Studying Courses/Books Recommended for Metamaterial Research?

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A first-year college student is shadowing a graduate student in a nano-optics research group to learn about microfabrication and is eager to begin conducting independent research. The student is considering reading "Optics" by Hetcht as a foundational text but is unsure about additional resources needed to start their research journey. A suggestion was made to utilize Google for further research, leading to a search result focused on textbooks related to metamaterials and microfabrication. The discussion emphasizes the importance of foundational knowledge and resource exploration in the field of nano-optics.
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I'm a first year student in college and I've started shadowing under a grad student, who's in a nano-optics research group (http://www.nanoscience.ucf.edu/chanda/), in order to learn about microfabrication. I'd like to start conducting my own research soon; however, i don't know exactly what it is I'd need to know to start. I was planning on reading Optics by Hetcht, beyond that I don't know.
 
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