After successful completion of the course, students are able to explain the theoretical concepts of nano photonic devices. This includes the desciption and calculation of plasmonic devices, metamaterials  as well as of photonic crystals, quantum ligth emitters and the light-matter interaction.

Modern concepts of photonic devices are presented and discussed in detail. Those include, for instance, metamaterials, photonics crystals, plasmonic devices, and quantum light sources.

course presentation by lecturer(s)

written/oral exam in the form 'open-textbook' with solving problems formulated on the basis of the lecture content and connected to the real-word scenarios

Lecture notes will be available to registered students

Recommended textbooks for further reading:

L. Novotny, B. Hecht, Principles of Nano-optics, Cambridge University Press 2006
S.A. Maier, Plasmonics: fundamentals and applications, Springer 2007
J.D. Joannopoulos, R.D. Meade, J.N. Winn, Photonics Crystals - Molding the flow of light, Princeton University Press 1995
M.L. Brongersma, P.G. Kik, Surface plasmon nanophotonics, Springer 2007
M.O. Scully, M.S. Zubairy, Quantum optics, Cambridge University Press 1997
L. Mandel, E. Wolf, Optical coherence and quantum optics, Cambridge University Press 1995
F. Capolino, Theory and phenomena of metamaterials, CRC Press 2009
M. Agio, A. Alù, Optical antennas, Cambridge University Press 2013

P.W. Milonni, Fast light, slow light and left-handed light, Taylor & Francis Group 2005

- the latest review papers on topics covered by the lecture

Basic knowledge of general physics, mathematics and optics is required.