US: The Science And Engineering Of Nanoscale Optics 12-13 June

Application Deadline
Applications are no longer being accepted for this meeting. If you have been instructed to apply by the Conference Chair, please contact your Conference Coordinator for further instructions.

Related Meeting Information
The Plasmonics Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar will be held in conjunction with the Plasmonics Gordon Research Conference. Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GKRS. Please refer to the Plasmonics GRC web page for more information.
Meeting Overview

The Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar on Plasmonics is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting will be recent developments in fundamental and quantum plasmonics, active plasmonics and devices, and nonlinear and ultrafast plasmonics. In addition to student talks and posters, this meeting will feature an introduction to electrodynamics modeling and a round table discussion with leading researchers on career development.

Application Instructions

The meeting will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.

The Chairs will select speakers from abstracts submitted by February 12, 2010. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by May 22, 2010.
SATURDAY
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by Mark Knight and Britt Lassiter (GRS Conference Chair/Co-chair)
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Keynote Address
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Yaroslav Urzhumov (Duke University)
“Computational Plasmonics: From Nanoparticles to Optical Metamaterials”
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Discussion
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Poster Session I (presenters having last names starting with A-M)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Fundamental and Quantum Plasmonics
Discussion Leader: Vahid Sandoghdar (ETH Zurich)
7:30 pm – 7:45 pm Jorge Zuloaga (Rice University)
“Quantum plasmonics: establishing the limits of classical descriptions”
7:45 pm – 7:50 pm Discussion
7:50 pm – 8:05 pm Sinan Karaveli (Brown University)
“Strong Purcell enhancement of magnetic dipole emission in multilevel electronic systems”
8:05 pm – 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm – 8:25 pm Alberto Curto (IFCO – Institute of Photonic Sciences)
“Nanowire optical antennas in interaction with quantum dots”
8:25 pm – 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm – 8:45 pm Martina Abb (University of Southampton)
“Nonlinear plasmonic nanoantenna switches”
8:45 pm – 8:50 pm Discussion
8:50 pm – 9:05 pm Colin Stuart (Northwestern University)
“Active metamaterials as a highly directional light emitter”
9:05 pm – 9:10 pm Discussion
9:10 pm – 9:25 pm Andreas Dahlin (ETH Zurich)
“Electrochemical potential influence on nanoplasmonic resonances”
9:25 pm – 9:30 pm Discussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am – 8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:00 am Career Panel: “Developing Careers in an Emerging Field”
Richard Averitt (Boston University), Jennifer Dionne (Caltech), Rainer Hillenbrand (Max Planck Institute), Martin Moskovits (University of California, Santa Barbara), Vahid Sandoghdar (ETH Zurich), Toni Taylor (Los Alamos Nat’l Lab)
10:00 am – 12:30 pm Active Plasmonics and Devices
Discussion Leader: Jennifer Dionne (Caltech)
10:00 am – 10:15 am Jon A. Schuller (Columbia University)
“Dielectric optical antenna transmitters and receivers”
10:15 am – 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am – 10:35 am Jeremy N. Munday (Caltech)
“Design and fabrication of ultrathin plasmonic solar cells”
10:35 am – 10:40 am Discussion
10:40 am Coffee Break
11:10 am – 11:25 am Svetlana Boriskina (Boston University)
“Broadband hybrid photonic-plasmonic nanoantennas for lab-on-a-chip applications”
11:25 am – 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am – 11:45 am Aaron Hryciw (Stanford University)
“Plasmon-mediated decay rate engineering of erbium-doped silicon-rich silicon oxide in MOS waveguides”
11:45 am – 11:50 am Discussion
11:50 am – 12:05 pm Ahmet Yanik (Boston University)
“Subwavelength Nanofluidic-Nanoplasmonic biosensors overcoming mass transport limitations”
12:05 pm – 12:10 pm Discussion
12:10 pm – 12:25 pm Anastasia Rusina (Georgia State University)
“Limits on terahertz plasmonic energy concentration”
12:25 pm – 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Poster Session II (presenters having last names starting with N-Z)
3:30 pm Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

Plasmonics
Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar
The Science And Engineering Of Nanoscale Optics
June 12-13, 2010
Colby College
Waterville, ME

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