TEK5400 - H2019

TEK 5400/9400 Nanophotonics 2019

Table of Contents

Course Contents

  • Photonic crystals in one, two and three dimensions.
    1D: Periodic multilayer films, planar diffraction gratings, fiberoptic Bragg gratings.
    2D: Nanostructured thin films.  Optical fibres with air holes,
    3D: Crystal structures with an optical band gap
  • Bloch-waves in one, two and three dimensions
    Bloch-waves at zero frequency: optical metamaterials
    Brillouin zones, band diagrams
    Numerical methods for Bloch-waves
  • Evanescent waves
  • Bloch-waves used in series expansions for electromagnetic fields
  • Defects in photonic crystals
  • Applications: Solar Cells and Biosensors

List of recommended reading material (tentative):

  1. John D. Joannopoulos, Steven G. Johnson, Joshua N. Winn, and Robert D. Meade, “Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light,” Second Edition, Princeton University Press 2008, ISBN: 9780691124568, http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8696.html . Chapter 1 (PDF): http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s8696.pdf   PDF of the entire book: http://ab-initio.mit.edu/book/photonic-crystals-book.pdf

 

  1. J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, D. J. Robbins, and W. J. Stewart, “Magnetism from Conductors and Enhanced Nonlinear Phenomena,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn., vol. 47(11), Nov. 1999.    (Required reading for PhD students)

 

  1. D. R. Smith, S. Schultz, P. Markos and C. M. Soukoulis, “Determination of effective permittivity and permeability of metamaterials from reflection and transmission coefficients,” Phys. Rev., vol. B65, 195104 (19 April 2002)

 

  1. “Next generation solar cells: Trapping sunlight with microbeads,”  http://www.apollon.uio.no/english/articles/2013/trapping-sunlight.html , http://www.apollon.uio.no/artikler/2013/1_energi_sollyset.html

 

  1. J. Gjessing, “Photonic crystals for light trapping in solar cells,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Physics, University of Oslo 2012, ISSN 1501-7710, No. 1163.

 

  1. S.G. Johnson, S. Fan, P.R. Villeneuve, J.D. Joannopoulos, and L.A. Kodolziejski, “Guided modes in photonic crystal slabs,” Phys. Rev., vol. B60, no. 8, pp. 5751-5758, 1999.    (Required reading for PhD students)

 

  1. S. Fan and J. D. Joannopoulos, “Analysis of guided resonances in photonic crystal slabs,” Phys. Rev., vol. B65, p. 235112, 2002.    (Required reading for PhD students)

 

  1. J.O. Grepstad: "Patterned Dielectric Membranes designed for Optical Sensing of Nano-Particles," Doctoral thesis at NTNU, 2014:108 .

 

  1. J. Blad and A.S. Sudb?, “Evanescent modes in out-of-plane band structure for two-dimensional photonic crystals,” Optics Express, vol. 17, No. 9, 27 April 2009, pp. 7171-7187, http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-9-7170 .

 

  1. A.S. Sudb?, “Film Mode Matching: A Versatile Numerical Method for Vector Mode Field Calculations in Dielectric Waveguides,” Pure and Applied Optics, 2, 211-233 (1993). 

 

  1. A.S. Sudb?, “Mode Matching for Photonic Crystal Slabs.”

 

  1. J. Plouin, E. Richalot, O. Picon, M. Carras, A. de Rossi, “Photonic band structures for bi-dimensional metallic mesa gratings,” Optics Express, vol. 14, No. 21, pp. 9982-9987, 2006. 

 

  1. T.A. Birks, J.C. Knight, and P.St.J. Russell, “Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fiber,” Opt. Lett. 22, 961 (1997). 

 

  1. Reeves, W. H.; Knight, J. C.; Russell, P. S. J.; Roberts, P. J., “Demonstration of ultra-flattened dispersion in photonic crystal fibers,” Optics Express, 15 July 2002; 10(14). 

 

Another Textbook

J.M. Lourtioz, H. Benisty, V. Berger, J.M. Gerard, D. Maystre, A. Tchelnokov “Photonic Crystals: Towards Nanoscale Photonic Devices,” Second Ed., Springer, 2008, (published in French by Hermes Science, France, 2003), ISBN: 978-3-540-78346-6, 514 pages,http://www.springer.com/physics/optics/book/978-3-540-78346-6  

Teaching

2 hours discussion of reading material and 1 hour discussion of problem sets every week.

Every Wednesday 13:15-16:00 in Room 408 at ITS, first time 21 August, 2019.

 

Students and teacher will all read the study material every week, and all prepare questions for the discussion. Topics for the problem sets are delayed one week in relation to the topics for discussion.

 

Students may also benefit from the course by attending it via web and email.

Tentative Study Schedule Autumn 2019:

Wk.

Date

Reading material

35

28/8

Magazine article [4]

36

4/9

Chapter 1 and 2 of the textbook [1]

37

11/9

Chapter 3 of the textbook

38

18/9

Chapter 4 of the textbook

39

25/9

Chapter 5 of the textbook

40

2/10

Dissertation of Jo Gjessing, Ch. 1-3 [5]

41

9/10

Chapter 6 of the textbook

42

16/10

Chapter 7 of the textbook

43

23/10

Chapter 8 of the textbook

44

30/10

Sec. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 of Dissertation [8]

45

6/11

Modes in photonic crystal films [9]

46

13/11

Chapter 9 of the textbook

47

20/11

Chapter 10 of the textbook

48

27/11

 

49

4/12

 

   

 

51

18/12

Final Exam

 

Problems Autumn 2019, with due dates

Wk.

Date

Topics for Problem Sets

35

28/8

 

36

4/9

Periodic Film Structure Problems 1-2

37

11/9

Linear Operators

38

18/9

Inversion Symmetry

39

25/9

Periodic Film Structure Problems 3-7

40

2/10

Metamaterials Problems 1-3

41

9/10

Metamaterials Problems 4-7

42

16/10

2D Photonic Crystal  Problems 1-3

43

23/10

2D Metamaterial Problems 1-3

44

30/10

2D Metamaterial Problems 4-5

45

6/11

2D Metamaterial Problem 6

46

13/11

Reflection Grating Problems 1-2

47

20/11

Reflection Grating Problem 3

48

27/11

2D Photonic Crystal  Problem 4

49

4/12

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

Final Oral Examination, date in December negotiable.

 

Updated 26 August 2019, by Aasmund.