Title	Nontraditional Optimisation Techniques II
Code	ÚFV/NOT1b/03	Teacher	Horváth Denis, Uličný Jozef, Brutovský Branislav
ECTS credits	2	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To teach students applications of optimisation techniques on thestudy and interpretation of complex systems using examples from biology. To introduce students to new paradigms in the area of systems biology.
Content	Complex systems; emergent behavior. Evolutionary theory and memetics. Application of optimisation techniques on complex systems. Application of methods (genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, taboo search) on selected problems of biomolecular simulations. Molecular dynamics; protein folding. Population dynamics, metabolic networks and complexity in bioinformatics.
Recommended reading	The actual scientific papers.

Title	Programming, Algorithms, and Complexity
Code	ÚINF/PAZ1b/03	Teacher	Andrejková Gabriela
ECTS credits	1	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	Historical evolution of programming culminating in object-oriented  principles. The object-oriented programming paradigm. Classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation. Programming Language: Object Pascal. Basic classes in Delphi: TForm, TScreen, TApplication and their using in applications.  Multiple document interface. Graphic device interface.
Prerequisite courses	ÚINF/PAZ1a/03
Recommended reading	T. Bisinger: Learn programming in Delphi, Grada , Praha, 1992 (in Czech). R. Pecinovský, M. Virius: Object-oriented programming. I. and II., Grada, Praha, 1991 T. Holan: Delphi in examples, Matfyzpress, Praha, 1999

Title	Automation of Physical Experiments
Code	ÚFV/ARE1b/99	Teacher
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	-/3
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	2
T/L method	Practical
Objective	To have students obtain practical skills in programming automated experimental setups.
Content	Temperature controller. Nonlinearity of digital-analogue and analogue-digital converters. Analogue-digital converter with feedback. Study of heat flow in materials with low thermal conductivity. Digital filtering of signal. Controlling step motor. Addressing selected problems in automated experimental setups in the laboratories of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics.
Prerequisite courses	ÚFV/ARE1a/99
Automatic rerequisite courses	ÚFV/ARE1a/99
Recommended reading	Supporting material is available.

Title	Biomolecular Simulations
Code	ÚFV/BSIM1/03	Teacher	Uličný Jozef
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To introduce students to actual problems of biomolecular simulations.
Content	Structural characteristics of biological polymers. Foldamers. Central dogma of molecular biology as flow of biological information. 3D-structure and function of foldamers. Recent view on enzyme mechanisms. Experimental methods of structure determination and their limitations. Empirical force fields and methods of classical molecular dynamics. Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods: algorithms and parallelisation. Ab initio molecular dynamics and hybrid approaches. Computational challenges in biomolecular simulations: simulations of chemical reactions, free energy evaluation, protein folding. Computational complexity, nontraditional approaches and heuristic approaches.

Title	Econophysics
Code	ÚFV/EKF/01	Teacher	Horváth Denis
ECTS credits	1	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	Introduction. Pareto and Bachelie approach. Physical "philosophy" in the formulation of social and economic models. The system of measurable quantities in economy, the logarithmic price, the units of time and price in economy. Stochastic models, random processes and distribution functions, stability of distributions, infinitely divisible processes, scaling of distribution functions, Gauss and Lévy distribution, the simulation of random processes via computer. Selected parallels between economy and fluid turbulence, market volatility and intermittence. Correlations of markets, the markets in mutual correlations and anticorrelations. Autocorrelations and analysis of time series. Portfolio taxonomy and the strategy of the joining of enterprises and formation of corporations. Computer modelling of GARCH and ARCH random processes with the variable dispersion of volatility. The models based on the stochastic differential equations; Black-Scholes model of the rational option price. The Internet as a source of actual economic information, the indexes M&P 200, DJIA. The modelling of market via the system of the autonomous agents on lattice or net with help of the object-oriented programming in C++; the financial market as a spin glass with the Hebbian learning of interactions.
Recommended reading	See the web page: http://122.191.33.210/~horvath/Ekonofyzika/ECONO/VYUKA_EKONOFYZIKA/econophys.pdf

