KATHERINE SYTWU, AERON TYNES HAMMACK, THOMAS DARLINGTON
Nanoscale light-matter interactions are used to enhance light emission, sensing, and conversion processes in a variety of applications, including quantum information, biosensing, and photocatalysis. By modifying the local density of optical states through nanostructures such as optical cavities, resonators, and/or plasmonic nanoparticles, one can manipulate how photons decay and radiate. Achieving such photon management in reality, though, relies on advances in nanofabrication and characterization of nanoscale photonic systems, from the realization of high-quality nanophotonic structures to optical characterization at sub-wavelength to near-atomic length scales. This symposium will highlight advances and challenges in fabricating nanophotonic devices and the growing suite of characterization techniques (near-field scanning optical microscopy, cathodoluminescence, electron energy loss spectroscopy, etc.) that offer complementary insight into nanoscale optical properties.
Symposium Sponsor:
Friday, August 15
Symposium Location: B50 Auditorium
Symposium Schedule:
2:15 – 2:45 pm
Pumpkinseed Technologies: do-novo peptide sequencing with nanophotonics
Daniel Angell, Pumpkinseed Technologies
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Development of High Refractive Index Materials for the Direct Nanopatterning of Photonic Devices with High Resolution
Carlos Pina-Hernandez, HighRI Optics, Inc
3:00 – 3:15 pm
Scalable Quantum Nanophotonics with Integrated Color Centers in Silicon Carbide
Pranta Saha, University of California, Davis
3:15 – 3:45 pm
Oh, the Excitations You’ll Probe: Unveiling the Nanoscale Response of Infrared Quasiparticles with Monochromated Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy
Jordan Hachtel, Oak Ridge National Lab
3:45 – 4:15 pm
Break
4:15 – 4:45 pm
Exploiting and Controlling Symmetry for Infrared Nanophotonics and Ultrafast Thermal Transport
Joshua Caldwell, Vanderbilt University
4:45 – 5:00 pm
Near-Field Imaging of Open-Dirac Singularity Photonic Crystals
Chacko Mathai, University of California, Berkeley