Fundamentals of Nano and Quantum Photonics

By Prof. Naresh Kumar Emani | IIT Hyderabad

Learners enrolled: 672

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

This course is primarily designed for post-graduate and PhD research scholars in Photonics. Senior undergraduate students pursuing ECE/EE/Physics or related programs will also benefit by exposure to this frontier area of research. Faculty interesting in expanding their knowledge base and/or prepare for research programs will also find it beneficial.

PRE-REQUISITES: Introduction to Semiconductor Devices (108106181 or equivalent), Introduction to Photonics (108106135), Elementary quantum mechanics.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Semiconductor Industry.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	25 Jul 2022
End Date :	14 Oct 2022
Enrollment Ends :	08 Aug 2022
Exam Date :	29 Oct 2022 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

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

Week 11: Canonical quantization - Quantum harmonic oscillator, phasor diagrams and quadratures, Vacuum fluctuations, Coherent states, Number-phase uncertainty

Week 12: Resonant light-atom interactions - time-dependent Schrodinger equations, Strong and weak coupling, Rabi-oscillations

Books and references

Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications. Wenshan Cai and Vladimir Shalaev, Springer (2010).
Introduction to Nanophotonics, Sergey V. Gaponenko, Cambridge University Press (2010).
Nano and quantum optics -An introduction to basic principles and theory. Ulrich Hohenester. 1^st edition, Springer (2020).
Quantum optics: an introduction, Fox, M. 1^st edition, Oxford University Press (2006).

Instructor bio

Prof. Naresh Kumar Emani

IIT Hyderabad

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. He received his MTech degree in Microelectronics from IIT Bombay, and PhD degree from Purdue University. His research interests are in the areas of Dielectric Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Silicon Photonics and Solar Photovoltaics. Further details can be found on his webpage https://iith.ac.in/~nke/

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: 29 October 2022 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.

Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team