2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate major in Energy Science and Informatics
Advanced Optical properties of solids
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Energy Science and Informatics
- Instructor(s)
- Yoichi Okimoto
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- ESI.I421
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 31, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students will understand how light (electromagnetic waves) interacts with solid crystals and understand the generation mechanisms of linear optical phenomena (reflection, transmission, scattering) and nonlinear optical phenomena (second harmonic generation) exhibited by solid crystals. Furthermore, how these phenomena are useful in understanding the structure and electronic state of solids will be lectured.
Course description and aims
Based on Maxwell's equations, the objective is to understand what linear optical phenomena (reflection, transmission, scattering) and nonlinear optical phenomena (second harmonic generation) of light are and how they occur.
Keywords
Maxwell's equations, linear optics and nonlinear optics
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Each class consists of outline of basic topics, explanation of exercise problems, and introduction of related topics. Students are required to learn outside of the classroom for preparation and review purposes under the instructor's guidance.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Dipole radiation and light | Understand dipole radiation of light. |
| Class 2 | Maxwell's Equations and boundary condition | Understand Fresnel formula. |
| Class 3 | Thin film optics | Understand how to calculate reflection and transmittance of a thin film. |
| Class 4 | Diffraction of light | Understand Fraunhofer diffraction. |
| Class 5 | Raman scattering | Understand Raman scattring and the mechanism. |
| Class 6 | Nonlinear optics | Understand second halmonic generation. |
| Class 7 | Recent topics of ultrafast optical phenomena | Understand recent topics of ultrafast optical phenomena. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
In order to improve the effectiveness of the study, please refer to the relevant sections of the handouts and prepare for and review the contents of the class.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
A PDF of the slides will be distributed before the lecture.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students will be evaluated on their understanding of the content explained in the lectures through quizzes in the lectures.
Related courses
- CHM.C331 ： Solid State Chemistry
- CHM.C332 ： Quantum Chemistry
- LAS.P104 ： Fundamentals of Electromagnetism 2
Prerequisites
Basics of electromagnetism are required.