EE5640

This course will cover the physics and technology of nano-optics and plasmonics and their potential applications in biochemical sensing, super-resolution imaging, optical trapping, light emission, and spectroscopy. The following topics will be covered:

- Maxwell's equations, E&M of metals
- Fresnel's equations, light propagation in periodic media
- Physics of surface plasmon waves
- Metallic waveguides: metal-insulator-metal vs. insulator-metal-insulator
- Optical antennas
- Noble metal nanoparticles: Synthesis, optical properties, and applications
- Optical biosensors based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR)
- Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
- Surface enhanced Infrared Absorption (SEIRA)
- Super-resolution imaging and near-field optical microscopy
- Light transmission through nano-apertures (extraordinary optical transmission)
- Plasmonics at long wavelengths (infrared and terahertz)
- Plasmonics in atomically thick materials

Knowledge of Maxwell's equations, Matlab, or Mathematica coding is suggested but not required.

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