Actual problems of modern physics

2025/2026

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Faculty of Physics

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

3 year, 4 module

Instructors

Aleksandrov, Nikolay

Драчев Владимир Прокопьевич

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course Nanophotonics aims to develop an understanding of optical phenomena at the nanometer scale, i.e. in the region of the diffraction limit and beyond. The elements that make up the subject matter of the course are usually scattered across different disciplines. Nano-optics and photonics draws on classical optics, quantum optics and spectroscopy. In the presence of spatial inhomogeneities, the Rayleigh limit of light localization loses its strictness. Unlimited localization of light becomes possible, at least theoretically. The course includes basic theoretical ideas, multiphoton microscopy, interaction of light with nanoscale systems, optical interaction between nanosystems, and resonance phenomena such as localized surface plasmons, surface plasmon polaritons and micro-resonators. After completing the course, students will have a general understanding of the current state of the art with a special emphasis on new trends in metamaterials, plasmonics and integrated photonics. In addition, students will have the opportunity to improve their analytical skills by solving various mathematical problems in nano-optics within the framework of field theory.