Course Information
Course title
Fundamentals and Application of Synchrotron Radiation and Neutron Scattering 
Semester
112-1 
Designated for
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE  GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS  
Instructor
MINN TSONG LIN 
Curriculum Number
Phys8121 
Curriculum Identity Number
222ED3380 
Class
 
Credits
2.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Friday 7,8(14:20~16:20) 
Remarks
The upper limit of the number of students: 30.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 5. 
 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

Due to the COVID-pandemic, courses may be given online.
Information will be updated if necessary.

1. Establishing Background: solid state physics and advanced materials (I)
2. Establishing Background: solid state physics and advanced materials (II)
3. Introduction (TLS/TPS)
4. X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS) (soft x-ray)
5. Angular resolved photoemission (ARPES) (soft x-ray)
6. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) (soft x-ray)
7. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) (soft x-ray)
8. X-ray microscopy: PEEM/SR-STM/SPEM/STXM (soft x-ray) (I)
9. X-ray microscopy: PEEM/SR-STM/SPEM/STXM (soft x-ray) (II)
10. X-ray diffraction/scattering (hard x-ray)
11. Synchrotron for Biophysics (hard/soft x-ray)
12. Introduction to Neutron production and selected techniques
13. Neutron diffraction/scattering
14. Special Topic: XMCD-PEEM / SPEM
15. NSRRC Lab Tour
16. Presentations / Final Exam 

Course Objective
1. Establishing Background: solid state physics and advanced materials (I)
2. Establishing Background: solid state physics and advanced materials (II)
3. Introduction (TLS/TPS)
4. X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS) (soft x-ray)
5. Angular resolved photoemission (ARPES) (soft x-ray)
6. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) (soft x-ray)
7. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) (soft x-ray)
8. X-ray microscopy: PEEM/SR-STM/SPEM/STXM (soft x-ray) (I)
9. X-ray microscopy: PEEM/SR-STM/SPEM/STXM (soft x-ray) (II)
10. X-ray diffraction/scattering (hard x-ray)
11. Synchrotron for Biophysics (hard/soft x-ray)
12. Introduction to Neutron production and selected techniques
13. Neutron diffraction/scattering
14. Special Topic: XMCD-PEEM / SPEM
15. NSRRC Lab Tour
16. Presentations / Final Exam 
Course Requirement
A tour to NSRRC will be held on the first class (08Sep.).
Details will be sent through email.
Please email to TA by 06Sep. if you want to join but not on the list. 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
Note: TA: kuihon.oy@gmail.com 
Designated reading
 
References
X-Ray Data Booklet, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Introduction to Solid State Physics, by Charles Kittel 
Grading
 
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
Oral presentation 
60% 
Academic ethics is important. DONOT COPY and PASTE, citations must be well addressed. ** Working reports or group meeting reports are not allowed. 1 oral presentation with 20 minutes, followed by QA session. Any topic related to the course is welcomed (fundamental instrumentation, scientific application...... etc.). 
2. 
Paper report 
40% 
*Academic ethics is important. DO-NOT COPY and PASTE, citations must be well addressed. ** Working reports or group meeting reports are not allowed. 1 paper report in pdf format, 1-3 pages with at least 1 page of text, shall be uploaded by 12:00 pm 15Dec./2023. Please edit with LaTex, with PRL format (https://journals.aps.org/revtex). Any topic related to the course is welcomed (different from your oral presentation). 
3. 
Participation 
0% 
One must show up in the first 2 classes. MT and TA should be notified on one's excused absence in advanced. Absence without notifying MT and TA is allowed only once. 
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
9/8  Tour to NSRRC. (TA)
Meeting point: Gate for bus 2011(C), Taipei bus station
Meeting time: 11:40
http://www.howtai.com.tw/default.aspx
https://goo.gl/maps/6BQQwE8kVRnb3hUPA
**updates and discussions in discussion section on NTUCOOL. 
Week 2
9/15  Course Introduction
林敏聰 (M. T. Lin) 
Week 3
9/22  Probing the structures of matter
Diffraction basics & applications
莊裕鈞 (Y. C. Chuang) 
Week 4
9/29  Course skipped (Moon Festival)  
Week 5
10/6  Probing the structures of matter
Fundamentals of small-angle X-ray/neutron scattering and their applications
鄭有舜 ( U Ser Jeng ) 
Week 6
10/13  Probing with Neutron
Fundamentals of neutron scattering & its applications
杜昭宏 (C. H. Du) 
Week 7
10/20  Probing the structures of matter
Scattering basics & applications
翁世璋 (S. C. Weng ) 
Week 8
10/27  Course skipped (The week of mid-exam) 
Week 9
11/3  Probing the structures of matter
Fundamentals of EXAFS and its applications
吳泰興 (T. S. Wu ) 
Week 10
11/10  Probing the matters with X-ray microscopy (I)
Introduction to the hard X-ray microscopy
殷廣鈐 (G. C. Yin)  
Week 11
11/17  Probing the electronic structures of matter
Fundamentals of soft X-ray absorption & scattering
黃筱妤 (H. Y. Huang) 
Week 12
11/24  Course skipped (NTU school game) 
Week 13
12/1  Probing the electronic structures of matter
Fundamentals of photoemission spectroscopy
鄭澄懋 (C. M. Chen) 
Week 14
12/8  Probing the matters with X-ray microscopy (II)
Introduction to the soft X-ray microscopy
莊子弘 (T. H. Chuang) / 許紘瑋 (H. W. Shiu) 
Week 15
12/15  Course skipped 
Week 16
12/22  Student Presentation / Final Exam