Master's programme in Physics

• Advanced Laboratory Course

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  • 20102730 Internship
    (P) Advanced Laboratory Course for Master Students (Stephanie Reich)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-19:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: Mi 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14), Mi FP-R FP-Räume (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Contents:
    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 (Summer semester: Tue, 2-4 pm; Winter semester: Mon, 2-4pm), where students present the experiments and jointly discuss their results and interpretation.

  • 20102711 Seminar
    (S) Advanced Laboratory Course for Master Students (Stephanie Reich)
    Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    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: Scientific Presentations

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  • 20109411 Seminar
    Organic Electronics (Jan Behrends)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    The requirements for a successful participation are:

    1. Presentation
    2. Active participation in the discussions

    Comments

    This seminar aims at providing an overview about the electrical and optical properties of organic semiconductor devices. Based on current research articles the participants will present talks on fundamental properties of organic semiconductors, advanced semiconductor characterisation techniques or organic semiconductor devices. Possible topics include:

    • Electronic Structure of Organic Semiconductors
    • Charges and Excited States
    • Electrical Transport
    • Optical Processes
    • Doping of Organic Semiconductors
    • Electrical Characterisation Techniques
    • Optical Characterisation Techniques
    • Measuring Charge Carrier Dynamics in Organic Semiconductors
    • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
    • Organic Solar Cells
    • Organic Field-Effect Transistors

    Suggested reading

    • A. Köhler, H. Bässler: “Electronic Processes in Organic Semiconductors” (Wiley-VCH, 2015)
    • W. Brütting, Ch. Adachi: “Physics of Organic Semiconductors” (2nd Edition, Wiley, 2012)
    • A.J. Heeger, N.S. Sariciftci, E.B. Namdas: “Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers” (Oxford University Press, 2010)

  • 20123611 Seminar
    Operando Spectroscopy in Biophysics and Chemical Energy Conversion (Holger Dau)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Selected Topics in Physics - seminar with discussion groups and presentations of the participants.

    Tracking functional processes in realtime - during operation - can now be realized for many biological and inorganic systems using advanced spectroscopic methods. This approach has been termed operando spectroscopy. We will start with a round of introductory group presentations and joint discussions focussing on the spectroscopic basics,  followed by individual presentations on topical research in the areas of (i) biophysics and (ii) the CO₂-neutral production of "green" hydrogen as well as carbon-based fuels.

  • 20125811 Seminar
    Advanced Statistical and Stochastic Physics of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Many-Body Systems (Roland Netz)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (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 

    Literature

    • 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: Do 08:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

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

  • 20126711 Seminar
    Quantum Control (Christiane Koch)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The seminar will provide a survey of current applications of quantum control in AMO physics and quantum optics. Participants are expected to give a presentation and actively engage in discussing all presentations.

• 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 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    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 16:00-18:00, Fr 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-22)
    Location: Di 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (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 (Piet Brouwer)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00, Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: Mo 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.1.16 FB-Raum (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 (Piet Brouwer)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00, Fr 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-24)
    Location: Do 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14), Fr 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Advanced Atomic and Molecular Physics

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  • 20104701 Lecture
    Advanced Atomic and Molecular Physics (Karsten Heyne)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00, Do 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: Di 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)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-24)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Advanced Biophysics

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  • 20114101 Lecture
    Advanced Biophysics (Joachim Heberle, Marius Horch, Jacek Kozuch)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00, Fr 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: Di 1.3.14 Hörsaal A (Arnimallee 14), Fr 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

  • 20114102 Practice seminar
    Advanced Biophysics (Jacek Kozuch, Joachim Heberle, Marius Horch)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: keine Angabe
    

• Advanced Astronomy and Astrophysics

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  • 20117701 Lecture
    Plasma Astrophysics (Wolf-Christian Müller)
    Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: TU Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Hauptgebäude, Raum H 1029
    

    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

  • 20103230 Internship
    Astrophysical practical course (Beate Patzer)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    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.

