Organization
Starting from the XXXIX cycle, every PhD student is required to follow courses for a total of 30 CFUs, 6 of which must be for soft and complementary skills. As a general rule, students are recommended to accumulate their 30 CFUs during the first two years. It is mandatory for all students to attend: (1) one module of Imaging and microscopy, (2) one module of Spectroscopy, (3) one module of Light-matter interaction, and (4) Science communication (preferably during the first year), which are all organised by the LENS PhD school. All other CFU can be collected from seminars—1 CFU every 3 seminars—or from courses organised by the LENS PhD school or by other PhD schools at UniFI. Attendance to 1 GEP-seminar is mandatory.
According to the definition adopted by the University of Florence, one CFU corresponds to 25 hours of total work, including both frontal lectures and individual study.
By December of the first year, every student shall submit their study plan with the courses chosen for the three years. Each study plan shall undergo the approval of the Teaching Committee, after hearing the student’s Tutor.
At the end of each course, the students shall pass an examination; modalities of the examination will be agreed by the Teaching Committee and by the course teacher(s).
Courses at LENS in 2024-2025
4 Lectures on Advanced Photonic Materials and Devices (2 CFU), A. Chabanov
11, 13, 18, 20 November 2024, 11:00-12:00, Aula Querzoli
4 Lectures on Scattering Techniques for Soft Matter Studies (2 CFU), M. Plazanet
9, 14, 16, 30 October 2024, 14:30, Aula Querzoli
Scientific writing* (4 CFU), R. Bini, M. Calamai, C. Sias, C. Toninelli
Beginning late spring 2025
Microscopy and Imaging (advanced) (3 CFU), R. Cicchi
Beginning spring 2025
Light-matter interaction base (2 CFU), G. Santambrogio
Beginning March 2025
–Postulates of quantum mechanics (and basic applications thereof)
–Qualitative intro to perturbation theory
–Two level system
–Rabi oscillations, Bloch sphere
–Density matrix
Light-matter interaction advanced (2 CFU), L. Fallani, F. Intonti
–Laser cooling: from atomic beams to condensates
–Pseudoparticles, phonons, excitons, polaritons…
Spectroscopy base (2 CFU), F. Cappelli
–Practical intro to Fourier transform
–Fabry-Perot cavity
–Lasers basics
–Femtosecond laser systems
–Chirped pulse amplification
Spectroscopy advanced (2 CFU), P. Foggi
–Boltzman recap
–Magnetic resonance
–Time resolved spectroscopy
–Raman spectroscopy
–Fluorescence and phosphorescence
Science communication* (3 CFU), G. Santambrogio and C. Sias
Each student will give 3 presentation. The presentations will be of different lengths; one on a topic selected by the student and two on the student's PhD work.
Wednesday: 15, 22, 29 January and 5, 12 February 13:00 to 15:00
Friday: 17, 24, 31 January and 7, 14 February from 9:30 to 11:30
Aula Querzoli
Python for data analysis (3 CFU), G. Mazzamuto and A. Scaglione
Smart Polymers for photonics and medicine (3 CFU), D. Martella and C. Parmeggiani
Beginning February 2025
*Course valid for “soft and complementary skills”