Controlling Light Matter Interactions with Nanostructured Media Classical and Quantum aspects of light matter interactions with plasmonic and metamaterial nanostructures and their emulation with radio

by Pavel Ginzburg

at Quantum optics seminar

Tue, 10 May 2016, 15:30
Physics building (#54) room 207

Abstract

Recent technological advances enable investigations of various types of nanostructures that already found use in many modern applications Particular interest rose towards optical properties of metal composites so called plasmonic and metamaterial structures as they enable ultimate control over light matter interactions on nano scale and as a result could serve as a platform for future opto electronic devices and networks Optical interactions with nano structured materials could be substantially different from their classical macroscopic counterparts Local field corrections matter granularity nonlocal electromagnetic responses and quantum mechanical contributions to name a few start to play a significant role in different effects involving light matter interactions tailored by nanostructures In order to account for those phenomena novel methods must be developed As for representative examples of the above challenges several aspect of modern nanophotonics will be considered In particular optical properties of an extremely anisotropic nano assembly hyperbolic metamaterial will be investigated Classical spectroscopy experiments effective medium models and interactions with quantum emitters will be revised with the emphasis on applicability of classical approaches Linear and nonlinear optical properties of metallic nanostructures will be analysed in the frame of hydrodynamic model enabling their electromagnetic treatment beyond common phenomenological descriptions based on classical permittivity First theoretical and experimental demonstration of novel effect of the Near field Interference in plasmonic waveguides and metamaterials will be reviewed in the context of macroscopic and microscopic models References: 1 Science 340 328 330 2013 2 Nature Commun 5 3226 2014 3 Phys Rev Lett 111 036804 2013 4 ACS Nano 7 4334 4342 2013 5 ACS Photonics 2 1 8 13 2015 TOC Figures

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