ECE 616 Lecture 20: Propagation Equation for Nonlinear Refractive Index Media

22 Nov 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew M Weiner

Related reading: Ultrafast Optics, 5.1-5.2, 6.1. This online course is made available on nanoHUB.org by NSF grant ECCS-1102110, High Repetition Rate Photonic Frequency Combs and Applications.

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ECE 616 Homework 5: Dispersion, Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics

07 Nov 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Andrew M Weiner

This online course is made available on nanoHUB.org by NSF grant ECCS-1102110, High Repetition Rate Photonic Frequency Combs and Applications.

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ECE 616: Ultrafast Optics

29 Aug 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Andrew M Weiner

Topics: Introduction and review Ultrashort pulse generation techniques Mode-locking: overview Active mode locking Passive mode locking Measurement techniques Correlation techniques …

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Taming Light and Electrons with Metamaterials

11 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Nader Engheta

In recent years, in my group we have been working on various aspects of metamaterials and plasmonic nano-optics. We have introduced and been developing the concept of "metatronics", i.e. …

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A Half Century of Nonlinear Optics

22 Mar 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Robert W. Boyd

In this talk, we first present a review of the development of the field of nonlinear optics, and we then survey some areas of recent research including quantum imaging and implications of the ability …

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Photonic Metamaterials: From Linear to Nonlinear Optics

14 Dec 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Natalia Litchinitser

Metamaterials open unparalleled opportunities for "engineering" previously inaccessible values of refractive indices from positive to near-zero and even negative values, and new avenues for light …

http://nanohub.org/resources/10185

2010 Nano-Biophotonics Summer School @ UIUC Lecture 3 - Fourier optics - Nonlinear optics - Microscopy

25 Sep 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Kimani C Toussaint

Ray optics-Limit of wave optics when wavelength is infinitesimally small Wave optics-provides a description of optical phenomena using scalar wave theory Electromagnetic optics- provides most …

http://nanohub.org/resources/9745

Linear and Nonlinear Optical Devices Based on Slow Light Propagation: Figures of Merit

19 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jacob B. Khurgin

Performance of optical delay lines and nonlinear devices based on slow wave propagation in photonic crystal waveguides in the presence of higher order dispersion is analyzed and compared with other …

http://nanohub.org/resources/4399

Metamaterials, Part 2: Negative-Index, Nonlinear Optics and Super/Hyper-Lenses

01 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Vladimir M. Shalaev

Part 2/3. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new …

http://nanohub.org/resources/4267

Metamaterials: A New Paradigm of Physics and Engineering

01 May 2008 | Courses | Contributor(s): Vladimir M. Shalaev

Three part lecture on metamaterials. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus …

http://nanohub.org/resources/4262

Plasmonic Metamaterials: Unusual Optics and Applications

28 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Igor Smolyaninov

Surface plasmon-polaritons (or plasmons) are collective excitations of the conduction electrons and the electromagnetic field on the surface of such good metals as gold and silver. Near the …

http://nanohub.org/resources/4033

KIST/PU Bridging Nonlinear Optical Imaging and Nanotechnology with Medicine

23 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ji-Xin Cheng

Our interdisciplinary research develops and utilizes state-of-the-art optical imaging techniques and nanotechnology to tackle compelling biomedical problems highly related to human health. Research …

http://nanohub.org/resources/3396

KIST/PU Introduction to Global Research Laboratory (GRL) Program: Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine for Theragnosis using Nano-Bio Materials

23 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Kui Won Choi

The Global Research Laboratory (GRL) program was initiated by the Korea Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technology (KICOS) in 2006. The GRL program has been designed to …

http://nanohub.org/resources/3386

Routing Light with Nematicons: Light Localization and Steering in Liquid Crystals

10 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gaetano Assanto

Nematic liquid crystals support optical spatial solitons via light-induced molecular reorientation. Such all-optical waveguides can channel a signal towards a destination, hence permitting signal …

http://nanohub.org/resources/3271