The International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics 10
Abstract
The International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics (SPP Conference) is widely regarded as the premier global conference in modern photonics, encompassing nanoscale photonics with metals (plasmonics) and dielectrics (metasurfaces). This conference has been held biennially at outstanding venues in Europe (Dijon, Amsterdam, Obernai, Graz, Copenhagen), Asia (Taipei, Busan), the Middle East (Jerusalem) and North America (Ottawa) for the past twenty years. The next SPP meeting, SPP10, will be held in the United States for the first time, at Rice University in Houston, Texas, on May 21-26, 2023. Typically attracting 400 or more technical attendees, we anticipate that this meeting will attract far more US participants than the previous conferences held outside the US, making it a landmark event, worthy of funding by the Army Research Office. This conference will be an outstanding venue for communicating research breakthroughs and accomplishments in the represented fields, as well as for visibility, networking, and recruiting, for students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty throughout the US and the world as they attend this conference. In addition to the scientific researchers that will be attending this conference, we will also host editors from a wide range of scientific journals, foster a Science Policy forum and discussion, and host a trade show for companies that provide state-of-the-art research equipment to laboratories in the range of topical fields represented. The Surface Plasmon Photonics Conference SPP10 will host fundamental science, innovations, and applications in modern photonics with high potential for commercialization. The topics within this vibrant conference are as wide-ranging across scientific disciplines as the field of optics itself. The research to be presented spans the disciplines of Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering, and is highly multidisciplinary in effort. Topics include: Quantum Plasmonicsand Photonics; Metasurfaces; Energy Harvesting and Novel Optical Sources; Sensors and Transducers for Biomedical Applications; Active Photonics and Devices; Ultrafast and Nonlinear Phenomena; Terahertz Plasmonics; Dielectric Nanophotonics; Nanoscale Lasers; and Light-Induced Particle Manipulations. The meeting schedule includes four plenary speakers and 38 invited speakers from every continent, with multiple talk and poster sessions. The many opportunities for students, postdocs and faculty to interact with each other at this conference makes it an outstanding event to attend for starting collaborations, career advancement, networking with others both nationally and internationally in the same topical areas, and for exposure to new ideas across this broad, multidisciplinary field. Our science policy forum will focus on Diversity in science generally and in our field specifically, assessing progress made to date and challenges moving forward. The experience for students attending this conference will be transformational, with many role models amongst the attendees of successful academic researchers as well as entrepreneurs. The conference will foster the development of mentors and mentorship networks for all graduate student attendees. Our location, in the most diverse city in the US, will greatly facilitate our recruiting of graduate student participants from underrepresented minority groups to attend and participate in this conference. We anticipate a positive impact on all attendees, on the University, on the city of Houston, Texas, and nationally, by hosting this event showcasing groundbreaking research in nanoscale light-matter interactions and innovative applications. PUBLICLY RELEASABLE
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 24, 2023
- Source ID
- W911NF2310103
Entities
People
- Naomi J. Halas
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Rice University
- United States Army