Hands-on courses
In addition to the lectures, the SPSAS Nanophotonics attendees will have the chance to join one hands-on experimental courses in one of the topics listed below. These courses will be given in actual research laboratories using state-of-the-art experimental setups and equipment.
Cavity Optomechanics
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 Prof. Thiago Alegre
In this experimental course students will couple light into optomechanical cavities using tapered optical fibres and characterize their optical and mechanical response. After data acquisition students will have time to use numerical packages to fit models to the optical and mechanical response data and calibrate the optomechanical coupling rate g0. Additional Info: link |
Ultrashort pulses |
In this experimental course students will perform a pump & probe experiment using 150 fs femtosecond optical pulses to investigate ultrafast dynamics in solid-state materials. After data acquisition students will have time to use numerical packages to fit models to the time response characterise nonlinear response. Additional Info: link |
Finite element method with Comsol
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In this hands-on simulation course students will learn to use a a finite element method package to calculate optical modes, mechanical, and thermal modes. The course will also detail the calculation of optical dispersion relations, photonic and phononic band diagrams. Additional Info: link |
Microring resonators
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In this experimental course students will characterise the optical response of silicon microring resonators. After data acquisition students will have time to use numerical packages to fit analytical models based on the transfer matrix method to measured frequency response. Additional Info: link |
Nonlinear optics in waveguides
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 Prof. Paulo DaineseIn this experimental course students will select among a range of different linear and nonlinear optical experiments in waveguides: modulation instability in highly nonlinear optical fibres, Brillouin scattering in tapered silica nanowires, characterisation of free-carrier and thermo-optic effect in silicon nanowire, and transverse mode imaging in photonic bandgap fibers. After data acquisition students will have time to use numerical packages to fit analytical models and extract material and optical characteristics of the tested waveguides. Additional Info: link |
Prof. Lázaro Padilha
Prof. Gustavo Wiederhecker
Profs. Newton Frateschi and Luis Barea
*The exact content of the hands-on course may be slightly altered to accommodate any change in laboratory infrastructure.