WIPS - Weak Interactions in complex Photonic Systems

Recent technological advances have enabled the utilisation of matter on different length scales: microscopic particles, nanoparticles and individual molecules and atoms to create novel composite materials with uniquid optical properties that can be tailored to specific needs. The novel composite materials are applied in a broad range of applications including.

• Quantum circuits and computing,
• (Organic) Solar cells,
• Quantum and bio sensors,
• Organic piezoelectric, field effect transistors,
• Spintronics devices.

To optimize the performance of these novel materials for optical application, the electromagnetic response needs to be understood.

This workshop gathers an interdisciplinary group of young and established researchers who are all experts in fields relevant for novel composite materials for optical applications, but who traditionally belong to different research communities due to research methods and/or scientific background, and research questions. For example, vastly different experimental techniques exist for the preparation and the theoretical research methods vary from fundamental first-principal calculations over mesoscopic effective approaches like macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics to classical optics via effective medium theory.

The aim of the workshop is to create an overview of the field that will hopefully lead to future joint work on specific research questions as well as a joint review paper written by workshop participants, with the aim of presenting an overview to the whole research community. The review paper will have special emphasis on the clarification of terminology that may be used differently by people coming from different fields.

Confirmed speakers:

• Clas Persson (University of Oslo, Norway)
• Frank Stienkemeier (University of Freiburg, Germany)
• Martin M. Greve (University of Bergen, Norway)
• Kristian Berland (Norwegian University of Life Science, Norway)
• Martin Presselt (University of Jena, Germany)
• Alexander Eisfeld (Max-Planck Institute for physics of complex systems, Germany)
• Stefan Y. Buhmann (University of Kassel, Germany)
• Thomas Reisinger (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
• Robert W. Corkery (KTH, Sweden)
• Drew F. Parsons (University of Cagliari, Italy)
• Michael Walter (University of Freiburg, Germany)
• Matthias Krüger (University of Göttingen, Germany)
• Thomas Weitz (University of Göttingen, Germany)

Venue:

Fjord Hotel Solstrand, Os, Norway

Fees: We will cover hotel and maintenance costs.

Program: Download PDF below