Fun with Light: Strong Photon-Photon Interactions and Meta-Materials
Aνέβηκε στις 17 Ιουλ 2009
Google Tech Talk
July 10, 2009
ABSTRACT
Fun with Light: Strong Photon-Photon Interactions and Meta-Materials
Presented by Jung-Tsung Shen
The
lightsaber is a supercool gadget that all of us would like to get one.
It exhibits many novel light phenomena, notably the light blades of two
lightsabers could interact with each other. Unfortunately it takes an
enormous amount of energy to achieve that. One of the main difficulties
of making a lightsaber is that photons normally do not interact with
each other.
In the first part of the talk, I will describe how to
make photons interact with each other, which enables the capability of
using photons to control photons. This capability has many potential
applications in quantum communication and information processing, and
other novel optoelectronics devices. Moreover, the configuration is
well-suited for on-chip all solid-state implementations.
In the
second part of the talk, I will briefly explain what metamaterials are,
and some novel optical tricks they can play, such as Harry Potter's
invisibility cloak and super lens. In particular, I will discuss the
mechanisms and properties of a special class of metamaterials --
metamaterials with ultra-high refractive index. Such artificial
structures will be useful in many applications such as subwavelength
lithography and imaging, broadband slow-light, and sensitive
interferometer.
(* The talk is for general audience with no background in these fields. *)
Dr.
Jung-Tsung Shen is currently a research associate at Stanford
University, working on photon transport in nano-photonics,
metamaterials, plasmonics, and thermal and energy transport in
nano-structures. He obtained his PhD degree in physics in 2003 from MIT.
He was also a graduate scholar at Bell Labs from year 1998 -2001. He
will be an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis in
September this year.
July 10, 2009
ABSTRACT
Fun with Light: Strong Photon-Photon Interactions and Meta-Materials
Presented by Jung-Tsung Shen
The
lightsaber is a supercool gadget that all of us would like to get one.
It exhibits many novel light phenomena, notably the light blades of two
lightsabers could interact with each other. Unfortunately it takes an
enormous amount of energy to achieve that. One of the main difficulties
of making a lightsaber is that photons normally do not interact with
each other.
In the first part of the talk, I will describe how to
make photons interact with each other, which enables the capability of
using photons to control photons. This capability has many potential
applications in quantum communication and information processing, and
other novel optoelectronics devices. Moreover, the configuration is
well-suited for on-chip all solid-state implementations.
In the
second part of the talk, I will briefly explain what metamaterials are,
and some novel optical tricks they can play, such as Harry Potter's
invisibility cloak and super lens. In particular, I will discuss the
mechanisms and properties of a special class of metamaterials --
metamaterials with ultra-high refractive index. Such artificial
structures will be useful in many applications such as subwavelength
lithography and imaging, broadband slow-light, and sensitive
interferometer.
(* The talk is for general audience with no background in these fields. *)
Dr.
Jung-Tsung Shen is currently a research associate at Stanford
University, working on photon transport in nano-photonics,
metamaterials, plasmonics, and thermal and energy transport in
nano-structures. He obtained his PhD degree in physics in 2003 from MIT.
He was also a graduate scholar at Bell Labs from year 1998 -2001. He
will be an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis in
September this year.
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