mo 14:00-16:30 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: Mo 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14), Mo 1.3.50 PC-Pool (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Lecture format: 2 hours classroom lecture with interactive computational exercises, optional
    online teaching on request by registered students, 2 hours problems class mixed analytical and
    computational.

    Comments

    Lecture outline
    Matter is made up of the order of 10^23 interacting electrons and nuclei. Even to store the many-body
    wave-function of an atom of oxygen would require yottabytes of data: the wave-function is an
    inappropriate concept to describe solid matter. Modern solid-state computational descriptions of
    matter are thus founded on a radically different notion, known as density functional theory (DFT),
    that all quantum mechanical observables can be obtained from the ground state electron density.
    This profoundly simpler object – that can be stored and computed with on present-day laptops – has
    allowed rich predictive investigation of the cornucopia of quantum materials that the 118 elements
    of the periodic table can create. Underpinning the present-day drive to create new materials that will
    obviate the environmental cost of present-day information technology, quantum materials science
    offers both insight into the nature of quantum matter as well as a practical tool of profound
    importance.
    This lecture course will cover both the theorems that underpin DFT and its usage, as well as employ
    “computer lab” lectures in which the quantum mechanics of materials will be explored at a practical
    level. Students will learn both the modern theory of electronic structure as well as computational
    skill in running the Elk computer code (elk.sourceforge.io), used by more than 2500 scientists
    worldwide.
    Lecture plan
    [Blue – blackboard lectures, green – “computer lab” lectures]
    Lecture 1: Why DFT? Many body wave-function is an inappropriate concept for solids. Hartree-Fock fails.
    Lecture 2: Hohenberg-Kohn: all observables can be calculated from the ground state density alone.
    Lecture 3: Kohn-Sham and approximating the exchange-correlation function.
    Lecture 4: Solving the Kohn-Sham equations for real materials: Al and Si.
    Lecture 5: Functional development: what they can and can’t do.
    Lecture 6: Response functions: talking to experiments.
    Lecture 7: Calculating response functions: Why is copper red-orange and LiF transparent?
    Lecture 8: Magnetism in density functional theory.
    Lecture 9: Magnetism in solids: Why is Iron magnetic and Copper not?
    Lecture 10: Forces and crystal structures.
    Lecture 11: Structure optimization: Why is Iron a bcc crystal structure and Nickle a fcc crystal structure?
    Lecture 12-13: Student seminars.

  • 20125402 Practice seminar
    Quantum Error Correction (Philippe Faist)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-23)
    Location: 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20125602 Practice seminar
    Computational electronic structure (Sangeeta Sharma)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-22)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics B_3

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  • 20125401 Lecture
    Quantum Error Correction (Philippe Faist)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Current quantum computers are severly limited by noise, preventing them from running quantum algorithms that are large enough to explore the full power of quantum computing. Quantum error correction protects fragile quantum information from noise and is anticipated to enable future quantum computers to run large quantum circuits at low error rates.

    With this course, you will assimilate the core concepts in quantum error correction and fault tolerance, familiarize yourself with the current major quantum error correcting codes for various types of quantum hardware, learn how to apply standard techniques to construct new codes with corresponding decoders, and understand how to reliably run a quantum computation on encoded states.

    This course builds upon the concepts introduced in the course “Quantum Information Theory” and is targeted to students wishing to deepen their knowledge about modern techniques in quantum computing. This course will both equip you with a strong theoretical background useful to carry out future theoretical research in the field of quantum computing as well as help you develop key skills to join the quantum industry workforce. We will also occasionally have the opportunity to touch upon some connections to broader themes including classical codes, the theory of condensed matter physics, and (if time permits) some models of quantum gravity.

    Topics that we will cover include (tentative):
    - Fundamental principles of quantum error correction
    - Qubit stabilizer codes
    - The surface code
    - Fault tolerance with the surface code
    - Topological codes beyond the surface code
    - Quantum Low-Density Partity-Check codes (qLDPC)
    - Bosonic codes
    - Implementations/realizations on quantum hardware platforms
    - Quantum error correction in physical many-body systems and holography

    I am happy to further shape the course based on suggestions from registered students, e.g., to include additional topics or to prioritize certain topics.

  • 20125601 Lecture
    Computational electronic structure (Sangeeta Sharma)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00, Mo 14:00-16:30 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: Mo 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14), Mo 1.3.50 PC-Pool (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Lecture format: 2 hours classroom lecture with interactive computational exercises, optional
    online teaching on request by registered students, 2 hours problems class mixed analytical and
    computational.

