Weeks 1 and 2: Photon Detectors and Op Amps

• Photodiode Lecture
• Photodiodes (Hamamatsu - New)
• PMT and CCD Lecture
• Photomultiplier Tubes (Hamamatsu)
• Hamamatsu SiPD data sheet
• Thor SiPD data sheet
• Burr Brown Op Amp Circuits for Photodiodes
• More Reading:
  • Hamamatsu PMTs Complete Version
  • Avalanche PDs: Paper 1
  • Avalanche PDs: Paper 2
  • CCDs: CCD Notes
  • CCDs: CCD Chart

Weeks 3 and 4. LaPlace Transforms and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

• LaPlace Transforms
• Explanation of Bode Transfer Function
• Bode Plots Handout
• RC Circuits Handout
• Electrochemical Impedance Primer (Gamry)
• Lifetime Imaging Measurements (Very Complete)
• More Reading:
  • TPCSPC Handout
  • Quantum Dots Paper
  • FT Phase Modulation Fluorescence
  • SMS Paper

Weeks 5 and 6. Bode Plots, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Diffusion

• What is a Decibel?
• Bode Plot Transfer Function Explanation (R. Erickson)
• Electrochemical Impedance Primer (Gamry)
• Fick's Laws of Diffusion: 1D Gaussian Diffusion
• Fick's Laws of Diffusion: Diffusion-Limited Currents
• Fick's Laws of Diffusion: Potential Step Measurements
• Shain and Nicholson 1964 paper on cyclic voltmmetry
• Saveant 1973 paper on semi-integrals

Weeks 7 and 8. Electrochemical Kinetics and Langmuir Adsorption Kinetics

• Butler-Volmer Equation
• Chidsey Paper
• Saveant Adsorption Paper
• More Reading:
  • Adsorption Notes
  • The Tyranny of the Langmuir Isotherm
  • Monolayer Symmetry
  • 1989 Science Paper by Bruce Schardt of STM of Iodine on Pt(111)

Weeks 9 and 10. QCM Measurements, Resonance and Heterodyne Detection

• QCM Measurements
• RLC Impedance Table
• QCM Review (D. Buttry and M. Ward)
• KSV QCM-500 Brochure
• Q-factor (from Wikipedia)
• RLC circuit (from Wikipedia)
• Optical Heterodyne Detection

Other Papers and Notes

• Dielectric Constant Equations
• Reflectivity Equations From Hansen Paper
• SPR Imaging Review
• Mass Spectrometry Lectures Part 1
• Mass Spectrometry Lectures Part 2
• Mass Spectrometry Lectures Part 3
• Kittel Intro Chapters
• Ziman Intro Chapters

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