Nanoplasmonics: Science and Technology of Metal Nanostructures

Description
Course description: Nanoplasmonics lies at the heart of the current Nanotechnology revolution as an interdisciplinary and fascinating research field that studies the unique convergence of optical and electronic properties of advanced materials at the nanoscale. This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the physical concepts that are necessary to understand the operation of a variety of advanced optical devices that rely on the behavior of optical fields and materials systems confined in nanoscale environments. In particular, fundamental aspects of light-matter interactions at the nano scale and the physics of advanced quantum and photonic structures will be discussed in relation to novel device applications. The study of the physical principles, design and device applications of Nanoplasmonics structures is of interest to a multidisciplinary audience, ranging from physics, electronics and photonics engineers to researchers in industry and academia. Brief Syllabus: Review: Electromagnetics of metals. Intro to light scattering theories and computational methods in nanoplasmonics. Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPPs) at metal/insulator interfaces, Localized SPPs in nanostructures. Excitation, propagation and imaging of SPP waves, plasmonic resonance in complex structures. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), enhancement of light-matter interactions in confined systems: near-field enhancement, fluorescence enhancement, metal nanoparticle fluorescence, enhancement of nonlinearities, SPPs localization and nanostructure coupling, plasmon band-gaps. Applications to optical devices: plasmon waveguides, plasmon-based sensors, plasmon-coupled LEDs, applications to metamaterials, perfect lenses and plasmon-assisted nanolithography, plasmonic solar cells, aperiodic plasmonics, emerging applications of nanoplasmonics structures.
Organised by Francesco Priolo