Title	Variable Stars
Code	ÚFV/PHP/02	Teacher	Parimucha Štefan
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To acquaint students of astronomy and other interested persons with properties of variable stars, observational methods, their distribution and basic characteristics.
Content	Definition of variable stars and historical review. Catalogues of variable stars and their designation. Archives of observations. Observational methods: photometry, spectroscopy, polarimetry. Searching for variability and periodicity of variations. Classification of variable stars: physical, geometric. Distribution of variable stars and their physical properties: eclipsing, rotating, pulsating, eruptive.
Recommended reading	Henden a Kaitchuck: 1922, Astronomical Photometry, Van Nostrand Company Lena et al.: 1996, Observational Astrophysics, Springer-Verlag Roth G.: 1991, Compendium of Practical Astronomy, Springer-Verlag Sterken a Jashek, 1996, Light Curves of variable Stars, Cambridge University Press Warner: 1992, Cataclysmic Variables, Cambridge University Press Papers in astronomical journals and sources on the Internet

Title	Computational Physics II
Code	ÚFV/POF1b/99	Teacher	Bobák Andrej, Horváth Denis
ECTS credits	1	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	The essence, role and principles of simulations. Ergodicity and quasi-ergodic violation. The molecular dynamics method; computing in NVE, NVT, and NPH assemblies. Langevin and Brownian dynamics. The Monte Carlo method; Metropolisov algorithm. Calculations in microcanonical, canonical and grandcanonical assemblies. Spin lattice systems and their classification, universality, finite-sise scaling, Binder cummulant. Critical slowing down and cluster methods. The histogrammatic treatment of statistical data. Cellular automata and neural nets in physical models. Quantum simulations of liquids.
Prerequisite courses	ÚFV/POF1a/99
Automatic rerequisite courses	ÚFV/POF1a/99

Title	Physics of the Nucleus
Code	ÚFV/FJA1/99	Teacher	Chalupka Slavko
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture
Content	Basic properties of the nucleus. Nuclear masses, binding energy, nuclear stability. Nuclear radius; density distribution of nuclear matter. Nuclear momentum and parity. Spin and magnetic momentum of nuclei. Quadrupole electric momentum. Theory of deuteron. Theory of scattering. Nuclear spin and isospin. Nuclear forces. Tensor character of nuclear forces. Models of the atomic nucleus.

Title	Binaries and Close Binaries
Code	ÚFV/DTD/02	Teacher	Parimucha Štefan
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To give student and introduction to binaries, their observation and analysis of their light curves and radial velocities.
Content	Historical review. Division of binaries: visual and spectroscopic binaries. Two body problem, Kepler equation, radial velocity curve, mass function, heliocentric correction. Determination of orbital parameters. Roche model, mass exchange in binaries. Eclipsing binaries, their light curves, photometric and spectroscopic elements, surface mapping, O-C diagram and period changes, light curve analysis. Close and interacting binaries, accretion disks.
Recommended reading	Egglecton: Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars, Cambridge University Press 2006 Hilditch: Close binaries, Cambridge University Press 2001 Warner: Cataclysmic Variables, Cambridge University Press 1992 Papers in astronomical journals.

Title	Special Seminar in Astronomy I
Code	ÚFV/SSA1a/99	Teacher
ECTS credits	2	Hrs/week	-/2
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	2
T/L method	Practical
Content	Quasars and their behaviours. Exoplanets. Findings from domestic and foreign astronomical publications and astronomical institutions.

Title	Introductory Course in CCD Astronomy
Code	ÚFV/ZCA/03	Teacher	Parimucha Štefan
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To introduce  students to CCD detectors and their use in astronomical observations.
Content	CCD detector, its physical character and properties. CCD cameras. Acquisition of images from CCD. Signal to noise (S/N) ratio. Photometric reduction  of  CCD images, dark, bias and flat-field images. Photometry and astrometry with CCD detectors. PSF function. Image analysis, detection of objects on CCD. Image adjustment methods: gaussian filtering, sharp masking, wavelet analysis.
Recommended reading	Howell: Handbook of CCD Astronomy,  Cambridge University Press 2000 Lena et al.:, Observational Astrophysics, Springer-Verlag 1996 Martinez a Klotz: A practical giude to CCD Astronomy, Cambridge University Press 1992 Papers in astronomical journals and sources on the Internet

Title	Selected Chapters in Theoretical Astrophysics
Code	ÚFV/VKTA/03	Teacher	Gális Rudolf
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	4
T/L method	Lecture
Content	Chemical analysis; measurement of stellar radii and temperatures; measurements of photospheric pressure; stellar rotation; velocity fields in stellar photospheres; microturbulence and macroturbulence; stellar granulation.

