AEP 4450

Electromagnetic and Optical Metamaterials

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

Introductory Senior-level course on electromagnetic and optical metamaterials. The properties of matter can be molded and tailored on subwavelength spatial scales yielding 'metamaterials' with properties very different from naturally occurring materials, thereby opening up new directions for applications. The course introduces the electromagnetic and optical properties of surface plasmons and polaritons, artificial magnetic materials, negative-index materials, nanostructured optical materials, etc. The course also discusses the applications of these materials in diverse areas including electromagnetic cloaking and invisibility, stealth technologies, optical super-lensing, bio-chemical sensing, conformal optics, meta-surfaces, and non-reciprocal devices.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ECE 3030 or AEP 3550, or permission of instructor.

When Offered Spring.

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