Course Description

This semester the seminar will focus on the fundamental physics underlying the field of nanophotonics. Every fourth session will tie the discussions on fundamentals back to lab work with presentations on original research conducted at Rice. Original research, and journal clubs, will also be presented in separate seminars when appropriate, independent of ELEC 603.

Over the course of the semester we will, as a group, step through several key topics on the cutting edge of nanophotonics, along with several important foundational topics. Each discussion will be led by small teams, which will then work together to write a brief summary report on the topic that summarizes both the content from the presentation and from the discussion. At the end of the course these summaries - which will be graded, and then revised by the student authors - will be compiled into a single document that covers the essentials of nanophotonics.

Performance in the course will be assessed on the basis of active participation, written expression, and presentation quality.

Important information, including topics and special seminars, will be distributed via the course mailing list. Please subscribe, if you haven't already, by going to: https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec603-l

Contacts

Instructor: Naomi Halas

Email: halas@rice.edu

Course TAs:

Mark Knight (mwk@rice.edu)

Lisa Brown (lisabrown@rice.edu)

Previous Sessions:

• 2008 - Spring

• 2008 - Fall

• 2009 - Spring