Title	Extrasolar Planets
Code	ÚFV/ESP/06	Teacher	Vaňko Martin, Parimucha Štefan
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To introduce students to the detection, formation, and properties of exoplanets.
Content	Definition of exoplanets. Known exoplanets. Detection methods: radial velocities, photometric surveys, transits, gravitational microlensing, interferometry, direct imaging. Protostellar disks and planet formations. Debris disks. Giant planet formations, their dynamics in systems.
Recommended reading	Cassen et al: Extrasolar planets, Springer 2006 Papers in astronomical journals and internet sources

Study programme   Physics of Condensed Matter

(Full-time master)

 Code   Title   ECTS Credit    Hours/week   Assessment   Recommended Year/Semester

Compulsory courses

ÚFV/TKL1/99	Theory of Condensed Matter	8	4/2	Examination	1/1
ÚFV/EMT1/03	Experimental Methods in Solid State Physics I	3	2/-	Examination	1/1
ÚFV/OSA1/99	Solid State Physics Seminar	1	-/1	Assessment	1/1
KFaDF/DF2p/07	History of Philosophy	4	2/1	Examination	1/1
ÚFV/MKL/03	Magnetic Properties of Solids	6	4/-	Examination	1/2
ÚFV/OSB1/99	Solid State Physics Seminar	1	-/1	Assessment	1/2
ÚFV/FNT1/03	Low Temperature Physics	6	4/-	Examination	2/3
ÚFV/EM1/03	Experimental Methods in Solid State Physics II	3	2/-	Examination	2/3
ÚFV/OSC1/99	Solid State Physics Seminar	1	-/1	Assessment	2/3
ÚFV/OSD1/99	Solid State Physics Seminar	1	-/1	Assessment	2/4

Compulsory elective courses

ÚFV/ARE1a/99	Automation of Physical Experiments	3	2/-	Examination	1/1
ÚFV/KEM1/99	Ceramics Materials	3	2/-	Examination	1/1, 2/3
ÚFV/MSA1/03	Methods of Structural Analysis	7	3/2	Examination	1/1,2/3
ÚFV/KTM/07	Quantum Theory of the Magnetism	3	1/1	Examination	1/1,2/3
ÚFV/ZTE/03	Technology of Metals	3	2/-	Examination	1/1
ÚFV/NOT1a/03	Nontraditional Optimisation Techniques I	5	2/2	Examination	1/1
ÚFV/ARE1b/99	Automation of Physical experiments	3	-/3	Assessment	1/2
ÚFV/FMT/07	Physics of Materials	4	3/-	Examination	1/2
ÚFV/TPJ1/99	Transport and Surface Phenomena	4	3/-	Examination	1/2
ÚFV/FPK1/07	Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena	4	3/-	Examination	1/2
ÚFV/SPE1/03	Solid State Spectroscopy	5	3/1	Examination	2/3
ÚFV/SPR1/00	Special Practical Exercises I	3	-/3	Assessment	2/3
ÚFV/NMA/02	Numerical Methods in Linear Algebra	3	1/1	Examination	2/3
ÚFV/PP1/99	Physics of Semiconductor Elements	3	2/-	Examination	2/3
ÚFV/MVV1/99	Magnetic Materials	3	2/-	Examination	2/3
ÚFV/ERS/07	Exactly Solvable Models in Statistical Physics	4	2/1	Examination	2/3

