16 September 2012 / Start time: 16 h 0 min
16:00 - 18:00 - Sunday registration
18:00 - 20:00 - Welcome reception
17 September 2012 / Start time: 7 h 30 min
07:30 - 09:15 - Monday registration
09:15 - 09:30 - Opening ceremony
09:30 - 11:00 - Oral sessions (Monday morning 1)
09:30 - Optical and UV Metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Martin Wegener

09:30 - 10:00 - The exciting science of light with metamaterials Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Vladimir M. Shalaev, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA
  • A. Boltasseva, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA
  • X. Ni, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA
  • G. Naik, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA
  • E. E. Narimanov, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA
  • J. Liu, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA
  • N. Emani, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA
  • A. V. Kildishev, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA
10:00 - 10:15 - High order asymptotic for periodic multilayers Oral [Show abstract]
  • Yan Liu, Institut Freshnel, France
  • Boris Gralak, Institut Freshnel, France
  • Sébastien Guenneau, Institut Freshnel, France
10:15 - 10:30 - Homogeneous magnetic metamaterials due to extreme coupling Oral [Show abstract]
  • Christoph Menzel, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid Stat Optics; Abbe Center of Photonics; Jena, Germany, Germany
  • Rasoul Alaee, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid Stat Optics; Abbe Center of Photonics; Jena, Germany, Germany
  • Ekaterina Pshenay-Severin, Institute of Applied Physics; Abbe Center of Photonics; Jena, Germany, Germany
  • Christian Helgert, Institute of Applied Physics; Abbe Center of Photonics; Jena, Germany, Germany
  • Thomas Paul, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid Stat Optics; Abbe Center of Photonics; Jena, Germany, Germany
  • Arkadi Chipouline, Institute of Applied Physics; Abbe Center of Photonics; Jena, Germany, Germany
  • Carsten Rockstuhl, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid Stat Optics; Abbe Center of Photonics; Jena, Germany, Germany
  • Thomas Pertsch, Institute of Applied Physics; Abbe Center of Photonics; Jena, Germany, Germany
  • Falk Lederer, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid Stat Optics; Abbe Center of Photonics; Jena, Germany, Germany
10:30 - 11:00 - Optical metamaterials with a negative index of refraction in the UV Extended oral [Show abstract]
  • Ruben Maas, FOM-Institute AMOLF, Netherlands
  • James Parsons, FOM-Institute AMOLF, Netherlands
  • Ewold Verhagen, EPFL, Switzerland
  • Albert Polman, FOM-Institute AMOLF, Netherlands
09:30 - Acoustic Metamaterials I

Session chairperson(s): Johan Christensen

09:30 - 09:45 - Realization of hyper acoustic transmission through a subwavelength hole using membrane Oral [Show abstract]
  • Jong Jin Park, Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University , Korea (South)
  • Seung Hwan Lee, Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Korea (South)
  • Sam Hyeon Lee, Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Korea (South)
09:45 - 10:00 - Anomalous transmission properties of ultranarrow, zero-density acoustic metachannels Oral [Show abstract]
  • Andrea Alu, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Romain Fleury, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Caleb Sieck, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Michael Haberman, Applied Research Laboratories, USA
10:00 - 10:15 - Negative effective mass density of acoustic metamaterial using dual-resonator spring-mass model Oral [Show abstract]
  • Kwek-Tze Tan, Purdue University, USA
  • H.H. Huang, Purdue University, USA
  • C.T. Sun, Purdue University, USA
10:15 - 11:00 - Acoustic and mechanical metamaterials Keynote [Show abstract]
  • Jose Sanchez-Dehesa, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
  • Victor M. Garcia-Chocano, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
  • Daniel Torrent, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
09:30 - Microwave Metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Ricardo Marques

09:30 - 09:45 - A dipole antenna design incorporating both electromagnetic bandgap and zero-refractive index metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Vasa Radonic, Faculty of technical sciences, Serbia
  • Keith Palmer, Department of E&E Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Vesna Crnojevic-Bengin, Faculty of technical sciences, Serbia
09:45 - 10:00 - Artificial Magnetic Conductors replacing absorbers for packaging of microstrip circuits Oral [Show abstract]
  • Eva Rajo-Iglesias, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
10:00 - 10:15 - Magnetoinductive lenses for reduction of correlated noise in parallel magnetic resonance imaging Oral [Show abstract]
  • Manuel Freire, University of Seville, Spain
  • Marcos Lopez, University of Seville, Spain
  • Jose Algarin, University of Seville, Spain
  • Felix Breuer, Research Center Magnetic Resonance Bavaria (MRB), Germany
  • Ricardo Marques, University of Seville, Spain
10:15 - 11:00 - Metamaterials - Beyond crystals, noncrystals, and quasicrystals: Microwave applications Keynote [Show abstract]
  • Tie Jun Cui, Radio Department, Southeast University, China
11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee break (Monday morning)
11:30 - 13:00 - Oral sessions (Monday morning 2)
11:30 - Non-linear Metamaterials I

Session chairperson(s): Jacob Khurgin

11:30 - 12:00 - Enhancement of second-harmonic generation from metal nanoparticles by passive elements Extended oral [Show abstract]
  • Martti Kauranen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
  • Hannu Husu, Centre for Metrology and Accreditation, Finland
  • Roope Siikanen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
  • Robert Czaplicki, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
  • Jouni Mäkitalo, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
  • Joonas Lehtolahti, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  • Janne Laukkanen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  • Markku Kuittinen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
12:00 - 12:15 - Characteristics of soliton propagation in an isotropic chiral metamaterial Oral [Show abstract]
  • Nikolaos Tsitsas, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, USA
  • Dimitri Frantzeskakis, Department of Physics, University of Athens, Greece
12:15 - 12:30 - Enhancing nonlinear response with metamaterials: from nonlinear parameters engineering to one-way imaging Oral [Show abstract]
  • Ekaterina Poutrina, Duke University, USA
  • Alec Rose, Duke University, USA
  • David Smith, Duke University, USA
12:30 - 12:45 - Gaussian pulse mixing by nonlinear photonic crystals Oral [Show abstract]
  • Oksana Shramkova, ECIT, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
  • Alexander Schuchinsky, ECIT, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
12:45 - 13:00 - Linear and nonlinear Tamm surface modes in layered metal-dielectric metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Ivan Iorsh, National Research University of Information Technologies Mechanics and Optics, Russia
  • Pavel Belov, National Research University of Information Technologies Mechanics and Optics, Russia
  • Ilya Shadrivov, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
  • Alexander Zharov, Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
  • Yuri Kivshar, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
11:30 - Acoustic Metamaterials II

Session chairperson(s): Jose Sanchez-Dehesa

11:30 - 11:45 - On the feasibility of pentamode mechanical metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Tiemo Bückmann, Institute of Applied Physics and DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Muamer Kadic, Institute of Applied Physics and DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Nicolas Stenger, Institute of Applied Physics and DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Michael Thiel, Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Nanoscribe GmbH, Germany
  • Martin Wegener, Institute of Applied Physics and DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures and Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
11:45 - 12:00 - Acoustic metamaterials based on cavities drilled in two dimensional waveguides Oral [Show abstract]
  • Rogelio Graciá-Salgado, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  • Daniel Torrent, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  • José Sánchez-Dehesa, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
12:00 - 12:30 - Quest for flexible acoustic circuitry with acousto-elastic metamaterials Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Nicholas Xuanlai Fang, MIT, USA
12:30 - 13:00 - All-angle negative refraction with an acoustic fishnet structure Extended oral [Show abstract]
  • Johan Christensen, IQFR-CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain, Spain
  • Javier Garcia de Abajo, IQFR-CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain, Spain
11:30 - Extraordinary Transmission

Session chairperson(s): Ortwin Hess

11:30 - 11:45 - Surface impedance and coupled-wave model for extraordinary optical transmission through realistic metallic screens Oral [Show abstract]
  • Vicente Delgado, University of Seville, Spain
  • Ricardo Marqués, University of Seville, Spain
  • Lukas Jelinek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
11:45 - 12:00 - Control transmission of light through a single nanohole with the use of photon crystal microcavity Oral [Show abstract]
  • Pavel Melentiev, Institute for Spectroscopy Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Anton Afanasiev, Institute for Spectroscopy Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Artur Kuzin, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
  • Alex Zablotskiy, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
  • Andrey Baturin, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
  • Victor Balykin, Institute for Spectroscopy Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
12:00 - 12:15 - On the nature of transmission in resonant metamaterial transmission lines Oral [Show abstract]
  • Vesna Crnojevic-Bengin, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Riana Geschke, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Nikolina Jankovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Norbert Cselyuszka, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
12:15 - 12:45 - Efficient circuit models for extraordinary transmission structures CONSOLIDER project CSD2008-00066 presentation [Show abstract]
  • Francisco Medina, University of Seville, Spain
  • Francisco Mesa, University of Seville, Spain
  • Raul Rodriguez-Berral, University of Seville, Spain
12:45 - 13:00 - Efficient electrically small apertures and their applications in microwave components Oral [Show abstract]
  • Filiberto Bilotti, Roma Tre University, Italy
  • Luca Di Palma, Roma Tre University, Italy
  • Davide Ramaccia, Roma Tre University, Italy
  • Alessandro Toscano, Roma Tre University, Italy
13:00 - 14:30 - Lunch (Monday)
14:30 - 16:00 - Oral sessions (Monday afternoon 1)
14:30 - Antenna Applications of Metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Alexander Schuchinsky

14:30 - 15:00 - Recent progress on metamaterial-inspired antennas Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Richard W. Ziolkowski, ECE Dept., University of Arizona, USA
  • Ning Zhu, ECE Dept., University of Arizona, USA
  • Ming-chun Tang, ECE Dept., University of Arizona, USA
15:00 - 15:15 - Linear-to-circular polarization transformer based on the employment of electrically small antennas Oral [Show abstract]
  • Mirko Barbuto, Roma Tre University, Italy
  • Alessandro Toscano, Roma Tre University, Italy
15:15 - 15:30 - Design of a broadband shortened horn loaded with a flat wire-medium annular lens Oral [Show abstract]
  • Davide Ramaccia, "RomaTre" University, Italy
  • Francesco Scattone, "RomaTre" University, Italy
  • Filiberto Bilotti, "RomaTre" University, Italy
  • Alessandro Toscano, "RomaTre" University, Italy
15:30 - 15:45 - Dual-operating band and high-gain planar horn antennaWithdrawal, CONSOLIDER project CSD2008-00066 presentation [Show abstract]
  • Unai Beaskoetxea Gartzia, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
  • Miguel Beruete, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
15:45 - 16:00 - Using metamaterials to exploit lateral waves for microwave applicationsWithdrawal, Oral [Show abstract]
  • Steven Weiss, The Army Research Lab, USA
14:30 - Non-linear Metamaterials II

