[seminar] Predavanje - IRB, Ebbesen

[hbuljan at phy.hr]

Poštovani kolege,

u petak 15.5.2009 u dvorani I krila IRB-a u 15h odrzat ce se predavanje
Prof. Ebbesena na IRB-u. Naslov i sažetak se nalaze u nastavku
poruke,

Srdačan pozdrav
H. Buljan


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Light and Metal: Surface Plasmon Devices and Circuitry

           T.W. Ebbesen
     ISIS, Strasbourg University and CNRS, France


Abstract

Materials structured on the nanometer scale can lead to improved and
sometimes surprising properties. Metals are no exception to this rule.
Metal particles for instance display colours which vary with their
size. The colour results from the coupling of light with the free
electrons of the metal particle to form surface plasmons. With modern
nanofabrication techniques it is possible to tailor the structure of
metals and thereby to control the properties of surface plasmons
opening many new possibilities for photonic devices, sensors and
miniature optical circuits. This potential of nanostructured metals
will be illustrated by the recent progress in the field [1-3].

1. Barnes, Dereux and Ebbesen, Nature 424, 824 (2003); 2. Genet and
Ebbesen, Nature 445, 39 (2007); 3. Ebbesen, Genet et Bozhevolnyi,
Physics Today (mai 2008).

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