Nanoplasmonik

What it is about

You will learn the physical foundations and technologies of nanophotonic metal systems and nanostructures. The focus is on the light–matter interaction at metal–dielectric interfaces, generation and detection of surface plasmon polaritons, as well as plasmonic waveguides and nanoparticles. In the end you can derive dispersion relations, name generation and detection methods, and assess basic fabrication and application aspects.

What you will be able to do

• Optical properties of metals
• Prerequisites for the generation of surface plasmon polaritons
• Derivation of the dispersion relation of bound surface plasmon polaritons at metal–dielectric boundaries
• Enumeration and explanation of various methods for generation and detection of surface plasmon polaritons
• Fabrication methods for plasmonic nanostructures
• Behavior of surface plasmon polaritons in plasmonic waveguides
• Quasistatic approximation for localized surface plasmon polaritons in metallic nanoparticles
• Applications for surface plasmon polaritons

What the module consists of

• Vorlesung (2 SWS)Presentation of content using PowerPoint; conveying the fundamentals and advanced topics
• Übung/Diskussionsrunde (1 SWS)Group work for literature discussion and deepening the course content

Teaching method

• PowerPoint-VorlesungPresentation of lecture content and conveyance of theory
• Gruppenarbeit/DiskussionDeepening through discussion of book chapters, review articles and important publications