Session chairperson(s): Martti Kauranen

14:30 - 15:00 - Second harmonic generation of individual gold metallic nanoparticles Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Pierre-Francois Brevet, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
  • Jérémy Butet, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
  • Isabelle Russier-Antoine, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
  • Noelle Lascoux, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
  • Christian Jonin, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
  • Emmanuel Benichou, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
15:00 - 15:15 - Discrete dissipative switching waves and solitons in 1D-, 2D-, and 3D- nanostructures and metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Nikolay Rosanov, Vavilov State Optical Institute, Russia
  • Anatoly Shatsev, Vavilov State Optical Institute, Russia
  • Nina Vyssotina, Vavilov State Optical Institute, Russia
  • Anton Desyatnikov, Australian National University, Australia
  • Ilya Shadrivov, Australian National University, Australia
  • Yuri Kivshar, Australian National University, Australia
15:15 - 15:30 - Transition to negative refractive index in plasma metamaterial with negative permeability Oral [Show abstract]
  • Osamu Sakai, Kyoto University, Japan
15:30 - 15:45 - Oscillons, solitons, and domain walls in arrays of nonlinear plasmonic nanoparticles Oral [Show abstract]
  • Roman Noskov, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Pavel Belov, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Yuri Kivshar, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
15:45 - 16:00 - Symmetry resonance dependence of harmonic generation in metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Jörg Reinhold, Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • M. R. Shcherbakov, Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
  • A. Chipouline, Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • V. I. Panov, Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
  • T. Paul, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • C. Rockstuhl, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • F. Lederer, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • C. Helgert, Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • E.-B. Kley, Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • A. Tünnermann, Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • A. A. Fedyanin, Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Germany
  • T. Pertsch, Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
14:30 - Acoustic and Other Metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Nicholas Xuanlai Fang

14:30 - 15:00 - Hybrid elastic solidsWithdrawal, Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Yun Lai, Soochow University, China
15:00 - 15:30 - Acoustic Metamaterials through Coiling up Space Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Jensen Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Zixian Liang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
15:30 - 15:45 - Propagating surface plasmons on nanoporous gold Oral [Show abstract]
  • Joerg Schilling, ZIK SiLi-nano, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
  • Neha Sardana, ZIK SiLi-nano, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
  • Frank Heyroth, Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Materialwissenschaften, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
16:00 - 17:30 - Monday poster session + coffee break
16:00 - Optical, Nonlinear and Tunable Metamaterials
Losses dependence of wave transmission in the single negative metamaterials [Show abstract]
  • Yanhong Liu, Shanxi Datong University, China
Application of optical transformation for wavefront conversion by transmission-line method [Show abstract]
  • Seyed Hassan Sedighy, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of California, Irvine , USA
  • Mohammad Khalaj AmirHosseini, Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology , Iran
  • Filippo Capolino, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, USA
  • Caner Guclu, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, USA
Tunable negative index liquid crystal metamaterial employing in-plane switching mode [Show abstract]
  • Rafal Kowerdziej, Military University of Technology, Poland
  • Marek Olifierczuk, Military University of Technology, Poland
  • Janusz Parka, Military University of Technology, Poland
PSO-BPNN strategy for designing metamaterial loaded antenna with an attempt to make reconfigurable [Show abstract]
  • Asit K. Panda, National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur, Orissa, India
  • Bhabani S. Nayak, National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur, Orissa, India
  • Sudhakar Sahu, School of Electronics Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
  • Rabindra K. Mishra, Electronics Science dept. Berhampur University, Orissa, India
Investigation of DNG behaviour of a concentric Sierpinski sectoral SRR shaped metamaterial [Show abstract]
  • Asit K. Panda, Department of Electronic & Communication Engineering,National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur, Orissa, India
  • Sudhakar Sahu, School of Electronic Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, ORISSA, India
  • Bhabani S. Nayak, National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur, Orissa, India
  • Dipak R. Poddar, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Permittivity determination of multi-sectional diaphragm with metamaterial layers in rectangular waveguide [Show abstract]
  • Ekaterina Derevyanchuk, Penza State University, Russia
  • Yury Smirnov, Penza State University, Russia
Metamaterials based on glass metal nanocomposites [Show abstract]
  • Mihail Petrov, Saint-Petersburg Academic University RAS, Russia
Gain functionalized core-shell nanoparticles: the way to selectively compensate absorptive losses [Show abstract]
  • Antonio De Luca, University of Calabria, Italy
  • Melissa Infusino, University of Calabria, Italy
  • Serge Ravaine, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, University of Bordeaux, France
  • Alessandro Veltri, University of Calabria, Italy
  • Giuseppe Strangi, University of Calabria, Italy
Investigation on the effect of defects in different types of EBG grids [Show abstract]
  • Eduardo Sartori, UNISAL, Brazil
  • Hugo Figueroa, UNICAMP, Brazil
Investigating the dispersion of plasmonic resonances in a fishnet structure by variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry [Show abstract]
  • Milka Jakovljevic, Institute of Physics, Serbia
  • Goran Isic, Institute of Physics, Serbia
  • Tom Oates, Leibniz Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e.V, Germany
  • Babak Dastmalchi, Zentrum für Oberflächen- und Nanoanalytik, Universität Linz, Austria
  • Borislav Vasic, Institute of Physics, Serbia
  • Karsten Hinrichs, Leibniz Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e.V, Germany
  • Iris Bergmair, Functional Surfaces and Nanostructures, PROFACTOR GmbH, Austria
  • Kurt Hingerl, Zentrum für Oberflächen- und Nanoanalytik, Universität Linz, Austria
  • Rados Gajic, Institute of Physics, Serbia
Simple Analytical description of CNT nonlinear response enhanced by metamaterials [Show abstract]
  • Arkadi Chipouline, FSU Jena, Germany
  • Srikanth Sugavanam, Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Electronic Engineering, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
  • Vassili Fedotov, Optoelectronics Research Centre and Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton, UK
  • Andrei Nikolaenko, Optoelectronics Research Centre and Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton, UK
Optical response of plasmonic core-shell nanoparticles with optical gain [Show abstract]
  • Alessandro Veltri, University of Bordeaux, France
  • Ashod Aradian, University of Bordeaux, France
The increase of evanescent wave intensity on interface “uniaxial omega-medium - nonmagnetic insulator” [Show abstract]
  • Andrey Savchenko, Dоnetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
  • Dmitry Kulagin, Dоnetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
  • Artem Tarasenko, Dоnetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
  • Sergey Tarasenko, Dоnetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
  • Vladimir Shavrov, Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of the RAS, Russia
Tunable photonic band gaps and tunable gradient refractive index optics using plasmonic crystals with semiconductor rods [Show abstract]
  • Borislav Vasic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Rados Gajic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Effect of damping coefficient of precession on the transmission of electromagnetic waves through a structure containing ferromagnetic material waveguide [Show abstract]
  • Mohammed Shabat, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza Strip
  • Muin Ubeid, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestinian Authority, Gaza Strip
  • Mohammed Sid-Ahmed, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
Theoretical investigations of a N-sided regular polygon split ring resonator with skew rotation [Show abstract]
  • Sumanta Bose, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
  • S Raghavan, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
Temperature tuning all-dielectric left-handed material [Show abstract]
  • Bai Du, Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, China
Nonlinear magnetoelastic metamaterial using gravitational restoring force [Show abstract]
  • Iryna Khodasevych, RMIT University, Australia
  • Ilya Shadrivov, Australian National University, Australia
  • David Powell, Australian National University, Australia
  • Wayne Rowe, RMIT University, Australia
  • Arnan Mitchell, RMIT University, Australia
Terahertz and infrared metamaterial polarization converter with tunable ellipticity [Show abstract]
  • Dmitry Markovich, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
  • Andrei Andryieuski, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • Andrei Lavrinenko, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Dispersive TLM model of lossy GRIN MTM structures [Show abstract]
  • Tatjana Asenov, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis, Serbia
  • Nebojsa Doncov, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis, Serbia
  • Bratislav Milovanovic, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis, Serbia
On the theory of exciton states polarizability in open spherical quantum dot [Show abstract]
  • Nikita V. Korolev, Voronezh State University, Russia
  • Sergey E. Starodubtcev, Voronezh State University, Russia
  • Peter A. Meleshenko, Voronezh State University, Russia
  • Alexander F. Klinskikh, Voronezh State University, Russia
Resonant mode analysis of metamaterials composed of conducting spheres and wires by equivalent circuit model [Show abstract]
  • Keisuke Yoshida, Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Takashi Hisakado, Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Osami Wada, Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
Phase conjugation at normal incidence of signal wave on active metasurface with linear and nonlinear Huygens sources [Show abstract]
  • Yuriy Rapoport, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Sergei Tretyakov, Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, Finland
  • Stanislav Maslovski, Instituto de Telecomunicações - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
The features of nanoclusters and periodic structures formed at the surface of the crystal and amorphous silica by resonant CO2 laser irradiation [Show abstract]
  • Anel Mukhamedgalieva, Moscow State Mining University, Russia
  • Anatolii Bondar, Moscow State Mining University, Russia
  • Mikhail Kononov, Institute of General Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Vladimir Laptev, Institute of Spectroscopy of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Nadejda Novikova, Institute of Spectroscopy of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Igor Shvedov, Moscow State Mining University, Russia
Analysis of acoustic metamaterials - acoustic scattering matrix and extraction of effective parameters [Show abstract]
  • Norbert Cselyuszka, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Milan Sečujski, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Vesna Crnojević-Bengin, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Focusing the acoustic emission by the crystal with nonlinear interaction [Show abstract]
  • Evgeny Vinogradov, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Galina Vinogradova, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Alexander Melnikov, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
A probabilistic model for propagation of electromagnetic waves in 3D magnetic opal-based metamaterials Withdrawal, [Show abstract]
  • Galina Makeeva, Penza State University, Russia
  • Oleg Golovanov, Penza State University, Russia
  • Anatoly Rinkevich, Institute of Metal Physics, Russia
  • Dmitry Perov, Institute of Metal Physics, Russia
17:30 - 19:00 - Oral sessions (Monday afternoon 2)
17:30 - Transformation Optics I

Session chairperson(s): Vladimir M. Shalaev

17:30 - 17:45 - Design of invisibility cloaks using surface integral equation method Oral [Show abstract]
  • Javier Rivero, University of Extremadura, Spain
  • José Manuel Taboada, University of Extremadura, Spain
  • Luis Landesa, University of Extremadura, Spain
17:45 - 18:00 - Metal-dielectric metamaterials for transformation-optics and gradient-index devices at visible wavelengths Oral [Show abstract]
  • Andreas Rottler, Institute for Applied Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Daniel Diedrich, Institute for Applied Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Detlef Heitmann, Institute for Applied Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Stefan Mendach, Institute for Applied Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany
18:00 - 18:15 - Subwavelength imaging with materials of in-principle arbitrarily low index contrast Oral [Show abstract]
  • Yungui Ma, Zhejiang University, China
  • Sahar Sahebdivan, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
  • C.K. Ong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Tomas Tyc, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
  • Ulf Leonhardt, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
18:15 - 18:30 - Manipulating light by rotating optical axes Oral [Show abstract]
  • Jensen Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Zixian Liang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Ming Kang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Xu Jiang, University of Maryland, USA
18:30 - 19:00 - Revisit the carpet cloak from optical conformal mappingWithdrawal, Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Huanyang Chen, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, China
  • Hui Li, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, China
17:30 - Non-linear and Tunable Metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Pierre-Francois Brevet

17:30 - 17:45 - Enhanced second harmonic generation in doubly resonant photonic crystal cavities made of silicon Oral [Show abstract]
  • Claudiu G. Biris, High Performance Computing Centre, West University of Timisoara, Romania
  • Camelia D. Sold, Faculty of Physics, West University of Timisoara, Romania
  • Madalin O. Bunoiu, Faculty of Physics, West University of Timisoara, Romania
  • Nicolae C. Panoiu, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, UK
17:45 - 18:00 - Frequency conversion of terahertz waves by ultrafast optical pumping of metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Nao Sato, Shinshu University, Japan
  • Fumiaki Miyamaru, Shinshu University, Japan
  • Masanori Hangyo, Osaka University, Japan
  • Michael Bakunov, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • Mitsuo Takeda, Shinshu University, Japan
18:00 - 18:30 - Semiconductor approaches for tunable metamaterials in the mid-infrared Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Michael Sinclair, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
  • Igal Brener, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
  • Young Chul Jun, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, USA
  • Alon Gabbay, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, USA
  • Eric Shaner, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
  • John Reno, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
18:30 - 18:45 - Nonlinear cloaking of nanowires Oral [Show abstract]
  • Nina Zharova, Institute of Applied Physics, RAS, Russia
  • Ilya Shadrivov, Nonlinear Physics Centre, RSPE, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  • Alexander Zharov, Institute for Physics of Microstructures, RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • Yuri Kivshar, Nonlinear Physics Centre, RSPE, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
18:45 - 19:00 - Ultrasound-tunable dispersive optical medium Oral [Show abstract]
  • Vitold Pozhar, STC Unique Instrumentation RAS, Russia
  • Vladislav Pustovoit, STC Unique Instrumentation RAS, Russia
  • Kristina Tabachkova, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia
17:30 - RF and Microwave Metamaterials I

Session chairperson(s): Sergei Tretyakov

17:30 - 17:45 - Analysis of a CRLH SIW dual band antenna Oral [Show abstract]
  • Jan Machac, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Milan Polivka, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Kirill Zemlyakov, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Rossia
17:45 - 18:00 - Chirp as a tool to control the propagation velocity of a femtosecond laser pulse in negative index metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Vladimir Fedorov, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Takashi Nakajima, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Japan
18:00 - 18:15 - Entwined spiral arrays on ferrite substrates Oral [Show abstract]
  • Gwendal Cochet, Queen's University Belfast & University of Brest, United Kingdom & France
  • Andrea Vallecchi, University of Siena, Italy
  • Alexander Schuchinsky, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
  • Patrick Queffelec, University of Brest, France
18:15 - 18:30 - Real-time video-accesses to internal, external and surface microwaves in and around a two-dimensional metamaterial sample by live electrooptic imaging Oral [Show abstract]
  • Masahiro Tsuchiya, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
  • Takahiro Shiozawa, Kagawa National College of Technology, Japan
18:30 - 19:00 - Transmission lines loaded with folded stepped impedance resonators (SIRs): modeling and applications CONSOLIDER project CSD2008-00066 presentation [Show abstract]
  • Jordi Naqui, CIMITEC - Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
  • Miguel Duran-Sindreu, CIMITEC - Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
  • Ferran Martin, CIMITEC - Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
18 September 2012 / Start time: 8 h 30 min
08:30 - 10:00 - Oral sessions (Tuesday morning 1)
08:30 - Transformation Optics and Cloaking

Session chairperson(s): Ulf Leonhardt

08:30 - 09:00 - Field transformation: A paradigm for designing wide band, wide-angle dual-polarized lenses and cloaks with physically realizable materials Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Raj Mittra, EMC Lab, USA
09:00 - 09:30 - Transformation optics based cloaked sensors Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Matti Lassas, University of Helsinki, Dept. of Mathematics, Finland
  • Allan Greenleaf, Univ. of Rochester, US
  • Yaroslav Kurylev, UCL, UK
  • Gunther Uhlmann, Univ. of California Irvine, US
09:30 - 09:45 - Analytical modeling of conformal metasurface mantle cloaks for cylindrical objects Oral [Show abstract]
  • Yashwanth Reddy Padooru, Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Mississippi, USA
  • Alexander B. Yakovlev, Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Mississippi, USA
  • Pai-Yen Chen, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Andrea Alu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
09:45 - 10:00 - Cloaked half-wave dipole antennas using the mantle-cloaking approach Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alessio Monti, Roma Tre University, Italy
  • Andrea Alù, University of Texas at Austin, United States
  • Filiberto Bilotti, Roma Tre University, Italy
08:30 - Homogenization

Session chairperson(s): Constantin Simovski

08:30 - 08:45 - Basics of homogenization of Maxwell equations Oral [Show abstract]
  • Arkadi Chipouline, FSU Jena, Germany
08:45 - 09:00 - Effect of coupling between stacked resonators of an inkjet-printed THz metamaterial Oral [Show abstract]
  • Stefan Waselikowski, University of Freiburg, Germany
  • Patrick Bollgruen, University of Freiburg / IMTEK, Germany
  • Dario Mager, University of Freiburg / IMTEK, Germany
  • Jan Korvink, University of Freiburg / IMTEK, Germany
  • Markus Walther, University of Freiburg, Germany
09:00 - 09:15 - Experimental determination of effective parameters in a layered metamaterial Oral [Show abstract]
  • Sebastian Engelbrecht, Institute of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Alexey M. Shuvaev, Institute of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Andrei Pimenov, Institute of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
09:15 - 09:30 - Core-shell spherical particles for near-infrared isotropic negative refraction Oral [Show abstract]
  • Dmitry Morits, Aalto University, Finland
  • Constantin Simovski, Aalto University, Finland
09:30 - 09:45 - Losses from lossless building blocks? Oral [Show abstract]
  • Ari Sihvola, Aalto University, Finland
  • Henrik Wallén, Aalto University, Finland
  • Henrik Kettunen, Aalto University, Finland
09:45 - 10:00 - Effective conductivity and magnetic permeability of nanostructured media with sharp interfaces in magnetic fieldWithdrawal, Oral [Show abstract]
  • Anatoly Rinkevich, Institute of Metal Physics, Russia
  • Dmitry Perov, Institute of Metal Physics, Russia
  • Mikhail Samoilovich, TcNITI Tekhnomash, Russia
  • Svetlana Klescheva, TcNITI Tekhnomash, Russia
08:30 - Tunable Metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Andrea Alu

08:30 - 08:45 - Electrically tunable open split-ring resonators based on liquid crystal material Oral [Show abstract]
  • Matthias Maasch, Institute for Microwave Engineering and Photonics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
  • Alexander Groudas, Institute for Microwave Engineering and Photonics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
  • Onur Hamza Karabey, Institute for Microwave Engineering and Photonics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
  • Christian Damm, Institute for Microwave Engineering and Photonics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
  • Rolf Jakoby, Institute for Microwave Engineering and Photonics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
08:45 - 09:00 - Tuning nonlinear metamaterials with light Oral [Show abstract]
  • Polina Kapitanova, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Dmitry Filonov, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Alexey Slobozhanyuk, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Pavel Voroshilov, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Ilya Shadrivov, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Australia
  • Stanislav Maslovski, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
  • Pavel Belov, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
  • Yuri Kivshar, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Australia
09:00 - 09:15 - Low-loss tunable metamaterials using superconducting thin-film circuits with Josephson junctions Oral [Show abstract]
  • Susanne Butz, Physikalisches Institut, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Philipp Jung, Physikalisches Institut, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Sergey S. Shitov, National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Russia
  • Alexey V. Ustinov, Physikalisches Institut, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
09:15 - 09:30 - Optically tunable metamaterial based on semiconductor superlattice Oral [Show abstract]
  • Andrey Bogdanov, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute RAS, Russian Federation
  • Robert Suris, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
09:30 - 09:45 - Experimental verification of wideband tuning of the tunnelling frequency in ENZ channel Oral [Show abstract]
  • Miranda Mitrovic, Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Branka Jokanovic, Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Nebojsa Vojnovic, Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Serbia
09:45 - 10:00 - Tunable terahertz metamaterial based on a dielectric cube array with disturbed Mie resonance Oral [Show abstract]
  • Dmitry Kozlov, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, Russia
  • Michail Odit, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, Russia
  • Irina Vendik, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, Russia
  • Young-Geun Roh, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Korea
  • Sangmo Cheon, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Korea
  • Chang-Won Lee, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Korea
10:00 - 11:30 - Tuesday poster session + coffee break
10:00 - Microwave and terahertz metamaterials
Negative-index metamaterials composed of three-concentric dielectric or magnetodielectric spheres [Show abstract]
  • Boris Tomasic, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
  • Kristopher Kim, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
  • Naftali Herscovici, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
Surface plasmon induced transmission in a wire-medium metamaterial with diffraction gratings [Show abstract]
  • Yujiro Kushiyama, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Japan
Dynamic magnetic metamaterials – new perspectives for terahertz applications. Theory and dispersion characteristics [Show abstract]
  • Natalia Grigoryeva, Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
  • Boris Kalinikos, Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
RF ENZ dielectric waveguide [Show abstract]
  • Damir Muha, FER, Croatia
On the orientation of split-ring resonators excited by guided waves [Show abstract]
  • Radovan Bojanic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • B. Jokanovic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • V. Milosevic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Investigations into minimization of mutual coupling between patch antennas with a row of metamaterial cells [Show abstract]
  • Przemyslaw Gorski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Pawel Koziol, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Terahertz metamaterials based on resonance in TiO2 microspheres [Show abstract]
  • Filip Dominec, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
  • Christelle Kadlec, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
  • Hynek Němec, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
  • Filip Kadlec, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
  • Riad Yahiaoui, Université Bordeaux, France
  • Patrick Mounaix, Université Bordeaux, France
  • U-Chan Chung, Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, France
  • Petr Kužel, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Using a via-less composite Right/Left handed transmission line to design a high compact Wilkinson power divider [Show abstract]
  • Hossein Rahmanian, School of Electrical Engineering,Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
  • Seyed Hassan Sedighy, School of Electrical Engineering,Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
  • Mohammad Khalaj AmirHosseini, School of Electrical Engineering,Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Balanced composite right/left-handed metamaterial CPW transmission line with improved bandwidth [Show abstract]
  • Víctor Sanz, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
  • Alejandro L Borja, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
  • Joaquín Cascón, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
  • Ángel Belenguer, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Tuning Fano resonances in a SRR based metamaterial [Show abstract]
  • Jan Wallauer, University of Freiburg, Germany
  • Stefan Waselikowski, University of Freiburg, Germany
  • Markus Walther, University of Freiburg, Germany
Characteristic of magnetostatic waves at the interface between ferrite and MTMs parallel plate waveguide [Show abstract]
  • Hala El-Khozondar, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine
  • Zeyad Al-Sahhar, Al-Aqsa University, Palestine
  • Mohammed Shabat, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine
Dispersion of spin-electromagnetic waves in ferrite-ferroelectric n-layered structures [Show abstract]
  • Andrey Nikitin, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
  • Pavel Beliavskiy, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
  • Vitaliy Vitko, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
  • Aleksey Ustinov, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
  • Alexander Semenov, Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
Surface plasmon polaritons in subwavelength semiconductor-dielectric periodic structure in an external magnetic field [Show abstract]
  • Illia Fedorin, NTU KhPI, Ukraine
  • Aleksej Bulgakov, IRE NASU, Ukraine
Dual band branch-line coupler using novel CRLH transmission lines [Show abstract]
  • Iulia Andreea Mocanu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
  • Gheorghe Sajin, National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies, Bucharest, Romania
Metamaterial superstrates of antenna for directivity enhancement based on Fabry-Perot resonant theory [Show abstract]
  • Long Li, Xidian University, China
  • Weiqiang Han, Xidian University, China
  • Shuo Lei, Xidian University, China
  • Haixia Liu, Xidian University, China
  • Changhong Liang, Xidian University, China
EIT-like response in asymmetrically coupled split ring resonators [Show abstract]
  • Vojislav Milosevic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • R. Bojanic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • B. Jokanovic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • B. Jelenkovic, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Absorption-induced circular dichroism in metamaterials consisting of chiral molecules and non-chiral dyes [Show abstract]
  • Yuuka Kosaka, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
  • Satoshi Tomita, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
  • Kei Sawada, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Japan
  • Hisao Yanagi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
Planar THz metamaterial with chiral symmetry breaking [Show abstract]
  • Justyna Fabiańska , University of Bern, Institute of Applied Physics, Switzerland
  • Thomas Feurer, University of Bern, Institute of Applied Physics, Switzerland
Chiral media based on five segments cranksWithdrawal, [Show abstract]
  • Gregorio J. Molina-Cuberos, University of Murcia, Spain
  • Ivan J. Martinez-Soler, University of Murcia, Spain
  • Angel J. Garcia-Collado, Catholic Universtity of Murcia, Spain
  • Maria J. Nuñez, University of Murcia, Spain
  • Jose Margineda, University of Murcia, Spain
Surface magnon polaritons in bianisotropic antiferromagnetic structures [Show abstract]
  • Roland Tarkhanyan, Inst. of Radiophysics & Electronics, NAS, Armenia, Armenia
Calculation and analysis of the tensors of electric, magnetic and chiral susceptibilities of the helices with optimal shape [Show abstract]
  • Igor Faniayeu, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Belarus
  • Victor Asadchy, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Belarus
  • Igor Semchenko, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Belarus
  • Sergei Khakhomov, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Belarus
Insertion loss and dispersion of spin waves in magnonic crystals of finite length [Show abstract]
  • Andrey Drozdovskii, Electrotechnical University, Russia
  • M.A. Cherkasskii, Electrotechnical University, Russia
Reduction of effect of water absorption for metamaterial sensing applications [Show abstract]
  • Fumiaki Miyamaru, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Japan
  • Satoshi Kawashima, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Japan
  • Nao Sato, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Japan
  • Shohei Shimada, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Japan
  • Yuichi Ogawa, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Masanori Hangyo, Osaka University, Japan
  • Michael Bakunov, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • Mitsuo Takeda, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Japan
Advantages of metamaterials based on double-stranded DNA-like helices [Show abstract]
  • Sergei Khakhomov, Gomel State University, Belarus
  • Igor Semchenko, Gomel State University, Belarus
  • Alexey Balmakou, Shizuoka University, Japan
  • Masaaki Nagatsu, Shizuoka University, Japan
Laser micromaching for metamaterials manufacture [Show abstract]
  • Pawel Koziol, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Przemyslaw Gorski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Arkadiusz Antonczak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Maciej Nowak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Pawel Kabacik, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Krzysztof Abramski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Terahertz wave propagation through metal hole array-dielectric multi-layers : toward fabrication of bulk hyperlens in terahertz region [Show abstract]
  • Shohei Shimada, Shinshu University , Japan
  • Fumiaki Miyamaru, Shinshu University , Japan
  • Masanori Hangyo, Osaka University, Japan
  • Michael Bakunov, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • Mitsuo Takeda, Shinshu University, Japan
Micromachined double-layer chiral metamaterialWithdrawal, [Show abstract]
  • Wu Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Wei Ming Zhu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • M. L. Julius Tsai, Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore, Singapore
  • Guo Qiang Lo, Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore, Singapore
  • Dim Lee Kwong, Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore, Singapore
  • Er Ping Li, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore, Singapore
  • Ai Qun Liu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
11:30 - 13:00 - Oral sessions (Tuesday morning 2)
11:30 - Metamaterial Based Sensors I

Session chairperson(s): Constantin Simovski

11:30 - 12:00 - Metamaterial biological sensors Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Hatice Altug, Boston University, USA
12:00 - 12:15 - Low-cost large-area fabrication method and surface-enhanced infrared nanoantenna sensors and 3D chiral plasmonic nanostructures Oral [Show abstract]
  • Harald Giessen, University of Stuttgart, 4th Physics Institute, Germany
  • Jun Zhao, University of Stuttgart, 4th Physics Institute, Germany
  • Bettina Frank, University of Stuttgart, 4th Physics Institute, Germany
  • Stefano Cataldo, University of Stuttgart, 4th Physics Institute, Germany
  • Frank Neubrech, Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Universität Heidelberg, Germany
12:15 - 12:30 - Coupling effects in tuneable layers of metal nanoparticles Oral [Show abstract]
  • Stefan Mühlig, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Alastair Cunningham, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Dana Cialla, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Karina Weber, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Thomas Bürgi, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Falk Lederer, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
12:30 - 12:45 - Comparison of plasmon enhanced fluorescence and Raman processes near metal nanoparticles Oral [Show abstract]
  • Greg Sun, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
  • Jacob Khurgin, Johns Hopkins University, USA
12:45 - 13:00 - Nanorod-based glucose sensor Oral [Show abstract]
  • Luigi La Spada, University of Roma Tre, Italy
  • Renato Iovine, University of Roma Tre, Italy
  • Filiberto Bilotti, University of Roma Tre, Italy
  • Lucio Vegni, University of Roma Tre, Italy
11:30 - Quantum Aspects of Metamaterials I

Session chairperson(s): Carsten Rockstuhl

11:30 - 11:45 - Casimir-Lifshitz interactions in a one-way waveguide Oral [Show abstract]
  • Stanslav Maslovski, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Coimbra Univ., Portugal
  • Mario Silveirinha, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Coimbra Univ., Portugal
11:45 - 12:00 - Purcell factor engineering in plasmonic nanostructures for the enhanced generation of energy-time entangled states Oral [Show abstract]
  • Pavel Ginzburg, Department of Physics, King’s College London, United Kingdom
  • Alexander Poddubny, National University for Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics, and Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russia
  • Pavel Belov, National University for Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics and Queen Mary University, Russia, U.K.
  • Anatoly Zayats, Department of Physics, King’s College London, U.K.
  • Yuri Kivshar, Australian National University, Canberra, and National University for Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg, Australia, Russia
12:00 - 12:30 - Casimir forces in chiral metamaterials Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • C. M. Soukoulis, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, Greece
  • R. Zhao, Blackett Lab, Dept. of Physics, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
  • E. N. Economou, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, Greece
  • Th. Koschny, Ames Lab and Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, USA
12:30 - 13:00 - Pulling particles backward using a forward propagating beam Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Jack Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
  • Jun Chen, Fudan University, China
  • Zhifang Lin, Fudan University, China
  • C. T. Chan, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
11:30 - RF and Microwave Metamaterials II

Session chairperson(s): Filiberto Bilotti

11:30 - 11:45 - A direct synthesis method for UWB bandpass filters based on metamaterial transmission lines Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexander Rusakov, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University 'LETI', Russia
  • Irina Vendik, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University 'LETI', Russia
  • Shilong Qian, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
11:45 - 12:00 - All-pass slot-based artificial transmission line unit-cell CONSOLIDER project CSD2008-00066 presentation [Show abstract]
  • Elena Abdo-Sánchez, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
  • Teresa María Martín-Guerrero, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
  • Carlos Camacho-Peñalosa, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
  • Juan Enrique Page, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Jaime Esteban, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
12:00 - 12:15 - Applications of wire media as antenna radomes Oral [Show abstract]
  • Rostyslav Dubrovka, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
  • Pavel Belov, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
12:15 - 12:30 - Photovoltaic panel with reactance elements for dual-band antenna radome Oral [Show abstract]
  • Hung-Hsuan Lin, ITRI, Taiwan
  • Ta-Chun Pu, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan
  • Chun-Yih Wu, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan
  • Jui-Hung Chen, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan
12:30 - 12:45 - Millimeter wave CRLH BP filter: Standard photolitography vs. laser ablation Oral [Show abstract]
  • Florea Craciunoiu, IMT Bucharest, Romania
  • Gheorghe Ioan Sajin, IMT Bucharest, Romania
  • Iulia Andreea Mocanu, Politechnica University Bucharest, Romania
  • Adrian Dinescu, IMT Bucharest, Romania
  • Marian Zamfirescu, NILPRP – Bucharest, Romania
12:45 - 13:00 - Radial photonic crystals for microwave operation CONSOLIDER project CSD2008-00066 presentation [Show abstract]
  • Ana Díaz, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  • Jorge Carbonell, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  • Daniel Torrent, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  • Francisco Cervera, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  • Matt Kirleis, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • Alberto Piqué, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • José Sánchez-Dehesa, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
13:00 - 14:30 - Lunch (Tuesday)
14:30 - 16:00 - Oral sessions (Tuesday afternoon 1)
14:30 - Homogenization II

Session chairperson(s): Ari Sihvola

14:30 - 15:00 - Review of recent progress on the homogenization theory and applications of wire media Extended oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexander B. Yakovlev, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, USA
  • Mario G. Silveirinha, Department de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Univirsity de Coimbra, Instituto de Telecomunicaçöes, Portugal
  • Stanislav I. Maslovski, Department de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Univirsity de Coimbra, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
  • Chandra S. R. Kaipa, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, USA
  • Pavel A. Belov, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, Russia, UK
  • George W. Hanson, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
  • Olli Luukkonen, Nokia Research Center, Finland
  • Igor S. Nefedov, Aalto University, School of Electrical Engineering, SMARAD Center of Excellence, Finland
  • Constantin R. Simovski, Aalto University, School of Electrical Engineering, SMARAD Center of Excellence, Finland
  • Sergei A. Tretyakov, Aalto University, School of Electrical Engineering, SMARAD Center of Excellence, Finland
  • Yashwanth R. Padooru, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, USA
15:00 - 15:15 - Effective optical properties of dilute and dense polymer-gold nanoparticle films: theory and experiments Oral [Show abstract]
  • Olivier Merchiers, University of Bordeaux and CNRS, France
  • Julien Vieaud, University of Bordeaux and CNRS, France
  • Kevin Ehrhardt, University of Bordeaux and CNRS, France
  • Yves Borensztein, Institut des Nanosciences de Paris, France
  • Ponsinet Virginie, University of Bordeaux and CNRS, France
  • Ashod Aradian, University of Bordeaux and CNRS, France
15:15 - 15:30 - Effective parameter extraction of SRR structures by means of first-principles homogenization techniques Oral [Show abstract]
  • Theodosios Karamanos, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Alexandros Dimitriadis, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Nikolaos Kantartzis, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
15:30 - 15:45 - Local framework for nonlocal wire media Oral [Show abstract]
  • Stanslav Maslovski, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Coimbra Univ., Portugal
  • Mario Silveirinha, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Coimbra Univ., Portugal
15:45 - 16:00 - Reflection/transmission of obliquely incident TE waves from metasurfaces homogenized via surface susceptibility models Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexandros Dimitriadis, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Nikolaos Kantartzis, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Theodoros Tsiboukis, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
14:30 - Transformation Optics II

Session chairperson(s): Raj Mittra

14:30 - 15:00 - Transformation thermodynamics: Playing with fire Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Sebastien Guenneau, CNRS/AIx-Marseille University, France
15:00 - 15:15 - Broadband selective thermal emitters and absorbers based on Brewster plasmonic funneling Oral [Show abstract]
  • Andrea Alu, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Christos Argyropoulos, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
15:15 - 15:30 - Plasmon-assisted energy transfer near metal nanostructures Oral [Show abstract]
  • Tigran Shahbazyan, Jackson State University, USA
14:30 - Quantum Aspects of Metamaterials II

Session chairperson(s): Jack Ng

14:30 - 14:45 - Purcell effect in hyperbolic media Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexander Poddubny, National Research University for Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics ITMO, Russia
  • Pavel Belov, National Research University for Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics ITMO, Russia
  • Pavel Ginzburg, King’s College London, United Kingdom
  • Anatoly Zayats, King’s College London, United Kingdom
  • Yuri Kivshar, Australian National University, Australia
14:45 - 15:00 - A scalable architecture for solid-state quantum metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Richard Wilson, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
  • Mark Everitt, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
  • Sergey Savel'ev, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
  • Alexandre Zagoskin, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
15:00 - 15:30 - Observation of the dynamical Casimir effect in a superconducting circuit Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Christopher Wilson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
15:30 - 16:00 - Controlling the dynamics of quantum mechanical systems using meta-atoms Extended oral [Show abstract]
  • Carsten Rockstuhl, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Robert Filter, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Stefan Mühlig, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Toni Eichelkraut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Stefan Fischer, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Germany
  • Jan Christoph Goldschmidt, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Germany
  • Falk Lederer, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
16:00 - 16:30 - Coffee break (Tuesday afernoon)
16:30 - 18:00 - Oral sessions (Tuesday afternoon 2)
16:30 - Metamaterial Based Sensors II

Session chairperson(s): Hatice Altug

16:30 - 16:45 - Fano resonance in layered structures with disorder Oral [Show abstract]
  • Mikhail Rybin, National Research University for Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Alexander Poddubny, National Research University for Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Mikhail Limonov, National Research University for Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Yuri Kivshar, National Research University for Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
16:45 - 17:00 - Plasmonic photonic-crystal slab as efficient optical sensor Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexander Baryshev, Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan
  • Alexander Merzlikin, Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics, Moscow, Russia
  • Mitsuteru Inoue, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan
17:00 - 17:30 - Antenna-assisted surface-enhanced infrared absorption based on nanogaps for ultrasensitive sensors Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Frank Neubrech, University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • Andrea Toma, Italian Institute of Technology , Italy
  • Enzo Di Fabrizio, Italian Institute of Technology , Italy
  • Annemarie Pucci, University of Heidelberg, Germany
17:30 - 18:00 - Fano-resonant metamaterials for sensing and vibrational fingerprinting: from protein monolayers to single-layer grapheneWithdrawal, Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Chihhui Wu, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Alexander B. Khanikaev, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Kamil Alici, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Ronen Adato, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Boston University, USA
  • Nihal Arju, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Ahmet Ali Yanik, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Boston University, USA
  • Hatice Altug, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Boston University, USA
  • Gennady Shvets, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
16:30 - THz and Microwave Metamaterials I

Session chairperson(s): Maria Kafesaki

16:30 - 16:45 - Plano-Planar lenses using ε near-zero stacked waveguides at millimeter waves CONSOLIDER project CSD2008-00066 presentation [Show abstract]
  • Víctor Pacheco-Pena, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
  • Víctor Torres, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
  • Miguel Navarro-Cía, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  • Miguel Beruete, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
  • Mario Sorolla, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
  • Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, USA
16:45 - 17:15 - Passive THz metamaterials Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Andrei Lavrinenko, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • Radu Malureanu, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • Maksim Zalkovskij, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • Peter Jepsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • Andrey Novitsky, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • Dmitry Chigrin, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Germany
  • Christian Kremers, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Germany
  • Zhengyong Song, Fudan University, China
  • Qiong He, Fudan University, China
  • Lei Zhou, Fudan University, China
17:15 - 17:30 - Electromagnetic response of two-dimensional metamaterials constructed of a metal-mesh and dielectric spheres in the terahertz region Oral [Show abstract]
  • Yuya Yakiyama, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
17:30 - 17:45 - Collective and localized plasmon modes in a periodically gated two-dimensional electron system: tunable planar plasmonic crystal at terahertz frequencies Oral [Show abstract]
  • Vyacheslav Popov, Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics (Saratov Branch), Russia
17:45 - 18:00 - Coherent control of a terahertz metamaterial Oral [Show abstract]
  • Florian Enderli, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Thomas Feurer, University of Bern, Switzerland
16:30 - Chiral Metamaterials I

Session chairperson(s): Hongqiang Li

16:30 - 17:00 - Twisted plasmonic metamaterials Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Andrea Alu, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Yang Zhao, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
17:00 - 17:15 - Wide-band perfect absorption in optically thin layers composed of indefinite media with tilted optical axes Oral [Show abstract]
  • Igor Nefedov, School of Electrical Engineering , Aalto University, Finland
  • Seyed Hasnemi, Iran University of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Iran
17:15 - 17:30 - Analysis of waveguides containing Minkowskian isotropic media (MIM) and the perfect electromagnetic conductor (PEMC) Oral [Show abstract]
  • Filipa Prudêncio, Instituto de Telecomunicações, IST, Portugal
  • Sérgio Matos, Instituto de Telecomunicações, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
  • Carlos Paiva, Instituto de Telecomunicações, IST, Portugal
17:30 - 18:00 - Rolling up gold nanoparticle-dressed DNA origami into three-dimensional plasmonic chiral nanostructures Extended oral [Show abstract]
  • Na Liu, Rice University, USA
  • Baoquan Ding, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, China
19 September 2012 / Start time: 8 h 30 min
08:30 - 10:00 - Oral sessions (Wednesday morning 1)
08:30 - Imaging using metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Martin Wegener

08:30 - 08:45 - Near-field enhancement using uniaxial wire medium with impedance loadings Oral [Show abstract]
  • Chandra S. R. Kaipa, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, USA
  • Alexander B. Yakovlev, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi, USA
  • Mario G. Silveirinha, Departamento de Engenharia Electrotecnica, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
  • Stanislav I. Maslovski, Departamento de Engenharia Electrotecnica, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
08:45 - 09:00 - Suppression of the chromatic aberrations using a nanowire metamaterial Oral [Show abstract]
  • João T. Costa, Universidade de Coimbra, Instituto de telecomunicações, Portugal
  • Mário G. Silveirinha, Universidade de Coimbra, Instituto de telecomunicações, Portugal
09:00 - 09:15 - Perfect imaging with spin waves Oral [Show abstract]
  • Sebastian Mansfeld, Institut fuer Angewandte Physik, Germany
  • Jesco Topp, Institut fuer Angewandte Physik, Germany
  • Jan-Niklas Toedt, Institut fuer Angewandte Physik, Germany
  • Kim Martens, Institut fuer Angewandte Physik, Germany
  • Wolfgang Hansen, Institut fuer Angewandte Physik, Germany
  • Detlef Heitmann, Institut fuer Angewandte Physik, Germany
  • Stefan Mendach, Institut fuer Angewandte Physik, Germany
09:15 - 09:30 - Design and modeling of Luneburg lens based on dodecagonal photonic quasicrystal Oral [Show abstract]
  • Pavel Dyachenko, Image Processing Systems Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
09:30 - 10:00 - Perfect imaging of point sources with positive refraction Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Juan C. Miñano, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Juan C. González, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Pablo Benítez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Dejan Grabovičkić, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
08:30 - THz and Microwave Metamaterials II

Session chairperson(s): Alexandra Boltasseva

08:30 - 08:45 - Towards the application of MNG-loaded slow wave structures in spatial harmonic magnetrons Oral [Show abstract]
  • Nasrin Nasr Esfahani, Technical University of Hamburg (TUHH), Germany
  • Klaus Schünemann, Technical University of Hamburg (TUHH), Germany
08:45 - 09:00 - Near-surface beaming and non-plasmon suppression of specular reflection from metal gratings in THz Oral [Show abstract]
  • Mihail Timchenko, Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics , Ukraine
  • Ivan Spevak, Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics , Ukraine
  • Yurii Kamenev, Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics , Ukraine
  • Alexandre Kats, Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics , Ukraine
  • Vladimir Gavrikov, Institute of Radio Astronomy, Ukraine
09:00 - 09:30 - Gradient index optics for terahertz waves and confined surface waves Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Jens Neu, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Benjamin Reinhard, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Tassilo Fip, University of Kaiserslautern and Fraunhofer IPM, Germany
  • Martin Volk, University of Kaiserslautern and Fraunhofer IPM, Germany
  • Oliver Paul, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Bernd Krolla, DFKI, Germany
  • Marco Rahm, University of Kaiserslautern and Fraunhofer IPM, Germany
09:30 - 09:45 - High electric field enhancement in THz regime using a gold-nanoslit filled with Lithium Niobate oxide Oral [Show abstract]
  • Salvatore Bagiante, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
  • Florian Enderli, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Justyna Fabianska, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Ismo Vartiainen, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
  • Hans Sigg, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
  • Thomas Feurer, University of Bern, Switzerland
09:45 - 10:00 - Practical realization of DB unit cell Oral [Show abstract]
  • Davor Zaluški, University of Zagreb, FER, Croatia
  • Damir Muha, University of Zagreb, FER, Croatia
  • Silvio Hrabar, University of Zagreb, FER, Croatia
08:30 - Novel Concepts I

Session chairperson(s): Jensen Li

08:30 - 08:45 - Inhomogeneous waves of light in isotropic metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Vladimir Fedorov, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Takashi Nakajima, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Japan
08:45 - 09:00 - Lossy wave transmission through graded interfaces between RHM and LHM media - Case of different loss factors in the two media Oral [Show abstract]
  • Mariana Dalarsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Martin Norgren, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Zoran Jaksic, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
09:00 - 09:15 - Transmission line model of noise: application to negative-index metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Richard Syms, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  • Laszlo Solymar, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  • Oleksy Sydoruk, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
09:15 - 09:45 - Metaboundary materialization with extreme anisotropy Extended oral [Show abstract]
  • Ari Sihvola, Aalto University, Finland
  • Pasi Ylä-Oijala, Aalto University, Finland
  • Johannes Markkanen, Aalto University, Finland
  • Ismo Lindell, Aalto University, Finland
09:45 - 10:00 - Numerical and experimental demonstration of nonlinear metamaterial surfaces designed for high power surface current absorption Oral [Show abstract]
  • Hiroki Wakatsuchi, University of California, San Diego, USA
  • S. Kim, University of California, San Diego, USA
  • J.J. Rushton, University of California, San Diego, USA
  • D.F. Sievenpiper, University of California, San Diego, USA
10:00 - 10:30 - Coffee break (Wednesday morning)
10:30 - 12:00 - Oral sessions (Wednesday morning 2)
10:30 - Slow light and 3D metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Nader Engheta