    Comments

    Lecture outline
    Matter is made up of the order of 10^23 interacting electrons and nuclei. Even to store the many-body
    wave-function of an atom of oxygen would require yottabytes of data: the wave-function is an
    inappropriate concept to describe solid matter. Modern solid-state computational descriptions of
    matter are thus founded on a radically different notion, known as density functional theory (DFT),
    that all quantum mechanical observables can be obtained from the ground state electron density.
    This profoundly simpler object – that can be stored and computed with on present-day laptops – has
    allowed rich predictive investigation of the cornucopia of quantum materials that the 118 elements
    of the periodic table can create. Underpinning the present-day drive to create new materials that will
    obviate the environmental cost of present-day information technology, quantum materials science
    offers both insight into the nature of quantum matter as well as a practical tool of profound
    importance.
    This lecture course will cover both the theorems that underpin DFT and its usage, as well as employ
    “computer lab” lectures in which the quantum mechanics of materials will be explored at a practical
    level. Students will learn both the modern theory of electronic structure as well as computational
    skill in running the Elk computer code (elk.sourceforge.io), used by more than 2500 scientists
    worldwide.
    Lecture plan
    [Blue – blackboard lectures, green – “computer lab” lectures]
    Lecture 1: Why DFT? Many body wave-function is an inappropriate concept for solids. Hartree-Fock fails.
    Lecture 2: Hohenberg-Kohn: all observables can be calculated from the ground state density alone.
    Lecture 3: Kohn-Sham and approximating the exchange-correlation function.
    Lecture 4: Solving the Kohn-Sham equations for real materials: Al and Si.
    Lecture 5: Functional development: what they can and can’t do.
    Lecture 6: Response functions: talking to experiments.
    Lecture 7: Calculating response functions: Why is copper red-orange and LiF transparent?
    Lecture 8: Magnetism in density functional theory.
    Lecture 9: Magnetism in solids: Why is Iron magnetic and Copper not?
    Lecture 10: Forces and crystal structures.
    Lecture 11: Structure optimization: Why is Iron a bcc crystal structure and Nickle a fcc crystal structure?
    Lecture 12-13: Student seminars.

  • 20125402 Practice seminar
    Quantum Error Correction (Philippe Faist)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-23)
    Location: 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20125602 Practice seminar
    Computational electronic structure (Sangeeta Sharma)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-22)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics B_4

  0352cA3.22
  • 20125401 Lecture
    Quantum Error Correction (Philippe Faist)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Current quantum computers are severly limited by noise, preventing them from running quantum algorithms that are large enough to explore the full power of quantum computing. Quantum error correction protects fragile quantum information from noise and is anticipated to enable future quantum computers to run large quantum circuits at low error rates.

    With this course, you will assimilate the core concepts in quantum error correction and fault tolerance, familiarize yourself with the current major quantum error correcting codes for various types of quantum hardware, learn how to apply standard techniques to construct new codes with corresponding decoders, and understand how to reliably run a quantum computation on encoded states.

    This course builds upon the concepts introduced in the course “Quantum Information Theory” and is targeted to students wishing to deepen their knowledge about modern techniques in quantum computing. This course will both equip you with a strong theoretical background useful to carry out future theoretical research in the field of quantum computing as well as help you develop key skills to join the quantum industry workforce. We will also occasionally have the opportunity to touch upon some connections to broader themes including classical codes, the theory of condensed matter physics, and (if time permits) some models of quantum gravity.

    Topics that we will cover include (tentative):
    - Fundamental principles of quantum error correction
    - Qubit stabilizer codes
    - The surface code
    - Fault tolerance with the surface code
    - Topological codes beyond the surface code
    - Quantum Low-Density Partity-Check codes (qLDPC)
    - Bosonic codes
    - Implementations/realizations on quantum hardware platforms
    - Quantum error correction in physical many-body systems and holography

    I am happy to further shape the course based on suggestions from registered students, e.g., to include additional topics or to prioritize certain topics.

  • 20125601 Lecture
    Computational electronic structure (Sangeeta Sharma)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00, Mo 14:00-16:30 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: Mo 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14), Mo 1.3.50 PC-Pool (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Lecture format: 2 hours classroom lecture with interactive computational exercises, optional
    online teaching on request by registered students, 2 hours problems class mixed analytical and
    computational.

