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Physics 243A, 2016--Surface and Interface Physics of Materials/
Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopies
Chuck Fadley
Department of Physics, University of California Davis
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Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The 2016 243A Team
--General Announcements--
Course Announcement/Syllabus for 2016
Office hours:
TA: Galina Malovichko- 2:00-3:00 PM, Mondays, Physics 416
Instructor: Chuck Fadley, 2:30-3:30, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Physics 241 (others by special appointment)
Class consultant: Shih-Chieh Lin- 4:20-5:20, Wednesdays, Physics 221
Hand in problem sets in class, or in secure submission box with class number on it.
The new homework submission boxes are located in the east wing at the first floor north entrance
to the Physics Building – the same hallway where our student computer lab is located (rm 106 Physics)
Details and Instructions for Tour of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Reading and Problem Assignments for 2016--See first slides from lecture sets
--Supplementary Reading--
Ibach, Physics of Surfaces and Interfaces
Attwood, Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation
Desjonqueres and Spanjaard, STM Current Calculation, Theory of Surface Shapes,
Thermodynamics, and Kinetics
Fadley, Newer Review of X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Tinkham, Quantum Mechanics of Atoms, the Hartree-Fock Method
Photoelectron Diffraction-Overview Article
Manual for SESSA electron spectra simulation program
Photoelectron Diffraction Theory/Debye-Waller Factors
XPS, XAS-Core-Hole Configuration-Interaction Multiplets with Charge Transfer--Basic Theory
XPS, XAS-Core-Hole Configuration-Interaction Multiplets with Charge Transfer--Excellent Recent Book
Brief Manual for CTM4XAS20 charge-transfer multiplet simulation program
Brief Introduction to X-ray magnetic circular dichroism-Stohr
Detailed introduction to X-ray magnetic circular and linear dichroism-Stohr and Siegmann
--Problem Sets and Suggested Answers--
Complete Problem Sets for the Course
Suggested Answers to Assignment 1
Suggested Answers to Assignment 2
Suggested Answers to Assignment 3
Suggested Answers to Assignment 4
--Lecture Slide Sets--
Lecture Slide Set 1: Introduction to surfaces and general surface techniques
Lecture Slide Set 2: Surface basics: nomenclature, thermodynamics, kinetics;
x-ray generation,
synchrotron radiation and basic techniques, review of electronic structure
Slides from 2012 in videos assigned to cover missed lectures
Lecture Slide Set 3: Basics of Measurements, three-step model of photoemission
Lecture Slide Set 4: Final-state effects in spectra, ambient pressure PS,
photoelectron microscopy, valence-band photoemission
Lecture Slide Set 5: Core-level shifts, final-state effects, valence-band spectra
Lecture Slide Set 6: Core-level photoelectron diffraction, EXAFS
Lecture Videos from 2012
Thanks to Catherine Conlon and Slavo
Nemšák for technical assistance
In .mp4 format. Left click to view
Coverage in slide sets indicated
as Slide Set No.: Slide Range
Lecture 1-Sept. 27--Slide Set 1: Slides 1-32
Lecture 3-Oct. 4, Part 1-- 1: 55-63
Lecture 3-Oct. 4, Part 2-- 1: 64-73
Lecture 4-Oct. 9-- Finish 1, 2: 1-14
Lecture 9-Oct. 25-- Finish 2, 3: 1-9
Lecture 11-Nov. 1-- 3: 40-56
Nov. 6 and 8--Midterm and missed lecture
Lecture 13-Nov. 15-- Finish 3, 4: 1-3
Lecture 15-Nov. 20--Makeup lecture, Finish 4
Nov. 22--Thanksgiving Holiday
Lecture 18-Dec. 4-- Finish 5, 6: 1-19
--Prior Examinations--
--Current Examinations--
Midterm Exam--With suggested answer
Final Exam--With suggested answers