Introduction to Photonics

15 Setembro 2020, 09:00 • José Manuel Rebordão

1 - Introduction to Photonics

Objectives, contents, bibliography, assessment of Photonics.

The industry of Photonics. Some strategic documents and key markets.

Laboratory classes: experiments to be implemented (David Alves)

2 - EM description of matter (revision)

Phenomenology of dispersion, Abbe Number.

Relation P(E). How this relation is used with Maxwell equations; linear, non-dispersive, homogeneous and isotropic media. Causality principle. Formal relations for linear and uniform media and for anisotropic media. Linear and nonlinear optical regimes, the relevance of the electrical field of the H atom to gauge the linearity or non-linearity of the models.