The syllabus and respective learning outcomes of the course are as follows:
No. | Topic | Learning Outcomes |
1 | Fundamentals of Optics
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Participants are able to describe physics of light and its applications to photonics/modern optics |
2 | Theory of Optical Waveguides
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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
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Participants are able to describe types of mode solver, able to solve modes of simple waveguides using online tools |
4 | Characterization of Optical Waveguides
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Participants are able to describe several techniques for measuring the refractive index and loss of waveguide using the prism coupler technique |
5 | Optical Fibers
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Participants are able to describe the types of optical fibers, its working principles, parameters, its modes, and types and principles of specialty fibers |
6 | Plasmonics & Biomedical Applications
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Participants are able to describe principles of plasmonics and its applications in biomedical fields. |
7 | Solar Cells
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Students are able to describe working principles of solar cells, and characterization methods of solar cells |
8 | Light for Sustainable Developments | Participants are able to discuss the importance of light for sustainable developments |
9 | Lab works Experiments | Participants are able to describe set-ups and methods used in the experiments |
10 | 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 |
11 | 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 |
12 | Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
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Participants are able to describe the basic principle of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), LIBS experimental setup, characteristics of LIBS plasma, and LIBS applications. |
13 | Fiber Laser | Participants are able to describe principles of fiber laser and related techniques. |
14 | Laser and Interaction with Materials | Participants are able to describe principles and techniques used in laser-material interactions |
15 | Integrated Nanophotonics | Participants are able to describe principles and techniques used in integrated nanophotonics |
16 | Plasmonics and Its Applications | Participants are able to describe principles and techniques used in plasmonics and its applications |
17 | Evaluation | Participants are able to internalized the whole topics |