TOM 3 - Nanophotonics & Metamaterials (EOSAM 2012)

Synopsis

Both nanophotonics and optical metamaterials rely on our understanding of light-matter interaction on the nanoscale. Recent developments in this broad field are based on nanostructured dielectrics, semiconductors and metals and lead to applications and devices in which electromagnetic fields can be generated, manipulated and controlled in sub-wavelength structures. Nanophotonics and metamaterials pave the way to many novel applications in various technological areas spanning from biosensing and high-resolution imaging to optical information processing and energy harvesting. This Topical Meeting will cover all experimental and theoretical aspects of light interaction with nanoscale objects and nanostructured materials, new optical properties of nanostructured matter and their applications.

Final Programme

The Final Programme is now online: Final Programme (pdf-file, 1.51 MB).

Plenary Speaker

• Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania  (US)

Invited Speakers

• Hatice Altug, Boston University (US)
• Fabio Bovino, SELEX (IT)
• Kurt Busch, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin (DE)
• Richard M. De La Rue, University of Glasgow (UK)
• Niek van Hulst, ICFO (ES)
• Yuri Kivshar, Australian National University (AU)
• Thomas Krauss, University of St. Andrews (UK)
• Laura Na Liu, Rice University (US)
• Laurent Vivien, Université Paris Sud (FR)

Topics

• Photonic crystals and wires, optical microcavities
• Quantum dots and their applications
• Optical interconnects
• Nanostructured metal surfaces, plasmonic guides and crystals
• Optical antennas
• Quasiperiodic and random photonic systems
• Negativ and zero- refractive index and other metamaterial concepts
• Active and tunable optical metamaterials
• Electromagnetic field confinement and enhancement
• Quantum and nonlinear optics in nanostructures
• Near-field microscopy and high resolution optical imaging
• Nanomanipulation with light
• Nanophotonics for energy conversion applications
• Nanophotonics for bio- and chemo-sensing applications
• Theory and modelling for nanophotonics and metamaterials