Selected topics in advanced optics
Summary
This course proposes a selection of different facets of modern optics and photonics.
Content
- Summary of fundamental optics (ray optics, Maxwell's equations, wave optics and polarization optics)
- Material properties and optical constants
- Light scattering
- Optics of metals and plasmonics
- Gratings, stratified media and photonic crystals
- Metamaterials and metasurfaces
- Simple Matlab codes do study problems related to the previous topics
Keywords
Maxwell's equations, optics, photonics, polarization, material constants, dispersion, light scattering, Mie scattering, plasmonics, gratings, photonic crystals, metamaterials, metasurfaces.
Learning Prerequisites
Recommended courses
General knowledge of fundamental optics, e.g. courses Ingénierie Optique
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Analyze an optics problem
- Develop a model for this problem
- Synthesize the properties of different fundamental optical phenomena
- Elaborate a deep understanding of the underlying phenomena
- Model an optics problem using Matlab
- Explore an optical parameter range using Matlab
- Analyze an optics problem based on the laws of optics and electromagnetics
Transversal skills
- Assess one's own level of skill acquisition, and plan their on-going learning goals.
- Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.
- Use both general and domain specific IT resources and tools
Teaching methods
Ex-cathedra and exercises on Matlab.
Expected student activities
Participate actively during the lecture and during the exercises with Matlab. Go through the solution of the exercises and seek feedback when necessary.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Supervision
Office hours | Yes |
Assistants | Yes |
Forum | Yes |
Resources
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
No
Bibliography
B.E.A. Saleh et M.C. Teich, "Fundamentals of photonics", 3rd Ed. Wiley (2019).
J.D. Jackson, "Classical electrodynamics", 3rd Ed. Wiley (1998).
J. Braat and P. Török, "Imaging optics", Cambridge University Press (2019).
A. Lipson, S.G. Lipson, and H. Lipson, "Optical physics", 4th Ed. Cambridge University Press (2011).
R.A. Chipman, W.-S.T. Lam and G. Young, "Polarized light and optical systems", CRC Press (2019).
Ressources en bibliothèque
- J. Braat and P. Török, "Imaging optics"
- R.A. Chipman, W.-S.T. Lam and G. Young, "Polarized light and optical systems"
- A. Lipson, S.G. Lipson, and H. Lipson, "Optical physics"
- J.D. Jackson, "Classical electrodynamics"
- B.E.A. Saleh et M.C. Teich, "Fundamentals of photonics"
Notes/Handbook
Provided on Moodle and during the lecture.
Moodle Link
In the programs
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Selected topics in advanced optics
- Lecture: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Selected topics in advanced optics
- Lecture: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Selected topics in advanced optics
- Lecture: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Selected topics in advanced optics
- Lecture: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Selected topics in advanced optics
- Lecture: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Selected topics in advanced optics
- Lecture: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional