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When optical components are reduced to the nanoscale, they exhibit interesting properties that can be harnessed to create new devices. For example, imagine a block of material with thin layers of alternating materials. This creates a periodic arrangement of alternating dielectric constants, forming a "photonic crystal" that is analogous to the electronic crystals used in semiconductor devices. Photonic crystals, along with quantum dots and other devices patterned at the nanoscale, may form the basis for sensors and switches used in computers and telecommunications. More information on Nanophotonics can be found here.

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  1. S4 Tutorial

    Courses | 08 Apr 2021 | Contributor(s):: Jie Zhu, Enas Sakr, Peter Bermel

    This three part tutorial for the S4 tool on nanoHUB and is designed for the nanoHUB IGNITE challenge. In the tutorial, we give an overview of the S4 electromagnetic simulation tool, and demonstrate the basic features through three examples. In the first example, we explain how a plane wave...

  2. ECE 695NS: Numerical Simulations of Electro-optic Energy Systems

    Courses | 10 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Peter Bermel

    SPring 2017This course is currently in production. It is made available in this incomplete form to support the student currently taking this course.

  3. PHYS 620: Optical Properties of Solids

    Courses | 13 Feb 2013 | Contributor(s):: Roberto Merlin

    Winter 2013Course Outline:INTRODUCTION, ELECTRODYNAMICS OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA (Maxwell’s equations. Permittivity and permeability. Scattering).KRAMERS-KRÖNIG RELATIONS, PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS (Drude and Lorentz models. Quantum mechanical description).SEMICONDUCTORS: INTERBAND...

  4. Illinois ECE 460 Optical Imaging

    Courses | 03 Nov 2011 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu

    Introduction to visible and infrared imaging systems covering fields, optical elements, electronic sensors, and embedded processing systems. Lectures and labs cover active and passive illumination, ranging, holography, polarization, coherence, spectroscopy, and sampling with an emphasis on...

  5. Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series

    Courses | 23 Feb 2011 | Contributor(s):: Akash Garg, Albert Liao, Omar N Sobh

    The Nanoelectronics and Nanophotonics (NANO-EP) seminar focuses on topics that span the fields of nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanobioelectronics, and others with biweekly talks. The seminar's goal is to promote interaction and discussion in the nano field, particularly amongst the...

  6. [Illinois] ECE 398: Electronic and Photonic Devices

    Courses | 07 Feb 2011 | Contributor(s):: Kent D Choquette

    Fall Semester, 2010 A first course on active and passive photonic devices and applications. Optical processes in dielectric and semiconductor materials discussed including waveguide propagation, confinement, electrical junctions, and emission/absorption. Active and passive photonic components...

  7. Illinois ECE 460 Principles of Optical Imaging (Fall 2008)

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    Courses | 30 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu

    Introduction to visible and infrared imaging systems covering fields, optical elements, electronic sensors, and embedded processing systems. Lectures and labs cover active and passive illumination, ranging, holography, polarization, coherence, spectroscopy, and sampling with an emphasis on...

  8. Metamaterials: A New Paradigm of Physics and Engineering

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    Courses | 01 May 2008 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev

    Three part lecture on metamaterials. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new “meta-devices”. In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field...

  9. ECE 695s Nanophotonics

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    Courses | 30 Aug 2006 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev

    Welcome to the ECE 695S lecturesThe course will cover nanoscale processes and devices and their applications for manipulating light on the nanoscale. The following topics will be covered:Fundamentals, Maxwell’s equations, light-matter interaction, dispersion, EM properties of nanostructures,...

  10. Curriculum on Nanotechnology

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    Courses | 27 Jan 2005

    To exploit the opportunities that nanoscience is giving us, engineers will need to learn how to think about materials, devices, circuits, and systems in new ways. The NCN seeks to bring the new understanding emerging from research in nanoscience into the graduate and undergraduate curriculum. The...