Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LM Nanophotonics
School	Physics and Astronomy
Department	Physics & Astronomy
Module Code	03 28571
Module Lead	Dr Angela Demetriadou
Level	Masters Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites	LI Electromagnetism 2 - (03 00953)
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Exclusions
Description	Nowadays, to cope with the ever-growing technological developments in optical integrated circuits, sensing and imaging in the area of optics, it becomes essential for us to understand the optical properties of structured photonic materials, which can range from a simple distributed Bragg reflector, a two or three dimensional photonic crystal to a metamaterial made of artificial atoms. This course will start with a brief introduction on the history and the current developments of structured photonic materials. Then, the course will move to the basic concepts, such as photonic band structures and effective media to describe photonic crystals and metamaterials. In this module, the students will also learn some basic numerical techniques in understanding the optical properties of structured materials, including band structure calculation, transfer matrix method and finite element analysis. To the end, the students will be able to apply these techniques to design structured materials with specific requirements, with focused applications on getting a complete photonic band gap, a negative refractive index and a superlens.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Explain the working principles of structured photonic materials; Describe basic concepts of structured photonic materials, such as photonic band gap and effective media. Apply numerical techniques on designing photonic crystals and metamaterials with specific requirements. Describe and explain how various applications like super-resolution imaging and optical integrated circuits with structured materials work.
Assessment	28571-01 : Exam : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 2 hour Examination (100%)
Other	None
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