ICO-25 • OWLS-16

Winner of the 2016-ICO Prize

Andrea Alu (CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, NY, USA)
Extreme Light-Matter Interactions in Polaritonic Metasurfaces

Abstract
I will discuss our recent progress in controlling and tailoring light using polaritonic metasurfaces. I will discuss in particular the role of broken symmetries in enhancing and control light-matter interactions at the nanoscale.

Curriculum Vitae
Andrea Alù is Einstein Professor and Founding Director at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. He received his Laurea (2001) and PhD (2007) from the University of Roma Tre, Italy.

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Winner of the 2017 Galileo Galilei Medal

Alexander I. Nosich (Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NASU, Laboratory of Micro and Nano Optics, Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Microcavity lasers and plasmonic nanolasers on threshold: Essentials and examples of full-wave electromagnetic analysis

Abstract
Quoting Niels Bohr, “Each time when we need something working, we have to descend from the heights of quantum theory to Maxwell equations, and sometimes even to Newton equations.” This is about the lasers too.

Curriculum Vitae
IEEE Fellow (2004), DHC Universite de Rennes (2015), ICO Galilei Medal (2017), National Prize (2017), NASU Solomon Pekar Award in Solid-State Physics (2018), OSA Fellow (2019), National Research Foundation of Ukraine (2019-2022), H-index = 36.

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Jorge Ojeda-Castañeda (Universidad de Guanajuato, Salamanca, Mexico)
Tunable optical systems using phase conjugate pairs

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We use pairs of helical modulated phase masks, for controlling the optical path of refractive elements. This allows us to tune the optical power of lenses, to implement aberration generators, and to create diffraction attenuators.

Curriculum Vitae
Jorge Ojeda-Castañeda. Ph. D., University of Reading, United Kingdom (1976). B. Sc, National Autonomous University of México, México (1972). Jorge has written 174 papers in peer-reviewed academic journals and 119 papers in conference proceedings.

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Winner of the 2017-ICO Prize

Francesca Calegari (DESY-Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany)
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Winner of the 2018 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize

Can Bayram (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America)
Cubic-phase III-nitrides for Next Generation Quantum Devices

Abstract
Here we report band structure engineering of cubic-phase III-nitride semiconductors and provide access to previously unseen quantum phenomena in III-nitride heterostructures for use in advanced energy devices.

Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Can Bayram is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. He is an expert in III-V materials, and photonic and electronic devices.

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Winner of the 2019 ICO-IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics

Chao-Yang Lu (University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China)
Toward quantum computational advantage with photons

Na Liu
Controlled multi-motion in high-order plasmonic architectures

Abstract
In this talk, I will discuss a variety of DNA-assembled plasmonic architectures with different motion and functions. I will also outline ongoing research directions and conclude that DNA nanotechnology has a bright future ahead.

Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Laura Na Liu joined University of Stuttgart and became the Director of the 2. Physics Institute in 2020.

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