| PHOTON172 | X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory | Experimental x-ray diffraction techniques for microstructural analysis of materials, emphasizing powder and single-crystal techniques. Diffraction from epitaxial and polycrystalline thin films, multilayers, and amorphorous materials using medium and... |
| PHOTON201 | Electrons and Photons | Applied Physics Core course appropriate for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with prior knowledge of elementary quantum mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and special relativity. Interaction of electrons with intense electroma... |
| PHOTON205 | Waves and Diffraction in Solids | The elementary principals of x-ray, vibrational, and electron waves in solids. Basic wave behavior including Fourier analysis, interference, diffraction, and polarization. Examples of wave systems, including electromagnetic waves from Maxwell's equat... |
| PHOTON222 | Principles of X-ray Scattering | Provides a fundamental understanding of x-ray scattering and diffraction. Combines pedagogy with modern experimental methods for obtaining atomic-scale structural information on synchrotron and free-electon laser-based facilities. Topics include Four... |
| PHOTON283 | Ultrafast Quantum Physics | Intended for first-year graduate students who are interested in understanding the basic concepts of ultrafast quantum science to prepare for research in AMO physics, condensed matter physics, physical chemistry or quantum information science.The topi... |
| PHOTON322 | Advanced Topics in x-ray scattering | This course covers advanced topics in x-ray scattering including: diffuse scattering from static and dynamic disorder such as from defects or phonons; inelastic methods such as x-ray Raman and Compton scattering for measuring electronic structure an... |
| PHOTON325 | Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Lasers: Principles and Applications. | Synchrotron radiation sources for scientific exploration, and x-ray FELs for studies of ultrafast processes at the atomic scale. Fundamental concepts in electron and photon beams, bending magnet and undulator radiation, one-dimensional and three-dime... |
| PHOTON326 | X-Ray Science and Techniques | This course provides an introduction to how x-rays interact with matter and how x-ray techniques can be used towards developing new understanding of the atomistic properties of materials. Topics include: Diffraction from ordered and disordered materi... |
| PHOTON329 | The Electronic Structure of Surfaces and Interfaces | Physical concepts and phenomena for surface science techniques probing the electronic and chemical structure of surfaces, interfaces and nanomaterials. Microscopic and atomic models of microstructures; applications including semiconductor device tech... |
| PHOTON345 | Fundamentals and Applications of Spectroscopy | Theoretical basis and experimental aspects of atomic and molecular spectroscopy, including spectroscopic transitions, transition probabilities, and selection rules. Applications of rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectroscopies emphasize the... |
| PHOTON366 | Light and Plasma | An introduction to the science and applications of laser-plasma interactions. The first part of the course will discuss the fundamental concepts and analytic, computational, and experimental tools for understanding the linear and nonlinear propagatio... |
| PHOTON384 | Advanced Topics in AMO Physics | This course will develop the subject of Strong-Field QED. Topics to be covered include: The structure of the quantum vacuum;relativistic laser-vacuum interactions;linear and non-linear Compton and Breit-Wheeler pair-production processes;vacuum polari... |