Nanophotonics is where photonics merges with nonoscience and nanotechnology, and
where spatial confinement considerably modifies light propagation and light-mater
interactions. This course will introduce basic phenomena, principles, experimental
advances, and potential impact of nanophotonics. The course will highlight practical
issues, material properties, device feasibility of materials with nanostructured feature. The
following topics will be discussed in this course.
1. 1. Introduction
Nanoengineering and sciences, Nanophotonics materials, Nanofabrication, Nano
characterization, Market and applications.
2. Foundations of nanophotonics
Photons and electrons, Confinements of electron and photons, Tunneling, Localization
effects, Cooperative effects, Nanoscale optical interactions, Surface plasma resonance.
3. Quantum confinement materials
Quantum wells, Quantum wires, Quantum dots, Manifestations of quantum confinement,
4. Photonic crystals fundamentals
Photonic crystals, Opal and inverse opal structures, One dimensional photonic crystal,
Photonic bandgap, Two- and three-dimensional photonic crystals, Properties of photonic
crystals and their applications, Defects in photonic crystals
5. 5. Nonlinear optics with photonic crystals
Nonlinear effects, Composite materials for nonlinear optics, Photonic bandgap nonlinear
enhancements,
6. Photonic crystals slab waveguides
2 2D rods slab, 2D air membrane slab, microcavity and defects
7. f7. Fabrication of photonic crystal.
Top down techniques, Photo-lithography technique, E-beam lithography technique, Two
photon lithography technique, Holography lithography technique, Bottom up techniques,
Self-assembling of nano colloids, Self-assembling of block copolymers
8. Photonic crystal fiber
Conventional fiber, Photonic crystal fibers, Hollow core bandgap fibers, Solid core holey
fiber, Onmi guide fiber, Nonlinear holey fibe
9. Nanophotonics plasmonics.
Surface plasma resonance basics, Surface plasma polaritons, Metallic nano shells, plasmonic
waveguide