    Comments

    Lecture outline
    Matter is made up of the order of 10^23 interacting electrons and nuclei. Even to store the many-body
    wave-function of an atom of oxygen would require yottabytes of data: the wave-function is an
    inappropriate concept to describe solid matter. Modern solid-state computational descriptions of
    matter are thus founded on a radically different notion, known as density functional theory (DFT),
    that all quantum mechanical observables can be obtained from the ground state electron density.
    This profoundly simpler object – that can be stored and computed with on present-day laptops – has
    allowed rich predictive investigation of the cornucopia of quantum materials that the 118 elements
    of the periodic table can create. Underpinning the present-day drive to create new materials that will
    obviate the environmental cost of present-day information technology, quantum materials science
    offers both insight into the nature of quantum matter as well as a practical tool of profound
    importance.
    This lecture course will cover both the theorems that underpin DFT and its usage, as well as employ
    “computer lab” lectures in which the quantum mechanics of materials will be explored at a practical
    level. Students will learn both the modern theory of electronic structure as well as computational
    skill in running the Elk computer code (elk.sourceforge.io), used by more than 2500 scientists
    worldwide.
    Lecture plan
    [Blue – blackboard lectures, green – “computer lab” lectures]
    Lecture 1: Why DFT? Many body wave-function is an inappropriate concept for solids. Hartree-Fock fails.
    Lecture 2: Hohenberg-Kohn: all observables can be calculated from the ground state density alone.
    Lecture 3: Kohn-Sham and approximating the exchange-correlation function.
    Lecture 4: Solving the Kohn-Sham equations for real materials: Al and Si.
    Lecture 5: Functional development: what they can and can’t do.
    Lecture 6: Response functions: talking to experiments.
    Lecture 7: Calculating response functions: Why is copper red-orange and LiF transparent?
    Lecture 8: Magnetism in density functional theory.
    Lecture 9: Magnetism in solids: Why is Iron magnetic and Copper not?
    Lecture 10: Forces and crystal structures.
    Lecture 11: Structure optimization: Why is Iron a bcc crystal structure and Nickle a fcc crystal structure?
    Lecture 12-13: Student seminars.

  • 20125402 Practice seminar
    Quantum Error Correction (Philippe Faist)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-23)
    Location: 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20125602 Practice seminar
    Computational electronic structure (Sangeeta Sharma)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-22)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics A_1

  0352cA3.26
  • 20109101 Lecture
    Preparatory Course to the Advanced Master Laboratory (Cornelius Gahl)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: FP-R FP-Räume (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    This course is intended for Master Students who have not passed extended introductory courses to laboratory experiments during their Bachelor studies. In this case we strongly recommend the course before entering the Advanced Master Laboratory.

    The course comprises an introduction to data analysis and 4 one-day long experiments of the intermediate lab course (STM, HeNe laser, Zeeman effect, Rayleigh scattering). Thereby the students will become familiar with important techniques in experimental physics and will learn how to analyse and report their results.

    Further information is given at: http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/lehre/fortgeschrittenenpraktikum/fp-prepmaster/index.html

  • 20109102 Practice seminar
    Preparatory Course to the Advanced Master Laboratory (Cornelius Gahl)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20118601 Lecture
    Vacuum physics and metrology (Matthias Bernien)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The lecture provides an overview on vacuum generation and measurement. It introduces metrological concepts such as traceability and advanced treatment of measurement uncertainty. Recent developments in the field of vacuum metrology will be presented and discussed. The lecture addresses students that specialize in experimental physics working with vacuum. In the tutorial, students will apply numerical methods to simple examples for data fitting, differential equations and finite element analysis.

  • 20118602 Practice seminar
    Vacuum physics and metrology (Matthias Bernien)
    Schedule: Fr 09:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-26)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20121501 Lecture
    Modern x-ray and neutron scattering methods for the determination of the structure and symmetry of solids (Kaustuv Datta)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    This lecture course is aimed at physics and chemistry students in the Masters Course as well as those who are involved in an experimental Ph.D. thesis.

    Comments

    The ultimate goal to to describe the experimental method called 'Total scattering method' in detail. When I gave a similar course at the Uni Hamburg, I started with the general ideas of structure of materials including basic concepts of crystallography, tools to determine and understand the structure applying diffraction methods in general and then come to the determination of local structural applying total scattering method. The main reference book will be :  Underneath the Bragg Peaks: Structural Analysis of Complex Materials (Volume 16) (Pergamon Materials Series, Volume 16, Band 16) by Egami and Billinge

    Suggested reading

    There are many good textbooks for this important field. I will follow, for the most part, the excellent book by M.Tinkham, "Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics", McGraw-Hill 1964, and the classic book by E. Wigner, "Gruppen­theorie...", Vieweg 1931, (Vieweg Reprint  1977). A recent book with many applications is “Group theory – Application to the Physics of Condensed Matter” by Dresselhaus, Dresselhaus and Jorio, Springer-Verlag 2008.

