Unit PHYSICS OF MATTER
- Course
- Optics and optometry
- Study-unit Code
- A002491
- Location
- TERNI
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Alessandro Paciaroni
- Teachers
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- Alessandro Paciaroni
- Hours
- 42 ore - Alessandro Paciaroni
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Microfisico e della struttura della materia
- Sector
- FIS/03
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Elements of the structure of matter. Glassy state of matter. Optical properties of materials. Interaction between electromagnetic radiation, in particular visible and UV, and matter. Laser physics and applications.
- Reference texts
- Notes provided by the teacher.
- Educational objectives
- The main objective of the course is to provide students with the knowledge to understand the theoretical foundations underlying the properties of matter of interest for Optics and Optometry. The course also provides an introduction to the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and matter, starting from a quantum point of view and to laser physics.
The main knowledge acquired will concern the general principles with which the many-body problem is faced in the physics of matter and the potential of interaction between radiation and matter in experiments and applications.
The main skills that the course aims to transmit consists in knowing how to use the fundamental laws of the physics of matter to deepen the understanding of the properties of materials and the operating principles of the devices used in optics and optometry. - Teaching methods
- The course is articulated in theoretical lessons.
- Learning verification modality
- Oral test to ascertain: i) the ability to understand the theoretical contents of the course (Dublin descriptor 1), ii) the ability to expose and correctly apply theoretical knowledge (Dublin descriptor 2), iii) Ability to autonomously formulate appropriate judgments and observations on possible alternative model (Dublin descriptor 3), iv) the ability in effective and pertinent written communication (Dublin 4 descriptor).
- Extended program
- Elements of the structure of matter. Glassy state of matter. Optical properties of materials. Interaction between electromagnetic radiation, in particular visible and UV, and matter. Laser physics and applications.