The accelerating rise of plasmonics, a technology that squeezes electromagnetic waves into minuscule nano-structures, is promising to lead to a new generation of super-fast computer chips, smaller and brighter LEDs and super-compact lasers, ultra-sensitive chemical and biological detectors for homeland security and cancer treatment, and even meta-materials for practical invisibility cloaks.  To learn about this amazing new technology and separate fact from science fiction, attend this local LEOS Workshop to discover the latest results at the cutting edge of these technologies from ten of the foremost academic researchers in this field, brought to Boston from across the US this fall just for this workshop.

Abstract and Biographic information pages.

Richard Averitt	Luca Dal Negro
Jorge Bravo-Abad	Willie Padilla
Mark L. Brongersma	Vladimir M. Shalaev
S. R. J. Brueck	Gennady Shvets
Professor Ken Crozier	Mark I. Stockman
Nader Engheta

Workshop Schedule 

Oct. 10	Plasmonics-The Missing Link Between Nanoelectronics and Microphotonics Prof. Mark Brongersma, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Metamaterials: from Near-Infrared to Visible Prof. Vladimire Shalaev, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Oct. 17	Nanostructures by the Square Yard: Large-Area Plasmonic and Negative-Index Materials Prof. Steve Brueck, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Nanophotonics in Mid-IR:from Superlenses to Transmission Lines Prof. Gennady Shvets, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Oct. 24	Resonant Transmission of Light Through Sub-wavelength Holes in Thick Metal Films Prof. Jorge Bravo Abad, MIT, Cambridge, MA Plasmonics at Terahertz and Mid-Infrared Frequencies Prof. Richard Avetitt, Boston University, MA
Tuesday Oct. 30*	Optical Antennas  (* Wednesday Oct. 31 is Halloween, moved to Tuesday) Prof. Kenneth Crozier, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Electric and Magnetic Surface Plasmons on Metamaterials Prof. Willie Padilla, Boston College, Newton, MA
Nov. 7	Coherent, Nonlinear, and Ultrafast Nanoplasmonics Prof. Mark Stockman, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Giant Field Enhancement and Localization in Aperiodic Plasmonic Structures Prof. Luka Dal Negro, Boston University, Boston, MA

Advance registration and fee required (Open to all IEEE members as well as non-members)

Registration fee for ten 1-hour talks over 5 nights; cost includes coffee, cookies, and complete talk handouts each night.

 

For more information on the technical content of the workshop, contact either:

1) Farhad Hakimi ( fhakimi@ieee.org ), Plasmonics Workshop-Technical Program Committee Chair

2) Matt Emsley ( memsley@ieee.org ), Plasmonics Workshop-Steering Committee Co-Chair

3) Bill  Nelson ( w.nelson@ieee.org ), Plasmonics Workshop-Steering Committee Co-Chair

Course Fee Schedule:

On-line Registration and Payment

On-line registration for this course is closed. If you would like to register for this course, you may do so at MIT Lincoln Laboratory – 244 Wood Street, Lexington, MA on Wednesday, October 10 between 6:30PM – 7:00PM

If you would like to register for the workshop after the first session (Oct. 10), please contact the IEEE Boston Section office at 781-245-5405, or email at, sec.boston@ieee.org

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