CDSAGENDA V.5 Preparatory School to the Winter College on Optics: Advances in Nano-Optics and Plasmonics

Preparatory School to the Winter College on Optics: Advances in Nano-Optics and Plasmonics

Start Time:

30 January 2012 at 08:00

Ends On:

3 February 2012

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

LB (Euler Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s):

Directors: M. Bertolotti, N. Zheludev, Z. Ben Lakhdar - Local Organizers: J. Niemela, M. Danailov

Description:

The Preparatory School will be organized the week before the "Winter College on Optics: Advances in Nano-Optics and Plasmonics" (SMR2328) and will be held from 30 January to 3 February 2012.
Participation will be possible only for a limited number of selected participants.
The Preparatory School will provide background tutorials and exercises in areas of electromagnetism, general optics and Fourier transforms.

If you wish to apply to the School you need to apply and participate also to the College (6-17 February 2012).
To apply go through the below indicated Online Application Form.

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The Winter College will present the new advances in nano-optics and nanophotonics with emphasis on plasmon physics and plasmonic devices. Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are electromagnetic excitations on the surface of a good metal whose electromagnetic field is confined to the vicinity of the dielectric-metal interface. This confinement leads to an enhancement of the electromagnetic field at the interface, and the resulting increase in sensitivity is extensively used in chemo- and bio-sensors. The field enhancement is also responsible for surface enhancement of optical phenomena such as Raman scattering, second harmonic generation, fluorescence, etc. Light manipulation using SPPs can be effectively reduced from three to two dimensions and SPPs also allow scaling down optical and electronic devices to nanometric dimensions as well as providing a great deal of flexibility in photonic integration in all-optical circuits. Innovative integrated components combining photonics and electronics can therefore be devised and the manipulation of optical signals on a sub-wavelength scale is made possible. They play a role in an increasing number of applications, including in the field of energy, and new lasers and nonlinear devices are possible. Plasmons are also needed to explain the behavior of nanoscale systems and devices.

MAIN TOPICS
* Introduction to nano-optics
* Basic plasmon physics
* Nonlinear optics at nanoscale
* Modelling and simulation
* Experimental methods and tools
* Techniques to make structures
* Quantum plasmonics
* Applications: bio-sensors, energy, communications
* Nano lasers and nonlinear devices

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DEADLINE for applying EXPIRED (14 October 2011)

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The selection results have been communicated to each candidate by e-mail. Please find below the link to the Preliminary List of Participants. If you are among the list but have not received our invitation message, please contact smr2328@ictp.it as soon as possible.
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