This advanced course on optical materials covers functional materials that function based on the interaction between mainly inorganic substances and light, electromagnetic waves, and magnetic Felds.
The first half of the course covers the excellent optical properties that arise from the special structure and properties of inorganic materials, as well as the functions and principles of expression of optical materials and elements that utilize them such as optical fiber, optical waveguides, lasers, optical amplifiers, optical resonators, electrooptic elements, and nonlinear optical elements. In the latter half students learn to see things in terms of the correlation between light or electromagnetic waves and magnetism. After learning about device applications related to light and magnetism, students verify the magnetizing behavior and ferromagnetic resonance of the typical high-frequency magnetic material ferrite. Students also learn about metamaterials for creating substances with a peculiar refractive index by controlling electric permittivity and magnetic permeability through the introduction of artificial structures.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) know about the relationships between structure and properties of optical materials.
2) understand the principles of optical wave propagation theory in fiber and waveguide, and the derived functionality.
3)understand the principles of laser oscillation, optical amplification, and their optical phenomena inside the optical cavity structure.
4) know the interaction of electric field with inorganic materials and the induced electro-optical and non-linear optical phenomena.
5) know the device application of high-frequency magnetic material and magneto-optical material.
6) understand the basic theory, structures and functions of metamaterial in the micro-, terahertz-, and photonic-wave and study a basic guide line to design metamaterial.
Optical materials, optical wave, propagation, optical fiber, optical waveguide, optical oscillation, optical amplification, electro-optic effect, optical nonlinear effect, Photonics and magnetics, Metamaterial, Permittivity, Permeability, Ferromagnetic resonance
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Exercise problems would be provided occasionally for better understanding of the course contents.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Inorganic materials for Optics and photonics | Optical window, single crystal, glass |
Class 2 | Optical fiber of inorganic glass | optical fiber, optical loss, core-clad structure, silica glass |
Class 3 | Optical waveguide of inorganic materials | optical waveguide, silica glass, dielectric single crystal |
Class 4 | Optical cavity of inorganic materials | optical cavity, Q value |
Class 5 | Optical amplification in inorganic materials | optical amplification, gain, population inversion |
Class 6 | Lasing in inorganic materials | laser, threshold |
Class 7 | Electro-optic phenomena in inorganic materials | electro-optic effect, Pockels effect, Kerr effect, modulation |
Class 8 | Optical non-linear effect in inorganic materials | optical non-linearity, Index ellipsoid, harmonic generation, electro-optic effect, optical wave-mixing |
Class 9 | Photonic and Magnetic Devices | Magneto-optical effect, Photo-assisted magnetic recording, Isolator |
Class 10 | Magnetic Material in High Frequency Range | Magnetic dynamics, Ferromagnetic resonance, Ferrite |
Class 11 | Overview of Metamaterial | Permittivity and Permeability, negative refractive index |
Class 12 | Microwave metamaterial | left-handed system |
Class 13 | Terahertz and Optical Metamaterial | Control of structure and property |
Class 14 | Paper investigation on advanced photonic and magnetic materials I | Advanced photonic materials, Advanced magnetic materials |
Class 15 | Paper investigation on advanced photonic and magnetic materials II | Advanced photonic materials, Advanced magnetic materials |
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Achievement is evaluated by the percentage of attendance, homeworks or presentation and final exam.
Students must have completed a course of electromagnetics or have equivalent knowledge.