Generalities

1) Probe-Target Interaction; Equilibrium and non Equilibrium dynamics;

2) Scattering Matrix and Linear Response Theorem; Detailed Balance Theorem; Correlation Functions and Spectroscopies;

3) Time Domain and Frequency Domain Spectroscopies ;
Spatial and Time Resolution;

Techniques

1)    Radiation-Matter Interaction; Correlation Functions;

•Optical Properties of a Fermi Liquid; Reflectivity, Optical Conductivity, Dielectric Function, Refraction Index; Infrared Phonon Absorption;
•      Optical Properties of a Superconductor;
•      Infrared Absorption in Biological Systems;
•      Light Scattering, Polarizability-Polarizability Correlation Function; Raman and Brillouin Scattering;
•      Microscopy and Diffraction Limit;

2)    Thermal Neutron Scattering; Generalities and Density-Density Correlation Function;

•Bragg Peaks
and long range order; Magnetization-Magnetization Correlation Function and Magnetic long range order;
•Vibrational modes in solids; Phonon Dispersion; Density-Density Correlation Function in Liquids; Raleygh and Brillouin Peaks;

3)    Time Resolved Spectroscopies; Time scales; Out of Equilibrium States;

•      Ultrafast Response in Metals and Semiconductors;
4)Nanophotonics; Optical Near field;
Nano Spectroscopy Probes: Applications in Solid
State Physics and         Biophysics;
5)Photoemission in Solids.