1 credit
Spring 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Upper DivisionDepartmental Credit
This course is an introduction to photonic materials and devices structured on the wavelength scale. Generally, these systems will be characterized as having critical dimensions at the nanometer scale. These can include nanophotonic, plasmonic, and metamaterials components and systems. Co-requisite: ECE 60400 or equivalent.
Learning Outcomes1Write down photonic modes using Bloch's theorem.
2Calculate standing wave modes at the band edge of a 1D periodic photonic crystal.
3Calculate TE and TM modes at the band edge of a 2D square-periodic photonic crystal.
4Draw the irreducible Brillouin zone for a 2D triangular lattice photonic crystal.
5Calculate the band structure of a 2D triangular lattice photonic crystal for the lowest 8 bands using MIT Photonic Bands.
6Identify the lowest-energy photonic bandgap in TE and TM polarizations associated with a 2D triangular lattice photonic crystal.
7Use a ray-optics transfer matrix to calculate the reflection and transmission associated with multiple optical elements.
8Use a wave-optics T-matrix to calculate transmission and reflection through several dielectric layers arranged in a 1D stack.
9Use a wave-optics S-matrix to calculate transmission and reflection through several dielectric layers arranged in a 1D stack.
10Use Singular Value Decomposition in CAMFR to calculate the eigenmodes associated with a photonic crystal waveguide structure consisting of a row of defects.
11Calculate the quality factor of a resonant mode using the FDTD method.
12Calculate the band structure of a 2D periodic structure using the FDTD method.
13Calculate the relative enhancement in the local density of photonic states associated with a defect in a 2D photonic crystal using the FDTD method.
14Calculate a transmission spectrum using the Finite Element Method.
15Calculate a transmission spectrum for a waveguide using the Beam Propagation Method.
16Calculate the emission spectrum of a photonic emitter using the Finite Element Method.
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