  • 20121502 Practice seminar
    Modern x-ray and neutron scattering methods for the determination of the structure and symmetry of solids (Kaustuv Datta)
    Schedule: Do 13:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20123101 Lecture
    Experimental Quantum Optics (Boris Naydenov)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The following topics will be covered during the lecture:

    • Types of atom - light interaction
    • Principles of lasers
    • Quantum states of radiation
    • Interaction of an atom with quantized electromagnetic field
    • Cavity quantum electrodynamics
    • Photonic crystals

    Suggested reading

    1. G. Grynberg, A. Aspect and C. Fabre, ”Introduction to Quantum Optics”, Cambridge University Press 2010

    2. C. C. Gerry and P. L. Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press 2005

    3. M Fox, "Quantum Optics - An Introduction", Oxford University Press 2006

  • 20123102 Practice seminar
    Experimental Quantum Optics (Boris Naydenov)
    Schedule: Do 09:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 21365a Lecture
    Physics and Chemistry of Sustainability II (Beate Koksch)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: Gr. Hörsaal (Raum B.001) (Arnimallee 22)
    
  • 21365b Seminar
    Physics and Chemistry of Sustainability II (Beate Koksch and staff)
    Schedule: Mi 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2024-05-08)
    Location: Hs A (Raum B.006, 200 Pl.) (Arnimallee 22)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics A_2

  0352cA3.27
  • 20109101 Lecture
    Preparatory Course to the Advanced Master Laboratory (Cornelius Gahl)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: FP-R FP-Räume (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    This course is intended for Master Students who have not passed extended introductory courses to laboratory experiments during their Bachelor studies. In this case we strongly recommend the course before entering the Advanced Master Laboratory.

    The course comprises an introduction to data analysis and 4 one-day long experiments of the intermediate lab course (STM, HeNe laser, Zeeman effect, Rayleigh scattering). Thereby the students will become familiar with important techniques in experimental physics and will learn how to analyse and report their results.

    Further information is given at: http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/lehre/fortgeschrittenenpraktikum/fp-prepmaster/index.html

  • 20109102 Practice seminar
    Preparatory Course to the Advanced Master Laboratory (Cornelius Gahl)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20118601 Lecture
    Vacuum physics and metrology (Matthias Bernien)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The lecture provides an overview on vacuum generation and measurement. It introduces metrological concepts such as traceability and advanced treatment of measurement uncertainty. Recent developments in the field of vacuum metrology will be presented and discussed. The lecture addresses students that specialize in experimental physics working with vacuum. In the tutorial, students will apply numerical methods to simple examples for data fitting, differential equations and finite element analysis.

  • 20118602 Practice seminar
    Vacuum physics and metrology (Matthias Bernien)
    Schedule: Fr 09:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-26)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20121501 Lecture
    Modern x-ray and neutron scattering methods for the determination of the structure and symmetry of solids (Kaustuv Datta)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    This lecture course is aimed at physics and chemistry students in the Masters Course as well as those who are involved in an experimental Ph.D. thesis.

    Comments

    The ultimate goal to to describe the experimental method called 'Total scattering method' in detail. When I gave a similar course at the Uni Hamburg, I started with the general ideas of structure of materials including basic concepts of crystallography, tools to determine and understand the structure applying diffraction methods in general and then come to the determination of local structural applying total scattering method. The main reference book will be :  Underneath the Bragg Peaks: Structural Analysis of Complex Materials (Volume 16) (Pergamon Materials Series, Volume 16, Band 16) by Egami and Billinge

    Suggested reading

    There are many good textbooks for this important field. I will follow, for the most part, the excellent book by M.Tinkham, "Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics", McGraw-Hill 1964, and the classic book by E. Wigner, "Gruppen­theorie...", Vieweg 1931, (Vieweg Reprint  1977). A recent book with many applications is “Group theory – Application to the Physics of Condensed Matter” by Dresselhaus, Dresselhaus and Jorio, Springer-Verlag 2008.

  • 20121502 Practice seminar
    Modern x-ray and neutron scattering methods for the determination of the structure and symmetry of solids (Kaustuv Datta)
    Schedule: Do 13:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20123101 Lecture
    Experimental Quantum Optics (Boris Naydenov)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The following topics will be covered during the lecture:

    • Types of atom - light interaction
    • Principles of lasers
    • Quantum states of radiation
    • Interaction of an atom with quantized electromagnetic field
    • Cavity quantum electrodynamics
    • Photonic crystals

    Suggested reading

    1. G. Grynberg, A. Aspect and C. Fabre, ”Introduction to Quantum Optics”, Cambridge University Press 2010

    2. C. C. Gerry and P. L. Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press 2005

    3. M Fox, "Quantum Optics - An Introduction", Oxford University Press 2006

  • 20123102 Practice seminar
    Experimental Quantum Optics (Boris Naydenov)
    Schedule: Do 09:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 21365a Lecture
    Physics and Chemistry of Sustainability II (Beate Koksch)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: Gr. Hörsaal (Raum B.001) (Arnimallee 22)
    
  • 21365b Seminar
    Physics and Chemistry of Sustainability II (Beate Koksch and staff)
    Schedule: Mi 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2024-05-08)
    Location: Hs A (Raum B.006, 200 Pl.) (Arnimallee 22)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics A_3

  0352cA3.28
  • 20109101 Lecture
    Preparatory Course to the Advanced Master Laboratory (Cornelius Gahl)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: FP-R FP-Räume (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    This course is intended for Master Students who have not passed extended introductory courses to laboratory experiments during their Bachelor studies. In this case we strongly recommend the course before entering the Advanced Master Laboratory.

