Coherence of Light in Nanooptics and Plasmonics

This class is a special topics graduate course focusing on advanced concepts in optics, including spatial and temporal coherence of optical fields, higher-order coherence phenomena in space-time domain, coherence effects at the nano- and micro-scale, optical and plasmonic interferometry using partially coherent sources. The subject is aimed at graduate and undergraduate students interested in optical communications, propagation of laser beams in biological or turbulent media, optical microscopy and imaging, as well as medical diagnostics. The concepts of “flipped teaching” and “learning by teaching” will be explored. Knowledge of advanced electricity and magnetism concepts is required.