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.
| 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. |