    The course comprises an introduction to data analysis and 4 one-day long experiments of the intermediate lab course (STM, HeNe laser, Zeeman effect, Rayleigh scattering). Thereby the students will become familiar with important techniques in experimental physics and will learn how to analyse and report their results.

    Further information is given at: http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/lehre/fortgeschrittenenpraktikum/fp-prepmaster/index.html

  • 20109102 Practice seminar
    Preparatory Course to the Advanced Master Laboratory (Cornelius Gahl)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20118601 Lecture
    Vacuum physics and metrology (Matthias Bernien)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The lecture provides an overview on vacuum generation and measurement. It introduces metrological concepts such as traceability and advanced treatment of measurement uncertainty. Recent developments in the field of vacuum metrology will be presented and discussed. The lecture addresses students that specialize in experimental physics working with vacuum. In the tutorial, students will apply numerical methods to simple examples for data fitting, differential equations and finite element analysis.

  • 20118602 Practice seminar
    Vacuum physics and metrology (Matthias Bernien)
    Schedule: Fr 09:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-26)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20121501 Lecture
    Modern x-ray and neutron scattering methods for the determination of the structure and symmetry of solids (Kaustuv Datta)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    This lecture course is aimed at physics and chemistry students in the Masters Course as well as those who are involved in an experimental Ph.D. thesis.

    Comments

    The ultimate goal to to describe the experimental method called 'Total scattering method' in detail. When I gave a similar course at the Uni Hamburg, I started with the general ideas of structure of materials including basic concepts of crystallography, tools to determine and understand the structure applying diffraction methods in general and then come to the determination of local structural applying total scattering method. The main reference book will be :  Underneath the Bragg Peaks: Structural Analysis of Complex Materials (Volume 16) (Pergamon Materials Series, Volume 16, Band 16) by Egami and Billinge

    Suggested reading

    There are many good textbooks for this important field. I will follow, for the most part, the excellent book by M.Tinkham, "Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics", McGraw-Hill 1964, and the classic book by E. Wigner, "Gruppen­theorie...", Vieweg 1931, (Vieweg Reprint  1977). A recent book with many applications is “Group theory – Application to the Physics of Condensed Matter” by Dresselhaus, Dresselhaus and Jorio, Springer-Verlag 2008.

  • 20121502 Practice seminar
    Modern x-ray and neutron scattering methods for the determination of the structure and symmetry of solids (Kaustuv Datta)
    Schedule: Do 13:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20123101 Lecture
    Experimental Quantum Optics (Boris Naydenov)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The following topics will be covered during the lecture:

    • Types of atom - light interaction
    • Principles of lasers
    • Quantum states of radiation
    • Interaction of an atom with quantized electromagnetic field
    • Cavity quantum electrodynamics
    • Photonic crystals

    Suggested reading

    1. G. Grynberg, A. Aspect and C. Fabre, ”Introduction to Quantum Optics”, Cambridge University Press 2010

    2. C. C. Gerry and P. L. Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press 2005

    3. M Fox, "Quantum Optics - An Introduction", Oxford University Press 2006

  • 20123102 Practice seminar
    Experimental Quantum Optics (Boris Naydenov)
    Schedule: Do 09:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 21365a Lecture
    Physics and Chemistry of Sustainability II (Beate Koksch)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: Gr. Hörsaal (Raum B.001) (Arnimallee 22)
    
  • 21365b Seminar
    Physics and Chemistry of Sustainability II (Beate Koksch and staff)
    Schedule: Mi 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2024-05-08)
    Location: Hs A (Raum B.006, 200 Pl.) (Arnimallee 22)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics A_4

  0352cA3.29
  • 20109101 Lecture
    Preparatory Course to the Advanced Master Laboratory (Cornelius Gahl)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: FP-R FP-Räume (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    This course is intended for Master Students who have not passed extended introductory courses to laboratory experiments during their Bachelor studies. In this case we strongly recommend the course before entering the Advanced Master Laboratory.

    The course comprises an introduction to data analysis and 4 one-day long experiments of the intermediate lab course (STM, HeNe laser, Zeeman effect, Rayleigh scattering). Thereby the students will become familiar with important techniques in experimental physics and will learn how to analyse and report their results.

