C E N 2 0 1 2

Tentative Programme

Week Schedule
Monday , 01/10	Tuesday , 02/10	Wednesday, 03/10	Thursday , 04/10

Monday - October 01, 2012

13h30-15h00	Registration CEN2012
*(Session: Magnetoplasmonics and Optomechanical systems) - Chairman: Rainer Hillenbrand*
15h00-15h20	Opening - Welcome
15h20-16h00	Gaspar Armelles (IMM-CSIC, Spain)	I
	"Magnetoplasmonics: combining magnetic and plasmonic functionalities"
16h00-16h20	Ondrej Vlasin (ICMAB-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Shaping Magneto-Optical Spectra with Plasmonic Resonances"
16h20-16h40	Juan José Sáenz (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)	O
	"Non-conservative optical forces on nano particles"
16h40-17h00	Ignacio Iglesias (Universidad de Murcia, Spain)	O
	"Light spin forces, polarization structuring and the trapping of small particles with optical tweezers"
17h00-18h00	Coffee Break – Poster Session & Instrument Exhibition
18h15	Carmona Guided Tour

Tuesday - October 02, 2012

*(Session: Novel synthetic routes: materials aspects of photonic nanostructures) - Chairman:* Lluís Marsal
09h00-09h40	Michael Giersig (Freie Universitat berlin, Germany)	I
	"Electromagnetic waves interaction with various metallic nanomaterials"
09h40-10h00	Ana Borras (ICMSE-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"A vacuum methodology for the fabrication of hybrid core@shell (ONWs@ZnO) nanowires"
10h00-10h20	André Espinha (ICMM-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Surface nano-structuration using composite colloidal monolayers"
10h20-10h40	Alberto Escudero (ICMSE-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Microwave assisted synthesis of Poly (acrylic acid) functionalised europium doped calcium hydroxyapatite and fluoroapatite nanospindles for biomedical application"
10h40-11h00	Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)	O
	"Nanoporous anodic alumina produced with variable voltages"
11h00-11h10	Alejandro Martinez (Nanophotonics Technology Center - Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)	O
	"Report of the Nanophotonics Europe Association"
11h10-11h50	Coffee Break – Poster Session & Instrument Exhibition
*(Session: Colloidal nanophotonics and nanoplasmonics) - Chairman: Ana Borrás*
11h50-12h30	Luis M. Liz-Marzan (CIC-biomaGUNE, Spain)	I
	"Colloidal Plasmonic Nanostructures"
12h30-12h50	Mauricio Calvo (ICMSE-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Integration of Gold Nanoparticles in Optical Resonators"
12h50-13h10	Isaac Suárez (Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales de la UVEG, Spain)	O
	"Colloidal QDs/PMMA nanocomposites as material to provide gain in surface plasmon polaritons"
13h10-13h30	Alvaro Blanco (ICMM-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Exploration and use of water in silica colloidal crystals"
13h30-14h50	Lunch (not included)

*(Session: Photonic nanostructures for energy efficient optoelectronic devices) - Chairman:* Lluís Marsal
14h50-15h00	Alvaro Blanco (ICMM-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Presentation of the Nanophotonics for Energy network"
15h00-15h20	Juan P. Martínez Pastor (Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales de la Universidad de Valencia, Spain)	O
	"Plasmonic layers based on noble metal nanoparticles embedded in oxides for photovoltaic applications"
15h20-15h40	Silvia Colodrero (ICMSE-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Two dimensional nanostructured surface relief patterns as optical diffraction gratings for enhanced photovoltaic performance"
15h40-16h00	Pablo Romero (ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain)	O
	"Photonic crystal back electrode design for highly efficient transparent polymer cells"
16h00-16h20	Ana Isabel Becerro (ICMSE-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Multicolor and white light emission of GdPO4 nanophosphors with a novel 3D architecture"
16h20-16h40	Juan Galisteo-López (ICMM-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Light propagation and emission in hybrid metallodielectric systems based on self-assembled structures"
16h40-17h40	Coffee Break – Poster Session & Instrument Exhibition
*(Session: Photonic nanostructures for energy efficient optoelectronic devices) - Chairman:* Álvaro Blanco
17h40-18h00	Blas Garrido (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)	O
	"Silicon nanocrystalls for all silicon tandem solar cells"
18h00-18h20	Agustín Mihi (ICFO, Spain)	O
	"Coupling of Resonant Modes of Embedded Dielectric Microspheres in Solution-Processed Solar Cells"
18h20-18h40	Victor Samuel Balderrama Vázquez (Universitat Rovira i Virgili /DEEEA, Spain)	O
	"Organic Nanostructures with Low Band-Gap Materials: Manufacturing by Via Template-Assisted Method and Characterization for Optoelectronic Applications"
18h40-19h00	Francesco Pastorelli (ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, Spain)	O
	"Self assembled dimers of metallic nano-particles for enhanced light harvesting in organic solar cells"

21h30	Conference Dinner - “Molino de la Romera” Restaurant C/ Sor Angela de la Cruz, 8 - Carmona

