Advanced Optics: Fundamentals and Applications

This lecture covers selected topics in advanced optics, emphasizing fundamental concepts in modern photonics. The course includes an overview of ray optics, wave optics, electromagnetic optics, polarization optics, material properties, optical constants, light scattering, plasmonics, metamaterials, and metasurfaces. The instructor encourages interaction, Matlab utilization, and provides exercises for practical learning. The examination format involves oral examination on randomly chosen topics. The lecture also delves into the history of optics, material properties, optics of metals, and metasurfaces. The content explores the applications of gratings, stratified media, photonic crystals, and metamaterials in bending light and creating negative refractive index mediums.