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FI 3221 ELECTROMAGNETIC
INTERACTIONS IN MATTER

Alexander A. Iskandar
Physics of Magnetism and Photonics

PRELIMINARIES

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GENERAL INFORMATION

This course is offered to equipped students with

knowledge of material responses to electromagnetic
fields. The major topics covered in this course are :
Definition of optical constants;
Electromagnetic field interaction with non-absorptive dielectric;
Electromagnetic field interaction with metal,
Basic concepts of Electromagnetic field interaction with non-
absorptive matter;
Electromagnetic field interactions with atoms, molecules,
polymers and semiconductor crystals;
Electromagnetic field interaction with nano structured
materials;
Electromagnetic field interaction with meta-materials;
Light Scattering theory
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TEXTBOOKS

1. M. Dressel and G. Gruner, Electrodynamics of

Solids, Cambridge, 2003.
2. Jai Singh, Optical properties of condensed matter
and applications, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, West
Sussex, England, 2006.
3. A.M. Fox, Optical Properties of Solid, Oxford
University Press, 2001.
4. S.A. Maier, Plasmonics, Springer, 2007.

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EVALUATION

Evaluations will be taken from

Mid Term and Final Term exams
Assignments

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INTRODUCTION

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