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Photonic crystals and matamaterials

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 9360-0226/01
Abbreviation FKM
Course title Photonic crystals and matamaterials
Credits 10
Coordinating department CNT - Nanotechnology Centre
Course coordinator doc. Dr. Mgr. Kamil Postava

Subject syllabus

1. Maxwell theory, periodic system

boundary conditions of Maxwell equations, description of material properties, propagation of plane waves
Bloch theorem, boundary conditions in periodic structures
periodic multilayer system, matrix description, Chebyshev polynomials, forbiden bandgap
2D and 3D periodic systems, methods of solution

2. Photonic periodic structures

photonic crystal, analogy with solid state crystals, band diagram
2D photonic crystalsy, systém of holes with square and hexagonal symmetry
complete forbiden bangap, 3D photonic crystals
cavity in photonic crystals and propagation of light in photonic crystals

3. Metamaterials

effective medium theory, basic approxinmation for description of spherical particles
generalized effective medium theories – anisotropic medium, ellipsoidal particles, multilayer particles
negative refractive index, electric and magnetic resonances
special anisotropic metamaterials, chiral metamaterials

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
Fabry-Perot interference filters and modulators
light modulation, waveguides based on photonic crystals, magneto-optical nonreciprocal photonic devices
application of negative refractive index, evanescent waves and ideal image, metamaterials in microwave and their applications
new materials in optics, anisotropic and chiral materials

Literature

J.M. Lourtioz, H. Benisty, V. Berger, J.-M. Gerard, D. Maystre, A. Tchelnokov, Photonic Crystals: Towards Nanoscale Photonic Devices, Springer 2005
J.D. Joannopoulos, R.D. Meade, J.N. Winn, Photonic crystals: Molding the flow of light, Princeton University Press 1995
K. Inoue, K. Ohtaka (Eds.), Photonic Crystals: Physics, fabrication and applications, Springer 2004
A.K. Sarychev, V.M. Electrodynamics of Metamaterials, World Scientific 2007
V.M. Shalaev, Optical properties of nanostructured and random media, Springer 2002

Advised literature

papers in international journals Opt. Express, Nature Photonics, J. Phot. Nanotsr. etc.