Nanophotonics, defined as nanoscale optical science and technology, is a rapidly growing field which offers challenging opportunities for studying the interaction between light and matter on a scale much smaller than the wavelength of radiation, as well as for the design of novel nanostructured optical materials and devices and for developing nanocharacterization tools. An important dimension of Nanophotonics is control of excitation dynamics by manipulating local relaxation and energy transfer to judiciously utilize the excitation energy for a specific purpose. Metaphotonics is a rapidly emerging new direction in Nanophotonics that deals with manipulation of electric and magnetic fields and their coupling in nanoengineered materials to control the field distribution and propagation of electromagnetic waves. An important aim for Metaphotonics is achieving negative refractive index for light manipulation. Another important direction is producing Switchable/Transform
able Materials in which electrical, optical, and magnetic fields can be used for dynamic and reversible control of an optical field as well as linear and nonlinear optical functions. Their applications range from photonics communications, electronics, to solar energy harvesting, to sensor technology, biomedical technology and health care. This course will cover the fundamentals of nanoscale light-matter interaction; various nanoscale linear and nonlinear optical effects, coupling of electric and magnetic properties using nanotechnology, and novel optical effects in nanostructural hybrid materials.
Nanophotonics, defined as nanoscale optical science and technology, is a rapidly growing field which offers challenging opportunities for studying the interaction between light and matter on a scale much smaller than the wavelength of radiation, as well as for the design of novel nanostructured optical materials and devices and for developing nanocharacterization tools. An important dimension of Nanophotonics is control of excitation dynamics by manipulating local relaxation and energy transfer to judiciously utilize the excitation energy for a specific purpose. Metaphotonics is a rapidly emerging new direction in Nanophotonics that deals with manipulation of electric and magnetic fields and their coupling in nanoengineered materials to control the field distribution and propagation of electromagnetic waves. An important aim for Metaphotonics is achieving negative refractive index for light manipulation. Another important direction is producing Switchable/Transformable Materials in which electrical, optical, and magnetic fields can be used for dynamic and reversible control of an optical field as well as linear and nonlinear optical functions. Their applications range from photonics communications, electronics, to solar energy harvesting, to sensor technology, biomedical technology and health care. This course will cover the fundamentals of nanoscale light-matter interaction; various nanoscale linear and nonlinear optical effects, coupling of electric and magnetic properties using nanotechnology, and novel optical effects in nanostructural hybrid materials.
