METAMATERIALI

Degree course: 
Corso di Second cycle degree in PHYSICS
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2016/2017
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2016/2017
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
6
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
60
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (60 hours)
Requirements: 

Electromagnetism

Final Examination: 
Orale
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Knowledge of the principles of metamaterials and their applications.

Optical properties of metal-dielectric composites. Experimental techniques and data treatment. Electric metamaterials. Magnetic metamaterials. Negative-index metamaterials. Nonlinear optics with metamaterials. Super resolution with meta-lenses. Transformation optics and electromagnetic cloak of invisibility.

W. Cai and V. Shalaev, Optical Metamaterials – Fundamentals and applications, Springer 2010