ECE 69500 - Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3
Counts as:
Experimental Course Offered:
Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2015
Catalog Description:
The course will cover nanoscale processes and devices and their applications for manipulating light on the nanoscale. The following topics will be covered: Fundamentals, Maxwells equations, light-matter interaction, dispersion, EM properties of nanostructures, etc. Photonic crystals Photonic crystal fibers Photonic nanocircuits Metal optics Manipulating light with plasmonic nanostructures Plasmonic nano-sensors Near-field optics Metamaterials, negative refractive index and super-resolution Superlens and Hyperlens Nanophotonics with Metamaterials
Required Text(s):
None.
Recommended Text(s):
- Classical Electrodynamics , J.D. Jackson , John Wiley & Sons , 1999
- Fundamentals of Photonics , B.E.A. Saleh, M.C. Teich , John Wiley & Sons , 1991
- Near-field optics and surface plasmon polaritons , Satoshi Kawata , 2001
- Optics , Hecht , Addison Wesley , 1990
- Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light , J.D. Joannopoulos, R.D. Meade, J.N. Winn , Princeton University Press , 1995
- Plasmonics , Stefan Mayer , Cambridge Press , 2007
- Roadmap on Photonic Crystals , S. Noda and T. Baba , Kluwer Academic Publishers , 2003
- Surface plasmons on smooth and rough surfaces and on gratings , Raether , Springer-Verlag , 1986
Lecture Outline:
Major Topics | |
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2 | Fundamentals, Maxwell's equations, light-matter interaction, dispersion, EM properties of nanostructures, etc. |
4 | Photonic crystals and photonic crystal fibers |
2 | Photonic and plasmonic nanocircuits |
1 | Silicon nanophotonics |
2 | Metal optics |
2 | Manipulating light with plasmonic nanostructures |
1 | Plasmonic nano-sensors |
1 | Near-field optics |
2 | Metamaterials: artificial magnetism and negative refractive index |
1 | Metamaterials: superlens and hyperlens |
2 | Transformation optics and cloaking |
1 | Nanolasers |
1 | Tunable and active plasmonic materials |
1 | Refractory plasmonics |
2 | Plasmonics for energy conversion, data storage and biomed applications |
3 | Metasurfaces |
2 | Intro to quantum photonics |
Assessment Method:
none