Glass-Based Sub-Wavelength Photonic Structures Drukuj
Wpisany przez Jacek Szczytko   
czwartek, 16 stycznia 2014 13:01

prof. Maurizio Ferrari

CNR-IFN, CSMFO Lab., Via alla Cascata 56/c, Povo, 38123 Trento, Italy

Szkoła IN: poniedziałek 27 stycznia 2014, S109, Pasteura 7, godz. 10:00

Fabrication of confined structures, where light can be confined over nano or micro scale region is fantastic challenge for nano-science based technologies. Manufacture of such structures has become possible due to the opportunity delivered by nanotechnology, which opens the way to the study of new functional artificial materials and plasmonic structures, promising progress in miniaturization and which allow exploration of new aspects of light-matter interaction. The goal to face Sub-Wavelength Photonic Structures is to increase knowledge about the basic mechanisms of the interaction of light with matter on a sub-wavelength scale. The exploitation of their unique properties covers a range of applications possibilities and system performance that are not solely ICT oriented but also concern Lighting; Laser, Sensing, Energy, Environment, and Health.

After a short introduction concerning the Trento Research Unit of the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN), we will discuss about glass-derived novel nano and micrometer scale range structures such as microcavities, waveguides, microresonators, transparent glass-ceramics, and photonic crystals mainly fabricated by sol-gel and rf-sputtering techniques. Attention will be focused on the structural and spectroscopic properties of such systems that, when activated by rare earth ions, represents the cornerstone in a wide number of technological applications such as integrated optical amplifiers, laser systems, and solar energy converters.

The idea is to present an overview of our activity in the field of Glass-Based Sub-Wavelength Photonic Structures, focusing the discussion on photonics application, and evidencing the capital scientific and technological interest of this kind of structures, which require and allow common multidisciplinary research involving scientists coming from a large spectrum of disciplines.

 

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a) SEM image of the surface of direct opal constituted by polystyrene nanoparticles with dimension of 230 nm b) Photograph of the opal structure infiltrated with PDMS where a green opalescence is clearly evident. (Proceedings ICTON 2013 Invited paper Tu.B5.2 pp. 1-5 ISBN: 978-1-4799-0683-3)

Szkoła odbywa się dzięki wsparciu projektu POKL UDA – POKL.04.01.01-00-100/10 "Chemia, fizyka i biologia na potrzeby społeczeństwa XXI wieku: nowe makrokierunki studiów I, II i III stopnia" prowadzonemu na Wydziale Chemii UW.

Poprawiony: wtorek, 28 stycznia 2014 22:16