Department of Solid State Engineering

Education

The Department educates specialists in physical engineering, specifically in solid state engineering. Their study combines solid theoretical foundations in mathematics and physics with experimental and engineering courses. Students will become familiar with key concepts in modern theoretical and experimental physics of condensed matter, applied optics, nuclear physics, and electronics. Within the master’s course, they build on their bachelor course foundations, adding to them quantum theory of solid matter and physical systems: superconductors and their theory; low temperature physics; dielectric and semiconductor materials physics; biological structures; or “smart” materials. The courses are also focused on many other disciplines, for example, technology and analysis of semiconductors, development of optical fibre sensors and special photonic materials, application of dielectric crystals, use of special diffraction techniques for material testing, use of databases providing information on material research or mathematical modelling of structures, properties, physical phenomena and technological processes.

The Department of Solid State Engineering is responsible for the following Bachelor Programme course

• Physical Engineering,

in the Master Continuation Programme

• Solid State Engineering,

and in the Doctoral Programme

• Physical Engineering - specialisation Solid State Engineering,

• Quantum Technologies.

Science and Research

The scientific and research activities of the department concentrate in specialised scientific centres - laboratories involved in both fundamental and applied research. Courses in all study programmes (Bachelor, Master, Doctoral) are closely linked with research projects of the department’s laboratories and are involved in cooperation with research and educational institutions from the Czech Republic and abroad.

Cooperation with Institutions