    Further information is given at: http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/lehre/fortgeschrittenenpraktikum/fp-prepmaster/index.html

  • 20109102 Practice seminar
    Preparatory Course to the Advanced Master Laboratory (Cornelius Gahl)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-17)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20118601 Lecture
    Vacuum physics and metrology (Matthias Bernien)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The lecture provides an overview on vacuum generation and measurement. It introduces metrological concepts such as traceability and advanced treatment of measurement uncertainty. Recent developments in the field of vacuum metrology will be presented and discussed. The lecture addresses students that specialize in experimental physics working with vacuum. In the tutorial, students will apply numerical methods to simple examples for data fitting, differential equations and finite element analysis.

  • 20118602 Practice seminar
    Vacuum physics and metrology (Matthias Bernien)
    Schedule: Fr 09:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-26)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20121501 Lecture
    Modern x-ray and neutron scattering methods for the determination of the structure and symmetry of solids (Kaustuv Datta)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    This lecture course is aimed at physics and chemistry students in the Masters Course as well as those who are involved in an experimental Ph.D. thesis.

    Comments

    The ultimate goal to to describe the experimental method called 'Total scattering method' in detail. When I gave a similar course at the Uni Hamburg, I started with the general ideas of structure of materials including basic concepts of crystallography, tools to determine and understand the structure applying diffraction methods in general and then come to the determination of local structural applying total scattering method. The main reference book will be :  Underneath the Bragg Peaks: Structural Analysis of Complex Materials (Volume 16) (Pergamon Materials Series, Volume 16, Band 16) by Egami and Billinge

    Suggested reading

    There are many good textbooks for this important field. I will follow, for the most part, the excellent book by M.Tinkham, "Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics", McGraw-Hill 1964, and the classic book by E. Wigner, "Gruppen­theorie...", Vieweg 1931, (Vieweg Reprint  1977). A recent book with many applications is “Group theory – Application to the Physics of Condensed Matter” by Dresselhaus, Dresselhaus and Jorio, Springer-Verlag 2008.

  • 20121502 Practice seminar
    Modern x-ray and neutron scattering methods for the determination of the structure and symmetry of solids (Kaustuv Datta)
    Schedule: Do 13:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20123101 Lecture
    Experimental Quantum Optics (Boris Naydenov)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The following topics will be covered during the lecture:

    • Types of atom - light interaction
    • Principles of lasers
    • Quantum states of radiation
    • Interaction of an atom with quantized electromagnetic field
    • Cavity quantum electrodynamics
    • Photonic crystals

    Suggested reading

    1. G. Grynberg, A. Aspect and C. Fabre, ”Introduction to Quantum Optics”, Cambridge University Press 2010

    2. C. C. Gerry and P. L. Knight, Introductory Quantum Optics, Cambridge University Press 2005

    3. M Fox, "Quantum Optics - An Introduction", Oxford University Press 2006

  • 20123102 Practice seminar
    Experimental Quantum Optics (Boris Naydenov)
    Schedule: Do 09:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 21365a Lecture
    Physics and Chemistry of Sustainability II (Beate Koksch)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: Gr. Hörsaal (Raum B.001) (Arnimallee 22)
    
  • 21365b Seminar
    Physics and Chemistry of Sustainability II (Beate Koksch and staff)
    Schedule: Mi 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2024-05-08)
    Location: Hs A (Raum B.006, 200 Pl.) (Arnimallee 22)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics B_1

  0352cA3.30
  • 20112701 Lecture
    Signal analysis in physics: from Fourier transformation and sampling to the lock-in amplifier (Tobias Kampfrath)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    This lecture course will provide an introduction into the tools and principles of signal and system analysis. They are important for all fields of quantitative science, which always deals with measuring and analyzing signals. Examples include time-dependent voltages in electric circuits, microscopy images of nanostructures, pressure variations in blood vessels as well as electromagnetic and acoustic waves in matter.

    Important questions that will be addressed are for instance: How can we measure a small signal that is buried in a large noise background? How does a lock-in amplifier work? How can we reconstruct a continuous signal that was sampled only at discrete times? What are aliasing and undersampling? How can we characterize as diverse systems as electrical filters, light detectors and optical lenses by a single formalism? What is a feedback loop? Why is Fourier analysis such a powerful tool here? In the exercises, the course topics will be illustrated by practical examples, both analytical and numerical using the Python package.

    Suggested reading

    Useful books, but not mandatory:

    A.V. Oppenheim: Signals and Systems, Prentice Hall, 1997

    R. Bracewell: The Fourier Transform and Its Applications, McGraw Hill, 2000

  • 20112702 Practice seminar
    Signal analysis in physics: from Fourier transformation and sampling to the lock-in amplifier (Tobias Kampfrath)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-22)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics B_2

  0352cA3.31
  • 20112701 Lecture
    Signal analysis in physics: from Fourier transformation and sampling to the lock-in amplifier (Tobias Kampfrath)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    This lecture course will provide an introduction into the tools and principles of signal and system analysis. They are important for all fields of quantitative science, which always deals with measuring and analyzing signals. Examples include time-dependent voltages in electric circuits, microscopy images of nanostructures, pressure variations in blood vessels as well as electromagnetic and acoustic waves in matter.

