NANOPHOTONICS

ECE 747

Course Description

Optics/photonics at nanometer and micrometer length scales, including EM waves in dielectrics and metals, computational electromagnetics, waveguides and waveguide coupling, optical resonators, basic nanofabrication techniques, thin-film interference, surface-plasmon polaritons, localized surface-plasmon resonances, applications of plasmonics, super-resolution imaging, photonic crystals, composite materials and metamaterials, metasurfaces. Knowledge of Maxwell's equation and basic ray/wave optics, as would typically be obtained from junior-level or higher electromagnetics or optics courses [such asE C E 320orE C E 434], is strongly encouraged.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average

3.47

-4.64% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

No change from Historical

A Rate

62.5%

-13.75% from Historical

Class Size

39.13% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

Sorted by ratings from Rate My Professors

Mikhail KATS

[email protected]

3.6

Rating

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