Course units

Compulsory courses

Title	Theory of Condensed Matter
Code	ÚFV/TKL1/99	Teacher	Bobák Andrej, Gmitra Martin
ECTS credits	8	Hrs/week	4/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To teach students to manage basic methods of quasiparticle formalism of solid state physics (electrons, phonons, electron-electron, electron-phonon interactions, magnons).
Content	One-electron approximation. Translation operators and Bloch's theorem. Existence of energy bands. Kronig-Penney model. Nearly free electron theory. Brillouin zones. Tight binding approximation. The k.p. method. Effective mass tensor. Effective mass Hamiltonian. Lattice waves. Linear monoatomic and diatomic lattices. Phonons in one and three dimensions. Acoustic and optical modes. Dynamic matrix. Lattice specific heat. Electron-phonon interactions. The Fröhlich Hamiltonian. The attractive interaction between electrons. Spin waves and Heisenberg Hamiltonian. Linear chain with ferromagnetic interaction. Three-dimensional case. Magnons. Spontaneous magnetisation. Specific heat. Superconductivity. The BCS Hamiltonian. The Bogolyubov-Valatin transformation. The temperature-dependent gap parameter. The transition temperature.
Recommended reading	Ch. Kittel: Quantum Theory of Solids, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1985 N.W. Ashcroft, N.D. Mermin: Solid State Physics, Harcourt College Publishers, 1976 P.L. Taylor: A Quantum Approach to the Solid State, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1970 J.M. Ziman, Principles of the Theory of Solids, University Press, Cambridge, 1972 A.O.E. Animalu, Intermediate Quantum Theory of Crystalline Solids, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1981

Title	Experimental Methods in Solid State Physics I
Code	ÚFV/EMT1/03	Teacher	Orendáč Martin
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To clarify selected experimental techniques applied in the experimental study of solids and to provide students with discussion of physical phenomena associated with the techniques and design of model experimental setups.
Content	Low level signal measurements. Study of dielectric properties. Dielectric polarisation, susceptibility, permitivity. Capacitors partially filled with dielectric material. Capacitors for permitivity study in liquids and solids. Specific heat, thermal and electrical conductivity measurements. Introduction to vacuum technology. Studying the Hall effect and magnetoresistance in semiconductors. Thermoelectric phenomena.
Alternate courses	ÚFV/EMT1/99
Recommended reading	Supporting material is available.

Title	Magnetic Properties of Solids
Code	ÚFV/MKL/03	Teacher	Kollár Peter
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	4/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To give students a general view of basic magnetic phenomena, intrinsic magnetic properties of various magnetic materials, magnetisation processes and domain structure.
Content	Magnetic materials and magnetisation. Magnetic quantities. Carriers of magnetic moment. Vector model of the atom. Magnetic field sources. Measurements of magnetic field. Diamagnetism. Paramagnetism. Ferromagnetism. Antiferromagnetism. Ferrimagnetism. Magnetic behavior and structure of materials. Neutron diffraction. Magnetic anisotropy. Hall effect, magnetoresistance. Domain structure. Magnetostriction. Technical magnetisation. Dynamic magnetisation processes. Susceptibility. Thin films.
Alternate courses	ÚFV/MKL1/99
Recommended reading	S. Chikazumi: Physics of Magnetism, J.Willey and Sons, Inc. New York, London, Sydney, 1997D. Jiles: Introduction to magnetism and magnetic materials, Chapman&Hall, London, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Madras, 1991 R. C. O’Handley: Modern Magnetic Materials, Principles and Applications, J.Willey and Sons, Inc. New York, 1999

Compulsory elective courses

Title	Automation of Physical Experiments
Code	ÚFV/ARE1a/99	Teacher	Orendáč Martin
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To teach students the design of automated setups for performing selected types of physical measurements and the properties involved in measurement and controlling subsystems.
Content	Structure of systems of automated measurement and control. Characterisation of instruments equipped with microcomputer. Sensors of physical quantities, principle of operation, technical realisation of selected types of sensors. Elements for processing signals from sensors. Electronic regulators, software simulation of analogue regulators. Standard communication protocols: CAMAC, IEEE122, RS232. Universal microprocessors and microcomputers. Digital signal processing. Design of digital filters.
Recommended reading	J. Uffenbeck, Microcomputers and microprocessors, Prentice Hall, 1985 P. Horowitz, W. Hill, The Art of Electronics, Cambridge University Press 1989

Title	Ceramics Materials
Code	ÚFV/KEM1/99	Teacher	Zeleňáková Adriana, Fuzer Jan
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	7, 9
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To introduce students to the properties of a wide range of ceramics and to develop students’ confidence concerning the preparation of these materials.
Content	Introduction to solid state science. The fabrication of ceramics. Construction ceramics. Mechanical properties of construction ceramics. Ceramics conductors. Dielectrics and insulators. Piezoeletrics ceramics. Pyroelectric materials. Electro-optic ceramics. Magnetic ceramics. Aplications of ceramics materials in a modern industry.
Recommended reading	1. A. J. Moulson, J. M. Herbert, Electroceramics, Chapman and Hall, London 1990 2. M. W. Barsoum, Fundamentals of Ceramics, Taylor & Francis, 2002

