Talks for the conference.

Nanolight

2012, Mar 11 -- Mar 17

Organizers:
L. Martín Moreno (ICMA, CSIC - U. Zaragoza)
N. Van Hulst (ICFO, Barcelona)

Monday, March 12

14:45h	Welcome

15:00h	Light - Matter Strong Interactions
	T. W. Ebbesen
15:35h	On single molecules and single photons
	V. Sandoghdar
16:10h	Plasmonics for enhanced light-matter interaction at the nanoscale
	R. Quidant
16:45h	Strong coupling studies with surface plasmon polaritons and quantum dots
	P. Torma
17:40h	From near-ﬁeld optics to optical antennas
	L. Novotny
18:15h	Nano-FTIR: spectroscopic infrared nanoscopy
	F. Keilman
18:50h	Coupling quantum emitters into new electro-magnetic modes
	N. Van Hulst
19:25h	Close encounters between Optical Nanoantennas
	J. Aizpurua
20:00h	λ3/1000 Plasmonic Nanocavities for Biosensing Fabricated by Soft UV.
	Nanoimprint Lithography S. Collin

Tuesday, March 13

15:00h	Taming Flow of Photons and Electrons with Metamaterials
	N. Engheta
15:35h	Spoof, chiral and graphene plasmons
	F. J. Garcia-Vidal
16:10h	Graphene: a novel platform for capturing and manipulating light at the nanoscale
	F. Koppens
16:45h	Near- and far-ﬁelds in graphene structures
	A. Nikitin
17:40h	Trapping the light fantastic
	D. Wiersma
18:15h	Electrically generated surface plasmons and sub-wavelength focusing
	A. Bouseksou
18:50h	Plasmons, photons, electrons, and graphene: A perfect match
	F. J. Garcia de Abajo
19:25h	Spatio-temporal observation of surface plasmon polariton modes using normal-incidence photoemission electron microscopy
	C. Schneider
20:00h	Nanoplasmonics: Approaching the quantum regime and applications in solar light harvesting and light emission control
	S. Maier

Wednesday, March 14

09:00h	Active surface plasmon photonics
	P. Berini
09:35h	Nanoscale magnetic field mapping with a single spin scanning probe magnetometer
	L. Rondin
10:10h	Nanoparticle dynamics in non-conservative light force ﬁelds
	J. J. Saenz
11:05h	Merging plasmonic components on Si motherboard for optical interconnects
	A. Dereux
11:40h	Enhanced and directional ﬂuorescence from molecules in a corrugated aperture antenna
	J. Wenger
12:15h	Measuring the transmission matrix of a complex medium in optics
	S. Gigan
15:15h	Plasmonics and the problem of gain
	W. Barnes
15:50h	Various approaches to loss mitigation in Nanoplasmonics and their limitations
	J. Khurgin
17:00h	Poster session

Thursday, March 15

15:00h	All-Solid-State Quantum Optics with Quantum Dots embedded in Photonic Crystals and Plasmonic Nanostructures
	P. Lodahl
15:35h	Cavity optomechanics: Coherent coupling of light and a micro-mechanical oscillator
	T. Kippenberg
16:10h	Spatial coherence induced by plasmon/exciton strong coupling
	S. Aberra Guebrou
16:45h	An array of single photon registers on a dielectric nano-waveguide
	J. Hwang
17:40h	Gold nanoparticles and assemblies with extraordinary optical activity
	L. Liz
18:15h	Metallic and semiconducting nanoantennas
	J. Gomez-Rivas
18:50h	Infrared nanophotonics based on antennas and transmission lines
	R. Hillenbrand
19:25h	Correlation Effects in Surface Polariton Excitation of Statistically Homogeneous Sources: Consequences for Near Field Spatial Coherence
	M. Nieto-Vesperinas
20:00h	Putting Plasmonic Near-ﬁeld Probes in Perspective: the Case for the Campanile Geometry
	W. Bao

Friday, March 16

09:00h	Molding light propagation with phase discontinuities
	Z. Gaburro
09:35h	Random lasers. Under control?
	C. Lopez
10:10h	Large shift of nonlinear molecular radiation via coherent coupling to an off-resonance plasmon
	M. Mariano
11:05h	Gradient index plasmonic
	T. Zentgraf
11:40h	Silicon colloids based nanomaterials
	F. Messeguer
12:15h	Long-range excitation transfer via DNA nanowire using noble nanoparticles as laser antennas
	F. Garwe
12:40h	Slowly varying surface plasmon for super-resolution imaging
	N. Cang

This session has received financial support from the following institutions: