Nano-Structures for Optics and Photonics

Part I Lectures.- Nanoplasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications.- Transformation Optics.- Localized Light-Matter Interactions with Optical Antennas.- Biosensing Instrumentation.- Ultrafast Photonics with Microstructures Fibers.- Prospects of Molecular Scale Logic Gates and Logic Circuits.- Tunability of Plasmonic Devices.- Novel Plasmonic Probes and Smart Superhydrophobic Devices, New Tools for Forthcoming Spectroscopies at the Nanoscale.- Narrow-linewidth Lasers on a Silicon Chip.- Integrated Optomechanics: Opportunities for Tunable Nanophotonic Devices.- Fluorescence-Based Studies of Nanoparticles.- Incandescent Lamp-Like White-Light Emission from Doped and Undoped Oxide Nanopowders.- An Approach in the Structural and Spectroscopic Analysis of Yb3+-doped YAG Nano-ceramics by Conjugation of TEM-EDX and Optical Techniques.- Taking Microcavity Label-free Single Molecule Detection deep into the Protein Realm.- Fluorescence and Raman Scattering in Plasmonic Nano-structures: From Basic Science to Applications.- Principles and Applications of Rare Earth Ion-doped Nanoparticles.- Nanostructures in the Terahertz Range.- Nanomaterials for Lighting and Solar Energy Conversion.- Part II Interdisciplinary Lecture.- The Discovery of the Higgs Particle.- Part III Short Seminars.- Chemical and Strain Engineering of Functional Oxides.- Gold Photonic Crystals and Photonics Quasi-Crystals for Reproducible Surface-Enhanced Raman Substrates.- Mid-Infrared Surface Plasmon Polariton Sensors Resonant with the Vibrational Modes of Phospholipid Layers.- Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of Er3+:CdNb2O6 Phosphors.- Antibody Anchoring on QCM Gold Surfaces by UV Based Strategy.- Spectroscopic Properties of New Cubic Tungstates Doped with Eu3+ and Yb3+ Ions.- The Role of Surface Plasmon Resonance in Enhanced Transmission through Metallic Gratings.- Experimental Observation of Self-organized Nanostructures in Layered Crystals.- Nano-structuring for Molecular Motor Control.- Fingerprint Imaging Enhancement by Deposition of Columnar Thin Films Nanostructures.- Analytic Solution of the Rabi model.- Microscroll Invisibility Cloak.- The Identification of the Inorganic Pigments in the Cultural Heritage Objects using Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering.- Polymeric Microresonators for Biosensing Applications.- On the Possibility of Indicating Protein Conformational Changes via Energy Transfer between Intrinsic Fluorophores.- Part IV Posters.- Surface Plasmons and Strong Light-Matter Coupling in Metallic Nanoshells.- Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence Characterization of a-Si:H/c-Ci Interfaces.- Structural, Optoelectronic and Electrical Properties of GaAs Microcrystals Grown from (001) Si Nano-areas.- Plasmonic Sensors for Aromatic Hydrocarbon Detection.- Optical Annealing of Black Silicon.- Strongly Confined Gap Plasmon Modes in Graphene Sandwiches and Graphene-on-silicon.- Investigation of Polarized Light Emitting Diode.- Linking Optical Properties and Nanostructure of NiCrOx Cermet Nanocomposite for Solar Thermal Application.- Ultrafast Active Control of Plasmonic Resonances at THz Frequencies.- An Eigenvector Expansion Method for Localized Plasmon Modes: Application to Extinction and Electron Energy Loss Spectra of Isolated and Coupled Metallic Nanoparticles.- Characterisations of New Nd3+-Doped Scheelite-Type Molybdates for Laser Materials.- Cluster Implantation and Deposition Apparatus: Design and Capabilities.- Roles of Surface Pattern Morphology and Sunlight Incoherence on Solar Cell Optimization.- Processing and Characterization of Nanowire Arrays for Photodetectors.- Structural Analysis of Ge-Ga-Se/S-CsCl Glasses and Glass-ceramics for Application in Chalcogenide and Chalcohalide Photonics.- Regularities in Holographic Formation of Periodic Structures in the System Polymer-Metal Nanoparticles.- Modeling the Effect of Different Dimensions in High Contrast Grating Mirror.- InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots Covered by Graded GaAsSb Strain ReducingLayer.- Compact Wavelength- and Pulse-Duration-Tunable Ultrafast Laser System for Coherent Raman Microscopy.- Random Lasing in ZnSe and CdSe Semiconductor Powders.- Design of an Ultra-Broadband Super Absorbing Plasmonic Metamaterials.- High-order Harmonic Generation and Plasmonics.- Low Dispersion Propagation of Broad-band THz Pulses in a Two-Wire Waveguide.- Femtosecond Lase Micromachining of a-Si:H.- Low-level Monoclinic Content Detection in Zirconia Implants using Raman Spectroscopy.- Modeling Additive Color Effect in Natural Photonic Polycrystals using the Layer Homogenization Method: the Case of the Diamond Weevil.- Transformation of Optical Properties for gamma-Irradiated Lithium Fluoride Crystals under Transition from Bulk to Nanocrystals.- Characterization of Polyethylene Glycol Self-Assembled Monolayers by means of Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy for Biosensor Applications.- InAs Quantum Dots Covered by GaAsSb Strain Reducing Layer.- Maximizing Intensity in TiO2 Waveguides for Nonlinear Optics.- An Improved Method for T-matrix Calculations of Light Scattering by Spheroidal Particles.- Automated Algorithms for Multilayer Thin Film Filter Design Using Metamaterials.- Surface Charge Effects on the Interaction Between a Solid-Supported Model Lipid Membrane and AuNPs Studied by SFG Spectroscopy.- Photoluminescence of colour centres in thermally-evaporated LiF films for radiation imaging detectors.- P3HT:PCBM Based Organic Solar Cells: Structure Optimization and Improving External Quantum Efficiency by Plasmonic Nanoparticles Incorporation.- Optical Properties Nanocomposite Composed of Ag Nanoparticles Embedded in a DLC Film.- Part V List of Participants.