Title	Methods of Structural Analysis
Code	ÚFV/MSA1/03	Teacher	Sovák Pavol
ECTS credits	7	Hrs/week	3/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1, 3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	Optic microscopy. Electron microscopy: Electron beam instruments, electron optics, electron lenses and deflection systems, transmission electron microscopy (principle and construction). Electron–specimen interactions. Electron diffraction.  Kikuchy lines. Scanning electron microscopy (principle and construcion). Scanning transmission electron microscopy. High Voltage electron microscopy. Electron microprobe analysis: WDX spectrometer, EDX spectrometer, Auger electron spectrometer. self-emission microscopy. Convergent beam diffraction. X-ray diffractometry: Scattering of x-rays, neutrons and neutron scattering, CW-diffractometer, Ewald´s sphere, diffraction on powder samples, The main characteristics of powder diffraction pattern, structure factor, occupation factor, Atomic displacement factor, Peak intensity, shape and symmetry, Sherrer equation. Peak profile, Rietweld method.
Alternate courses	ÚFV/SAK1/99,ÚFV/SAK1/00,ÚFV/RTG1/01
Recommended reading	S. Amelincks, D.van Dyck, J. van Landyut, Electron Microscopy – Principles and Fundamentals, VCH, 1997 M.H. Loretto, Electrom beam analysis of materials. Springer, 2002 Fundamentals of Powder Diffraction and Structural Characterisation of Materials,  Vitalij K. Pecharsky & Peter Y. Zavalij , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 Structure Determination from Powder Diffraction Data, Edited by W.I.F. David, K. Shankland, L.B. McCusker, C. Bärlocher, Oxford University Press, 2006

Title	Technology of Metals
Code	ÚFV/ZTE/03	Teacher	Sovák Pavol
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture
Content	Principles of solidification: solidification defects, casting processes for manufacturing components, ingot casting, directional solidification, single crystal growth and epitaxial growth, joining of metallic materials. Solid solutions and phase equilibrium: phase diagrams, solubility and solutions, solid-solution strengthening. Relationship between properties and phase diagram. Nonequilibrium solidification and segregation. Dispersion strengthening and eutectic phase diagram: intermetallic compounds, eutectic phase diagram, eutectic alloys. Dispersion strengthening by phase transformations and heat treatment: nucleation and growth in solid-state reactions, precipitation hardening, age hardening, eutectoid reaction (pearlite, bainite and martensitic reaction), strain hardening snd annealing. Hot working, recrystallisation. Superplastic forming. Ferrous alloys.
Prerequisite courses	ÚFV/FMT/03 orÚFV/FMT/07
Alternate courses	ÚFV/ZTE1/99
Recommended reading	D.R.Askeland and P.P. Phulé, The Science and Engineering of Materials, Thomson 2003

Title	Nontraditional Optimisation Techniques I
Code	ÚFV/NOT1a/03	Teacher	Horváth Denis, Uličný Jozef, Brutovský Branislav
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To allow students to learn major optimisation methods.
Content	The classification of optimisation methods. Optimisation function. Multifunction-optimisation. The penalty function. The Barier function. The stochastic and deterministic methods. Gradient methods. The physical picture of gradient optimisation. Blind search and hill climbing methods. Multi-agent evolutionary strategy and meta-optimisation. Genetic algorithms. Quantum mechanical applications of genetic algorithms. Genetic algorithms in variable environments. The training of neural nets as optimisation. Principal component analysis. The prediction of time series.  Monte Carlo techniques and simulated annealing. Optimisation and self-organisation attractor. The self-organised Kohonen nets; neural gas model. Cellular automata models. Agent-based systems. Strategies and demographic games on the lattice. Swarm optimisation.
Recommended reading	J.C.Principe, N.R.Euliano, Neural and Adaptive Systems, John Wiley & Sons. INC., New York, 2000 K.Binder, D.W.Heermann, Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2002

Title	Automation of Physical Experiments
Code	ÚFV/ARE1b/99	Teacher
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	-/3
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	2
T/L method	Practical
Objective	To develop students’ practical skills in programming automated experimental setups.
Content	Temperature controller. Nonlinearity of digital-analogue and analogue-digital converters. Analogue-digital converter with feedback. Study of heat flow in materials with low thermal conductivity. Digital filtering of signal. Controlling step motor. Addressing selected problems in automated experimental setups in the laboratories of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics.
Prerequisite courses	ÚFV/ARE1a/99
Automatic rerequisite courses	ÚFV/ARE1a/99
Recommended reading	Supporting material is available.

Title	Physics of Materials
Code	ÚFV/FMT/07	Teacher	Sovák Pavol
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	3/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture
Content	Imperfections in crystal lattices. Diffusion in metals: 1st and 2nd Fick’s laws, diffusion coefficient, solution of Fick’s laws for different marginal conditions, Kirkendall effect, diffusion-controlled growth of precipitates, up-hill diffusion, diffusion in dilute and alloy systems. Experimental methods of diffusion coefficient determination. Classification of surfaces, models of grain boundary. Grain boundary segregation in solids: equilibrium segregation (McLean’s and Guttmann’s models), site competition effect, non-equilibrium segregation, segregation kinetics. Dislocations: classification, properties, movement and dislocation reactions. Dislocation structure in bcc, fcc and hcp lattices. Elastic deformation. Elastic stretching. Plastic deformation. Mechanism of strain hardening. Mechanical properties and behaviour. Creep, stress, rupture and stress corrosion.
Recommended reading	W. Cahn and P. Haasen: Physical Metallurgy, Elsevier, Amsterdam 1996 D.R.Askeland and P.P. Phulé, The Science and Engineering of Materials, Thomson 2003

Title	Transport and Surface Phenomena
Code	ÚFV/TPJ1/99	Teacher	Horváth Denis, Gmitra Martin
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	3/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To familiarise students with the effects of charge transport in diffusive and ballistic transport regimes in condensed matter and mesoscopic systems and with methods for the study of these effects.
Content	Diffusive transport: classical transport theory, Boltzmann equation, transport coefficients, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, Hall effect, magnetoresistance, fluctuation-dissipation theorem, weak localisation, Aharonov-Borm effect, Anderson localisation. Ballistic transport: resistance of a ballistic conductor, Landauer formula, Landauer-Büttiker formalism, S-matrix and Green's functions, quantum Hall effect, Shubnikov-de Haas effect, tunnelling and Coulomb blockade, orthodox transport theory, mesoscopic systems and nanodevices, single electron transistor, 2DEG (two dimensional electron gas). Spin dependent Transport: giant magnetoresistance effect and its theories, theory of tunnel magnetoresistance, quantum dots, application of magnetic nanostructures.
Prerequisite courses	ÚFV/TKL1/99
Recommended reading	F.F.Y. Wang, Introduction to Solid State Electronics, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1989. Datta S.: Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems, Cambridge University Press, 1995 Maekawa S., Shinjo T.: Spin Dependent Transport in Magnetic Nanostructures, Taylor & Francis, London & NY, 2002 Heinzel T.: Mesoscopic Electronics in Solid State Nanostructures, Willey-VCH, Weinheim, 2003

Title	Solid State Spectroscopy
Code	ÚFV/SPE1/03	Teacher	Orendáčová Alžbeta, Olčák Dušan, Orendáč Martin, Imrich Ján
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	3/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	Methods of condensed matter spectroscopy: 1. Mössbauer spectroscopy. The physical bases of Mössbauer effect. Probability of recoil-free nuclear resonance absorption of gamma-radiation in solids. Analysis of hyperfine interactions of nuclei with their surroundings: electric monopole, electric quadrupole, and magnetic dipole interactions. Mössbauer spectroscopy, processing of experimental data, physical interpretation of hyperfine structure of Mössbauer spectra: intensity and width of lines, isomer shift, quadrupole splitting and magnetic splitting.  2. NMR/EPR spectroscopy. Basic properties of nuclei. Interactions of nuclei with magnetic and electric fields. Nuclear paramagnetism. Continual wave and pulse nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. Relaxation processes in nuclear spin system. Electron spin resonance. Spin-orbital interaction and interaction with crystal field. Detection of electron paramagnetic and ferromagnetic resonances.
Alternate courses	ÚFV/SPE1/99
Recommended reading	Dickson P.E., Berry F.J.: Mössbauer spectroscopy. Cambridge University Press, London 1986 Hennel J. W., Kolinowski J.: Fundamentals of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex 1993 Maddock A.G.: Mössbauer spectroscopy. Principles and Applications of the Techniques. Horwood Publishing, Chichester, 1997 Slichter C. P.: Principles of  Magnetic Resonance, Springer-Verlag, London, 1990

