Course InformationCourse Information

Instructor: Prof. Zhaowei Liu, EBU1, Room 3207 (x23470) zhaowei@ucsd.edu

Lecture: Time: Mon. Wed. 10:30am-12:00pm Location: EBU1 4309

Office Hour:Time: Mon. 2:00pm-3:00pmLocation: EBU1 3207

Course website:http://circuit.ucsd.edu/~zhaowei/Teaching.htmlPassword: ece280_2009

ECE 280: Nano-Plasmonics and Its Applications

Grading policyGrading policy

One literature presentation (~15 minutes) and project report will be required. You need to read one or few articles published recently in one of the leading journals, such as Science or Nature, and make a presentation/report with a critical review of the paper. You should provide a comprehensive background description, major achievements or observation of the paper and also a summary in your presentation/report. Critiques and perspectives from your point of view are highly recommended.

Grading Policy: Grading Policy:

30% presence + 40% presentation (2) + 30% project paper (130% presence + 40% presentation (2) + 30% project paper (1--2 pages)2 pages)

Week 5: find one specific topicWeek 7: brief outlineWeek 11: final

Overall scheduleOverall schedule

Final PresentationFinal Presentation FinalMar. 11Mar. 9Week10Mar. 4Mar. 2Week9Feb. 25Feb. 23Week8

Outline preparation Feb. 18// President’s dayFeb. 16Week7Feb. 11Changhuei Yang Feb. 9Week6

Find one topicFeb. 4Feb. 2Week5Harry Atwater(Jan. 30)Jan. 28Jan. 26Week4

Jan. 21//Martin Luther KingJan. 19Week3Jan. 14John MiaoJan. 12Week2Jan. 7Overview Jan. 5Week1WedMon

Format: Lectures + seminars (invited speakers)

What is plasmonicsWhat is plasmonics

Plasmonics

Plasmon

Electronics

Electron

Plasmons: the quasipartile resulting from the quantization of plasma oscillations

Photons lightPhonons sound

Plasmons are collective oscillations of the free electron gas density, often at optical frequencies. --> surface plasmons

Plasmonics: electron oscillation at optical frequency. (optics at nanoscale)

A brief historyA brief history

The Lycurgus CupProbably made in Rome

1902-19084th century

1902, Robert W. WoodWood’s anomalies

1904, Maxwell GarnettMetal doped glass

1908, Gustav MieMie scattering

1956-1968

1956, David PinesElectrons loss through metal “plasmons”

1957, Rufus RitchieFirst study of “surface plasmons”

1968, Ritchie explained the Wood’s anomaly

1968, Andreas Otto, Erich Kretschmann, Heinz Raether, optical excitation of surface plasmons.

1990’s-present

1997, sub-λ waveguide

1998, SP mediated extraordinary transmission

2000, perfect lens

2005, superlens

2008, hyperlens

…

The growth of the fieldThe growth of the field

M. L. Brongersma, P. G. Kik, Surface Plasmon Nanophotonics

Why it is importantWhy it is important

ElectronicsElectronicsElectronics The pastThe pastThe past

PhotonicsPhotonicsPhotonicsPlasmonicsPlasmonicsPlasmonics

Critical Dimension

1μm 10μm 100μm100nm10nm

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ratin

g Fr

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ncy

1GHz

1THz

1MHz

1KHz

Electromagnetic waves -- New carrier material

Syllabus Syllabus

• Week 1: Overview and basics of the plasmonics

• Week 2: Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensing

• Week 3: 2D plasmonics and waveguiding

• Week 4: Super resolution imaging

• Week 5: Extraordinary transmission and light beaming

• Week 6: Localized SPPs and their applications

• Week 7: Plasmonic metamaterials

• Week 8: Nonlinear plasmonics, SERS, SPASER

• Week 9: General issues and case studies

• Week 10: Other techniques in super-resolution imaging

• Week 11: Final presentation

2-4 invited speakers will give a seminar occasionally.

ReferencesReferences

Week 1: Surface Week 1: Surface plasmonsplasmons basicsbasics

2/1

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SP

What is surface plasmons?How to excite surface plasmons?

Concept: the refractive index change will shift the resonance angle

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Week2: SPR sensingWeek2: SPR sensing

Week3: 2D Plasmonic and Week3: 2D Plasmonic and WaveguidingWaveguiding

Waveguide and ResonatorCondenserand Lens

Mirror and Beam-splitter

Λ

2μm|E|

Interference

Week4: Week4: SuperlensingSuperlensing

superlens

X-lens

Objective

Far-field Superlens

Near-field Superlens

Hyperlens

Science, 2005

Science, 2007Nano Lett., 2007

Week5: Week5: Extraordinary transmissionExtraordinary transmission

SP assisted extraordinary transmission and light beaming

Week6: Week6: Localized SP and ApplicationsLocalized SP and Applications

Particle plasmon coupling

Week7: Week7: Plasmonic Metamaterials Plasmonic Metamaterials

Nature Materials

1nm

Unit: atoms

10 nm -100 μm

Metamaterials

Unit: Meta “atoms” Artificial nanostructures

New Opportunities ??New Opportunities ??

Week8: Week8: Nonlinear Nonlinear SPsSPs, SERS, SPASER, SERS, SPASER

SPs strong E-M field nonlinear effectRaman scattering

Week9: Week9: General Issues and Other TopicsGeneral Issues and Other Topics

Other fantasy topics:

• Material better than Ag• Ultrafast plasmonics• Plasmonic laser• Plasmonic switch or transistor• SP at low temperature • SP in magnetic systems• Quantum SP• Circuits and network of SPs• Single molecular sensitivity in SERS• Models for SP system beyond n(w), k(w)

Suggestions from GRC

Week10: Week10: High resolution imaging High resolution imaging techniquestechniques

Near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM)

Structured illumination microscopy (SIM)

Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy

Single molecule localization related techniques

Week11: Week11: Final PresentationsFinal Presentations

INTERESTING TOPICS ON PLASMONICS

Tom Cruise