Nanophotonics and Plasmonics

Invited Speakers:

• Gilberto Brambilla, University of Southampton, U. K.
  Glass nanowires for nonlinear optics and sensing: a top-down approach
• Wei-Shun Chang, Rice University, USA
  Optically Launched Acoustic Phonon Modes Reveal Adhesion Strength to Substrate Supported Gold Nanodisks
• Brian Julsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
  Light emission from group-IV nanostructures in silicon
• Michael A. Filler, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  Taming the Blackbody: Thermal Radiation Spectrum Engineering with Plasmonic Semiconductor Nanowires
• Lasse Karvonen, Aalto University, Finland
  Investigation of optical nonlinearities in graphene and layered semiconductors by multiphoton imaging
• Ken Knappenberger, Florida State University, USA
  Nonlinear optical imaging of plasmonic nanostructures at the limits of temporal resolution and spatial precision
• Katsuyuki Nobusada, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan
  Spatiotemporal near-field excitation dynamics in nanostructures
• Shanlin Pan, The University of Alabama, USA
  Surface-enhanced solar energy harvesting and conversion using plasmon active nanostructures
• Kevin L. Shuford, Baylor University, USA
  Plasmonic nanostructures for sensing and energy applications
• Isabell Thomann, Rice University, USA
  Light Management in Extremely Thin Photoelectrode Architectures
• Ventsislav K. Valev, University of Cambridge, UK
  From nanojets to threading plasmonic nanoparticle strings with light
• Fabrice Vallee, CNRS – Universite Lyon 1, France
  Optical response of a single deposited metal nano-object
• Nianqiang Wu, West Virginia University, USA
  Resonance energy transfer and hot electron transfer from plasmonic metal to semiconductor: Applications in solar energy harvesting
• Hui Wang, University of South Carolina, USA
  Bridging the Particle Size Gap for Nanoplasmonics and Nanocatalysis
• Sanshui Xiao, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  Enhanced light-matter interaction in graphene-metal hybrid system
• Yujie Xiong, University of Science and Technology of China, China
  Boosting the photocatalytic efficiency of semiconductors via design of charge-transfer hybrid structures

Workshop Chair:

• W. David Wei, University of Florida, USA