Course Information
Course title
Fundamentals and Application of Synchrotron Radiation and Neutron Scattering 
Semester
110-1 
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. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1101Phys8121_ 
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

In-door classes begin from 22Oct.

*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
Everyone needs to sign for showing up every week.
Absence with fine reasons please email to Prof. Lin (and CC to TA) to get permission in advance.
Absence without any reason is allowed only once throughout the semester.
One must attend NSRRC tour (14Jan2022.) [contact TA if in special cases]  
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
 
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% 
Participants are required to give 1 oral presentation, on the day specified. Summary on any topic related to the course (fundamental instrumentation, scientific application...... etc.) Presentation of 10 minutes, followed by QA session. Citations must be addressed with great care. Rather than professional seminars, introductory presentations with clear and self consistent contents are favored.  
2. 
Paper report 
40% 
Participants are required to give 1 paper report. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE! Summary on any topic related to the course (but different from your oral presentation). Subjects about synchrotron and one's field are also encouraged (report of one's working report or regular group meeting report is not welcomed). Content of 1-3 pages, at least 1 page of text (figure not included). Citations must be addressed with great care. Please edit with LaTex, PRL format. (https://journals.aps.org/revtex) File must be submitted with PDF format. Deadline postponed to 24:00 16Jan2022. 
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
09/24  Introduction
林敏聰 (M. T. Lin)

https://meet.google.com/xgp-yzbp-ufw 
Week 2
10/01  Scientific opportunities with SR; photon-matter interactions
魏德新 (D. H. Wei)

https://meet.google.com/uny-dytg-vap
https://youtu.be/HC9rxhyq1sQ 
Week 3
10/08  Probing the structures of matter
Scattering basics & applications
徐嘉鴻 (C. H. Hsu)

https://meet.google.com/exz-gcob-axx 
Week 4
10/15  Probing the structures of matter
Diffraction basics & applications

林彥谷 (Y. G. Lin)

** Course online:
https://meet.google.com/bfo-xdvw-xtg 
Week 5
10/22  Probing the structures of matter
Fundamentals of small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering
鄭有舜 ( U Ser Jeng )

*Please DON'T circulate the file

**In door course (R618) 
Week 6
10/29  Probing with Neutron
Fundamentals of neutron scattering & its applications
杜昭宏 (C. H. Du)
**R618 
Week 7
11/05  Probing the electronic structure of matter
Fundamentals of X-ray absorption & scattering
黃筱妤 (H. Y. Huang) 
Week 8
11/12  Course skipped (week of mid-term exams) 
Week 9
11/19  Probing the electronic structure of matter
Fundamentals of Angle-resolved Photoemission spectroscopy
鄭澄懋 (C. M. Chen)

https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Instruments/Structures-and-Surfaces/I05/videos.html 
Week 10
11/26  Probing the electronic structure of matter
Fundamentals of Photoemission spectroscopy & microscopy
陳家浩 (C. H. Chen) 
Week 11
12/03  Course skipped (NTU school game) 
Week 12
12/10  Probing the matters in reduced dimensions
Introduction to scanning transmission microscopy
許紘瑋 (H. W. Shiu) 
Week 13
12/17  Probing the matters in reduced dimensions
Introduction to the Photoelectron momentum microscopy
莊子弘 (T. H. Chuang) 
Week 14
12/24  Christmas eve, no class (tour shifts to 14Jan.) 
Week 15
12/31  Course skipped (Holiday) 
Week 16
2022/01/07  Student presentation
(in door, R618) 
Week 17
2022/01/14  NSRRC Tour
歐陽魁鴻 (K.-H. Ou Yang) 
Week 18
2022/01/21  (week preserved)