报告题目：Metamaterials and Plasmonics: a New Frontier of Science and Technology
报告人：Xiang Zhang
Ernest S. Kuh Chaired Professor and Director
NSF Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center
University of California, Berkeley (USA)
时间Time:2010年7月9日16:00-17:00
地点Venue:光电国家实验室A301
报告摘要Abstract:
Recent theory predicted a new class of meta structures made of engineered sub wavelength entities - meta “atoms” and “molecules” which enable the unprecedented optical properties that do not exist in the nature such as optical magnetism and artificial plasma. Especially, the predicted superlens made of metamaterials breaks the fundamental diffraction limit, which may have profound impact in wide range of applications such as nano-scale imaging, nanolithography, and ultra-density data storage.
I’ll discuss a few recent experiments that demonstrated these intriguing physics. We created the first bulk optical metamaterials that show the negative refractions. We demonstrated the superlens and optical cloaking using carefully design of plasmonic materials dispersions. I will further discuss a new technology based on superlens for nano-scale lithography that may transform the next generation of nano-manufacturing, along with our first demonstration of plasmon lasers.
报告人简介Introduction to reporter：
Xiang Zhang is an Ernest S. Kuh Chaired Professor at UC Berkeley and the Director of NSF Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC). He has published more than 170 publications including those in Science and Nature. He has given over 170 invited, keynote and plenary talks at international conferences and institutions. His group’s research in optical metamaterials was selected by Times Magazine as “Top 10 Scientific Discoveries in 2008”. Professor Zhang is a recipient of NSF CAREER Award; SME Dell K. Allen Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and ONR Young Investigator Award. He is a member of US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and fellow of APS, OSA, AAAS and SPIE. He received his Ph.D from UC Berkeley in 1996 and was a faculty member at Penn State, and UCLA prior joining the Berkeley faculty in 2004.