Title	Special practical Exercises I
Code	ÚFV/SPR1/00	Teacher
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	-/3
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	3
T/L method	Practical
Objective	To have students gain some insight concerning the concepts of physics presented in the lectures through laboratory exposure; to have students gain experience in data collection, analysis and interpretation of resumance; to have students gain experience with report writing and presenting experimental results.
Content	The measurement of the magnetisation curve and hysteresis loops in a DC magnetic field. The measurement of the hysteresis loop in an AC magnetic field. The measurements of hysteresis loop by transverse Kerr effect. The measurement of magnetostriction by SAMR method. The investigation of domain structure by Bitter technique. The measurements of the Hall constant of ferromagnetic materials. The measurement of magnetisation characteristics by VSM. The measure-ment of magnetisation characteristics by SQUID. The measurement of domain wall characteristics. Differential scanning calorimetry. The measurement of physical characteristics (thermal capacity, electrical resistivity) by PPMS.
Alternate courses	ÚFV/SPR1/99

Title	Physics of Semiconductor Elements
Code	ÚFV/PP1/99	Teacher	Kollár Peter
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture
Content	Basic properties of semiconductors. Thermistors. Hall device, magnetoresistor, cryosar, Gunn device, varistor, tensoelectric elements. Semiconductor devices with one PN junction. Bipolar junction transistor. Junction field-effect transistors. MOS field-effect transistors. Contact metal-semiconductor. Silicon chip technology and fabrication techniques. Optoelectronic devices. Charge-coupled devices.
Prerequisite courses	ÚFV/TPJ1/99
Recommended reading	D.J. Roulston, An introduction to the physics of semiconductor devices, Oxford University Press, 1999

Title	Magnetic Materials
Code	ÚFV/MVV1/99	Teacher	Škorvánek Ivan, Olekšáková Denisa, Kollár Peter
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To provide a general view of magnetic properties and of the application of soft and hard magnetic materials.
Content	Magnetic properties of iron, cobalt and nickel and alloys. Magnetic properties of Fe-Si steels (oriented and non-oriented). Structure and magnetic properties af amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys. Magnetic properties of permanent magnets. The principle of magnetic recording and magnetic recording media. Preparation, structure and magnetic properties of thin films and multilayers.
Prerequisite courses	ÚFV/MKL/03
Recommended reading	S. Chikazumi: Physics of Magnetism, J.Willey and Sons, Inc. New York, London, Sydney, 1997 D. Jiles: Introduction to magnetism and magnetic materials, Chapman&Hall, London, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Madras, 1991 R. C. O’Handley: Modern Magnetic Materials, Principles and Applications, J.Willey and Sons, Inc. New York, 1999

Title	Exactly Solvable Models in Statistical Physics
Code	ÚFV/ERS/07	Teacher	Strečka Jozef
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To familiarize students with the simplest exactly solvable models in statistical physics.
Content	Scaling and universality hypotheses. Exact solution of the one-dimensional Ising model in an absence, as well as, in a presence of the external magnetic field: the combinatorial approach and the transfer-matrix method. Dimerisation as a result of the spin-Peierls instability. The two-dimensional Ising model: dual, star-triangle, and decoration-iteration transformations. The two-dimensional Ising model as a model of binary alloys, lattice-gas model and lattice-statistical model of binary liquid mixtures. Frenkel-Louis model and Lin-Taylor model for  reentrant  miscibility of liquid mixtures. Exact results for the one-dimensional classical and quantum Heisenberg model, Bethe ansatz solution. Six-vertex model as the ice-type model, the KDP model of ferroelectrics and antiferroelectrics. Non-zero residual entropy and first-order phase transitions. Eight-vertex model and the weak universality hypothesis.
Prerequisite courses	ÚFV/TDF1/99
Recommended reading	R. J. Baxter, Exactly solved models in statistical mechanics.      Academic Press, New York, 1982