Knowledge of the physical principles of the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and particles with matter. Knowledge of the laboratory techniques and of their fundamentals, in order to prepare a laboratory experience on the following course Physics Laboratory II.
In particular, for the Physics of Condensed Matter, knowledge of the foundations of electron ad x-ray diffraction techniques, scanning probe microscopy at the atomic scale, optical and Raman spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, synchrotron radiation and x-ray absorption.
At the end of the lectures, students will develop attitude to quantitatively approach the experimental techniques to study the phenomena associated to the condensed matter properties.