Modeling and Optimization of Nanophotonic and Nanoplasmonic Devices
Presented by:
Vladimir Aksyuk
Project Leader
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Description: Continuous improvement of nanofabrication techniques fuels development of structures and devices that can harness and manipulate light in novel and unusual ways. Such devices can help see and trap single atoms and measure mechanical motions as small the diameter of a proton. This is achieved by optimizing the geometric shapes of these structures at the nanoscale. The performance of an overwhelming majority of such devices is well described by Maxwell's equations with the appropriate wavelength-dependent dielectric properties for various constituent materials.
We will optimize some optical or optomechanical performance criteria, such as optical transmission, field enhancement or optomechanical coupling as a function of device geometry at the micro/nano scale.