Ability to specify and build systems for the detection and the spectroscopic analysis of radiation for a specific purpose.
Develop the ability to critically analyze data collected with different set-ups.
Ability to describe the phenomena and understand its consequences and applications.

Develop competences in: organization and planning; critical reasoning; understand the other experts; autonomous learning; investigation; oral and written communication; information management; adaptability to new situations; application of theoretical knowledge; planning and management;

Module 1:
Atomic and molecular spectroscopy -general concepts; lifetime measurements. Experimental techniques in optical spectroscopy: monochromators and spectrometers; light sources; photon detectors; spectral and radiometric calibration of the detection set-up; Colored glass filters; neutral and interference filters; single photon detection . Experimental techniques used in x-ray spectroscopy.

Module 2:
Basics of Fourier Optics: wave equation in frequency and temporal domains, the plane wave spectrum, property of Fourier transform of a lens, an object truncation and Gibbs phenomenon, Fourier analysis and functional decomposition, coherence and Fourier transform , 4f correlator and applications (spatial filtering, correlation optics, computer-generated holograms, interferometry, atomic traps, quantum computation, phase contrast microscopy, Fraunholer and Fresnel diffraction).

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