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ECE 60421 - Nanophotonics And Metamaterials


Credit Hours: 3.00.  The course will cover nanoscale processes and devices and their applications for manipulating light on the nanoscale. The following topics will be covered: Fundamentals, Maxwell’s equations, light-matter interaction, dispersion, EM properties of nanostructures; Photonic crystals and photonic crystal fibers; Photonic and plasmonic nanocircuits; Silicon nanophotonics; Metal optics; Manipulating light with plasmonic nanostructures; Plasmonic nano-sensors; Near-field optics; Metamaterials: artificial magnetism and negative refractive index; Metamaterials: superlens and hyperlens; Transformation optics and cloaking; Nanolasers; Tunable and active plasmonic materials; Refractory plasmonics; Plasmonics for energy conversion, data storage and biomed applications; Metasurfaces; Intro to quantum photonics. Prerequisites by Topic: Basic knowledge of electromagnetism and solid state materials, Maxwell equations and band structure of solids. Typically offered Spring.Credits: 3.00