Structured Light in Structured Media: From Classical to Quantum Optics Incubator, OSA Workshop, Washington, DC 28 September-1 October 2013. Abstracts
Abstract
The goal of this workshop was to discuss fundamental optical phenomena at the interface of singular optics (structured light), optical metamaterials (structured media), and potential applications for quantum optics and single photon interactions. Understanding the physics of the interaction of complex beams with nanostructured engineered media is likely to bring new dimensions to the science and applications of complex light, including novel regimes of spin-orbit interaction, extraordinary possibilities for dispersion engineering, and novel possibilities for nonlinear singular optics. A synergy between these diverse fields of modern optics is expected to have revolutionary impacts on multidimensional information encoding, secure communications, and quantum cryptography and on-chip optoelectronic signal processing. Metamaterials, singular and quantum optics, are truly fascinating branches of modern optics that until recently were rapidly developing in parallel yet independently. The goal of the incubator meeting is to explore the directions where a synergy of the three fields is likely to make a breakthrough.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 29, 2013
- Accession Number
- AD1010317
Entities
People
- Natalia M. Litchinitser
- Richard Hammond
Organizations
- Optica