Q1. Knowledge and understanding: The course aims to introduce students to the physics of complex materials and some of the spectroscopies that are used for their study.
D2. Applied knowledge and understanding: Optical methodologies applied to the study of the subject will be explored in depth and students will be stimulated through various applied examples that stimulate the acquisition of skills in this field. Q3. Making judgements: The course will provide an overview of linear and non-linear spectroscopy techniques which will give students the tools to evaluate on the basis of physical considerations which methodologies should be applied to different studies. D4: Communication skills: The course will provide the basic analytical tools to rationally describe and communicate the advanced properties of matter. D5 Ability to learn: The course will offer students an overview of the field and provide them with the foundation to independently build skills in the field.

Bases of quantum mechanics, optics and electrodynamics.

In the course we will introduce concepts associated with the spectrometry of quantum materials and develop basic skills in the field.
Finally, by providing a brief excursus on selected research topics in the sector, we will try to stimulate students to self-develop and formulate experimental proposals in the field of spectroscopy.

Author Loudon, Title: "Introduction to quantum Optics"
Author Kuzmany. Title: "Solid-State Spectroscopy: An Introduction"
And lecturer notes.

The course will start reviewing the concepts of absorption and emission in atoms. We will introduce the basics of laser physics and show how lalsers are used in real experiments in the field of complex quantum materials. We will address the significance and the strength of optical spectroscopies for the characterization of complex quantum materials. We will introduce the basics of non-equilibrium physics and non-linear spectroscopies based on both table top laser sources or light source facilities such as synchrotrons and free electron lasers. We will then explain the quantization of the electromagnetic field, give a brief excurtsus on the field of quantum information, and their application to really/used spectroscopies.
Finally by providing a brief excursus on selected research topics in the field, we will seek to stimulate the students to self develop and formulate experimental proposals in the field of spectroscopy.

Lectures interspersed with collegial and group discussions.

The oral test, organized in the form of an interview, involves a structured interview in two parts: i) in a presentation on a topic chosen by the student and relevant to the course program and ii) sample questions chosen by the teacher. In the first part the student will be able to make use of audiovisual support and will have to demonstrate, in addition to mastery of the chosen topic, that they are able to present with a logical structure and suitable language for a scientific audience. In the second part, which will consist of a minimum of 3 questions, the knowledge of the topics covered in the course and the student's ability to expand scientific reflections starting from the topics covered will be tested on a sample basis.
The evaluation grid adopted is as follows:
- Excellent (30 - 30 cum laude): excellent knowledge of the topics, excellent command of language,
excellent analytical ability; the student is able to apply knowledge brilliantly to concrete cases.
- Very good (27 - 29): good knowledge of the topics, notable fluency in language,
good analytical ability; the student is able to apply knowledge correctly to concrete cases.
- Good (24-26): good knowledge of the main topics, fair command of language; he/she
student shows an adequate ability to apply the theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
- Satisfactory (21-23): the student does not show full mastery of the topics of teaching, despite possessing the fundamental knowledge; show anyway
satisfactory language skills and sufficient ability to apply theoretical knowledge to a concrete cases.
- Sufficient (18-20): minimal knowledge of the main topics of teaching and
technical language, limited ability to adequately apply theoretical knowledge to cases
concrete.
- Insufficient: the student does not have acceptable knowledge of the contents of the
different topics of the program.

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)