| Course title | Photonic Nanostructures 1 |
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| Course code | SLO/FN1-E |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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- Description of electromagnetic field, Maxwell equations and their solutions, boundary conditions, polarization, coherence - Interaction of electromagnetic eadiation with a matter, microscopic determination of dielectric constant, Kramer-Kronig relations as a consequence of causality, Fresnel relations at the interface - Linear phenomena in layered media: periodic layered media, Broch waves, band structure, selected applications, generalization of the description for inhomogeneous layers, WKB method - Linear optics of thin layers, properties of thin layers, methods of production of thin layers and their checking, propagation of electromagnetic field through isotropic inhomogeneous medium, matrix description of the systems of thin layers, transformation of the field and transmission of energy in the systems of thin layers, principle of reversibility - Examples: interface of two media, one thin layer, one thick layer, systems of thin and thick layers, layer in partially coherent light, field inside the system of thin layers, symmetric systems, periodic structures, antireflective structures, MacNeill polarizer, Fabry-Perot filter, basics of evaluation of ellipsometric measurements - One-mode waveguides and their linear properties, symmetric and antisymmetric waveguide, dispersion equation, mode structure, couplings between modes, waveguides with general profiles
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The aim is to recall the propagation of electromagnetic waves solving Maxwell equations, to state basic physical properties of interaction between radiation and matter and to describe linear phenomena in layered systems and linear properties of optical waveguides.
Knowledge Identify measurable parameters of thin and/or thick films, describe a design of basic layered systems for interference filters using the analytical and numerical approach. |
| Prerequisites |
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Prior knowledge of the undergraduate physics, especially classical theory ofelectromagnetic field.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Mark
Knowledge of the course topics, ability to discuss about the course topics in wider contexts Passing the examination. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Nanotechnology (2019) | Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter |