About Us
NANOLIGHT.ES – LIGHT CONTROL ON THE NANOSCALE is a research project in the CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 Program of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. This is a blue-sky project aimed to develop nanoscale light technology for applications in sensing, nanoimaging optical circuitry and data storage, the key components of future information technology, and to consolidate a Spanish consortium acting as an international reference in this field.
Professor Niek van Hulst from the ICFO coordinates the consortium which joins the efforts of:
- Three nanophotonics groups at ICFO- Institut de Ciències Fotòniques
- Dr. Niek van Hulst
- Dr. Jordi Martorell
- Dr. Romain Quidant
- two teams from the Instituto de Ciencias de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC-ICMM)
- Dr. Ceferino López Fernández
- Dr. Manuel Nieto Vesperinas
- a team from the Universidad de Zaragoza
- Dr. Luis Martin Moreno
- a team from the Instituto de Óptica (CSIC-IO)
- Dr. Francisco Javier García de Abajo
- a team from the Centro Tecnológico de Ondas, Universitat Politecnica Valencia, Unidad asociada CISC-UPV
- Dr. Francisco Meseguer Rico
- and two teams from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Dr. Francisco García Vidal
- Dr. Juan José Sáenz Gutiérrez
NanoLight Research Topics
1. Surface plasmon-polariton optics
2. Extra-ordinary optical transmission
3. Single particle plasmons & Nano-antennas
4. Nanostructured Metamaterials
5. Spatio-temporal control
6. Nanostructured light sources
7. Molecular photonic wires
8. Random media for light localization
9. Plasmonic/photonic forces