Nanonics held its first NanoPhotonics workshop July 21-22 at Boston College. The workshop was a tremendous success with an outstanding group of lectures by our expert customers, which are now posted on the Nanonics Youtube Channel.

See plenary lecture by Prof. Federico Capasso, Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard on "Control of surface plasmons propagation and nanophotonics applications"

More lectures include:

                         

Prof Nicholas Fang, Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT

Prof. Ferat Sahin, Electrical Engineering Department at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 

Dr. Juan Merlo, Physics Department at Boston College 

Prof. Aaron Lewis, Eric Samson Professor of Applied Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

Prof. Nancy Haegel, NREL

Prof. Kit Umbach, Cornell

"Quest for an Optical Probe"

"A novel approach to nanoindentation using Multiprobe AFM system"

"Coaxial plasmonic cavities studied by near-field scanning optical microscopy"

"Addressing the inverse problem of optical imaging"

"Integrating Near-Field and Electron Optics: Dual Vision"

Research Seminar on Nanoindentation

Overview of our systems, translated into different languages

Nanonics application scientist Dr. Yirmi Bernstein participated in a seminar and course on "Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy" organized at Aalborg University (Denmark) in May 2014, attended by approximately 35 Ph.D. students.  Dr. Bernstein taught for two days on the topics of 1)AFM, NSOM, and TERS and 2) integration of optical techniques with SPM and multiprobe solutions using NSOM, electrical, nanolithography, SECM, and integration with SEM.  Dr. Bernstein was joined by lecturers from other institutions including Umea University (Sweden), Copenhagen University (Denmark), Aalborg University (Denmark), K-analys AB (Sweden) and Renishaw.  Parts of Dr. Bernstein's talks were taped and are now posted on the Nanonics YouTube Channel.  See a talk on Introduction to AFM and Feedback Technology:

A brief youtube video explaining AFM  and different feedback technologies:

Surface plasmons excitation with STM probe and collection with apertured & apertureless NSOM photon tunneling probes

July 21-22, 2014, Boston MA

Nanonics is pleased to announce the first Near-field NanoPhotonics workshop with an associated Multiprobe School. NSOM and MultiProbe NSOM have emerged as the premier tools in Photonics and Plasmonics characterization whether in silicon photonics, photonic band gap materials or plasmonic nanofocusing

Nanonics users, who have been at the forefront of this rapidly growing field, will be featured and will present how they are using the near-field in defining new horizons in photonic nanocharacterization. The workshop will be followed by a hands on Near-field Multiprobe School.  

New! Monday July 21 Technical Program

All lectures will take place in Higgins Hall, room 235. Breakfast and lunch will be provided to all workshop participants in the Higgins atrium.

8:30-9:00            Registration and breakfast      

9:00-9:15            Welcome by Prof. Aaron Lewis

9:15-10:00          Plenary lecture - Prof. Federico Capasso, Harvard, “Control of surface plasmons propagation and nanophotonics applications”

10:00 – 10:30     Dr. Juan Merlo, Boston College, “Coaxial plasmonic cavities studied by near-field scanning optical microscopy”

10:30-10:45       Break

10:45-11:30       Prof. Mike Barnes, UMass, “Near-field optical and electronic spectroscopy of crystalline organic nanowires” 

11:30-12:00       Prof. Kit Umbach, Cornell, “Comparing mechanical moduli determined by indentation and compression technique”

12:00 – 1:00      Lunch

1:00-1:45           Dr. Nancy Haegel, NREL, “Integrating near-field and electron optics: Dual vision for the nanoworld”

1:45-2:15           Prof. Ferat Sahin, RIT, “A novel approach to nanoindentation using Multiprobe AFM system”

 2:15-2:30          Break

 2:30-3:15          Prof. Nicholas Fang, MIT, “Quest for an optical circuit probe”

3:15-3:45           Dr. Antonio Ambrosio, Harvard, “Structuring surface waves by means of straight and V-shaped aperturing antennas

3:45-4:30           Prof. Aaron Lewis “Addressing the inverse problem of optical imaging”

4:15 – 5:30        Poster Session and Reception

Tuesday July 22 will feature the Multiprobe School with feature hands-on instruction dedicated to explaining and exploring the revolutionary multiprobe technology as applied to Near-field NanoPhotonics.  The purpose of this Multiprobe school is to educate users about the basics of multiprobe technology and to show multiprobe in action in several application areas!

The day will be divided into morning lectures and afternoon demo sessions. Attendees can sign up for a maximum of two demo sessions, where application scientists will be conducting specific multiprobe experiments.

9:30-11:30  Introduction to Multiprobe Technology

11:30-1:00  Lunch

1:00-3:00    Session 1: near field excitation/collection.  Available slots are 1:00-2:00 and 2:00-3:00

3:00-5:00   Session 2: nanolithography multiprobe.  Available slots are 3:00-4:00 and 4:00-5:00

Venue:  Boston College (Chestnut Hill campus) Higgins Hall, Room 235.  Map of Boston College can be found here. 

New! Parking:  For those participants driving in, the Commonwealth Avenue Garage is conveniently located close to Higgins Hall and can be found here.  There is a walkway from the fifth floor of the Commonwealth Ave. garage to Higgins Hall.

Poster Session:  We invite participants to submit a title and abstract for a poster session that will be hold on July 21st.  Please submit your poster information to judy@nanonics.co.il no later than July 1st, 2014.

International participants:  Participants can request an invitation letter from Judy (judy@nanonics.co.il) should they require it.

Registration fee for this workshop is $100 for students and postdocs, $200 for faculty and industry participants by July 1st.  After July 1st, registration is $125 for students and postdocs and $225 for faculty and industry.    Credit card payments are accepted.

Space is limited and early registration is advised.  Registration form attached here.  Please fill out and to judy@nanonics.co.il to register and if you have further questions.

Hotel: 

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Courtyard by Marriott Brookline  (2 miles from BC) for a group rate of $179.   Please call the hotel directly at :  (617) 734-1393  to make a reservation and mention "NanoPhotonics workshop" to get this group rate.                        

Courtyard by Marriott Brookline

40 Webster Street, Coolidge Corner

 Brookline, MA 02446

 Other hotels are conveniently located to the Boston College campus and are listed below:

Holiday Inn Brookline (2 miles from BC)

 1200 Beacon Street

 Brookline, MA 02446

 Phone: 1-877-410-6681

Best Western University Hotel (1.5 miles from BC)

 1650 Commonwealth Ave

 Boston, MA

 Phone: 617-566-6260