Description

This module addresses the role of optics and lasers in the field of optoelectronics.

Upon completion of this module, you should be able to do the following:
• Define nanophotonics.
• Define quantum dots.
• Define nanowires.
• Define quantum wells.
• Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of an electron in a nanostructure.
• State how photonics technology is used to fabricate nanostructures.
• Describe examples of how photonics is used to measure and characterize nanostructures.
• Describe how photonic technology and nanotechnology combine to provide useful applications for nanophotonics.
• Define pulsed laser ablation and describe how it is used to make nanostructures.
• Name some of the lasers that have been used in fabricating or characterizing nanostructures.
• Gain experience in the fabrication of nanostructures and in the characterization of their properties using photonic techniques.