From nanotech at mit.edu  Wed Feb 27 09:39:25 2008
From: nanotech at mit.edu (MIT Nanotechnology Public Lecture Series)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:39:25 -0500
Subject: [Nanotech lectures] REMINDER: Nanotechnology Public Lecture Series
Message-ID: <47C5761D.9010303@mit.edu>

As part of our continuing public lecture series on nanotechnology, we are
pleased to announce that we will be hosting Prof. Evelyn Hu from University
of California, Santa Barbara.

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(http://www.rle.mit.edu/nanolectureseries)

Time: Thursday Evening, March 6, at 7 p.m.

Location: MIT's Stata Center (32-123)
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Nanophotonics: Discovering the Magic of Light in Nanostructures Prof. Evelyn
Hu, UCSB

Many of us have seen how very fine gratings formed in materials may alter
the apparent color of light. 'Nanophotonics' embodies the similar idea of
structuring a material at the nanoscale to achieve new optical behavior and
controlled interactions between light and matter. Recent progress in
nanofabrication allows us to create structures that can confine strong
optical fields into very small volumes of materials (approximately equal to
a cube whose side is the wavelength of light). This very strong interaction
of light and its optical environment can produce dazzling new possibilities,
among them: storing light; controlled 'release' of light, one photon at a
time; slowing the velocity of light; and creating highly efficient sources
of light. We will illustrate these possibilities using particular
semiconductor nanostructures, and look ahead to further progress, challenges
and opportunities in nanophotonics



For a brief biography of the speaker, visit his her site at:
http://hu.cnsi.ucsb.edu/


We look forward to seeing you all at the event!


Event sponsors:
MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics, Microsystems Technology
Laboratory, Public Service Center, and Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science.

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