Photonic Materials
Tampere University
Core content
· Optical glasses and polymers:
Common materials used for photonics, fiber and film
· Liquid crystals:
common LC phases; light propagation in LCs; LC displays
· Crystalline materials
· Photonic crystals (1D, 2D, 3D), Metallic optical response
Complementary knowledge
· Glass melting process; polymer preparation; fiber drawing; film deposition techniques; characterization techniques
· Polarized optical microscopy; Defects in LCs; LCs in external fields
· Fabrication and characterization techniques; Linear and nonlinear optics
· Fabrication processes for layered/periodic photonic materials; Plasmonic sensors
Specialist knowledge
· Composition-structure-spectroscopic properties relations; Properties-fiber drawing/film deposition relations
· Structure; phase relations; Liquid crystal polymers; Liquid crystal lasers
· Others (ceramics, crystals for lasers¿)
· Bioinspired photonics; Metamaterials and metasurfaces
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