Colloquium 2010-02-11

 

3:30 p.m. in Room 307 of the Optical Sciences Meinel Building

Speaker:

Sang-Hyun Oh

University of Minnesota

Title:

Plasmonic Nanostructures for Biotechnology and Photonics

 

Host:

Masud Mansuripur

 

Abstract:

 

Recent advances in nanofabrication technology enable precise patterning of various metallic nanostructures that can harness electromagnetic surface waves known as surface plasmons, which are electron density fluctuations that propagate along the metal surface. By harnessing the strong coupling between photons and the conduction electron plasma, the surface plasmon wave can squeeze light into nanometer-scale volumes and increase light-matter interactions, which can benefit many applications in sensing, spectroscopy, imaging, data storage and photovoltaics.  This presentation will focus on new techniques to fabricate plasmonic nanostructures with high throughput, in particular periodic nanohole arrays and sharp metallic tips, and their applications in biotechnology and photonics.

 

Bio:

Sang-Hyun Oh received his BS in Physics at KAIST, Korea in 1996, and PhD in Applied Physics at Stanford University in 2001. After postdoctoral research at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill and University of California at Santa Barbara, he joined the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, as an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2006, where he currently runs a lab focused on nanofabrication, plasmonics and biotechnology.