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Week ending |
Lectures |
Topics |
Problem Set (due following Wed.) |
References |
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09-Jan-09 |
2 |
Intro and overview; Review of physical optics |
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Notes; Jones Harvard lecture notes; "superluminal" sound; group velocity applet; article about light momentum |
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16-Jan-09 |
3 |
Antireflection coatings, dielectric mirrors, photonic band gap systems |
Notes; dielectric mirror paper; Intel and LBL articles about EUV optics ; Bragg reflector applet; LBL applet for EUV mirrors; Lord Rayleigh on 1d photonic band gaps; original photonic band gap paper; Vahala research group |
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23-Jan-09 |
2 |
Nonlinear optical effects; basics of lasers; |
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Notes; Photonic band gap fiber review; paper on solitons in fibers; Physics news about PBG systems; Stanford lecture notes |
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30-Jan-09 |
3 |
Semiconductor lasers; optics and telecommunications; |
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Notes; short history of fiber optics; review of WDM; Optical communications roadmap |
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06-Feb-09 |
3 |
Single-photon sources and quantum cryptography; near field optics; |
Notes; random lasing paper (1); nanocrystal laser papers (1)(2); single-photon source papers (1) (2) (3) (4); review of quantum cryptography; NSOM reviews (1) (2) (3); interesting near-field result (1); older review of SE spectroscopy (1); left-handed media (1) (2) (3) |
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13-Feb-09 |
3 |
Continuum mechanics and elasticity; mechanical resonators; introduction to MEMS/NEMS |
Notes; Silicon as a mechanical material (1); Thesis about resonators and MEMS; |
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20-Feb-09 |
3 |
MEMS applications |
Papers due next Wednesday! |
Notes; Nguyen review of MEMS filters; Yazdi review of MEMS inertial devices; Millipede pages at IBM Zurich; IEEE review issue on MEMS; MEMS biosensor paper; IEEE review issue on optical MEMS; review article on optical MEMS |
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27-Feb-09 |
3 |
From MEMS to NEMS; quantum effects in mechanical systems; nanotribology |
Notes; review about NEMS (1); MEMS to study coupled nonlinear oscillators (1); PRB (1) on damping in NEMS; APL (1) on detection in NEMS; Casimir force and MEMS (1, 2); limits of mass sensing (1); finite size effects on mechanical properties (1); quantum mechanical oscillators? (1, 2, 3); Articles about nanotribology (1) (2) (3); J. Phys. CM issue on nanotribology. |
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06-Mar-09 |
0 |
Spring break |
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13-Mar-09 |
3 |
Life at low Reynolds number; capillary forces and surface tension; electrophoresis+ electroosmosis |
Notes; Buckingham paper (1); proof of Pi theorem (1); review of dimensional analysis (1); List of dimensionless numbers (1); "order of mag. physics" online text; fluid mechanics online text |
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20-Mar-09 |
0 |
APS March Meeting |
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27-Mar-09 |
3 |
Microfluidics techniques and capabilities; microfluidic applications; limits at the nanoscale |
Notes; Surface energy modifications (1)(2)(3)(4)(5); |
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3-Apr-09 |
3 |
Integrated nano devices; sensors; leveraging biological technology; |
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Notes; No-slip papers (1) (2); Fluidic integration / applications (1)(2)(3); Nanofluidics papers (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6, 7); DNA/nanopore paper, nanofluidic ionic conduction paper, microfluidic whole animal imaging paper |
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10-Apr-09 |
2 |
Nanotechnology for energy |
Notes; Nanofluidic papers for PS6 (1, 2); bio applications of nanocrystals (1); cantilever-based biosensors (1); DOE energy demand report; nanorod solar cells (1); metal based photovoltaic (1); photoelectrochemical cells (1) |
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17-Apr-09 |
3 |
Wrap-up and perspective |
Final projects |
Notes; Bill Joy's Wired article; more on gray goo; Smalley on molecular nanotechnology |
Last revised, 1-02-09