Academic Catalog

PHYS586 INTRODUCTION TO NANOOPTICS

Course Code: 2300586
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Physics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. ALPAN BEK
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Optical properties of nanoscale matter. far-field imaging techniques. scanning near-field imaging techniques. field enhancement at conducting surfaces. metal nanoparticles. localized surface plasmons. plasmon polaritons. plexitons. surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. tip-assisted optical spectroscopy and microscopy. Förster resonant energy transfer. plasmonic solar cells. single molecule optics. metamaterials and nanophotonics. optical antennae. Fano resonance. nonlinear plasmonics.