Admission Requirements
None.
Description
Are you an aspiring experimentalist still exploring which research direction speaks to you most? Or a theoretical physicist eager to connect bold predictions with real-world experiments? This course is designed to inspire curiosity, deepen understanding, and ignite your journey into the forefront of experimental research.
The experimental research in Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) spans a diverse range of topics from quantum matter and optics to biophysics and soft matter. This course will familiarize you with the experimental research directions in our various research groups. You will learn which big questions inspire LION experimental groups, which experimental techniques they use to solve these questions, and which puzzles and problems they need to solve.
The course will consist of guest lectures by experimental group leaders in LION, lab visits, quizzes, reading recent papers and presenting these in front of the class. By the end of the course, you will have a clear sense of the scientific challenges at the forefront of experimental physics, and a sharper vision of where your own research ambitions may take you.
Course objectives
Main Objectives:
1. Students will learn to explain different experimental research topics pursued in LION.
2. The second objective is to learn how to review and critically evaluate current research articles and
to present this material comprehensibly in front of a peer group.
Sub-Objectives:
1. Students will be able to explain different state-of-the-art experimental techniques and explain the capabilities and limitations of these techniques.
2. Students will be able to determine which experimental technique should be explored to discover new physical phenomena.
Timetable
In MyTimetable, you can find all course and programme schedules, allowing you to create your personal timetable. Activities for which you have enrolled via MyStudyMap will automatically appear in your timetable.
Additionally, you can easily link MyTimetable to a calendar app on your phone, and schedule changes will be automatically updated in your calendar. You can also choose to receive email notifications about schedule changes. You can enable notifications in Settings after logging in.
Questions? Watch the video, read the instructions, or contact the ISSC helpdesk.
Note: Joint Degree students from Leiden/Delft need to combine information from both the Leiden and Delft MyTimetables to see a complete schedule. This video explains how to do it.
Mode of instruction
See Brightspace
Assessment method
The final grade will be determined as follows:
Quizzes (50%)
Oral presentation (50%)
Reading list
Not applicable
Registration
As a student, you are responsible for enrolling on time through MyStudyMap.
In this short video, you can see step-by-step how to enrol for courses in MyStudyMap.
Extensive information about the operation of MyStudyMap can be found here.
There are two enrolment periods per year:
Enrolment for the fall opens in July
Enrolment for the spring opens in December
See this page for more information about deadlines and enrolling for courses and exams.
Note:
It is mandatory to enrol for all activities of a course that you are going to follow.
Your enrolment is only complete when you submit your course planning in the ‘Ready for enrolment’ tab by clicking ‘Send’.
Not being enrolled for an exam/resit means that you are not allowed to participate in the exam/resit.
Contact
Lecturer Dr. S. Bhattacharyya Prof.dr. M.L. van Hecke
Remarks
Software
Starting from the 2024/2025 academic year, the Faculty of Science will use the software distribution platform Academic Software. Through this platform, you can access the software needed for specific courses in your studies. For some software, your laptop must meet certain system requirements, which will be specified with the software. It is important to install the software before the start of the course. More information about the laptop requirements can be found on the student website.