Optical metamaterials and plasmonics

Metamaterials and plasmonics based on micro and nano- structured metallic-dielectric composites are bringing an important revolution in optics. Metamaterials enable the realization of novel physical properties that are unattainable from natural materials. The development in the field of metamaterials has revealed the possibilities to make electromagnetic metamaterials with unprecedented characteristics such as simultaneous negative permittivity and permeability, super-lens that focuses electromagnetic waves far below the diffraction limit, and invisibility cloaking. This project will focus on development of novel optical metamaterials, aiming for applications in energy harvesting, imaging, detectors and optical communications. This project will also explore the integration of optoelectronics, plasmonics and metamaterials to achieve active nanophotonic devices for all-optical signal processing.