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Symposium KK: Plasmonic Materials and Metamaterials

• 2012 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit

• April 9 - April 13, 2012
• Moscone West Convention Center | Marriott Marquis - San Francisco, California-
• Meeting Chairs: Lara A. Estroff, Jun Liu, Kornelius Nielsch, Kazumi Wada

Plasmonic Materials and Metamaterials

Plasmonic materials and metamaterials control light propagation on wavelength and subwavelength scales using metal-dielectric composites.  Engineering a material's micro- and nanostructure allows a wide range of optical properties, which are not otherwise readily attainable.  This symposium will emphasize the diverse applications of plasmonic materials and metamaterials, including subwavelength optical circuits, highly efficient photovoltaics, and sensitive biological sensors.  There will also be sessions focusing on fundamental materials properties such as nanoscale light focusing and refractive index engineering, and on novel fabrication, characterization, and simulation techniques.  The symposium will highlight recent progress and identify new directions in this emerging, interdisciplinary area of nanophotonics.

Session topics will include:

• Plasmonic optoelectronic devices, circuits, and interconnects
• Negative-index metamaterials and chiral metamaterials
• Plasmon-enhanced photovoltaics, photocatalysis, and solar fuels
• Quantum optics and nonlinear plasmonics
• THz and infrared metamaterials
• Plasmonic amplification and gain
• Optical nanoantennas and subwavelength light focusing
• Transformation optics
• Electromagnetic cloaking
• Synthesis and fabrication of plasmonic materials and metamaterials
• Computational methods for plasmonic materials and metamaterials

Invited speakers include:

Harry Atwater (California Inst. of Technology), Mark Brongersma (Stanford Univ.), Nader Engheta (Univ. of Pennsylvania), Shanhui Fan (Stanford Univ.), Vivian Ferry (California Inst. of Technology), Harald Giessen (Univ. of Stuttgart, Germany), Stefan Maier (Imperial College London, United Kingdom), Albert Polman (FOM Inst. AMOLF, Netherlands), David Smith (Duke Univ.), Vladimir Shalaev (Purdue Univ.), Mark Stockman (Georgia State Univ.), Toni Taylor (Los Alamos National Lab), Robb Walters (Integrated Plasmonics), Xiang Zhang (Univ. of California, Berkeley), Nicolay Zheludev (Univ. of Southampton, United Kingdom).

Symposium Organizers

Luke A. Sweatlock
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
One Space Park R1/1004c
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Tel 310-812-3235
luke.sweatlock@ngc.com 

Jennifer A. Dionne
Stanford University
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
125 Durand Bldg.
496 Lomita Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
Tel 626-533-7922
jdionne@stanford.edu 

Vassilios Kovanis
Air Force Research Laboratory
Sensors Directorate
2241 Avionics Circle
WPAFB, OH 45433-7320
Tel 607-742-8363
vassilios.kovanis@wpafb.af.mil 

Jao van de Lagemaat
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Chemical and Materials Sciences Center
1617 Cole Blvd.
Golden, CO 80401
Tel 303-384-6143
Fax 303-384-6655
jao.vandelagemaat@nrel.gov