1. Maxwell theory, periodic system – description of material properties, propagation of plane waves
Bloch theorem, boundary conditions in periodic structures, periodic multilayer system, matrix description, 2D and 3D periodic systems
2. Photonic periodic structures – photonic crystal, analogy with solid state crystals, band diagram
2D photonic crystalsy, complete forbiden bangap, 3D photonic crystals cavity in photonic crystals
3. Metamaterials – effective medium theory, basic approxinmation for description of spherical particles, generalized effective medium theories – anisotropic medium, special anisotropic metamaterials, chiral metamaterials, phase effects
4. Recent and potencial future applications of photonic crystals and metamaterials - preparation of photonic crystals and metamaterials, using litography of thin films, self assembled systems
5. Fabry-Perot interference filters and modulators light modulation, waveguides based on photonic crystals, magneto-optical nonreciprocal photonic devices, evanescent waves and ideal image, new materials in optics, anisotropic and chiral materials