Special Seminar - Prof. Satoshi Kawata (Osaka University) - July 18, 3:15 PM
Imaging and analysis of molecules in nano-resolution: plasmonics can make it!
Professor Satoshi Kawata
Osaka University and RIKEN, Japan
Monday, July 18, 3:15 PM, Nano 232
Refreshments at 3:00 PM
On the surface of a metal there exists a form of slow light as an evanescent wave associated with collective oscillation of free electrons, called a surface plasmon polariton (SPP). Such a slow light can be used for a variety of applications in nanophotonic materials and devices. In this presentation, I would like to focus my talk on plasmonic nano-resolution optical imaging and analysis. I will show some results of Raman imaging of nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and DNA base distribution, and will discuss about the functions and the limit, and the breakthrough in plasmonics.
About the Speaker:
Satoshi Kawata is the Director of Photonics Advanced Research Center and the Professor of Departments of Applied Physics and Biosciences at Osaka University, and the Chief Scientist in RIKEN, Japan. He served for OSA as the chair of international council in 2009-2010. He has published more than 300 papers, with an h index of 50. His current research interest includes near field optics, nano-imaging and fabrication, plasmonics, super-resolution-microscopy, and infrared, near-infrared and Raman spectroscopy.