    Important questions that will be addressed are for instance: How can we measure a small signal that is buried in a large noise background? How does a lock-in amplifier work? How can we reconstruct a continuous signal that was sampled only at discrete times? What are aliasing and undersampling? How can we characterize as diverse systems as electrical filters, light detectors and optical lenses by a single formalism? What is a feedback loop? Why is Fourier analysis such a powerful tool here? In the exercises, the course topics will be illustrated by practical examples, both analytical and numerical using the Python package.

    Suggested reading

    Useful books, but not mandatory:

    A.V. Oppenheim: Signals and Systems, Prentice Hall, 1997

    R. Bracewell: The Fourier Transform and Its Applications, McGraw Hill, 2000

  • 20112702 Practice seminar
    Signal analysis in physics: from Fourier transformation and sampling to the lock-in amplifier (Tobias Kampfrath)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-22)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics B_3

  0352cA3.32
  • 20112701 Lecture
    Signal analysis in physics: from Fourier transformation and sampling to the lock-in amplifier (Tobias Kampfrath)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    This lecture course will provide an introduction into the tools and principles of signal and system analysis. They are important for all fields of quantitative science, which always deals with measuring and analyzing signals. Examples include time-dependent voltages in electric circuits, microscopy images of nanostructures, pressure variations in blood vessels as well as electromagnetic and acoustic waves in matter.

    Important questions that will be addressed are for instance: How can we measure a small signal that is buried in a large noise background? How does a lock-in amplifier work? How can we reconstruct a continuous signal that was sampled only at discrete times? What are aliasing and undersampling? How can we characterize as diverse systems as electrical filters, light detectors and optical lenses by a single formalism? What is a feedback loop? Why is Fourier analysis such a powerful tool here? In the exercises, the course topics will be illustrated by practical examples, both analytical and numerical using the Python package.

    Suggested reading

    Useful books, but not mandatory:

    A.V. Oppenheim: Signals and Systems, Prentice Hall, 1997

    R. Bracewell: The Fourier Transform and Its Applications, McGraw Hill, 2000

  • 20112702 Practice seminar
    Signal analysis in physics: from Fourier transformation and sampling to the lock-in amplifier (Tobias Kampfrath)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-22)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics B_4

  0352cA3.33
  • 20112701 Lecture
    Signal analysis in physics: from Fourier transformation and sampling to the lock-in amplifier (Tobias Kampfrath)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    This lecture course will provide an introduction into the tools and principles of signal and system analysis. They are important for all fields of quantitative science, which always deals with measuring and analyzing signals. Examples include time-dependent voltages in electric circuits, microscopy images of nanostructures, pressure variations in blood vessels as well as electromagnetic and acoustic waves in matter.

    Important questions that will be addressed are for instance: How can we measure a small signal that is buried in a large noise background? How does a lock-in amplifier work? How can we reconstruct a continuous signal that was sampled only at discrete times? What are aliasing and undersampling? How can we characterize as diverse systems as electrical filters, light detectors and optical lenses by a single formalism? What is a feedback loop? Why is Fourier analysis such a powerful tool here? In the exercises, the course topics will be illustrated by practical examples, both analytical and numerical using the Python package.

    Suggested reading

    Useful books, but not mandatory:

    A.V. Oppenheim: Signals and Systems, Prentice Hall, 1997

    R. Bracewell: The Fourier Transform and Its Applications, McGraw Hill, 2000

  • 20112702 Practice seminar
    Signal analysis in physics: from Fourier transformation and sampling to the lock-in amplifier (Tobias Kampfrath)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-22)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics C_1

  0352cA3.34
  • 20119801 Lecture
    Coherent Spectroscopy (Robert Bittl)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00, Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: Mo 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Di 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Starting with basic concepts of quantum mechanics relevant for spectroscopy (two level systems, quantum mechanics of electromagnetic transitions, density matrix, etc.), the lecture will cover realization and application of coherent spectroscopy in magnetic resonance and optics including, e.g. spin and photon echo phenomena, quantum beats.

    Suggested reading

    Hertel and Schulz; Atoms, Molecules and Optical Physics, Volumes 1 and 2; Springer Bagguley (ed.); Pulsed Magnetic Resonance: NMR, ESR, and Optics; Oxford Science Publications

  • 20119802 Practice seminar
    Coherent Spectroscopy (Robert Bittl)
    Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-05-08)
    Location: 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics C_2

  0352cA3.35
  • 20119801 Lecture
    Coherent Spectroscopy (Robert Bittl)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00, Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: Mo 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Di 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Starting with basic concepts of quantum mechanics relevant for spectroscopy (two level systems, quantum mechanics of electromagnetic transitions, density matrix, etc.), the lecture will cover realization and application of coherent spectroscopy in magnetic resonance and optics including, e.g. spin and photon echo phenomena, quantum beats.

