6 EC
Semester 2, period 5
5354NANO6Y
Controlling photons, and the interaction of photons with matter is of prime importance in quantum optics, quantum information technology, classical information technology, spectroscopy of matter and, e.g., photovoltaics. Nanophotonics is a very active and young research field that aims at controlling light and matter using materials that are sculpted on the nanoscale. The lectures will cover the following topics:
While the lectures will have a strong theoretical underpinning, the course will also include a visit to nanophotonics laboratories and the nanofabrication facility at the AMOLF institute. Furthermore the lectures will be supplemented with brief presentations by students of recent papers chosen from Nature/Science/Nature Photonics/Nano Letters and Physical Review Letters.
Lectures - transfer of knowledge by building up the theory of nanophotonic phenomena as mentioned in the topic list, and using visual examples from current scientific literature to show the relevance of concepts.
Practical training / computer lab - calculate actual example problems to practice with the formalisms presented in the lectures, and recognizing how concepts emerge / represent themselves in representative example cases.
Fieldwork / excursion - gaining an undestanding of current developments and the state of the art in nanophotonics is ensured by taking the students to nanofabrication and nano-optics measurement set ups, where researchers show actual examples.
Presentation/symposium - the students are asked to resolve a conceptual question, using recent scientific articles as input to use in the presentations. However, the question posed is not answered in those papers, meaning that the students have to combine course knowledge to synthesise a new insight.
Self study - deepening of knowledge.
Activity | Number of hours |
Zelfstudie | 168 |
Requirements concerning attendance (OER-B).
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Final grade | |
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0.3 (30%) symposium | |
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0.7 (70%) homework assignment set |
The manner of inspection will be communicated via the lecturer's website.
Students can inspect their homework during a subsequent problem classes (nominally one week after hand-in - the relevant TA is present to discuss). Also, they can inspect the homework at any time after making an e-mail appointment with the TA or teacher.
- There are 7 homework assignments. They are all graded. They are to be handed in individually. Feedback is given by the TAs, one-on-one, on request. If a particular exercise was not well made across the population, it is discussed in front of the whole group after the homework was handed out.
- The symposium contains presentations based on assignments given to pairs of students, and require significant self-study. During the preparation period, the teacher and TA are available to answer any questions. The presenters are graded individually on three aspects, (1) content, (2) presentation skill, (3) dealing with questions. The grading is done by attendance of the teacher and TAs, who achieve consensus on the grade and feedback after the symposium. Detailed feedback is given to each student via e-mail, after the symposium.
The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl
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The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.
The course timetable 2019 is prepared only when the exact planning of the course sessions by UvA is finalized. Due to the large number of free days in april / may, each year has a different course schedule to make sure that the exercise deadlines are at regular intervals.