ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 4 Expository Class: 10 Interactive Classroom: 16 Total: 30
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Electronics and Computing, External department linked to the degrees, Particle Physics
Areas: Electronics, Área externa M.U en Nanociencia e Nanotecnoloxía, Condensed Matter Physics
Center Faculty of Pharmacy
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (Ofertada)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Alumnado Repetidor)
Nanophotonics is responsible for the study of light at the nanometer scale and benefits biology, chemistry, and engineering through new microscopy schemes, modification of external reactions, and integrated devices for optical switching. Like the other disciplines of the nano, nanophotonics faces the challenge of dealing with the rules of the game in the world of children, where quantum physics is proprietary and loving, and deterministic concepts lose their usefulness. However, these new rules produce unparalleled phenomena in the macroscopic world and thus become an advantage for the nanotechnologist.
Thus, the objectives of the subject are to give an overview of the state of the art of nanophotonics, to introduce the fundamentals of nanomaterials and nanostructures for the emission, modulation and detection of light and to make known the main fields of application of nanophotonic devices.
Lecture program (10 h)
Fundamentals of nanophotonics: light as a wave and quantum particle.
Nanoscale light confinement: plasmonics and metamaterials.
Light-emitting nanoparticles.
Molecular nanophotonic materials.
Nanoplasmics in biomedicine: bioimaging and phototherapy.
Solar cells, photodetectors and light emitters.
Computational modeling of nanomaterials, structures and devices.
Periodic structures at the nanoscale: from natural photonic crystals to the integrated chip.
Interactive class program (4 h)
In the seminars and in the practical classes of blackboard the alumnado will discuss and solve questions and problems related with the matter. This material, in some cases, will be available on the subject's website or will be provided by the teachers in the corresponding interactive class. Oral presentations of previously prepared topics are also included, followed by debate with the participation of both students and teachers.
Program of practical classes (10 h).
The program will be adapted according to the situation in which we find ourselves. The following are possible practices to perform.
Calculation of temperature distribution in plasmonic NP distributions.
Manufacture of a periodic diffraction grating.
Design, manufacture and characterization of a material with plasmonic properties.
Design, fabrication and characterization of a sun cell.
Basic bibliography
Nanophotonics, P. N. Prasad. John Wiley & Songs, 2004.
Introduction to Nanophotonics. S.V. Gaponenko. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Fundamentals of Optoelectronics. C.R. Pollock. Irwin, 1995.
Optical Properties of Solids. Mark Fox. Second edition. Oxford University Press, 2010.
Principles of Nano-Optics. Lukas Novotny, Bert Hecht. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Modern Plasmonics. A. A. Maradudin, J. R. Sambles, B. Barnes, Elseiver, 2014.
Third Generation Photovoltaics: Advanced Solar Energy Conversion. M.A. Green. Springer, 2003.
Physics of Solar Cells. P. Wurfel. Wiley, 2009.
Comprehensive chiroptical spectroscopy, N. Berova, Wiley, 2012.
Chiroptical Sensing: A Conceptual Introduction, Sensors, 2020, 20, 974.
Complementary bibliography
Current scientific literature, review articles, and tutorials provided by faculty.
Basics:
CB06: Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context.
CB07: That students know how to apply the acquired knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or little known environments within broader or multidisciplinary contexts related to their area of study.
CB08: That the students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge.
CB09: That the students know how to communicate their conclusions and the final knowledge and reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unequivocal way.
General:
CG02: Know how to apply knowledge to problem solving in the multidisciplinary field of research and innovation related to nanoscience and nanotechnology.
CG03: Be able to identify scientific theories and models and appropriate methodological approaches for the design and evaluation of nanostructured materials.
CG05: have knowledge and skills to participate in research projects and scientific or technological collaborations, in interdisciplinary contexts and with a high component of knowledge transfer.
CG6: Have leadership skills, creativity, initiative and entrepreneurship.
CG9: Have knowledge of oral and written communication and scientific interaction with professionals from other areas of knowledge.
CG10: Acquire the necessary training to be able to integrate in future doctoral studies in nanoscience and nanotechnology or in related fields.
Transversal:
CT01: Know how to propose a simple research project autonomously in Galician, Spanish and English.
CT02: Know how to develop a collaborative work in multidisciplinary teams.
CT03: Use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a tool for the transmission of knowledge, results and conclusions in specialized fields in a clear and rigorous way.
Specific:
CE03: Acquire conceptual and practical knowledge about self-assembly and self-organization processes in macromolecular systems that are necessary for the design of new nanomaterials and nanostructures.
CE05: Evaluate the relationships and differences between the properties of materials on a macro, micro and nano scale.
Theoretical classes with student participation.
Discussion of case studies in seminars with the support of computer methods and a blackboard.
Problem-based learning
Oral presentations of previously prepared topics, followed by debate with the participation of students and teachers.
Attendance at conferences or round tables.
The evaluation will consist of:
Written exam on basic content of the subject that will involve between 40% and 60% of the final mark. The exam of the subject, which will be held on the date indicated in the guide of the corresponding course, will consist of short answer questions and problem solving. The maximum score will be 10 points. In this part a minimum score of 4 points is required for the scores of the other two items that are valued to compute.
Active participation in seminars and practical classes that will represent between 25 and 35% of the final mark. Active participation in seminars and laboratory practices will be evaluated. This assessment will be carried out by solving questions and problems raised in class, the presentation of works and the intervention in the debates that may arise.
Oral presentations that will represent between 15% and 25% of the final mark. The expository clarity and the ability to answer the questions that will be asked will be evaluated.
The schedule of face-to-face training activities is 30. The student's personal work hours are estimated at 45.
It is very important to participate in all classes.
It is essential to consult the bibliography and try to complete with advanced aspects the most fundamental concepts that are explained in class.
The student must avoid the simple effort of memory and guide the study to understand, reason and relate the contents of the subject.
For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for the evaluation of students' academic performance and the review of grades will apply.
Antonio Jesus Garcia Loureiro
- Department
- Electronics and Computing
- Area
- Electronics
- Phone
- 881816467
- antonio.garcia.loureiro [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Pablo Alfonso Del Pino Gonzalez De La Higuera
Coordinador/a- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Condensed Matter Physics
- pablo.delpino [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer