MESOPLAS

Mesoscopic Plasmonics: Bridging Classical and Quantum Nano-Optics

Coordinatore	UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID    more  Organization address address: CALLE EINSTEIN, CIUDAD UNIV CANTOBLANCO RECTORADO 3 city: MADRID postcode: 28049 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Mª Carmen Cognome: Puerta Email: send email Telefono: +34 91 497 8479 Fax: +34 91 497 5269
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Totale costo	100˙000 €
EC contributo	100˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG
Funding Scheme	MC-CIG
Anno di inizio	2015
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2015-02-01   -   2019-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID  Organization address address: CALLE EINSTEIN, CIUDAD UNIV CANTOBLANCO RECTORADO 3 city: MADRID postcode: 28049 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Mª Carmen Cognome: Puerta Email: send email Telefono: +34 91 497 8479 Fax: +34 91 497 5269	ES (MADRID)	coordinator	100˙000.00

Mappa

 Word cloud

Esplora la "nuvola delle parole (Word Cloud) per avere un'idea di massima del progetto.

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The boost experienced by nanophotonics research during the past decade has been driven by the ability of surface plasmons to collect and concentrate light into deeply sub-wavelength volumes. The hybrid nature of surface plasmons (which emerge from the coupling of photons to the collective oscillations of conduction electrons in metals) has allowed an unprecedented control of light at the nanoscale, a regime inaccessible to standard photonic technology. This scientific success has been possible due to two factors: the high precision of modern nanofabrication and characterization techniques, and the extraordinary predictive value of classical electrodynamics.

However, the miniaturization trend in experimental nano-optics is currently approaching dimensions comparable to the typical Coulomb screening length in noble metals (of the order of a few angstroms). A theoretical challenge arises in this spatial range for two reasons. On the one hand, at this sub-nanometre regime, macroscopic electromagnetism breaks down due to the emergence of quantum effects such as spatial non-locality. On the other hand, the enormous complexity of the full quantum numerical schemes available to describe the electron-ion dynamics in metals restricts their applicability to systems involving only a few hundreds of electrons.

The objective of this proposal is to fill the gap between Maxwell’s equations and first principle condensed matter theory methods. It aims to devise a mesoscopic platform able to treat accurately and efficiently the interaction between light and matter in nanodevices which, presenting angstrom-sized geometric features, contain millions of electrons. This is a prominent fundamental problem with significant technological implications. The further development of nanophotonic technology requires a complete and unified picture of the physical mechanisms behind its performance. The ultimate goal of this proposal is providing the theoretical framework for this purpose.'