10:30 - 11:00 - Slow and stopped light in metamaterials Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Ortwin Hess, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
11:00 - 11:15 - Three-dimensional coaxial plasmonic metamaterial at visible/UV frequencies Oral [Show abstract]
  • Marie Anne van de Haar, FOM institute AMOLF, Netherlands
  • Hinke Schokker, FOM institute AMOLF, Netherlands
  • James Parsons, FOM institute AMOLF, Netherlands
  • Albert Polman, FOM institute AMOLF, Netherlands
11:15 - 11:30 - Negative refraction by a hyperbolic metamaterial formed by helical-shaped wires Oral [Show abstract]
  • Tiago Morgado, University of Coimbra, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
  • Stanislav Maslovski, University of Coimbra, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
  • Mário Silveirinha, University of Coimbra, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
11:30 - 11:45 - Self-assembled nanostructured metamaterials for applications in visible light Oral [Show abstract]
  • Philippe Barois, CRPP - CNRS - Univ. Bordeaux, France
  • Ludivine Malassis, CRPP - CNRS - Univ. Bordeaux, France
  • Pascal Massé, ICMCB - CNRS - Univ. Bordeaux, France
  • Mona Treguer-Delapierre, ICMCB - CNRS - Univ. Bordeaux, France
  • Etienne Duguet, ICMCB - CNRS - Univ. Bordeaux, France
11:45 - 12:00 - Metallo-dielectric core-shell nanospheres and their application as building blocks for isotropic 3d optical metamaterials CONSOLIDER project CSD2008-00066 presentation [Show abstract]
  • Ramon Paniagua Dominguez, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Spain
  • Fernando Lopez Tejeira, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Spain
  • Ricardo Marques, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
  • Jose Antonio Sanchez Gil, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Spain
10:30 - THz and Microwave Metamaterials III

Session chairperson(s): Marco Rahm

10:30 - 10:45 - Strongly confined metamaterial-mediated terahertz surface waves on silicon Oral [Show abstract]
  • Tassilo Fip, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Benjamin Reinhard, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Marco Rahm, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
10:45 - 11:00 - Terahertz ratchet effect in two-dimensional electron system gated by a periodic metal grating with asymmetric unit cell Oral [Show abstract]
  • Denis Fateev, Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, RAS, Saratov, Russia, Russia
  • Vyacheslav Popov, Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, RAS, Saratov, Russia, Russia
  • Taiichi Otsuji, Reseach Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Japan
  • Yahya Meziani , Dpto. de Fisica Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, Spain
  • Dominique Coquillat , Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, CNRS&Université Montpellier 2, France, France
  • Wojciech Knap, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, CNRS&Université Montpellier 2, France, France
  • Sergey Nikitov, Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of RAS, Moscow, Russia, Russia
11:00 - 11:30 - THz metamaterials made of polaritonic materials Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Maria Kafesaki, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Greece
  • Alexey Basharin, FORTH, Greece
  • Alejandro Reyes-Coronado, FORTH, Greece
  • Eleftherios Economou, FORTH, Greece
  • Costas Soukoulis, FORTH and Iowa State University, Greece and USA
11:30 - 11:45 - Temperature dependence of THz generation from plasmonic structures Oral [Show abstract]
  • Dmitry Polyushkin, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
  • Euan Hendry, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
  • William Barnes, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
11:45 - 12:00 - Tunable THz band-pass filter Oral [Show abstract]
  • Mikhail Odit, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI, Russia
  • Dmitry Kozlov, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI, Russia
  • Irina Vendik, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI, Russia
  • Chang-Won Lee, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Korea
10:30 - Graphene-Based Metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Nikolay Zheludev

10:30 - 10:45 - Wide-band enhanced terahertz wave modulation by a graphene-on-silicon modulator Oral [Show abstract]
  • Peter Weis, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Juan-Luis Garcia-Pomar, TU Kaiserslautern and Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, Germany
  • Michael Höh, TU Kaiserslautern and Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, Germany
  • Benjamin Reinhard, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Alexander Brodyanski, Institut für Oberflächen- und Schichtanalytik IFOS GmbH, Germany
  • Marco Rahm, TU Kaiserslautern and Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, Germany
10:45 - 11:00 - Switching teraherz waves with gate-controlled active graphene metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Seung Hoon Lee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
  • Muhan Choi, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Republic of Korea
  • Teun-Teun Kim, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
  • Seungwoo Lee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
  • Ming Liu, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Xiaobo Yin, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Hong Kyw Choi, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Republic of Korea
  • Seung S. Lee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
  • Choon-Gi Choi, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Republic of Korea
  • Sung-Yool Choi, Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
  • Xiang Zhang, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Bumki Min, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
11:00 - 11:15 - Absorption of higher-order modes in millimeter-wave waveguides using graphene sheets Oral [Show abstract]
  • Stamatios Amanatiadis, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Georgios Bouzianas, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Nikolaos Kantartzis, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Theodoros Tsiboukis, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
11:15 - 12:00 - A metamaterial-inspired effective-medium theory for electron waves in graphene and semiconductor superlattices Keynote [Show abstract]
  • Mario Silveirinha, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, USA
12:00 - 13:30 - Lunch (Wednesday)
13:30 - 15:00 - Oral sessions (Wednesday afternoon)
13:30 - Transformation Optics III

Session chairperson(s): Tie Jun Cui

13:30 - 13:45 - Transformation media: space and time, curvature and carpets Oral [Show abstract]
  • Paul Kinsler, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  • Martin McCall, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
13:45 - 14:00 - Optically large three-dimensional directional cloaks: off-normal incidence performance study Oral [Show abstract]
  • Yaroslav Urzhumov, Duke University, USA
  • Nathan Landy, Duke University, USA
  • David Smith, Duke University, USA
14:00 - 14:30 - Alternative material parameters for transformation optics designs Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Anthony Grbic, Dept. of EECS, University of Michigan, USA
14:30 - 15:00 - New transmission-line unit cells for building transformation electromagnetics devices Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Michael Selvanayagam, University of Toronto, Canada
  • George V. Eleftheriades, University of Toronto, Canada
13:30 - Optical Metamaterials I

Session chairperson(s): Sebastien Guenneau

13:30 - 13:45 - Power emitted by a transverse dipole located above hyperbolic medium – vacuum interface Oral [Show abstract]
  • Caner Guclu, University of California, Irvine, USA
  • Salvatore Campione, University of California, Irvine, USA
  • Seyed Hassan Sedighy, University of California, Irvine, USA
  • Filippo Capolino, University of California, Irvine, USA
13:45 - 14:00 - Optical field enhancement in composite plasmonic nanostruc-tures: gold dots with graphene and dye R6G Oral [Show abstract]
  • Vasyl Kravets, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • F. Schedin, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • R. Jalil, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • L. Britnell, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • K. S. K. S. Novoselov, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • A. N. Grigorenko, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
14:00 - 14:30 - Polarization analyzer for the magnetic vector of light Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • D. S. Kim, Seoul National University, Korea (South)
14:30 - 15:00 - Controlling electric, magnetic and magneto-electric dipole coupling in split ring clusters Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Femius Koenderink, FOM Institute AMOLF, Netherlands
  • Ivana Sersic, FOM Institute AMOLF, Netherlands
  • Felipe Bernal Arango, FOM Institute AMOLF, Netherlands
  • Felipe Bernal Arango, FOM Institute AMOLF, Netherlands
13:30 - THz and microwave metamaterials IV

Session chairperson(s): Silvio Hrabar

13:30 - 13:45 - 2D isotropic metamaterial with equal permittivity and permeability in THz range Oral [Show abstract]
  • Igor Semchenko, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Belarus
  • Sergei Khakhomov, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Belarus
  • Victor Prinz, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russia
  • Elena Naumova, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russia
  • Sergey Golod, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russia
  • Anatoly Buldygin, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russia
  • Valentin Seyfi, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russia
13:45 - 14:00 - Challenges of metamaterial homogenization in dispersive cloaking shells Oral [Show abstract]
  • Fang Chen, Michigan Technological University, USA
  • Arash Hosseinzadeh, Michigan Technological University, USA
  • Elena Semouchkina, Michigan Technological University, USA
  • George Semouchkin, Michigan Technological University, USA
14:00 - 14:30 - Mesoscopic surface effects in finite metamaterial samples Extended oral [Show abstract]
  • Mikhail Lapine, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Lukas Jelinek, Czech Tech. University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Ricardo Marques, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
14:30 - 14:45 - Coupling effect of dielectric metamaterial dimer Oral [Show abstract]
  • Fuli Zhang, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
  • Veronique Sadaune, University of Lille 1, France
  • Lei Kang, University of Lille 1, France
  • Qian Zhao, Tsinghua University, China
  • Ji Zhou, Tsinghua University, China
  • Didier Lippens, University of Lille 1, France
14:45 - 15:00 - Spatial filtering by metasurfaces made of chains of interconnected SRRs and CSRRs Oral [Show abstract]
  • Juan D. Baena, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
  • Julián D. Ortiz, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
  • Vicente Losada, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
  • Francisco Medina, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
15:00 - 15:30 - Coffee break (Wednesday afternoon)
15:30 - 17:00 - Plenary session 1
15:30 - Plenary session 1

Session chairperson(s): Martin Wegener

15:30 - 16:15 - Plasmonic metamaterials: Looking beyond gold and silver [Show abstract]
  • Alexandra Boltasseva, Purdue University, USA
16:15 - 17:00 - Active non-Foster Metamaterials: From intriguing background physics to real-world applications [Show abstract]
  • Silvio Hrabar, University of Zagreb, Croatia
17:00 - 17:30 - Coffee break (plenary sessions)
17:30 - 18:15 - Plenary session 2
17:30 - Plenary session 2

Session chairperson(s): Martin Wegener

17:30 - 18:15 - Beam shaping and wavefront engineering with phase discontinuities
  • Federico Capasso, Robert Wallace Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University, USA
18:15 - 20:00 - Evening break
20:00 - 23:00 - Conference banquet
20 September 2012 / Start time: 8 h 30 min
08:30 - 10:00 - Oral sessions (Thursday morning 1)
08:30 - Plasmonic Metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Femius Koenderink

08:30 - 09:00 - Exotic plasmonic crystals Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Anatoly Zayats, King's College London, United Kingdom
09:00 - 09:15 - Bandgap tuning in plasmonic gratings Oral [Show abstract]
  • Jens Ehlermann, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Hoan Vu, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Markus Broell, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Detlef Heitmann, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Stefan Mendach, University of Hamburg, Germany
09:15 - 09:30 - Interference of Airy surface plasmons Oral [Show abstract]
  • Angela Klein, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
  • Alexander Minovich, Australian National University, Australia
  • Norik Janunts, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
  • Dragomir Neshev, Australian National University, Australia
  • Andreas Tünnermann, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
  • Yuri Kivshar , Australian National University, Australia
  • Thomas Pertsch, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
09:30 - 09:45 - Transmission efficiency of optical signals through linear chains of metal nanoparticles Oral [Show abstract]
  • Jasper Compaijen, University of Groningen, Netherlands
  • Victor Malyshev, University of Groningen, Netherlands
  • Jasper Knoester, University of Groningen, Netherlands
08:30 - Chiral Metamaterials II

