Cource description
This postgraduate course covers the following topics concerning Light-Matter Interaction:
• Electromagnetic
optics
•
Photonic-crystal optics
•
Resonator optics
• Statistical optics
•
Photon optics
• Photons and atoms
•
Nonlinear optics
It is based on the book Fundamentals of Photonics,
B.E.A. Saleh and M.C. Teich, 2 ed. (John Wiley & Sons).
*Each
week, the attendants (1) participate in a one-hour
lecture given by the teacher and a one-hour exercise session, (2) read 20-30
pages of the book and solve 4 related exercises at home, (3) explain 2 exercise
solutions per student in the classroom, and (4) evaluate the given
presentations. At the end of the course, the attendants pass the exam. A detailed schedule is attached.