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• Nanophotonics' Most Topical Fields: Research on Hybrid Metal-Dielectric Structures

  Hybrid metal-dielectric structures hold great promise for the development of new data recording devices, improved sensors and optical chips. This is the field that Yali Sun, a PhD student from ITMO's Faculty of Physics and Engineering, focuses on. Back in China, she obtained education in the field of electronics, and then chose to focus on nanophotonics. In an interview with ITMO.NEWS, she spoke about the differences between education in Russia and China, gender issues, and working in this new relevant field.

  21.01.2019

• METANANO-2018 Conference on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials Comes to a Close in Sochi

  The conference, held on the premises of the Sirius Educational Center, brought together more than 300 researchers in the field of nanophotonics and metamaterials from top research centers and laboratories of the UK, Germany, Sweden, France, the USA, Australia, China, Russia, and other countries. Over the course of five days, researchers presented more than 200 reports and discussed their work and future partnerships.

  24.09.2018

• MSU Student on Working in Different Laboratories and Doing Internship at ITMO

  Alexander Chezhegov, a third-year student at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, took part in the “I am a Professional” competition and the “It’s Your Call!” Winter School that was held at ITMO University last winter. His project focused on creating a hydrophobic coating for solar cells. In July 2018, he did an internship at ITMO’s International Research Center of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials, where he studied hybrid states of light in low-dimensional quantum materials. In his interview with ITMO.NEWS, he shared his experience of working in different research groups.

  09.08.2018

• Physicists Design New Nanoresonators With Giant Nonlinear Response

  An international research team has found a way to make frequency conversion of light at the nanoscale a hundred times more efficient. The new method is based on isolated dielectric nanoparticles supporting the so-called bound states in the continuum. Such states appear when radiating fields in the particle suppress each other, so that the electromagnetic energy inside the particle can be trapped. This prediction can be employed for a new generation of tiny frequency conversion devices, nanolasers. The research was published in Physical Review Letters on July 19, 2018 as a cover story.

  26.07.2018

• Insights into Nanophotonics and Metamaterials from around the World

  The third Summer School in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials has just ended at ITMO University. Over a week, participants listened to lectures, completed a project, shared ideas and established useful connections. To learn more about the Summer School, read our article.

  08.06.2018

• NSP2018: Scientists Discuss Nanostructures in Photonics

  Earlier this May, 60 participants from 14 countries attended the international workshop and school Nanostructures for Photonics 2018. Among the participants were heads of major research laboratories and international projects, including the megascience project European XFEL (X-Ray free-electron laser). The guests spoke with ITMO.NEWS about current research trends, practical applications of nanostructures in nanophotonics, and future collaboration in this area.

  24.05.2018

• Mining Hardware Helps Scientists Gain Insight into Silicon Nanoparticles

  Researchers from ITMO University and their international colleagues have developed the first three-dimensional dynamic model of an interaction between light and silicon nanoparticles. They used a supercomputer with graphic accelerators for the calculations. Results showed that when exposed to short, intense laser pulses, silicon particles temporarily lose their symmetry and their optical properties become strongly heterogeneous. Such a change in properties depends on particle size; therefore it can be used to control light at nanoscale and in ultrafast information processing devices. The study was published in Advanced Optical Materials.

  02.03.2018

• METANANO-2018 Conference: How to Participate and What to Expect

  The International Conference on Metamaterials and Nanophotonics METANANO 2018 will be held for the third time on September 17-21 in Sochi. Scientists from all around the world will come together to discuss the latest scientific discoveries and achievements; approximately half of the event’s guests will come from foreign universities and research centers. The METANANO conference is becoming increasingly popular due to its large scientific scope. This leads to more interdisciplinary research and, therefore, more practical applications are made for theoretical inventions.

  21.02.2018

• ITMO Begins Research on Carbon Nanodot Synthesis Methods

  The Russian Government has awarded Professor Andrey Rogach and ITMO University’s International Research and Education Center for Physics of Nanostructures with a “megagrant*” to facilitate the creation of the Laboratory “Light-emitting Carbon Quantum Nanostructures”. There, scientists will study new methods for synthesis of carbon nanodots, which are expected to find use in LEDs and for the purpose of biomedical sensing, i.e. the analysis of chemical substances in living tissue. These new eco-friendly structures will greatly fit into today’s popular “green” nanophotonics concept

  09.01.2018

• Physicist Maxim Gorlach on getting ahead in science: "The worst scenario is to just drift with the tide".

  Four years ago, a researcher at the Department of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials, Maxim Gorlach, decided to move from Minsk (Belarus) to St. Petersburg to enter a Ph.D. program at  ITMO University and study metamaterials as part of Pavel Belov's research group. Since then, not only did he manage to join in on a new field of research, but also work in the US and Australia, defend his Ph.D. thesis and win a grant from the Russian Science Foundation together with his colleagues. He told ITMO.NEWS about what dividends does doing research give, why the academic competitions can become a real social elevator for a high school or university student and how to not miss the opportunities for personal development while being a university student.

  10.11.2017