FYSS5404 Photonics (7 cr)

Open the course unit brochure on Sisu
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Physics
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024

Description

Properties of light:

  • Ray-Optics

  • Wave-optics

  • Fourier optics

  • Electromagnetic optics

  • Polarization optics

Confined light:

  • Photonic crystals

  • Waveguides

  • Optical fibers

  • Cavities

  • Surface Plasmons

  • Semi-classical approach:

  • Atoms interacting with a classical electromagnetic field

  • Principles of lasers

Non-classical light:

  • Quantization of electromagnetic field

  • Interaction of an atom with the quantized electromagnetic field 

Learning outcomes

After completion, students can:

  • Model optical problems with different tools and models.

  • Explain the basic principles of light guiding and confinement

  • Apply the theory of light-atom interaction.

  • Explain the principles of lasers

  • Quantize free electromagnetic field

  • Model the light-atom interaction with quantized field (Jaynes-Cummings –model)

  • Understand the basics of cQED 

Additional information

The course is aimed for both experimentally oriented students, who also want to know the theoretical principles, as well as for theoretically oriented people, who want to learn also how to model practical problems in addition to the theory. 

Description of prerequisites

  • FYSP1050 Basics of electromagnetism

  • especially Maxwell’s equations and optics

  • FYSA2001 Modern physics, part A

  • FYSA2031-FYSA2032 Quantum mechanics, parts A&B or KEMS401 Quantum chemistry 

Study materials

Lecture slides

Literature

  • Grynberg, Aspect, Fabre: Introduction to Quantum Optics
  • Saleh, Teich: Fundamentals of Photonics

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
Given every other year; starting 2020-2021.
Evaluation criteria:
Exercises, laboratory work + midterm exams or final exam (for example exercises 40%, exams 40%, laboratory work 20%).
Time of teaching:
Period 3, Period 4
Select all marked parts

Method 2

Description:
This completion method is intended for students for whom method 1 is not possible for specific reasons (e.g. language, living elsewhere). Contact the teacher before enrolling to the course via this completion method.
Evaluation criteria:
Exercises, laboratory exercises, laboratory work and final exam (for example exercises 40%, exam 40%, laboratory work 20%). and final exam (for example exercises 40%, exam 40%, laboratory work 20%).
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
x

Participation in teaching (7 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Exercises, laboratory work + midterm exams or final exam (for example exercises 40%, exams 40%, laboratory work 20%).
Language:
English
Study methods:

Lectures, exercises and laboratory work + exam(s).  

No published teaching
x

Independent study (7 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Exercises, laboratory work and final exam (for example exercises 40%, exam 40%, laboratory work 20%).
Language:
English
Study methods:

Self-study, exercises, laboratory works and final exam.  

Teaching