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SUMMARY:Taming light -matter interaction on the nanometer scale - Dr Romai
 n Quidant (ICFO-Barcelona)
DTSTART:20130128T153000Z
DTEND:20130128T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Extensive research in plasmonics over the last decade has demo
 nstrated the ability of noble metal nanostructures to concentrate optical 
 fields down to the nanometer scale. Such control of light\, well beyond th
 e limit of diffraction\, potentially opens new opportunities for enhanced 
 interaction with tiny amounts of matter down to the single molecule/atom l
 evel. In practice though\, fully exploiting the capability of plasmonics r
 equires nanoscale positioning of the molecule/atoms within the hot spot\, 
 where the light is concentrated. \n\n \n\nIn this talk\, we first present 
 different experimental strategies to accurately control the interaction of
  top-down metallic nanostructures with few to single molecules or artifici
 al atoms. We then discuss some applications to different areas including n
 anochemistry\, biosensing and quantum information\n
LOCATION:Rutherford building\, Seminar Room B
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