Syllabus Application
Nano-Optics
EE 567
Faculty:
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Semester:
Fall 2025-2026
Course:
Nano-Optics - EE 567
Classroom:
FENS-L058
Level of course:
Masters
Course Credits:
SU Credit:3.000, ECTS:10
Prerequisites:
-
Corequisites:
-
Course Type:
Lecture
Instructor(s) Information
İbrahim Kürşat Şendur
- Email: sendur@sabanciuniv.edu
Course Information
Catalog Course Description
This course will cover nano-optical devices and transducers and their applications for manipulating light on the nanoscale. Interaction of light with nano-structures, thin-films, metallic nano-antennas has many potential applications. This course is intended to teach students the principals of nano-optics encountered in different applications. Therefore, this course can be of interest for students in many departments. In addition to homework and exams, individual projects will be assigned to students to apply their new knowledge of nano-optical systems in different applications.
Course Learning Outcomes:
| 1. | Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Analyze the limitations of classical optical systems. |
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| 2. | Identify existing and emerging applications of nano-optics. |
| 3. | Identify the theoretical basis for and potential practical applications of surface plasmons. |
| 4. | Identify the limitations of nano-optical systems for various applications. |
| 5. | Gain hands-on experience in the modeling and design of simple nano-optical systems. |
| 6. | Simulate and analyze nano-optical systems with a full-wave solver (Ansoft/HFSS) |
| 7. | Gain hands-on experience in Matlab to analyze diffraction limited systems using ray-tracing. |
Course Objective
• Understand the limitations of classical optical systems.
• Learn existing and emerging applications of nano-optics.
• Learn different operational modes of nano-optical microscopes.
• Understand the differences between various nano-optical probes, nano-waveguides, and nano-antennas.
• Gain hands-on experience in the modeling and design of simple nano-optical systems.
• Learn existing and emerging applications of nano-optics.
• Learn different operational modes of nano-optical microscopes.
• Understand the differences between various nano-optical probes, nano-waveguides, and nano-antennas.
• Gain hands-on experience in the modeling and design of simple nano-optical systems.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Related to This Course:
| Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure |
Course Materials
Resources:
Text Book:
Principles of Nano-optics, Lukas Novotny and Bert Hecht, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Reference Books:
1. Nano-optics, Satoshi Kawata, Motoichi Ohtsu, and Masahiro Irie, Springer, 2002.
2. Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and on Gratings, Heinz Raether, Springer-Verlag, 1988.
3. Nanophotonics with Surface Plasmons, Vlademir Shalaev and Satoshi Kawata, Elsevier, 2007.
4. Tip Enhancement, Satoshi Kawata and Vlademir Shalaev, Elsevier, 2007.
5. Near-Field Optics and Surface Plasmon Polaritons, Satoshi Kawata, Motoichi Ohtsu, and Masahiro Irie, Springer-Verlag, 2001.
Principles of Nano-optics, Lukas Novotny and Bert Hecht, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Reference Books:
1. Nano-optics, Satoshi Kawata, Motoichi Ohtsu, and Masahiro Irie, Springer, 2002.
2. Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and on Gratings, Heinz Raether, Springer-Verlag, 1988.
3. Nanophotonics with Surface Plasmons, Vlademir Shalaev and Satoshi Kawata, Elsevier, 2007.
4. Tip Enhancement, Satoshi Kawata and Vlademir Shalaev, Elsevier, 2007.
5. Near-Field Optics and Surface Plasmon Polaritons, Satoshi Kawata, Motoichi Ohtsu, and Masahiro Irie, Springer-Verlag, 2001.