Discipline: Radiation Effects and Modern Solid-State Spectroscopy

Lecture 1. Nature and characteristics of ionizing radiation
Lecture 2. Sources of electromagnetic (photon) radiation
Lecture 3. Principle of operation and main components of a nuclear reactor
Lecture 4. Biological effects of ionizing radiation
Lecture 5. Detection of ionizing radiation
Lecture 6. Scintillations and scintillators
Lecture 7. Defects of crystalline solids
Lecture 8. Defects of crystalline solids. Simple dislocations and configurations of their clusters
Lecture 9. Interaction of ionizing radiation with a solid
Lecture 10. Interaction of neutrons with a solid
Lecture 11. Possibilities of practical application of radiation phenomena and effects
Lecture 12. On the application of electron–positron annihilation for studying the defect structure of metals and alloys

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Discipline: Radiation Materials Science

Lecture 1. Introduction
Lecture 2. Nature and characteristics of ionizing radiation
Lecture 3. Units and quantities describing ionizing radiation and activity
Lecture 4. Types of radiation (ionizing radiation) and processes and effects of interaction with a solid
Lecture 5. Interaction of ionizing radiation with matter
Lecture 6. Basic information on defect formation. Point defects. Mechanism of point defect formation. Point-defect complexes
Lecture 7. Types of defects
Lecture 8. Line defects. Simple dislocations and configurations of their aggregates
Lecture 9. Initial processes in solids under radiation exposure
Lecture 10. Interaction of neutrons with matter. Classification of neutrons by energy
Lecture 11. Principle of operation of a nuclear reactor and its main components
Lecture 12. Free radical theory
Lecture 13. Requirements for reactor materials and core materials
Lecture 14. Radiation processes in materials. Radiation hardening
Lecture 15. Radiation processes in materials. Amorphization (or structural disordering)

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Discipline: Optics

Lecture 1. The subject of optics. Its place in physics and connection with other sciences. Photometric concepts and quantities.

Lecture 2. Light interference.

Lecture 3. Coherent light sources and interference pattern.

Lecture 4. Interference in thin films. Fringes of equal thickness and equal inclination. Applications of interference.

Lecture 5. Diffraction of light. Fresnel zone method.

Lecture 6. Fraunhofer diffraction. Diffraction grating and its spectral characteristics.

Lecture 7. Diffraction in multidimensional structures. Laue and Bragg–Wulff formulas. Fundamentals of holographic image recording and reconstruction.

Lecture 8. Propagation of light in isotropic media. Refraction, reflection, and polarization phenomena.

Lecture 9. Fresnel formulas. Polarization of reflected and refracted rays.

Lecture 10. Total internal reflection. Optical waveguides.

Lecture 11. Propagation of light in anisotropic media.

Lecture 12. Elliptical polarization of light. Interference of polarized beams. Wave plates and artificial anisotropy.