485024-HS2024-0-In-Situ Diagnostics





Root number 485024
Semester HS2024
Type of course Lecture
Allocation to subject Precision Engineering
Type of exam Written exam
Title In-Situ Diagnostics
Description PREREQUISITES

• Basic knowledge in thin film deposition techniques
• Taste for multi-physics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Literature will be provided at the beginning and throughout the course.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

In-Situ: «in the natural or original position or place»

The particularity of in-situ diagnostics lies in the constraint, that we cannot or do not want to move the object we are to characterize, in many cases we cannot or, again, don’t want to get in direct contact with the object.

The course will focus on in-situ diagnostics in the context of thin film deposition processes, such as
• Langmuir Probes
• Retarding Field Energy Analysers
• (Modified) Quartz Crystal Microbalances
• Optical Emission and Absorption Spectroscopy
• Energy-resolved Mass Spectroscopy
• Light Scattering Technique (Thomson, Rayleigh etc.)
• Stress Measurements
• Ellipsometry

The measured properties, electron density and temperature, ion density flux, and energy will be properly defined, and their influence on the properties of the deposited thin film discussed.
The required background knowledge in physics of plasma for thin film deposition processes will be introduced

The coursework will include experimental work employing selected techniques, for example, Langmuir probe measurement and result interpretation.
One very important aspect of in-situ diagnostics is the absence of normative work. The user of these techniques cannot rely on standards to perform meaningful measurements without much background knowledge.
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Lecturers Prof. Dr. Thomas NelisSchool of Biomedical and Precision Engineering (SBPE) 
ECTS 3
Recognition as optional course possible No
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Tuesday 15:15-17:00 Weekly
Monday 7/10/2024 16:15-18:00
Monday 14/10/2024 16:15-18:00
Monday 28/10/2024 16:15-18:00
Tuesday 14/1/2025 10:00-12:00
 
Rooms Plenarsaal 121 121, Precision Engineering
External rooms Collaborative Room 2 GUE24/26
 
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