Fundamentals Of Nano And Quantum Photonics
offered by IIT Hyderabad

Public/Government Institute
Estd. 2008

Fundamentals Of Nano And Quantum Photonics
at
IIT Hyderabad
Overview

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the principles, applications, and emerging technologies in the interdisciplinary fields of nanophotonics and quantum optics

Duration	12 weeks
Mode of learning	Online
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Credential	Certificate

Fundamentals Of Nano And Quantum Photonics
at
IIT Hyderabad
Highlights

Earn a Certificate after completion of the course

Fundamentals Of Nano And Quantum Photonics
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IIT Hyderabad
Course details

Skills you will learn

Statistics Engineering Design

Who should do this course?

Post-graduate and PhD research scholars in Photonics
Senior undergraduate students pursuing ECE/EE/Physics or related programs

More about this course

This course objective is to familiarize students to the research frontiers in Nano and Quantum Optics
This course will discuss fundamental principles with emphasis on developing intuitive understanding and developing analytical techniques

Fundamentals Of Nano And Quantum Photonics
at
IIT Hyderabad
Curriculum

Week 1

Introduction to nanophotonics – Why nanophotonics? Review of electromagnetics, Maxwell equations and Wave Optics, Electromagnetic radiation and evanescent waves, the Diffraction limit of light

Week 2

Light-matter interaction - Dielectric function, Kramers-Kronig relationship, Drude-Lorentz and Drude models, Interband and Intraband transitions

Week 3

Plasmonics - Quasi-static limit, nanoparticle as a plasmonic atom, size-dependent absorption and scattering, coupled nanoparticles, plasmon hybridization

Week 4

Dielectric nanophotonics – Photonics in 2D, 1D and 0D semiconductors, Selection rules, Photonic density of states

Week 5

Electromagnetic waves in 1D periodic potential - Scattering from planar interfaces, Photonic bandgaps, Rayleigh anomalies

Week 6

Electromagnetic waves in 2D periodic potential - Electric and magnetic metamaterials, negative refractive index, superlens and hyperlens, Plasmonic and Dielectric metasurfaces

Week 7

Light emitting(active) metamaterials - Optical gain, Radiative and non-radiative transitions, Amplified emission, Lasing threshold, Nano-lasers

Week 8

Nanofabrication of photonic devices – examples from recent literature on nanophotonic devices, Classical to quantum nanophotonics (small dimensions + low intensity/few photons)

Week 9

Photon Statistics - Photonics in the quantum regime, Classification of light by Photons statistics, Super-Poissonian and sub-Poissonian light, photo-detection

Week 10

Photon Anti-bunching - Hanbury-Brown Twiss interferometer, second-order correlation function, photon bunching and anti-bunching, Single-Photon Sources

Fundamentals Of Nano And Quantum Photonics
at
IIT Hyderabad
Faculty details

Prof. Naresh Kumar Emani

Dr. Naresh Kumar Emani is an assistant professor in the electrical engineering department of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. Prior to joining IIT Hyderabad he worked as a Scientist at Data Storage Institute(A*STAR), Singapore and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company(TSMC), Hsinchu, Taiwan.