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The Duke Center for Plasmon Nano-Optics

 What are plasmons?  

Plasmons are coupled electromagnetic/electronic waves that occur inside and on the surface of metals and other materials. What makes plasmons of current interest is their ability to confine light to nanoscale regions--much smaller than the wavelength of light. At Duke, we are considering the use of plasmons for a variety of applications, from photonic networks to biosensors. This site is being designed to provide information on plasmonics activities here at Duke, as well as background information and highlights from other groups around the world.

 

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February 26, 2007

SPP-3 Conference: Surface Plasmon Photonics
The Third International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics will take place June 17-22, 2007, in Dijon, France. The first SPP meeting was held in Granada, Spain; and the second SPP meeting was held in Graz, Austria. The SPP conference has quickly become the primary meeting for discussions regarding the fundamental phenomena as well as the practical applications of surface plasmons.

 

November 17, 2006

AFOSR Caltech Plasmon MURI Review
The Caltech and Stanford MURI teams hold their annual review in San Francisco. The plasmonics-themed MURIs are sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

 

November 15, 2006

Duke Plasmonics Website Launched
Thanks to the work of Vedrana Novosel (undergraduate), Jack Mock (Research Associate) and Dr. Aloyse Degiron (Postdoctoral Researcher) in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, we have completed a first pass at the Duke Plasmonics website. This site will contain information about work going on in plasmonics at Duke, as well as general information about surface plasmons. THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVLOPMENT--NOT ALL ELEMENTS ARE IN PLACE!

 

 

 

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January 30, 2007  

Professor David R. Smith
drsmith@ee.duke.edu
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University
Box 90291
Durham, NC 27708