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Optical Properties of Nanostructured Metals: From Physics to Devices
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| Speaker
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Professor Reuven Gordon
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
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| Day and Time
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Monday, August 14, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.
(refreshments will be served)
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| Location
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University of Toronto, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 1210
40 St. George Street, Toronto
map code (BA)
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| Organizer
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Circuits and Devices Chapter
(IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society and the Institute for Optical Sciences )
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| Contact
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Emanuel Istrate, E-mail:
No need to confirm your attendance - everyone welcome
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| Abstract
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Diffraction limits the focusing of light to optical wavelength scales.
It is possible to overcome this limit by using the unique optical
properties of nanostructured metals. In this talk, I will review the
properties of nanostructured metals that allow for unique subwavelength
features. I will then overview our research on nanostructured metal
films, which ranges from understanding the physics of nanoholes in
metals to creating novel sensor devices. I will also present our recent
work on nanostructures that allow for dramatically increased local field
intensity in nanoscale regions, and our measurements of second harmonic
generation from those structures.
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| Biography
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Dr. Gordon received his B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science (1997) and his
M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (1999) from the University of Toronto.
He received a Ph.D. in Physics (2002) from the University of Cambridge
and currently holds an Assistant Professor position in Electrical and
Computer Engineering at the University of Victoria. For his work on beam
instabilities in EDFA pump lasers, Dr. Gordon received the national
award for the "Best Student in Telecommunication Hardware" from the
Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. His work on the mode-locking of
VCSELs has been patented by Hitachi. Dr. Gordon's current research on
nanophotonics has yielded 2 papers within the top 1% by number of
citations, and it has been featured in the news sections of IEEE
Spectrum, Nature and the ACCN.
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