• Science Studies in Physics

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  • 20123301 Lecture
    Science as social practice. An Introduction to Science Studies (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    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, putting a special focus on the physical sciences. The course is aimed at students of physics and other natural sciences. Interested students of the humanities and social sciences are also welcome.

  • 20123302 Practice seminar
    Science as social practice. An Introduction to Science Studies (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-24)
    Location: 1.3.21 Seminarraum T1 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Science Studies Communication

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  • 20107511 Seminar
    AI, Data, Algorithm & Power (Tanja Kubes)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-07-21)
    Location: Mo 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14), Di 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14), Mi 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14), Do 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20122811 Seminar
    Gender and Diversity in Physics (Martina Erlemann)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    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.

  • 20126811 Seminar
    The Development of Quantum Theory since 1925 (Stefanie Ruß)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    For further details see: http://users.physik.fu-berlin.de/~russ/

• Modern Theoretical Physics C (10 LP)

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  • 20110401 Lecture
    Quantum information theory (Jens Eisert)
    Schedule: Di 08:00-10:00, Do 08:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: Di 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14), Do 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Information theory usually abstracts from the underlying physical carriers of information: There is no "hard-drive information" any different from "newspaper information". This is because one type of information can be transformed into another one in a lossless fashion, and hence the actual physical carrier does not matter when it comes to thinking about what ways of processing of information are possible. Things change dramatically, however, if single quantum systems - such as trapped ions, cold atoms, or light quanta - are taken as elementary carriers of information. This course will give an introduction into what is possible pursuing this idea. We will discuss applications of quantum key distribution (allowing for the secure transmission of information), quantum computing (giving rise to computers that can solve some problems faster than conventional supercomputers), quantum simulation (allowing to simulate other complex quantum systems) and sensing devices. For this, we will develop the underlying quantum information theory, with notions of entanglement taking center stage. These applications are subsumed into what is now often called quantum technologies. Specific emphasis will finally be put onto elaborating on the intersection of quantum information theory on the one hand and condensed-matter physics on the other, where new perspectives arise.

  • 20110402 Practice seminar
    Quantum information theory (Jens Eisert)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00, Mo 16:00-18:00, Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-22)
    Location: Mo 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14), Mo 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14), Mo 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14), Di 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20124401 Lecture
    Theory of Light Matter Interaction (Christiane Koch)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00, Mi 08:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: Mo 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14), Mi 1.3.14 Hörsaal A (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Shining "light", electromagnetic radiation, onto matter is a fundamental way by which we can study and understand but also control matter. The course will cover the three different options for a theoretical description of light-matter interaction -- fully classical, semiclassical (classical light interacting with quantum matter) and fully quantum, with applications in atomic and molecular physics, including ultrafast and nonlinear spectroscopy, and quantum information science. 
     

  • 20124402 Practice seminar
    Theory of Light Matter Interaction (Christiane Koch)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-22)
    Location: 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Experimental Physics A (5 LP)

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  • 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: 2025-04-17)
    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

    This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the total scattering method, an advanced analytical technique used to explore atomic-scale structures in crystalline and non-crystalline materials. Total scattering bridges the gap between traditional crystallography and amorphous material analysis, offering insights into both long-range order and local structural irregularities.

    Participants will learn the fundamental principles of total scattering, including pair distribution function (PDF) analysis and diffuse scattering techniques. The course emphasizes practical applications in materials science, chemistry, and physics, highlighting how this method can be used to study defects, disordered systems, nanoparticles, and complex functional materials.

    Key Topics Covered:

    • Fundamentals of X-ray, neutron, and electron total scattering
    • Pair Distribution Function (PDF) analysis: theory and application
    • Understanding diffuse scattering in ordered and disordered systems
    • Instrumentation and data acquisition techniques
    • Advanced data analysis and modeling approaches
    • Applications to emerging materials, including amorphous solids, nanomaterials, and hybrid systems

    The course is ideal for graduate students, researchers, and professionals seeking to expand their expertise in structural analysis techniques beyond conventional crystallography.

    Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of crystallography, diffraction techniques, and materials science is recommended but not required.

    References:

    (1) Underneath the Bragg Peaks: Structural Analysis of Complex Materials (Volume 16) (Pergamon Materials Series, Volume 16, Band 16) by Egami and Billinge

    (2) Elementary Scattering Theory: For X-ray and neutron users By D.S. SIVIA

    Suggested reading

    References:

    (1) Underneath the Bragg Peaks: Structural Analysis of Complex Materials (Volume 16) (Pergamon Materials Series, Volume 16, Band 16) by Egami and Billinge

    (2) Elementary Scattering Theory: For X-ray and neutron users By D.S. SIVIA

  • 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: 2025-04-24)
    Location: 1.1.26 Seminarraum E1 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20123101 Lecture
    Experimental Quantum Optics (Boris Naydenov)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    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: 2025-04-24)
    Location: 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14)
    
  • 20123901 Lecture
    Ultrafast Methods in Solid State Physics (Laurenz Rettig)
    Schedule: Fr 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: Do 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14), Fr 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Many properties and functionalities of modern devices are governed by fundamental processes like quasiparticle interactions, interfacial transport or lattice vibrations. Naturally occurring on ultrafast timescales, a detailed understanding of these fundamental processes requires femtosecond (1 fs = 10^(-15) s) time-resolved techniques. This lecture will introduce state-of-the-art ultrafast methods for studying solid-state systems, based on fs table-top and free-electron lasers, such as optical, electron- and x-ray-based techniques. Based on this, the most recent progress in the understanding and manipulation of non-equilibrium physics of advanced condensed matter systems, ranging from low-dimensional structures and semiconductors, to complex quantum materials, will be discussed.

  • 20123902 Practice seminar
    Ultrafast Methods in Solid State Physics (Laurenz Rettig)
    Schedule: Fr 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-05-02)
    Location: 1.4.03 Seminarraum T2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Experimental Physics C (10 LP)

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  • 20119801 Lecture
    Coherent Spectroscopy (Robert Bittl)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00, Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: Mo 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (Arnimallee 14), Do 0.1.01 Hörsaal B (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: 2025-04-23)
    Location: 1.4.31 Seminarraum E3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modern Physics: Scientific Presentation

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  • 20126711 Seminar
    Quantum Control (Christiane Koch)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The seminar will provide a survey of current applications of quantum control in AMO physics and quantum optics. Participants are expected to give a presentation and actively engage in discussing all presentations.

• Magnetism and Spin Electronics

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  • 20108901 Lecture
    Magnetic Molecules: A way to reach Quantum Qubit (Wolfgang Kuch, Sangeeta Thakur)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

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

    Comments

    The field of magnetic nanostructures and spin transport has continuously spawned highly valued discoveries over the past years and is still  under a rapid and lively development. Fundamental research in this field is fueled by the vision of dissipationless information processing when using pure spin currents instead of elecronic charge currents like in conventional semiconductor electronics. Top-level publications from this field receive thus an enormous degree of attention.

    This lecture will lead from an introduction into the basics of spin and magnetism in reduced dimensions to some of the most fascinating recent examples of actual research. It will cover the following contents:

    • Quantum-mechanical description of spin
    • Magnetic anisotropy
    • Molecular magnetism
    • Spin currents and spin injection
    • Pure spin currents
    • Spin caloritronics
    • Magnetoresistance effects and spintronics
    • Antiferromagnetic spintronics
    • Magnetic domains and domain-wall motion
    • Topological spin structures
    • Magnetization dynamics
    • Spin waves

    The topics covered match well to the research focus of several of the experimental and theoretical work groups of the department.

