Andrea Alù

Upcoming Presentations and Talks

• April 16-20, 2012: A. Alù, C. Argyropoulos, and K. Q. Le, “Plasmonic Brewster Angle for Broadband Absorption, Enhanced Nonlinearities and Directional Emitters,” SPIE Photonics Europe 2012, Brussels, Belgium, (invited talk).
•  April 19-22, 2012: G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Nonlocal Transformation-Optics Metamaterials,”; A. Alù, C. Argyropoulos, and P. Y. Chen, “Enhanced Nonlinear Effects in Metamaterials and Plasmonics;” C6. R. Fleury, and A. Alù, “Exotic Properties and Applications of Quantum Metamaterials,”  META 2012, Paris, France, (2 invited talks).
• May 6-11, 2012: Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Plasmonic Metasurfaces: Manipulating Light on a Surface;” C. Argyropoulos, F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Plasmonic Composite Nanoparticles to Engineer the Optical Scattering Spectra;” K. Q. Le, and A. Alù, “Plasmonic Gratings for Enhanced Light-Trapping in Thin-Film Organic Solar Cells,” CLEO 2012, San Jose, CA, USA, May 6-11, 2012.
• May 13-18, 2012: M. D. Guild, M. R. Haberman, and A. Alù, “Achieving a Broadband Plasmonic-Type Acoustic Cloak Using Multilayered, Spherically Isotropic Elastic Shells,” Acoustics 2012, Hong Kong, (invited paper).
• May 14-18, 2012: A. Alù, F. Monticone, and C. Argyropoulos, “Multilayered Plasmonic Cloaks to Engineer Scattering, Absorption and Emission Spectra of Nanoparticles for Sensing and Energy Applications,” European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2012, Strasbourg, France, (invited talk).
• May 22-25, 2012: A. Alù, “Exotic Optical Response of Plasmonic Nanoparticles and Metamaterials,” Triservice Metamaterials Program Review, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, (invited talk).
• June 10-13, 2012: G. D’Aguanno, K. Q. Le, A. Alù, N. Mattiucci, N. Akozbek, R. Trimm, A. D. Mathias, and M. J. Bloemer, “Broadband Sound Concentration and Focusing at the Intromission Angle of an Acoustic Metamaterial,” Euronoise 2012, Prague, Czech Republic.
• June 10-15, 2012: A. Alù, “Plasmonic Nanoantennas to Control Light at the Nanoscale: Giant Nonlinear Effects, Localized Phase and Polarization Control,” A. Alves, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Signal-Processing Metamaterials and Non-Local Transformation Optics,” C. Argyropoulos, and A. Alù, “Enhanced Nonlinearities and Improved Bandwidth Performance for Plasmonic Nanoparticles and Metamaterial Gratings,” N. Estakhri, and A. Alù, “The Paradox of Finite Absorption in ‘Zero’-Loss Composite Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Optical Conjugate Matching with Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics: Light Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale, Colby College, MI, USA, (1 invited talk).
• July 8-14, 2012: A. Alù, Y. Zhao, P. Y. Chen, B. Memarzadeh, G. V. Naik, A.V. Kildishev, H. Mosallaei, A. Boltasseva, V. Shalaev, and N. Engheta, “Low-Loss Optical Metamaterials and Metasurfaces,” P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Electrodynamic Modeling of Nanostructured Graphene Metasurfaces and Their Applications,” A. Alù, C. Argyropoulos, G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, N. Akozbek, and M. J. Bloemer, “Focusing of Ultra-Broadband Radiation in Subwavelength Slits at the ‘Plasmonic Brewster Angle’,” A. N. Askarpour, X. X. Liu, and A. Alù, “Overcoming the Bandwidth Limitations of Optical Nanoparticles and Metamaterials Using Nonlinearities,” C. Argyropoulos, and A. Alù, “Overcoming the Bandwidth Limitations of Optical Nanoparticles and Metamaterials Using Nonlinearities,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, (1 invited talk).
• July 8-14, 2012: Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “An Ultrathin Quarter-Wave Nano-Plate Based on Detuned Plasmonic Nanoantennas,” N. M. Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Large Absorption Efficiency in Ultralow Loss, Composite Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” Y. R. Padooru, A. B. Yakovlev, P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Mantle Cloaking Using Sub-Wavelength Conformal Metallic Meshes and Patches,” F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Multi-Layered Plasmonic Cloaks to Engineer the Scattering Signature of Resonant Nanoparticles,” G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Controlling Nonlocal Light-Matter Interactions via Spectral-Domain Transformation Optics,” V. Galdi, G. Castaldi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Scattering vs. Absorption Tradeoff Revisited in the Presence of Transformation Media,” P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Integrated Infrared Nanodevices Based on Graphene Monolayers,” J. Soric, A. Alù, A. Kerkhoff, and D. Rainwater, “Experimental Demonstration of a Conformal Mantle Cloak for Radio-Waves,” 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, IL, USA.
•  July 29-August 3, 2012: A. Monti, J. Soric, A. Alù, F. Bilotti, A. Toscano, and L. Vegni, “Reduction of the Mutual Blockage Between Electrically Close Antennas by Using the Mantle Cloaking Technique to Relax the Constraints of Antenna Co-siting,” 2012 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Information Technology and Systems (ICWITS), Honolulu, HI, USA.
• September 2-7, 2012: A. D. Yaghjian, A. Alù, and M. G. Silveirinha, “Anisotropic Representation for Spatial Dispersion in Periodic Metamaterial Arrays,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’12), Cape Town, South Africa.
• September 10-14, 2012: G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Nonlocal Transformation Optics,” XIX Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo (RiNEm 2012), Roma, Italy.
• September 11-12, 2012: I. A. D. Williamson, K. N. Parrish, A. Alù, D. Akinwande, “Flexible Dielectric Photonic Band Gap Interconnects for Sub-THz,” 14th Annual TechCon, Austin, TX, USA.
• September 17-22, 2012: Y. R. Padooru, A. B. Yakovlev, P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Analytical Modeling of Conformal Metasurface Mantle Cloaks for Cylindrical Objects,” Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Twisted Plasmonic Metamaterials,” C. Argyropoulos, and A. Alù, “Broadband Selective Thermal Emitters and Absorbers Based on Brewster Plasmonic Funneling,” R. Fleury, C. F. Sieck, M. R. Haberman, A. Alù, “Anomalous Transmission Properties of Ultranarrow, Zero-Density Acoustic Metachannels,” A. Monti, A. Alù, and F. Bilotti, “Cloaked Half-Wave Dipole Antennas Using the Mantle-Cloaking Approach,” Metamaterials 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia, (1 invited talk).