I. Mesoscopic Optics:

• Electromagnetic wave
• Fresnel evanescent wave & Optical tunneling
• Diffraction & evanescent wave

II. Plasmonics:

• Background and definition
• Plasma resonance
• Basic theory of Surface Plasmons (SP)
• Excitation of SP
• SP & Nano-Optics

III. Photonic Crystals:

• Propagation in inhomogeneous media
• Cristallography reminders and Bloch theorem
• Eigenvalue equation & resolution
• Applications

IV. Nanoantennas (NA) & Optical forces:

• State of the art on NA
• Properties of NA
• Optical Forces