YEAR 2 / 3RD & 4TH SEMESTERS:

Initial training is offered face-to-face on site, while in-company sandwich courses can be taken by distance learning. All students are required to take part in a course of lectures and tutorials focusing on photonic and quantum technologies. They are held on Thursday and Friday for the whole of semester 3 (from September to the end of January) and the first part of semester 4 before the end-of-study internship.

Practical training is provided in weekly face-to-face sessions for all, spread over the two semesters from October to March. Students apply their theoretical knowledge to operate the cutting-edge research equipment available on the ICB laboratory’s SMARTLIGHT and ARCEN CARNOT technology platforms. Four sessions are organized, each targeting specific technical skills in the PPN Master’s specialties, such as the development and characterization of fiber components, quantum technologies, nanophotonics and nanoscale instrumentation, and ultrafast lasers and methods for characterizing and manipulating ultrashort pulses.

Teaching units

Hours/ECTS

Teaching units

Hours/ECTS

Disciplinary courses (Thursday & Friday ~ 12h classes/week) – Initial and continuing training

Quantum Technologies

44 H

5 ECTS

Advanced Fiber Optics

52 H

5 ECTS

Ultra-fast optics

40 H

5 ECTS

Nano-optics/Nanophysics

60 H

5 ECTS

Microscopy

30 H

2 ECTS

Soft skills

20 H

1 ECTS

Transversal courses (Wednesdays, Initial Training only) – Initial Training

Atomic and molecular physics

22 H

3 ECTS

Nanobiosciences

40 H3 ECTS

Laboratory project (Monday → Tuesday) / Work-study program (Monday → Wednesday)

Workplace situations	20 Weeks 6 ECTS
Lab project	20 Weeks 3 ECTS

Practical courses (4 sessions) – Initial and continuing training

Practical Sessions

35 H/Session

2 ECTS/Session

Immersive internship in a laboratory or work-study program in a company

Internships

5-6 months
20 ECTS

Practical Sessions:

Session 1: Optical fibers	Handling and characterization of fiber components, polarization management in optical fibers, soldering of fibers (PM or not), inspection and polishing of connectors. 3D printing and drawing of preforms. Numerical simulation of guided propagation (fiber with index hopping, hollow-core fiber, photonic crystals, etc.).
Session 2: Quant. Technology	Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox, single-photon generation, photon counting and correlation. Demonstration of entanglement by polarized pairs of photons, Quantum detection by NV center magnetometer, Cryptography and quantum key distribution.
Session 3: Nanophotonics	Local probe microscopy, optical tweezers, surface plasmon resonance, characterization of photonic integrated circuits/metasurfaces, evanescent field coupling and characterization of high quality factor microresonators.
Session 4: Ultrafast Laser	Laser safety rules, Mode-locked lasers, Fiber lasers. Numerical simulation of ultra-short pulses. Shaping, amplification and characterization of ultra-short pulses. High-speed optoelectronic signal acquisition and processing (fast digital oscilloscope, arbitrary signal generator, electrical and optical spectrum analyzer), implementation of Dispersive Fourier Transforms.