Session chairperson(s): Na Liu

08:30 - 08:45 - Hybridisation in coupled-dipole chiral meta-atoms Oral [Show abstract]
  • Mingkai Liu, Australian National University, Australia
  • David Powell, Australian National University, Australia
  • Ilya Shadrivov, Australian National University, Australia
  • Yuri Kivshar, Australian National University, Australia
08:45 - 09:15 - Metallic helix array as a broadband wave plate Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Hongqiang Li, Physics Department, Tongji University, China
09:15 - 09:30 - Chiral meta-molecules composed of gold nanoparticles and tobacco mosaic virus Oral [Show abstract]
  • Satoshi Tomita, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
  • Mime Kobayashi, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Japan
  • Kei Sawada, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Japan
  • Kiyotaka Shiba, The Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Japan
  • Hisao Yanagi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
  • Ichiro Yamashita, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
  • Yukiharu Uraoka, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
09:30 - 09:45 - Cross-polarization coupling – an abandoned property of 3-dimensional photonic crystals Oral [Show abstract]
  • Jens Küchenmeister, Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Christian Wolff, Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Kurt Busch, Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Ulf Peschel, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  • Sergei Romanov, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
08:30 - Unconventional Metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Isabelle Staude

08:30 - 08:45 - Effective properties of a two-dimensional magnonic metamaterial Oral [Show abstract]
  • Roberto Zivieri, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
08:45 - 09:00 - Multi-layer fishnet metamaterials as magnetic hyperbolic media Oral [Show abstract]
  • Sergey Kruk, The Australian National University, Australia
  • David Powell, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Alexander Minovich, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Dragomir Neshev, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Yuri Kivshar, The Australian National University, Australia
09:00 - 09:15 - Magnonic and phononic properties of inverse opal structures Oral [Show abstract]
  • Andrey Stashkevich, Université Paris 13, LSPM, France
09:15 - 09:30 - Frequency control of spin torque oscillation in magnetic metamaterials for microwave generator Oral [Show abstract]
  • Chiharu Mitsumata, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Satoshi Tomita, NAIST, Japan
09:30 - 10:00 - Multipolar transitions in quantum emitters: beyond the electric dipole approximation Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Rashid Zia, Brown University, USA
10:00 - 11:30 - Thursday poster session + Student paper competition
10:00 - Towards Applications
Two-dimensional plasmonic eigenmode nanolocalization in an inhomogeneous metal-dielectric-metal slot waveguide [Show abstract]
  • Daria Smirnova, Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Alexander Zharov, Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Optical properties of layered metamaterials with Sierpinski carpet structure [Show abstract]
  • Dmitry Kharitonov, Ural Federal University, Russia
  • Ilya Weinstein, Ural Federal University, Russia
Development of glass nanocomposites with silver nanoparticles for biosensor applications [Show abstract]
  • Petr Obraztsov, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russia
  • Alexey Nashchekin, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russia
  • Alexandr Sidorov, State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia
  • Vladimir Nevedomskiy, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russia
Directional plasmonic nano-antennas [Show abstract]
  • Javier Munárriz, Universidad Complutense, Spain
  • Andrey Malyshev, Universidad Complutense / A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Spain / Russia
Hyperbolic metamaterials realized with two-dimensional transmission lines [Show abstract]
  • Alyona Chshelokova, Laboratory Metamaterials, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia
  • Polina Kapitanova, Laboratory Metamaterials, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia
  • Alexander Poddubny, Laboratory Metamaterials, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia
  • Pavel Belov, Laboratory Metamaterials, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia
  • Yuri Kivshar, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Australia
Exotic reflection of plane waves by anisotropic structures [Show abstract]
  • Konstantin Vytovtov, Dnepropetrovsk National University, Ukraine
  • Said Zouhdi, Laboratoire de Genie Electrique de Paris, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Large area array of split ring resonators for sensing applications [Show abstract]
  • Valentina Giorgis, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IOM CNR), Italy
  • Massari Michele, Laboratory for Nanofabrication of Nanodevices (LaNN), Italy
  • Pierfrancesco Zilio, Laboratory for Nanofabrication of Nanodevices (LaNN), Italy
  • Giuseppe Parisi, Laboratory for Nanofabrication of Nanodevices (LaNN), Italy
  • Gianluca Ruffato, Laboratory for Nanofabrication of Nanodevices (LaNN), Italy
  • Gianluca Grenci, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IOM CNR), Italy
  • Filippo Romanato, Laboratory for Nanofabrication of Nanodevices (LaNN), IOM CNR, Italy
Demonstration of flat band for terahertz coupled plasmon in metamaterials with kagome symmetry [Show abstract]
  • Yosuke Nakata, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto university, Japan
  • Takanori Okada, Pioneering Research Unit for Next Generation, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Toshihiro Nakanishi, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto university, Japan
  • Masao Kitano, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto university, Japan
Duality in 2D optical nanocircuits [Show abstract]
  • Juan D. Baena, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
  • Julián D. Ortiz, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
  • Ricardo Marqués, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla
  • Vicente Delgado, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
3D analysis of grating plasmonic coupler [Show abstract]
  • Guido Gentili, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Silvia Pietralunga, CNR-IFN, Italy
  • Marco Bolzoni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Optical dynamics of a bistable semiconductor quantum dot–metal nanoparticle heterodymer [Show abstract]
  • Bintoro S. Nugroho, Theory of Condensed Matter, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, the Netherlands
  • Alexander A. Iskandar, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
  • Victor A. Malyshev, Theory of Condensed Matter, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, the Netherlands
  • Jasper Knoester, Theory of Condensed Matter, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, the Netherlands
Study and optimization of fishnet metamaterial structures [Show abstract]
  • Jan Fiala, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Physical Electronics, Czech Republic
  • Pavel Kwiecien, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Physical Electronics, Czech Republic
  • Ivan Richter, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Physical Electronics, Czech Republic
Comlpex Bloch-modes calculation of holey metal film for Extraordinary Optical Transmission [Show abstract]
  • Giuseppe M.S. Parisi, Università degli studi di Padova, Italy
  • Pierfrancesco Zilio, University of Padova, Italy
  • Filippo Romanato, University of Padova, Italy
Reversed radiation pressure effect on electrons under plasmonic resonance in a magnetic metamaterial [Show abstract]
  • Hiroyuki Kurosawa, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Teruya Ishihara, Tohoku University, Japan
Extraordinary transmission of thin absorbing films containing a densely-packed monolayer of nanospheres [Show abstract]
  • Alina Ponyavina, Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus
  • Roman Dynich, Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus
Numerical analysis of absorption enhancement in solar cells with Si nanoconical-frustum arrays [Show abstract]
  • Gumin Kang, School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea (South)
  • Haesung Park, School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea (South)
  • Kyoungsik Kim, School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Korea(South)
Cascaded field enhancement in plasmonic nanostructures [Show abstract]
  • Benjamin Thackray, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Fred Schedin, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Vasyl Kravets, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Alexander Grigorenko, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Study of photonic quantum well structures containing negative-index materials [Show abstract]
  • Lixiang Liu, Shanxi Datong University, China
  • Lijuan Dong, Shanxi Datong University, China
  • Yanhong Liu, Shanxi Datong University, China
  • Yunlong Shi, Shanxi Datong University, China
Coherent control of a qubit for a rotation gate operation in photonic crystals [Show abstract]
  • Hiroyuki Nihei, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Japan
Negative refraction in the visible range in opal photonic crystals [Show abstract]
  • Vladimir Shchavlev, Department of Optics, Russia
  • Vladimir Gorelik, Department of Optics, Russia
Electrodynamic coupling in ordered arrays of finite-size cylinders [Show abstract]
  • Viktoryia Koutun-Kuzhal, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Belarus
Double negative metamaterial inclusions in photonic crystal based resonant cavities [Show abstract]
  • Rosa Letizia, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
  • Domenico Pinto, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
11:30 - 13:00 - Oral sessions (Thursday morning 2)
11:30 - Active and low-loss metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Michael Sinclair

11:30 - 12:00 - Loss in metamaterials and nano-plasmonics and potential means of its mitigation Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Jacob Khurgin, Johns Hopkins University , USA
12:00 - 12:15 - Spaser chains Oral [Show abstract]
  • Eugene Andrianov, ITAE RAS, Russia
12:15 - 12:30 - Electromagnetic model for the loss compensation and emission properties of a dye-coated core-shell nanoparticle Oral [Show abstract]
  • Vitaliy Pustovit, University of Bordeaux and CNRS, France
  • Filippo Capolino, University of California Irvine, USA
  • Ashod Aradian, University of Bordeaux and CNRS, France
12:30 - 12:45 - Transmission enhancement in active rolled-up metamaterials utilizing Fabry-Pérot resonances Oral [Show abstract]
  • Stephan Schwaiger, Institute of Applied Physics, Germany
  • Jochen Kerbst, Institute of Applied Physics, Germany
  • Andrea Stemmann, Institute of Applied Physics, Germany
  • Wolfgang Hansen, Institute of Applied Physics, Germany
  • Detlef Heitmann, Institute of Applied Physics, Germany
  • Stefan Mendach, Institute of Applied Physics, Germany
12:45 - 13:00 - Analysis of the nanolaser linewidth using semiclassical laser model Oral [Show abstract]
  • Arkadi Chipouline, FSU Jena, Germany
11:30 - Novel Concepts II

Session chairperson(s): Rashid Zia

11:30 - 12:00 - Strong local field increase in perfect plasmonic absorbers Extended oral [Show abstract]
  • Mohammad Albooyeh, Department of Radio Science and Engineering / SMARAD Centre of Excellence, Aalto University, Finland
  • Constantin Simovski, Department of Radio Science and Engineering / SMARAD Centre of Excellence, Aalto University, Finland
12:00 - 12:15 - Complementarity and Babinet principle in optical nano-circuits and metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Ricardo Marqués Sillero, University of Seville, Spain
  • Vicente Jesús Delgado Pozo, University of Seville, Spain
  • Juan Domingo Baena Coello, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
  • Julián David Ortiz Cárdenas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
12:15 - 12:30 - Isotropic metamaterial perfect absorbers Oral [Show abstract]
  • Juan D. Baena, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
  • Julián D. Ortiz, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
12:30 - 12:45 - Optical activity for twisted sub-wavelength hole arraysWithdrawal, Oral [Show abstract]
  • Shengxiang Wang, Wuhan Textile University, China
  • Frederic Garet, University of Savoie, France
  • Fuli Zhang, Northwestern University of Xian, China
  • Magalie Astic, University of Savoie, France
  • Eric Lheurette, University of Lille, France
  • Jean- Louis Coutaz , University of Savoie, France
  • Didier Lippens, University of Lille, France
11:30 - Chiral Metamaterials III

