Plasmonics and Nanophotonics

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	480-4049/01
Abbreviation	PaN
Course title	Plasmonics and Nanophotonics
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Physics
Course coordinator	Ing. Michal Gryga, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Maxwell equations and propagation of electromagnetic waves.
2. Introduction to optical properties of solids.
3. Mathematical-physical models for plasmonics.
4. Surface plasmon polaritons.
5. Excitation, detection and application of surface plasmon polaritons.
6. Localized plasmon polaritons and their applications.
7. Multilayer structures - 1D photonic crystals - Bloch surface waves.
8. Tamm plasmons and their applications.
9. Metamaterials and Metasurfaces.
10. Detection of physical quantities using surface waves.
11. Detection of chemical quantities using surface waves.
12. The latest trends in sensoring.

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.

Literature

MAIER, Stefan A. Plasmonics: fundamentals and applications. New York: Springer, c2007. ISBN 978-0-387-33150-8.
NOVOTNY, Lukas a HECHT, Bert. Principles of nano-optics. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-107-00546-4.
BENISTY, Henri; GREFFET, Jean-Jacques a LALANNE, Philippe. Introduction to nanophotonics. Oxford graduate texts. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, [2022]. ISBN 978-019-878613-9.

Advised literature

GUPTA, B., D., SRIVASTAVA, S., K., VERMA, R.: Fiber Optic Sensors Based on Plasmonics, World Scientific, 2015, .
RAETHER, H.: Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and on Gratings, Springer, 2013, .
MASANOBU IWANAGA. Plasmonic Resonators: Fundamentals, Advances, and Applications. 1st Edition. ISBN-13: 978-981474506.

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