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SUMMARY:EE Distinguished Speakers Seminar: Capturing light on the nanoscal
 e
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DESCRIPTION:John Pendry\, condensed matter theorist and Professor at Imper
 ial College.\nAbstract:\nConvention has it that light cannot resolve objec
 ts much smaller than the wavelength\, a ‘rule’ that was shown to be in
 valid some years ago [1]. Here we look inside the wavelength and study the
  properties of plasmonic structures with dimensions of just a few nanometr
 es: a tenth or even a hundredth of the wavelength of visible light\, where
  the ray picture of light fails utterly. We show how the new concept of tr
 ansformation optics that manipulates electric and magnetic field lines rat
 her than rays can provide an equally intuitive understanding of sub wavele
 ngth phenomena and at the same time be an exact description at the level o
 f Maxwell’s equations. The new technology brings light into contact with
  the nanoworld.\n \n[1] Negative Refraction Makes a Perfect Lens\nPhys. R
 ev. Lett.85\, 3966-9 (2000).\nJB Pendry\n 
LOCATION:ELA 002 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room=ELA002
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