WSP02700 Plasmonics

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Master's Course) Division of Advanced Science and Engineering Quantum Matter Program

Lecture Code WSP02700 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name プラズモニクス

Subject Name
（Katakana）プラズモニクス

Subject Name in
English Plasmonics

Instructor NISHIDA MUNEHIRO

Instructor
(Katakana) ニシダ　ムネヒロ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Thur5-8：AdSM 405N

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)

Lectures, Frequent use of classroom whiteboard

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced

Course Area（Area） 25 : Science and Technology

Course Area（Discipline） 12 : Electronics

Eligible Students Master’s students

Keywords surface plasmon polariton, localized surface plasmon, plasmonics, plasmonic crystal, Mie scattering, Fano resonance, meta-material, multicore optical fiber, photonic crystal

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Selecting appropriate topics from plasmonics and nano-optics, important properties which appear generally in wave phenomena will be discussed.  Basic knowledge  of each field will be provided.

Class Schedule lesson1
Basics of electrodynamics I: Maxwell equations, boundary condition, electromagnetic wave, energy conservation law
lesson2
Basics of electrodynamics II: polarization, reflection, transmission, multilayer film
lesson3
Basics of quantum mechanics: quantum two level systems, bound state, quantum tunneling
lesson4
Uncertainty principle and diffraction limit, tunneling effect and evanescent wave
lesson5
Optical waveguide
lesson6
Photonic crystal and Bloch law
lesson7
Surface plasmon polariton
lesson8
Plasmonic crystal and extraordinary optical transmission
lesson9
Spatial coupled mode method, spoof surface plasmon
lesson10
Localized surface plasmon
lesson11
Multipole expansion
lesson12
Mie scattering
lesson13
Temporal coupled mode method
lesson14
Fano resonance
lesson15
Metamaterial

Text/Reference
Books,etc. References：
「プラズモニクス―基礎と応用」岡本隆之, 梶川浩太郎，講談社.
「アクティブ・プラズモニクス」梶川浩太郎，岡本隆之，高原淳一，岡本晃一，コロナ社．
"Classical Electrodynamics Third Edition", J. D. Jackson, Wiley.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream

(More Details) Handouts, Visual materials (Video/PC/Others).

Learning techniques to be incorporated Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review You should understand the following topics.
After lessons 1-4:
   Maxwell equations, wave equation, dispersion relations, reflection,
   transmission, s wave, p wave, pointing vector, evanescent wave,
   Schrodinger equation, energy eigenstates, inner product and orthogonality,
   quantum tunneling effect, quantum two-level systems and Pauli matrices,
   uncertainty principle
After lessons 5-9:
　 TE mode, TM mode, propagation constant, paraxial wave equation,
   Bloch's theorem, diffraction and reciprocal lattice vectors, Brillouin zone,
   energy band structure, dielectric constant of metal, Drude model,
   perfect electric conductor (PEC),
   skin effect and surface impedance, surface plasmon polariton,
   Fabry-Perot resonance, spatial coupled mode method
After lessons 10-15:
  localized surface plasmon, dipole radiation, discrete dipole
  approximation, multipole, Mie theory, temporal coupled mode method,
  coupling between optical cavities, electromagnetic induced
  transparency, critical coupling, Fano resonance, metamaterial,
  negative refraction, cloaking

Requirements Prerequisites: basic knowledge of quantum mechanics and electrodynamics

Grading Method Evaluation will be based on short tests and two reports.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Master's Course) Division of Advanced Science and Engineering Quantum Matter Program
Lecture Code	WSP02700	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	プラズモニクス
Subject Name （Katakana）	プラズモニクス
Subject Name in English	Plasmonics
Instructor	NISHIDA MUNEHIRO
Instructor (Katakana)	ニシダ　ムネヒロ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, Second Semester, 4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Thur5-8：AdSM 405N
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)
Lectures, Frequent use of classroom whiteboard
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	25 : Science and Technology
Course Area（Discipline）	12 : Electronics
Eligible Students	Master’s students
Keywords	surface plasmon polariton, localized surface plasmon, plasmonics, plasmonic crystal, Mie scattering, Fano resonance, meta-material, multicore optical fiber, photonic crystal
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Selecting appropriate topics from plasmonics and nano-optics, important properties which appear generally in wave phenomena will be discussed. Basic knowledge of each field will be provided.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Basics of electrodynamics I: Maxwell equations, boundary condition, electromagnetic wave, energy conservation law lesson2 Basics of electrodynamics II: polarization, reflection, transmission, multilayer film lesson3 Basics of quantum mechanics: quantum two level systems, bound state, quantum tunneling lesson4 Uncertainty principle and diffraction limit, tunneling effect and evanescent wave lesson5 Optical waveguide lesson6 Photonic crystal and Bloch law lesson7 Surface plasmon polariton lesson8 Plasmonic crystal and extraordinary optical transmission lesson9 Spatial coupled mode method, spoof surface plasmon lesson10 Localized surface plasmon lesson11 Multipole expansion lesson12 Mie scattering lesson13 Temporal coupled mode method lesson14 Fano resonance lesson15 Metamaterial
Text/Reference Books,etc.	References：「プラズモニクス―基礎と応用」岡本隆之, 梶川浩太郎，講談社. 「アクティブ・プラズモニクス」梶川浩太郎，岡本隆之，高原淳一，岡本晃一，コロナ社． "Classical Electrodynamics Third Edition", J. D. Jackson, Wiley.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream
(More Details)	Handouts, Visual materials (Video/PC/Others).
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	You should understand the following topics. After lessons 1-4: Maxwell equations, wave equation, dispersion relations, reflection, transmission, s wave, p wave, pointing vector, evanescent wave, Schrodinger equation, energy eigenstates, inner product and orthogonality, quantum tunneling effect, quantum two-level systems and Pauli matrices, uncertainty principle After lessons 5-9: 　 TE mode, TM mode, propagation constant, paraxial wave equation, Bloch's theorem, diffraction and reciprocal lattice vectors, Brillouin zone, energy band structure, dielectric constant of metal, Drude model, perfect electric conductor (PEC), skin effect and surface impedance, surface plasmon polariton, Fabry-Perot resonance, spatial coupled mode method After lessons 10-15: localized surface plasmon, dipole radiation, discrete dipole approximation, multipole, Mie theory, temporal coupled mode method, coupling between optical cavities, electromagnetic induced transparency, critical coupling, Fano resonance, metamaterial, negative refraction, cloaking
Requirements	Prerequisites: basic knowledge of quantum mechanics and electrodynamics
Grading Method	Evaluation will be based on short tests and two reports.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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