Welcome to 10110MS 536300. In this class we will learn the basic concepts about Metamaterials and Plasmonics. Recently, Metamaterials and Plasmonics have been attracting increasingly attention because they enable rare and even unprecedented properties stemming from strong light-matter interaction. In this class, we will introduce Metamaterials and Plasmonics within five parts: 1. Light-matter interaction, 2. Metamaterials, 3. Plasmonics, 4. Numerical tools, and 5. Term projects. As for the detail content and the class schedule, please refer to the following table.
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<br>Week	Date	Content	
<br>1	9/17	I. Light-matter interaction	syllabus,  Maxwell equations (from intergral form to differential form), wave equation
<br>2	9/24		attend IUMRS-ICEM 2012
<br>3	10/1		bondary conditions, dispersion in metals (Drude and Lorentz models)
<br>4	10/8		microscopic and macroscopic properties of molecules, nano- and microscopic paritcles
<br>5	10/15	II. Metamaterials	split-ring resonantors, plasmonic wires
<br>6	10/22		fishnet strucutres, NRIM, ENZ/ENP metamaterials
<br>7	10/29		transformation optics, hypermedia
<br>8	11/5		dielectric metmaterials, other kinds of MMs (accoustic MMs)
<br>9	11/12		other kinds of MMs (Transmission line)
<br>10	11/19	III. Plasmonics	surface plasmon polariton, localized surface plasmonic resonances
<br>11	11/26		magnetic surface polariton, applicatons
<br>12	12/3	IV. Numerical tools	FDTD, FEM
<br>13	12/10		genetic algarism
<br>14	12/17	V. Term projects	techinical communication
<br>15	12/24		term projects
<br>16	12/31		term projects
<br>17	1/7		term projects
<br>18	1/14	Final