PHYS749 SPIN RESONANCE
Course Code: |
2300749 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(2-2) |
ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
Department: |
Physics |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Graduate |
Course Coordinator: |
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Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Fundamentals of magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Electron spin resonance (ESR). Magnetic properties of materials.Spin dynamics. Bloch Equations. Longitudinal and transverse relaxation. Principles of time domain spectroscopy: Quadrature detection, Phase Cycling, Spin echo. MW and RF pulses. Advanced pulsed ESR experiments: ESEEM, HYSCORE, ENDOR. Resonators. Electronic structure determination. Simulation with spin-Hamiltonian formalism. Calculation of ESR parameters with DFT. Applications for transition metal complexes, catalysts, organic radicals, metalloenzymes, proteins, thin film solar cells, perovskites, nanomaterials, quantum computing (coherence time for qubits).