Session chairperson(s): Sergei Romanov

11:30 - 11:45 - Depolarizers for space applications consisting of spatially distributed meander structures with random orientation Oral [Show abstract]
  • Philipp Schau, Institut für Technische Optik, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
11:45 - 12:00 - Tri-helical model for nanoplasmonic gyroid metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Sang Soon Oh, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  • Angela Demetriadou, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  • Sebastian Wuestner, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  • Ortwin Hess, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
12:00 - 12:15 - Broadband white-light interferometry reveals giant optical activity in metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Matthias Falkner, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Christian Helgert, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Ekaterina Pshenay-Severin, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Christoph Menzel, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Germany
  • Carsten Rockstuhl, Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, Germany
  • Thomas Pertsch, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
12:15 - 12:30 - Design of a dual-band monopole antenna enclosed in a 2D-chiral metamaterial shell Oral [Show abstract]
  • Larissa Cristiane Paiva de Sousa Lima, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Leone Veiga Muniz, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Thiago Campos Vasconcelos, Department of Electronics and Systems, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Frederico Dias Nunes, Department of Electronics and Systems, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Ben-Hur Viana Borges, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil
12:30 - 13:00 - Chiral metamaterials for ultrasensitive biodetectionWithdrawal, Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Malcolm Kadodwala, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
13:00 - 14:30 - Lunch (Thursday)
14:30 - 16:00 - Oral sessions (Thursday afternoon 1)
14:30 - Active and low-loss metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): Anatoly Zayats

14:30 - 14:45 - Tapered nanoantennas for efficient broadband unidirectional emission enhancement Oral [Show abstract]
  • Isabelle Staude, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Ivan S. Maksymov, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Manuel Decker, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Andrey E. Miroshnichenko, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Dragomir N. Neshev, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Chennupati Jagadish, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Yuri S. Kivshar, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
14:45 - 15:00 - All-dielectric optical nanoantennas Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexandr Krasnok, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Andrey Miroshnichenko, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  • Dmitry Filonov, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Alexey Slobozhanyuk, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Polina Kapitanova, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia
  • Pavel Belov, National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), and Queen Mary University of London, Russia, UK
  • Yuri Kivshar, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), Russia, Australia
15:00 - 15:15 - Superradiance in 2D spaser array Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexander Dorofeenko, ITAE RAS, Russia
15:15 - 15:30 - Lasing in the photonic crystal Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexander Zyablovsky, Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics RAS, Russia
  • Alexander Dorofeenko, Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics RAS, Russia
  • Alexey Vinogradov, Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics RAS, Russia
  • Alexander Pukhov, Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics RAS, Russia
15:30 - 15:45 - Spaser spectroscopy with subwavelength spatial resolution Oral [Show abstract]
  • Igor Nechepurenko, ItaeRas, Russia
15:45 - 16:00 - Finite element analyses for random laser action in metallic disordered structures Oral [Show abstract]
  • Garuda Fujii, Faculty of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University, Japan
  • Tsuyoshi Ueta, Physics Laboratory, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
14:30 - Quantum and Chiral Metamaterials

Session chairperson(s): DaiSik Kim

14:30 - 14:45 - Field enhancement and harmonic generation in ε-near-zero substrates under oblique TM-polarized illumination Oral [Show abstract]
  • Salvatore Campione, University of California Irvine, USA
  • Maria Antonietta Vincenti, Nanogenesis - AEgis Technologies Group Inc, USA
  • Domenico de Ceglia, Nanogenesis - AEgis Technologies Group Inc, USA
  • Michael Scalora, US Army Charles M. Bowden Research Center, RDECOM, USA
  • Filippo Capolino, University of California Irvine, USA
14:45 - 15:00 - Non-birefringent omega-like media Oral [Show abstract]
  • Sérgio Matos, Instituto de Telecomunicações, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
  • Filipa Prudêncio, Instituto de Telecomunicações, IST, Portugal
  • Carlos Paiva, Instituto de Telecomunicações, IST, Portugal
15:00 - 15:15 - Electromagnetic phenomena in omega nihility media Oral [Show abstract]
  • Younes Radi, Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Finland
  • Sergei Tretyakov, Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Finland
15:15 - 15:45 - Rolled-up metamaterials Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Stephan Schwaiger, IAP Hamburg, Germany
  • Andreas Rottler, IAP Hamburg, Germany
  • Wolfgang Hansen, IAP Hamburg, Germany
  • Detlef Heitmann, IAP Hamburg, Germany
  • Stefan Mendach, IAP Hamburg, Germany
15:45 - 16:00 - Super-collimation of electron waves in semiconductor superlattices and the paradigm of transformation electronics Oral [Show abstract]
  • Mario Silveirinha, University of Pennsylvania & University of Coimbra, USA & Portugal
  • Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, USA
14:30 - Complex electromagnetic materials

Session chairperson(s): Richard W. Ziolkowski

14:30 - 14:45 - Hybrid electromagnetic resonances coupling in all-dielectric double-negative metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Qian Zhao, Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology,Tsinghua University , China
  • Chuwen Lan, Advanced Materials Institute, Shenzhen Graduate School, Tsinghua University, China
  • Fuli Zhang, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
  • Bo li, Advanced Materials Institute, Shenzhen Graduate School, Tsinghua University, China
  • Yonggang Meng, Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology,Tsinghua University , China
  • Ji Zhou, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
  • Didier Lippens, Institut d’Electronique de Micro-électronique et de Nanotechnologie, University of Lille, France
14:45 - 15:00 - Light transport in ordered and randomised photonic-plasmonic hybrid crystals Oral [Show abstract]
  • Sergei Romanov, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  • Sergej Orlov, Max Planck Institute of Science of Light, Germany
  • Alexander Korovin, Lashkarev Institute of Semiconductor Physics NAS, Ukraine
  • Ulf Peschel, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  • Nicolas Vogel, Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
  • Katharina Landfester, Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
  • Clemens Weiss, Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
15:00 - 15:30 - Dirac-cone physics and zero-refractive index medium Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Che Ting Chan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
15:30 - 15:45 - Controlled by the permittivity transformation of energy bands of dielectric metamaterial arrays Oral [Show abstract]
  • Arash Hosseinzadeh, Michigan Technological University, USA
  • Elena Semouchkina, Michigan Technological University, USA
  • George Semouchkin, Michigan Technological University, USA
15:45 - 16:00 - Non-linear-transformation based cylindrical cloaks and their practical advantages Oral [Show abstract]
  • Viktar Asadchy, Gomel State University, Belarus
  • Igar Faniayeu, Gomel State University, Belarus
  • Igor Semchenko, Gomel State University, Belarus
  • Sergei Khakhomov, Gomel State University, Belarus
16:00 - 16:30 - Coffee break (Thursday afternoon)
16:30 - 18:00 - Oral sessions (Thursday afternoon 2)
16:30 - Plasmonic components and devices

Session chairperson(s): Pavel Belov

16:30 - 16:45 - Optical performance of clusters of plasmonic nanoantennas: Periodic, disordered and aperiodic arrays Oral [Show abstract]
  • Arash Rashidi, Northeastern University, USA
  • Hossein Mosallaei, Northeastern University, USA
16:45 - 17:00 - Course of nanophotonics in view of modernization of courses of electrodynamics: 4 years of experience Oral [Show abstract]
  • Arkadi Chipouline, FSU Jena, Germany
17:00 - 17:30 - CMOS compatible plasmonic devices for nano-integrated circuits Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Er-Ping Li, A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore
17:30 - 18:00 - Controlling light Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Nikolay Zheludev, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  • Jianfa Zhang, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  • Kevin F. MacDonald, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
16:30 - Novel Concepts III

Session chairperson(s): Richard Syms

16:30 - 16:45 - Nonlinear effects in liquid-crystal-infiltrated fishnet metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexander Minovich, Australian National University, Australia
  • James Farnell, Australian National University, Australia
  • Dragomir Neshev, Australian National University, Australia
  • Ian McKerracher, Australian National University, Australia
  • Fouad Karouta, Australian National University, Australia
  • Jie Tian, Australian National University, Australia
  • David Powell, Australian National University, Australia
  • Ilya Shadrivov, Australian National University, Australia
  • Hark Hoe Tan, Australian National University, Australia
  • Chennupati Jagadish, Australian National University, Australia
  • Yuri Kivshar, Australian National University, Australia
16:45 - 17:00 - Liquid crystal infiltrated optical magnetic metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Manuel Decker, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Alex Minovich, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Christian Kremer, Institute of High-Frequency and Communication Technology, University of Wuppertal, Germany
  • Andrey E. Miroshnichenko, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Hark Hoe Tan, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Dmitry Chigrin, Institute of High-Frequency and Communication Technology, University of Wuppertal, Germany
  • Dragomir N. Neshev, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Chennupati Jagadish, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
  • Yuri S. Kivshar, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia
17:00 - 17:15 - Novel way for constructing flexible metamaterials with chiral conformational nonlinearity Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexey Slobozhanyuk, Laboratory Metamaterials, NRU ITMO, Russia
  • Mikhail Lapine, Laboratory Metamaterials, NRU ITMO, Russia
  • Ilya Shadrivov, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Australia
  • Yuri Kivshar, Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Australia
  • Pavel Belov, Laboratory Metamaterials, NRU ITMO, Russia
17:15 - 17:30 - Omnidirectional radiation by arbitary sources embedded in zero index metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Cheng Qiang, State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Radio Department, Southeast University, China
  • Tie Jun Cui, State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Radio Department, Southeast University, China
  • Wei Xiang Jiang, State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Radio Department, Southeast University, China
17:30 - 17:45 - Nonlinear beams and field concentrators with hyperbolic metamaterials Oral [Show abstract]
  • Allan Boardman, Joule Physics Lab., Inst. for Materials Res., University of Salford, UK
  • Vladimir Grimalsky, Autonomous University of Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico
  • Yuriy Rapoport, Physics Faculty, Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine
17:45 - 18:00 - Active metamaterials to increase absorbing bandwidth Oral [Show abstract]
  • Thierry Lagutere, CEA, France
16:30 - Optical Metamaterials II

Session chairperson(s): Stefan Mendach

16:30 - 16:45 - Diffractively induced transparency and extraordinary light emission at the plasmon band edge Oral [Show abstract]
  • Said Rahimzadeh-Kalaleh Rodriguez, FOM Institute AMOLF c/o Philips Research, Netherlands
16:45 - 17:00 - Small metal particles as resonators for microwave, terahertz and optical frequencies Oral [Show abstract]
  • Yury Terekhov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Russia
  • Anton Zhuravlev, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Russia
  • Gennady Belokopytov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Russia
17:00 - 17:15 - NIR multilayer hyperbolic metamaterial Oral [Show abstract]
  • Alexander Petrov, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
  • Michael Störmer, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
  • Hooi Sing Lee, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
  • Manfred Eich, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
17:15 - 17:30 - Metasurfaces with interwoven conductor patterns on dielectric substrates Oral [Show abstract]
  • Andrea Vallecchi, University of Siena, Italy
  • Alexander Schuchinsky, Queen’s University of Belfast, United Kingdom
17:30 - 18:00 - Plasmonic laser antennas and infrared molecular sensors Invited oral [Show abstract]
  • Ertugrul Cubukcu, University of Pennsylvania, USA
18:00 - 18:15 - Thursday evening break
18:15 - 18:45 - Closing ceremony