Photonics in Materials

Semester: 
Spring
2nd year course of the Department of Materials Science.

Main Topics:

  • Applied geometric and wave optics
  • Introduction to quantum mechanics and light-matter interaction
  • Principles of solid-state physics
  • Practical applications of photonics and current technologies under development
  • Computational simulation of light-trapping in thin-film solar cells
  • Laboratory on synthesis and analysis of quantum dots for nanotechnology applications