MΕΤΥ-490
Photonic Materials
Instructor
- Stelios Tzortzakis
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- stzortz@iesl.forth.gr
- Phone number
- 2810391396
- Office
- Δ013, Κτήριο ΙΗΔΛ/ΙΤΕ
- website
- http://unis.iesl.forth.gr/team/tzortzakis.htm
Graduate elective course. A broad picture of the field of Photonics is given with an emphasis on topics directly connected to modern applications, such as in telecommunications and nano-photonics. A good knowledge of Electromagnetism and/or Optics is recommended.
Announcements
- Classes begin on February 14th and will be taking place every Tuesday, 15:00-18:00, at CS Room A3
- Additional material will be posted on this course’s teleclass page
Topics covered
- Light and matter, waves, absorption-emission, optical properties of matter
- Modern Lasers: operating principles, ultrashort pulses, and high-power lasers
- Ultrafast optics: theory and applications
- Non-linear optics: materials, systems, and spatiotemporal phenomena
- Optical fibers - Telecommunications
- Photonic crystals
- Metamaterials
- Terahertz Photonics
Σημειώσεις
Suggested literature
- Fundamentals of Photonics, B.E.A. Saleh and M.C. Teich, 2nd edition Wiley
- Photonics, A. Yariv and P. Yeh, 6th edition Oxford University Press
Grading
Lecture related material presentations 60%, final research presentation 40%.