Upcoming Events

UCF Biophysics Group is resuming its seminar series (see biophysics.cos.ucf.edu

for past seminars and other details).

Professor Aristide Dogariu of CREOL, UCF, will present:

Harnessing Light for Sensing and Guiding at Mesoscales

Wednesday, September 18, 2:00-3:00 pm

Physical Sciences room 445

Overview:

Mesoscale photonics involves the interaction of light with material structures of intermediate scales - structures that are too small to be described by traditional continuum methods, and too large to be regarded as simple dipoles. Mesoscale phenomena occur in different circumstances, e.g., biological systems, soft materials, and fabricated mechanical nanostructures. We will review applications where controlling the coherence and polarization properties of electromagnetic fields offers unique capabilities for sensing material properties at mesoscales.

Electromagnetic fields may also induce scale-specific modifications of material structures. We will show that harnessing light at scales comparable with the wavelength offers exclusive possibilities for controlling the mechanical action of light.

On September 20th Another event!