Photonic Materials and Devices

Type

Elective

Course Code

ΜΕMΥ-490

Teaching Semester

Semester B

ECTS Credits

7

Syllabus

  • Light and matter, light waves, absorption and emission, optical properties of matter
  • Modern lasers: operation principles, new technologies and applications
  • Optics of short laser pulses: theory and applications
  • Nonlinear optics: materials, systems and spatio-temporal phenomena
  • Optical fibers – Telecommunications
  • Photonic crystals
  • Metamaterials
  • Terahertz photonics

Learning Outcomes

Elective postgraduate course that gives a broad view of the field of Photonics, with emphasis on modern applications, like in telecommunications and nano-photonics.

Recommended Bibliography

  1. Fundamentals of Photonics, B.E.A. Saleh and M.C. Teich, 2nd edition Wiley
  2. Photonics, A. Yariv and P. Yeh, 6th edition Oxford University Press