Nanophotonics

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Nanophotonics: Principles and Applications. Objectives. The purpose of the course is introduction of students to a relatively new and rapidly growing ...
Nanophotonics: Principles and Applications Objectives. The purpose of the course is introduction of students to a relatively new and rapidly growing multidisciplinary field of nanophotonics. Nanophotonics is a new frontier in optical science and technology dealing with light-matter interactions at nanometer scales. By adding a new dimension to nanoscale science, nanophotonics poses new challenges and opens up new avenues in fundamental science and engineering. One of the challenges for scientists moving into multidisciplinary nanophotonics research is to learn concepts beyond their area of expertise. The course is intended to provide students in engineering disciplines, natural sciences (physics and chemistry) as well as life sciences with a deeper and broader education of the area.

Syllabus. Introduction to foundations of nanophotonics Near-field interactions and microscopy Quantum-confined materials Plasmonics Nanocontrol of excitation dynamics Fabrication and characterization of nanomaterials Nanostructured molecular architectures Photonic crystals Nanocomposite materials Nanolithography Nanophotonics for biotechnology and nanomedicine Nanoparticles in light-activated therapy and optical imaging modalities.

Literature 1. Lecture notes 2. P.N. Prasad, “Nanophotonics” (Wiley, 2004) 3. L. Novotny, B. Hecht, “Principles of Nano-Optics” (Cambridge University Press, 2006) 4. S. Maier “ Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications” (Springer, 2007) 5. P. N. Prasad, “Introduction to Biophotonics” (Willey, 2003)