Course No：
Title：Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
Class Hours/Week: 4 Credit： 2
Category：elective course
Prerequisites： Physics (university level), Geometrical Optics
Audience：3rd year undergraduate
Teaching manner：bi-linguistic
Course objectives and basic requirements:
The aim of the course is to improve the knowledge of electromagnetic waves, which are very important for many advanced photonics technologies and also to increase the students’ interest in studying electromagnetic wave theory through illustrating its applications in advanced photonics.
Course introduction:
This course introduces the basic theory of electromagnetic waves and their applications in advanced photonics, including microwave waveguides and resonant cavities, nonlinear effects of optical fibers, thin film technology, near-field optics, planar lightwave circuits, subwavelength metamaterials and structures, etc. Application examples are given for most of the subjects taught.
Title：Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
Class Hours/Week: 4 Credit： 2
Category：elective course
Prerequisites： Physics (university level), Geometrical Optics
Audience：3rd year undergraduate
Teaching manner：bi-linguistic
Course objectives and basic requirements:
The aim of the course is to improve the knowledge of electromagnetic waves, which are very important for many advanced photonics technologies and also to increase the students’ interest in studying electromagnetic wave theory through illustrating its applications in advanced photonics.
Course introduction:
This course introduces the basic theory of electromagnetic waves and their applications in advanced photonics, including microwave waveguides and resonant cavities, nonlinear effects of optical fibers, thin film technology, near-field optics, planar lightwave circuits, subwavelength metamaterials and structures, etc. Application examples are given for most of the subjects taught.
Syllabus and lecture schedule:
1) Introduction and Basic of Electromagnetic Waves: 6 hrs
2) Waveguides and resonators: 4 hrs
3) Nonlinear fibers: 4 hrs
4) Thin film technologies: 2 hrs
5) Near-field optics and optical storage: 2 hrs
6) Planar lightwave circuits: 6 hrs
7) Subwavelength metamaterials and structures: 2 hrs
8) Some emerging areas and perspectives: 2 hrs
9) Inquiry hours: 2 hrs
Related teaching sections:
Homework will be assigned for most of the subjects taught.
Test and Grading Criteria：
Test: 60%
Homework and classroom interaction, etc.: 40%. Some project works of SRTP type will be arranged for some students to choose.
1) Introduction and Basic of Electromagnetic Waves: 6 hrs
2) Waveguides and resonators: 4 hrs
3) Nonlinear fibers: 4 hrs
4) Thin film technologies: 2 hrs
5) Near-field optics and optical storage: 2 hrs
6) Planar lightwave circuits: 6 hrs
7) Subwavelength metamaterials and structures: 2 hrs
8) Some emerging areas and perspectives: 2 hrs
9) Inquiry hours: 2 hrs
Related teaching sections:
Homework will be assigned for most of the subjects taught.
Test and Grading Criteria：
Test: 60%
Homework and classroom interaction, etc.: 40%. Some project works of SRTP type will be arranged for some students to choose.
Suggested textbooks or references:
Lecture notes (can be downloaded from the course website)
Lecture notes (can be downloaded from the course website)