OSA(OpticalSociety)PurdueStudentChapter

2014SeminarSessions

Speaker:Prof.MarkI.Stockman(GeorgiaStateUniversity)

Title:SpaserinQuantumRegime

Aboutthelecture:

Nanoplasmonicsdealswithcollectiveelectrondynamicsonthesurfaceofmetalnanostructures,whicharisesduetoexcitationscalledsurfaceplasmons.Nanoplasmonicshasnumerousapplicationsinscience,technology,biomedicine,environmentalmonitoring,anddefense.Untilrecently,alltheeffects,elements,anddevicesinnanoplasmonicshavebeenpassive:theyuseexternalopticalenergy,alwayslosingafractionofittoheatandleakageradiation.Anactivedevicegeneratingenergydirectlyonthenanoscalehasbeenspaser(surfaceplasmonamplificationbystimulatedemissionofradiation).Thespaserhavebeenintroducedtheoreticallyanddiscoveredexperimentally.Webrieflyconsiderquantumtheoryandlatestresultsonspaserasanultrafastquantumgeneratorandamplifierofnanoplasmonicfields,ultrabrightnanolabel,andhighly-efficientnanosensor.Wepresentlatestoriginalresults:electricalnanospaserintheextremequantumregimeandgraphenenanospaser.

Briefbio:

MarkI.StockmanreceivedhisPhDandDScdegreesfrominstitutesoftheRussianAcademyofSciences.HeisaProfessorofPhysicsandtheDirectoroftheCenterforNanooptics(CeNO)atGeorgiaStateUniversity,Atlanta,GA,USA.HeisaFellowoftheAmericanPhysicalSociety(APS),OpticalSocietyofAmerica(OSA),andSPIE–TheInternationalSocietyforOptoelectronicEngineering.HehasservedasaDistinguishedVisitingProfessoratEcoleNormaleSupérieuredeCachan(France)andasaVisitingProfessoratEcoleSupérieuredePhysiqueanddeChimieIndustrielle(Paris,France),andalsoasa

GuestProfessoratUniversityofStuttgart(Germany),MaxPlankInstituteforQuantumOptics(Garching,Germany),andLudwigMaximilianUniversity(Munich,Germany).Amajordirectionofhisresearchistheoreticalnanoplasmonics,inparticular,ultrafastandnonlinearnanoscaleopticalphenomena.Heisaco-inventorofspaser(nanoplasmoniclaser).Heisanauthorofover180majorresearchpapersandhaspresentednumerousplenary,keynote,andinvitedtalksatmajorinternationalconferences.HetaughtcoursesonnanoplasmonicsandrelatedtopicsatmanymajorinternationalmeetingsandscientificinstitutionsinUS,Canada,Europe,Asia,andAustralia.

November20th(Thur),1-2pm@BRK2001

Snacksandbeverageswillbeprovided.