Nano-Structures for Optics and Photonics Optical Strategies for Enhancing Sensing, Imaging, Communication and Energy Conversion /

The contributions in this volume were presented at a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Erice, Italy, 4-19 July 2013. Many aspects of important research into nanophotonics, plasmonics, semiconductor materials and devices, instrumentation for bio sensing to name just a few, are covered in depth in...

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Main Author: Di Bartolo, Baldassare
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Collins, John M (John Michael), 1955-, Silvestri, Luciano
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015
Series:NATO Science for Peace and Security series Physics and biophysics.
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Table of Contents:
  • ^^ 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
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  • ^^ 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
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  • ^^ Optical Properties Nanocomposite Composed of Ag Nanoparticles Embedded in a DLC Film
  • Part V List of Participants
  • ^^ 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 Reducing Layer
  • 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
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  • ^^ 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
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  • ^^ 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
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  • 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
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