Wednesday - October 03, 2012

*(Session: Graphene and silicon photonics) - Chairman: Fernando Moreno*
10h00-10h40	Francisco J. Garcia Vidal (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)	I
	"Graphene Nanophotonics"
10h40-11h00	Sukosin Thongrattanasiri (IQFR-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Quantum Junction Plasmons in Graphene Dimers"
11h00-11h50	Poster Session / Coffee Break & Instrument Exhibition
11h50-12h30	Frank Koppens (ICFO, Spain)	I
	"Graphene nano-optoelectronics for capturing and manipulating light at the nanoscale"
12h30-12h50	Alejandro Manjavacas Arevalo (IQFR CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Graphene plasmons and quantum emitters: from plasmon blockade to temporal control"
12h50-13h10	Aitor Velasco (Universidad Complutense, Spain)	O
	"High Resolution Fourier-Transform Microspectrometers in Silicon-on-Insulator Waveguides"
13h10-13h30	Antoine Brimont (Nanophotonics Technology Center, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)	O
	"Recent progress on high contrast 40Gb/s and low drive voltage 10 Gb/s slow light-based silicon photonic modulators"
13h30-15h00	Cocktail Lunch (offered by CEN2012 organisation)- Poster Session - Instrument Exhibition

*(Session: Near Field Optics: Nanospectroscopy and nanoimaging) - Chairman:* *Gaspar Armelles*
15h00-15h40	Rainer Hillenbrand (CIC nanoGUNE, Spain)	I
	"Infrared Nanospectroscopy - From Nanoscale Chemical Identification of Polymersto Real-space Imaging of Graphene Plasmons"
15h40-16h00	Viktor Myroshnychenko (IQFR-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Plasmon spectroscopy and imaging of individual gold nanodecahedra: A combined optical microscopy, cathodoluminescence, and electron energy-loss spectroscopy study"
16h00-16h20	Alan Vitrey (IMM-CNM-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Rearrangement of the near-field landscape in heterogeneous nanoparticle arrays"
16h20-16h40	Fernando Moreno (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)	O
	"A study of the Near-Field of metallic materials for Plasmonics in the UV"
16h40-17h20	Poster Session / Coffee Break & Instrument Exhibition
*(Session: New concepts and metamaterials) - Chairman: Antonio García-Martín*
17h20-17h40	Raquel Gómez-Medina (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)	O
	"Negative scattering asymmetry parameter for dipolar particles: Unusual reduction of the transport mean free path and radiation pressure"
17h40-18h00	Alejandro Martinez (Nanophotonics Technology Center - Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)	O
	"Strong magnetic field concentration in arrays of thick gold nanorings"
18h00-18h20	Lei Shi (ICMM/CSIC-UPV, Spain)	O
	"A New Dielectric Metamaterial building block with a strong magnetic response below 1.5 micrometers region. Silicon Colloids nanocavities"
18h20-18h40	Mikolaj Schmidt (DIPC and Centro de Física Materiales CSIC-UPV/EHU, Spain)	O
	"New pathways to control single emitter radiation in novel electric and magnetic antenna platforms"
18h40-19h20	Zeno Gaburro (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, USA)	I
	*"Molding light propagation with phase discontinuities"*

Thursday - October 04, 2012

*(Session: New concepts and metamaterials II) - Chairman: Juan José Sáenz*
09h00-09h20	Nuno de Sousa (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)	O
	"Light emission statistics in correlated random photonic nanostructures"
09h20-09h40	Ramon Paniagua Dominguez (Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (CSIC), Spain)	O
	"Exotic optical properties of metallo-dielectric core-shell nanospheres and nanowires. Applications to negative refraction"
09h40-10h00	Ricardo Marqués (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)	O
	"Babinet principle in optical nano-circuits and metamaterials"
10h00-10h20	Paloma Arroyo Huidobro (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)	O
	*"Transformation Optics for Plasmonics"*
10h20-10h40	Vicente Delgado (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)	O
	*"Simplified coupled-wave analysis for the characterization of extraordinary optical transmission in single and stacked metallic screens"*
10h40-11h40	Coffee Break – Poster Session & Instrument Exhibition
**(Session: Nanophotonics for sensing) - Chairman: Hernán Míguez**
11h40-12h00	Pablo Aitor Postigo (IMM-CNM-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Fabrication of Photonic Crystal Chips for Biophotonic Applications"
12h00-12h20	Diana Martín-Becerra (IMM-CNM-CSIC, Spain)	O
	"Theoretical analysis of magnetoplasmonic interferometers for sensing"
12h20-12h40	Rafael Abargues Lopez (Intenanomat, Spain)	O
	"Microplotter Printing of LSPR sensor based on Ag-PVA nancomposite for amine detection"
12h40-13h00	Mohamed Ameen Poyli (Centro de Física de Materiales, CFM (CSIC-UPV/EHU) & DIPC, Spain)	O
	"Multiscale Theoretical Modelling of Plasmonic Sensing of Hydrogen Uptake in Palladium Nanodisks"
13h00-13h20	Lluis F. Marsal (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)	O
	"Structural engineering of micro- and nanoporous silicon and nanoporous alumina for biosensing applications"
13h20	Concluding Remarks