    Suggested reading

    • Original publications in scientific journals (available online from within FU)
    • J. A. C. Bland and B. Heinrich (Eds.), Ultrathin Magnetic Structures I-IV (Springer) (available online from within FU)
    • S. Bandyopadhyay and M. Cahay, Introduction to Spintronics (CRC Press)
    • B. Hillebrands and K. Ounadjela (Eds.), Spin Dynamics in Confined Magnetic Structures I-III (Springer)
    • J. M. D. Coey, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Cambridge University Press)
    • H. Zabel and M. Farle (eds.), Magnetic Nanostructures (Springer)

  • 20108902 Practice seminar
    Magnetic Molecules: A way to reach Quantum Qubit (Wolfgang Kuch, Sangeeta Thakur)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-24)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Advanced Optics

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  • 20121201 Lecture
    Advanced Optics (Tobias Kampfrath)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    Advanced optics: summary

    Light is ubiquitous in daily life and a powerful tool in natural sciences. This lecture course will provide an introduction into the principles and applications of modern optics. Questions that will be addressed are for example: What are light waves, light rays and surface plasmon polaritons? How can we describe light propagation in matter? Why are evanescent waves useful in touch pads? What is the diffraction limit in microscopy and how can it be overcome? How can ultrashort laser pulses take movies of the vibration of molecules and precession of spins?

     A rough outline of the lecture course is as follows:

    • Maxwell equations, light-matter interaction, wave optics
    • Plane waves: reflection, refraction, polarization
    • Light beams: diffraction limit, Fourier optics, Gaussian beams
    • Femtosecond lasers and nonlinear optics

    In the exercises, the course topics will be illustrated by practical examples, both analytical and numerical using the Python package.

    Useful literature, but not mandatory:

    L. Novotny, B. Hecht: Principles of Nano-Optics, Cambridge University Press, 2006

  • 20121202 Practice seminar
    Advanced Optics (Tobias Kampfrath)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: 1.3.48 Seminarraum T3 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Photobiophysics

  0352dA3.8
  • 20120301 Lecture
    Photobiophysics and Photosynthesis (Holger Dau, Dennis Nürnberg)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.1.16 FB-Raum (Arnimallee 14)
    

    Comments

    The module provides an introduction to biophysical research on photosynthesis by plant and cyanobacteria, a process that has shaped the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere. Basic concepts and experimental methods are introduced that relate directly to topical research questions. Aside from biological photosynthesis also artificial photosynthesis for carbon-neutral fuel production will discussed.

    The lecture 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, Holger Dau)
    Schedule: Fr 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: 1.1.53 Seminarraum E2 (Arnimallee 14)
    

• Modules w/o courses in this semester

  20 Modules
  • Advanced Quantum Mechanics 0352dA2.1
  • Advanced Statistical Physics 0352dA2.3
  • Advanced Solid State Physics 0352dA2.5
  • Theoretical condensed Matter Physics 0352dA3.1
  • Advanced Biospectroscopy 0352dA3.10
  • Semiconductor Physics 0352dA3.11
  • Quantum Information Theory 0352dA3.13
  • Advanced Computational Physics 0352dA3.14
  • Signal Analysis for Physicist 0352dA3.15
  • Physics and Chemistry of Sustainability I - Renewable Energy 0352dA3.16
  • Modern Theoretical Physics A (5 LP) 0352dA3.19
  • Nanophysics 0352dA3.2
  • Modern Theoretical Physics B (8 LP) 0352dA3.20
  • Modern Experimental Physics B (8 LP) 0352dA3.23
  • Surface Science 0352dA3.4
  • Theory of Light-Matter lnteraction 0352dA3.5
  • Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Nonlinear Optics 0352dA3.7
  • Special Topics in Molecular Biophysics 0352dA3.9
  • Scientific Specialization 0352dB1.1
  • Methodology and Project Planning 0352dB1.2