Syllabus

The syllabus and respective learning outcomes of the course are as follows:

No. Topic Learning Outcomes
1 Fundamentals of Optics

  • Physics of light: Wave-particle duality, wave vector, Poynting vector, wavelength, velocity, refractive index, attenuation, light absorption & emission, ray, wavefront, polarization: TE, TM, elliptical
  • Geometrical optics
  • Wave optics
  • Introduction to Photonics
 Participants are able to describe physics of light and its applications to photonics/modern optics
2 Theory of Optical Waveguides

  • Concepts of waveguiding
  • TIR
  • Transverse resonance conditions
  • guided, radiation, and leaky modes
  • TE and TM polarization in slab waveguides
  • dispersion curves
  • single mode cut-off
  • V-number
  • number of modes
  • weakly guiding waveguides
  • mode profiles
  • labeling of modes
  • symmetric and asymmetric slab waveguides.
  • channel waveguides
 Participants are able to describe optical waveguiding mechanism, able to solve dispersion equations and simulate guided mode profiles of symmetric and asymmetric slab waveguides
3 Lab works on Optical Mode Solving

  • Introduction to mode solving techniques
  • classification of mode solvers
  • freewares for mode solving
  • hand-on experience on solving for modes of several assigned problems (slab and channel waveguides) using free online tools
 Participants are able to describe types of mode solver, able to solve modes of simple waveguides using online tools
4 Optical Fibers

  • Construction of optical fiber
  • Types of optical fiber
  • Light guiding in optical fiber
  • Types of rays
  • Sizes of optical fiber
  • Transmission windows in silica optical fiber
  • Parameters of optical fibers: NA, attenuation, dispersion, mode field diameter, cut off wavelength
  • Modes of optical fiber
  • Vectorial modes: Hybrid modes
  • Scalar modes: the LP modes
  • Specialty fibers: nano wires, PCF, POF, polarization sensitive fibers, photo sensitive fibers, dispersion shifted/flattened fibers
 Participants are able to describe the types of optical fibers, its working principles, parameters, its modes, and types and principles of specialty fibers
5 Optical Periodic System and Photonic Crystals Participants are able to describe the physics of optical periodic system and photonic crystals through its bandstructure and able to describe some applications of these optical systems
6 Plasmonics

  • Electromagnetism of metal and fundamental theory
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance
  • Synthesis and Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs)
  • Biomedical Application of AuNPs:
    • Drug delivery
    • As cancer diagnostics and therapeutics agents
    • As biosensor
    • Detection of biological molecules and microorganism.
 Participants are able to describe principles of plasmonics and its applications in biomedical fields.
7 Solar Cells

  • Semiconductor Band Structure Characteristics
  • Working Principle of Silicon Solar Cells
  • Basic Solar Cells Characterizations
  • Nanocrystalline based Solar Cells
  • Third Generation and New Emerging Solar Cells
  • Other types of Solar Energy Conversions
 Participants are able to describe working principles of solar cells, and characterization methods of solar cells
8 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

  • Basic principle
  • LIBS Experimental Setup
  • Characteristics of LIBS plasma
  • LIBS applications
 Participants are able to describe the basic principle of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), LIBS experimental setup, characteristics of LIBS plasma, and LIBS applications.
9 Fiber Sensors

  • Principles of fiber sensor
  • Types of fiber sensors
  • Application examples of fiber sensors
 Participants are able to describe principles of fiber sensors and its applications.
10 Fiber Lasers Participants are able to describe principles of fiber laser and related techniques.
11 FEM Modelling in Photonics

  • Principles of FEM
  • Applications of FEM for modelling various photonic structures
 Participants are able to describe principles of FEM modelling and various cases of modelling photonic structures using FEM.
12 Lab works Experiments Participants are able to describe set-ups and methods used in the experiments
13 Group Work Participants are able to perform literature study on topics in photonics and collaboratively write a document out of the study following a proper scientific standard
14 Integrated Photonics Participants are able to describe principles and techniques used in integrated photonics
15 Introduction to Nanophotonics Participants are able to describe principles and techniques used in nanophotonics
16 Quantum Optics Participants are able to describe principles of quantum optics
17 Evaluation Participants are able to internalized the whole topics