Information Package / Course Catalogue
Optics of Thin Films
Course Code: FZK513
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

To provide understanding the general features of the optical behaviour of thin films showed large differences from those the bulk materials, and to give information about investigating techniques.

Course Content

Propagation of electromagnetic field in layered media, amplitude transmittance and reflectance of layered media, Fresnel coefficients, optical constants of layered media, absorption and dispersion, reflection and transmission by a single film. optical constants of thin films; experimental methods, results on optical constants; metal films, abnormal absorption phenomenon, Maxwell-Garnett theory, dielectric films, metal and semiconductor films, Size effect in optical properties, multilayer optical system.

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Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to recognize the application fields of the thin films and be aware of their important in technology.
2.To be able to recognize the optical properties of thin films
3.To be able to explain the methods of determination the optical constants of thin films
4.To be able to understand the basic optical properties of metal, insulator and semiconductor thin films
5.To be able to learn the methods that used in the characterization of thin films.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Optics of Thin Films, Antonin Vasicek, North- Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1959
2.Basics of Optics of Multılayer systems, Sh. A. Furman, and A. V. Tikhonravov, Fong&Sons Printers Pte. Ltd, 1992
3.Optical Properties of Thin Solid Films, O. S. Heavens, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1954
4.The Optical Constants of Bulk Materials and Films (2nd Ed.), L Ward, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol-1994
5.Thin film Phenomena, Kasturi L. Chopra, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1969
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Propagation of electromagnetic field in layered media
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Basics of Optics of Multılayer systems, Sh. A. Furman, and A. V. Tikhonravov, Fong&Sons Printers Pte. Ltd, 1992, pp.1-9
Week 2 - Theoretical
Amplitude transmittance and reflectance of layered media, Frensel coefficients
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Basics of Optics of Multılayer systems, Sh. A. Furman, and A. V. Tikhonravov, Fong&Sons Printers Pte. Ltd, 1992, pp.9-16
Week 3 - Theoretical
Optical constants of layered media
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Basics of Optics of Multılayer systems, Sh. A. Furman, and A. V. Tikhonravov, Fong&Sons Printers Pte. Ltd, 1992, pp.58-68
Week 4 - Theoretical
Absorption and dispersion
Week 4 - Preparation Work
The Optical Constants of Bulk Materials and Films (2nd Ed.), L Ward, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol-1994. pp.8-18
Week 5 - Theoretical
Reflection and transmission by a single film
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Thin film Phenomena, Kasturi L. Chopra, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1969. pp.725-728.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Optical constants of thin films; experimental methods
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Thin film Phenomena, Kasturi L. Chopra, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1969. pp.732-741
Week 7 - Theoretical
Results on optical constants; metal films
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Thin film Phenomena, Kasturi L. Chopra, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1969. pp.741-745.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Abnormal absorption phenomenon, Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Maxwell-Garnett theory
Week 9 - Preparation Work
The Optical Constants of Bulk Materials and Films(2nd Ed.), L Ward, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol-1994. pp.216-218
Week 10 - Theoretical
Dielectric films
Week 10 - Preparation Work
The Optical Constants of Bulk Materials and Films(2nd Ed.), L Ward, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol-1994. pp.206-207.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Metal and semiconductor films
Week 11 - Preparation Work
The Optical Constants of Bulk Materials and Films(2nd Ed.), L Ward, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol-1994. pp.207-210.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Size effect on optical properties
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Optical Properties of Thin Solid Films, O. S. Heavens, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1954, pp.176-180
Week 13 - Theoretical
Multilayer optical system
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Optical Properties of Thin Solid Films, O. S. Heavens, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1954, pp.82-89.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Practical applications of thin films on optics
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Optical Properties of Thin Solid Films, O. S. Heavens, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1954, pp.207-227.
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1463126
Midterm Examination19312
Final Examination19312
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
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