Svetlana Boriskina, Research Scientist
| Jan/24 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | room 3-270 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Prereq: none
Plasmonics is a sub-area of nanotechnology that aims at using metals for focusing and guiding light. Unlike conventional optics, plasmonics enables unrivalled high concentration of optical energy well beyond the diffraction limit. However, a significant part of this energy is dissipated as heat. Plasmonic losses present a major hurdle in the development of plasmonic devices and circuits that can compete with other mature technologies.
However, plasmonics is a horizontal scientific discipline, not a vertical market. Consumers only ultimately care about effective products at a good price, and not about the scientific thinking that led to the product development. In many cases, the product that makes it to the market is very different from the one scientists had in mind when they embarked on their research projects. Plasmonics is an excellent illustration of this point, and emerging applications of plasmonics leverage rather than fight Ohmic losses in metals to achieve new enhanced functionalities.
The lecture will give a brief intro to plasmonics, and will discuss emerging technologies and products that make use of plasmonic effects and span a wide range of end-user markets and applications.
Please register by Jan 22
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Svetlana Boriskina, 7-006, 617 253-7488, SBORISK@MIT.EDU