    Suggested reading

    Hertel and Schulz; Atoms, Molecules and Optical Physics, Volumes 1 and 2; Springer Bagguley (ed.); Pulsed Magnetic Resonance: NMR, ESR, and Optics; Oxford Science Publications

  • 20119802 Practice seminar
    Coherent Spectroscopy (Robert Bittl)
    Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-05-08)
    Location: 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Methods in Experimental Physics C_3

  0352cA3.36
  • 20119801 Lecture
    Coherent Spectroscopy (Robert Bittl)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00, Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: Mo 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Di 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Starting with basic concepts of quantum mechanics relevant for spectroscopy (two level systems, quantum mechanics of electromagnetic transitions, density matrix, etc.), the lecture will cover realization and application of coherent spectroscopy in magnetic resonance and optics including, e.g. spin and photon echo phenomena, quantum beats.

    Suggested reading

    Hertel and Schulz; Atoms, Molecules and Optical Physics, Volumes 1 and 2; Springer Bagguley (ed.); Pulsed Magnetic Resonance: NMR, ESR, and Optics; Oxford Science Publications

  • 20119802 Practice seminar
    Coherent Spectroscopy (Robert Bittl)
    Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-05-08)
    Location: 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Nonlinear Optics

  0352cA3.4
  • 20115501 Lecture
    Ultrafast Spectroscopy/Nonlinear Optics (Albrecht Lindinger)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The students will learn the fundamentals in nonlinear optics and in the dynamics of optically induced processes. They receive an overview about current methods in ultrashort spectroscopy and elementary nonlinear excitations, and its applications in particular cases. The contents include fundamentals of light-matter interactions, wave packet and electron dynamics, experimental methods of ultrafast spectroscopy, as well as selected topics, e.g. femtochemistry, multiphoton excitation, coherent control, and attosecond physics.ausgewählte Anwendungen, z. B. Femtochemie, kohärente Kontrolle, Fluoreszenz-Spektroskopie Photoelektronen-Spektroskopie, Attosekundenphysik.

  • 20115502 Practice seminar
    Ultrafast Spectroscopy/Nonlinear Optics (Albrecht Lindinger)
    Schedule: Do 18:00-19:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Photobiophysics and Photosynthesis

  0352cA3.6
  • 20120301 Lecture
    Photobiophysics and Photosynthesis (Holger Dau, Dennis Nürnberg)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Lecture + laboratory exercises by Prof. Holger Dau and Dr. Dennis Nürnberg

    The module provides an introduction to biophysical photosynthesis research. Basic concepts and experimental methods are introduced that relate directly to current research questions. The focus is on biological photosynthesis by plants and cyanobacteria, but artificial photosynthesis for carbon-neutral fuel production is also discussed.

    The lecture portion will be supplemented by laboratory exercises in which basic and advanced biophysical experiments in photosynthesis research will be presented and discussed by the two instructors and graduate students in their groups.

     

  • 20120302 Practice seminar
    Photobiophysics and Photosynthesis (Dennis Nürnberg)
    Schedule: Fr 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-26)
    Location: 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• History of Physics

  0352cA3.9
  • 20123301 Lecture
    Science as social practice. An Introduction to Science Studies (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-18:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2024-04-18)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    How do we understand “science”? What counts as scientific knowledge and why? What are the historical origins of modern science? How have new scientific disciplines emerged? How are sciences shaped by social contexts? This kind of questions stand in focus of the interdisciplinary field of “Science Studies” which examines the social, cultural and political aspects of knowledge production in science. The course introduces to approaches, concepts and methods of Science Studies for the natural sciences. Interested students of all disciplines are welcome to attend.

  • 20123302 Practice seminar
    Science as social practice. An Introduction to Science Studies (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-04-25)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modules w/o courses in this semester

  16 Modules
  • Advanced Quantum Mechanics 0352cA2.1
  • Advanced Statistical Physics 0352cA2.3
  • Advanced Solid State Physics 0352cA2.5
  • Theoretical Solid State Physics 0352cA3.1
  • Advanced Topics in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics 0352cA3.10
  • Advanced Theoretical Biophysics 0352cA3.2
  • Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics C_1 0352cA3.23
  • Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics C_2 0352cA3.24
  • Modern Methods in Theoretical Physics C_3 0352cA3.25
  • Nanophysics 0352cA3.3
  • Spectroscopy with Synchrotron Radiation 0352cA3.5
  • Semiconductor Physics 0352cA3.7
  • General Relativity 0352cA3.8
  • Scientific Specialization 0352cB1.1
  • Methodology and Project Planning 0352cB1.2
  • Master's Thesis Seminar 0352cE1.2